KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
¡Cuida el planeta! Regular affirmative imperative, and 'haz', 'di', 'pon', 'sal'
Lifestyle and wellbeing: situaciones diarias
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Your learning goal
I can use the affirmative imperative to instruct people how to look after and enjoy the environment.
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¡Cuida el planeta! Regular affirmative imperative, and 'haz', 'di', 'pon', 'sal': 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 affirmative imperative to instruct people how to look after and enjoy the environment.
Key learning points
- Use the affirmative imperative to tell somebody to do something or to give instructions.
- When talking to somebody familiar to you ('tú') with the affirmative imperative of an -ar verb, use the ending -a.
- When talking to somebody familiar to you with the affirmative imperative of an -er or -ir verb, use the ending -e.
- The verbs 'hacer', 'decir', 'poner' and 'salir' are irregular in the imperative, becoming 'haz', 'di', 'pon' and 'sal'.
Words to know
- imperative
- form of verbs used to give instructions or commands
Common mistakes
To tell somebody who is familiar to you to do something, use the 2nd person singular form of the verb.
To tell somebody who is familiar to you to do something, use the affirmative imperative. For -ar verbs this ends in -a, and for -er/-ir verbs this ends in -e.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Slides 15-16 and Task A1 questions 7-9 contain Higher Tier vocabulary. If extra scaffolding is needed for Task B1, provide students with the infinitive verbs.