KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
¡Cuida el planeta! Irregular affirmative imperative 'sé', 've', 'ten', 'ven'
Lifestyle and wellbeing: situaciones diarias
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Your learning goal
I can understand instructions about caring for the environment.
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¡Cuida el planeta! Irregular affirmative imperative 'sé', 've', 'ten', 'ven': 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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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can understand instructions about caring for the environment.
Key learning points
- It is important to revisit and practise vocabulary regularly to store it in your long-term memory.
- Use the affirmative imperative to tell somebody to do something or to give instructions.
- The imperative forms of 'ser', 'ir', 'tener' and 'venir' are irregular: 'sé', 've', 'ten' and 'ven'.
- Direct and indirect object pronouns follow and are attached to affirmative imperative verbs.
Words to know
- imperative
- form of verbs used to give instructions or commands
- direct object pronoun
- replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb e.g. 'me', 'you', 'it', 'them'
- indirect object pronoun
- replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is done ‘to’ or ‘for’ someone or something
Common mistakes
The only translation of 've' in Spanish is 'she, he, it sees'.
In Spanish, the verb 've' usually means 'she, he, it sees', but it is also the affirmative imperative form of 'ir', meaning 'go'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- As Tasks B2a and B2b are exam-style questions, you could consider providing students with the worksheet to allow them more independence to complete the questions all together.