KS3 · Spanish · Year 8
At school: prenominal adjectives
Activities in and out of school: -er and -ir verbs
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Your learning goal
I can use the correct position of adjectives when talking about activities at school.
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At school: prenominal adjectives: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
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I can use the correct position of adjectives when talking about activities 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. 'elegí'.
- The 1st person singular of -er and -ir verbs in present ends in -o, e.g.' elijo'.
- Usually Spanish adjectives come after the noun, except for prenominal adjectives which come before the noun.
Words to know
- prenominal adjectives
- adjectives that go before the noun
Common mistakes
All adjectives in Spanish go after the noun.
Most adjectives in Spanish go after the noun, except prenominal adjectives, which go before the noun. Some prenominal adjectives are: 'último', 'primero', 'segundo', 'tercero', 'bueno', 'propio'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The teacher might want to ask students to complete a word web for homework.