Year 9 - Spanish
Fundraising in Colombia: -ar verbs 1st person (present and past)
Countries: 'hacer', -ar verbs
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits singular present and preterite forms of 'hacer', and introduces the use of 'hacer' with the weather. Pupils learn plural forms '-amos' and '-aron' for -ar verbs in the preterite, and contrast these with their singular counterparts and '-amos' in the present tense.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use a range of present and preterite tense -ar verbs in the 1st person singular ('you') and plural ('we') to describe fundraising for charity.
Key Notes
- Colombia is a country in the northwest of Latin America; its capital city is Bogotá.
- For -ar verbs, the 1st person singular ('I') preterite tense ending is -é, e.g. 'recaudé fondos' - 'I collected money'.
- For -ar verbs ending in -car, the 1st person singular ending is -qué and for those ending in -gar, the ending is -gué.
- The 1st person plural ('we') ending -amos is the same in the present and preterite tense.
- Time adverbs like 'normalmente' ('normally') or 'ayer' ('yesterday') help distinguish between past and present.
Vocabulary To Learn
- preterite tense: tense used for events completed in the past, e.g. 'I did'
- 1st person singular: form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'I'
- 1st person plural: form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'we'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- It is impossible to tell whether the 1st person plural of -ar verbs ('we') is in the present tense or the preterite tense because the verb endings are the same.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Colombia is a country in the northwest of Latin America; its capital city is Bogotá. For -ar verbs, the 1st person singular ('I') preterite tense ending is -é, e.g. 'recaudé fondos' - 'I collected money'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'preterite tense'
tense used for events completed in the past, e.g. 'I did'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: It is impossible to tell whether the 1st person plural of -ar verbs ('we') is in the present tense or the preterite tense because the verb endings are the same. Correction: The verb ending of the 1st person plural of -ar verbs is the same in the present and the preterite tense. Therefore we rely on time markers to indicate which time frame it is, e.g. 'ayer jugamos al tenis' - 'yesterday we played tennis'.
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