KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
El día de Muertos: 'estar' + present participle, adverbs of position
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Your learning goal
I can use singular persons of 'estar' to talk about where I and others are and what I and others are doing at a festival.
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I can use singular persons of 'estar' to talk about where I and others are and what I and others are doing at a festival.
Key learning points
- El día de Muertos is a Mexican celebration whereby people remember and pay homage to loved ones who have passed.
- [ll] and [y] are pronounced the same. [ll] sounds like 'llevar' and [y] sounds like 'ayuda'.
- The singular present tense forms of 'estar' are 'estoy', 'estás, 'está'.
- 'Estar' + present participle of -ar and -er/-ir verbs (-ando, -iendo) is used to talk about ongoing events.
- Verbs whose stems end in a vowel ('leer', 'construir') have an i->y spelling change for the present participle ending.
Words to know
- estar
- verb ‘to be, being’ used for location, states and moods and as an auxiliary verb in the present continuous
- adverb
- word that describes a verb or an adjective
- present continuous
- describes events happening right now: 'I am doing'
- present participle
- verb form that forms the present continuous, together with the auxiliary verb 'estar'
Common mistakes
All present participles follow regular rules and there are no spelling exceptions.
Verbs whose stems end in a vowel ('leer', 'construir') have a i->y spelling change when in the past participle ending.