KS3 · Spanish · Year 8
At school: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular preterite
Activities in and out of school: -er and -ir verbs
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Your learning goal
I can use -er/-ir verbs to talk about what I did and do at school.
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I can use -er/-ir verbs to talk about what I did and do at school.
Key learning points
- If the final syllable is stressed and the word ends in a vowel or 'n' or 's' there is an accent on the final vowel.
- The 1st person singular of -er and -ir verbs in preterite ends in -í, e.g. 'describí'.
- The 1st person singular of -er and -ir verbs in present ends in -o, e.g.' describo'.
Words to know
- preterite
- describes completed events in the past, e.g. 'I did'
- present
- describes habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'
Common mistakes
-er and -ir verbs have different endings in the preterite.
-er and -ir verbs share the same endings in the preterite. The 'I' form of both -er and -ir verbs is -í.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The teacher might prefer to do Task A1 as a class activity.