KS4 · Spanish · Year 11
El viaje de fin de curso: irregular verbs, uses of 'dar'
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Your learning goal
I can use regular and irregular verbs as well as idiomatic uses of 'dar' to talk about the end of the academic year.
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I can use regular and irregular verbs as well as idiomatic uses of 'dar' to talk about the end of the academic year.
Key learning points
- Many of the most commonly-used Spanish verbs are irregular, e.g. 'ser', 'estar', 'tener', 'hacer', 'venir', 'dar', 'ir'.
- The verb 'dar' can be used to describe how something makes people feel. English uses 'to be' + adjective for this.
- Indirect object pronouns ('me', 'te', 'le') are used with 'dar' + noun to say how something makes you and others feel.
Words to know
- irregular verb
- verb that does not follow the regular rules
- dar
- -ar irregular verb meaning 'to give, giving'
- indirect object pronoun
- replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is to me, for you, to them
Common mistakes
The verb 'dar' always translates as 'to give, giving'.
The verb 'dar' means 'to give, giving' but can also translate as 'to be + adjective' when describing how something makes people feel.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Teachers might make use of mini whiteboards for Learning Cycle 2 in order to guide student practice and check students' understanding and recall of key irregular verbs, addressing gaps in their knowledge appropriately.