KS2 · Spanish · Year 3
A party: adjectives after the noun
What I and others have: 'tener' and singular nouns
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Your learning goal
I can understand descriptions of items at a party. I can read aloud Spanish words with [z].
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I can understand descriptions of items at a party. I can read aloud Spanish words with [z].
Key learning points
- [z] before [a] [o] [u] is the same sound as [c] before [e] and [i].
- In English, adjectives come before the noun. In Spanish, many adjectives follow the noun.
- Adjectives ending in -o change ending to -a to describe feminine nouns.
- Adjectives ending in -e or -z don't change for noun gender.
Words to know
- [z]
- sound-symbol correspondence
- adjective
- a word that gives more information about a noun
Common mistakes
In Spanish, adjectives come before the noun just like in English.
In English, adjectives come before the noun. In Spanish, many adjectives follow the noun. Practice in first identifying the object and then what it is like helps to embed the Spanish noun-adjective pattern.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Two columns labelled 'objeto' and 'descripción' can support speaking and writing practice of the noun-adjective pattern. These work well with both Spanish into English and English into Spanish activities.