KS2 · Spanish · Year 5

A dream: -ar verbs 'she, he' vs. 'they'

What I and others do: AR and -ER singular and plural verbs

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Your learning goal

I can use -ar verbs to say what she, he and they are doing and describe a dream.

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What you’ll learn

I can use -ar verbs to say what she, he and they are doing and describe a dream.

Key learning points

Any vowel with a written accent is stressed. For words ending in vowels, -n or -s, stress the penultimate syllable.
For all other words, stress the final syllable.
Learning new vocabulary helps develop your understanding and comprehension.
Many Spanish infinitives end in -ar; they are called-ar verbs.
To say 'she, he' with -ar verbs, remove the -ar ending and add -a. To say 'they', remove the -ar ending and add -an.

Words to know

syllable: single unit of pronunciation, part of a word you can say in one beat
stress: pronouncing a syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
-ar verb: Spanish infinitive that ends in -ar

Common mistakes

Only syllables in words with written accents should be stressed.

Any vowel with a written accent is stressed. For words ending in vowels, -n and -s, the penultimate syllable is stressed. For all other words, the final syllable is stressed.

For parents, carers and teachers

Teachers can consolidate the third person plural form of -ar verbs by asking students to describe a strange dream using vocabulary from the lesson. Encourage students to be creative, incorporating as many words from the word list as possible. To add a challenge, they could include singular forms.