KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
Estrellas y famosos: 'ser' + past participle + 'por'
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Your learning goal
I can understand passive sentences and respond to unprepared questions about film and cinema.
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I can understand passive sentences and respond to unprepared questions about film and cinema.
Key learning points
- In passive sentences, the focus is on what is done rather than who is doing it.
- Some passive sentences in Spanish use 'ser' + past participle.
- In passive sentences with 'ser', the past participle must agree in gender and number with the noun it acts on.
- The word 'por' means 'by' when it appears after 'ser' + past participle.
- Unprepared questions often focus on opinions and past experiences.
Words to know
- passive
- verb construction that focuses on what is done rather than who does it
- past participle
- past tense verb form often used in the passive; in English this normally ends in -ed
- ser + past participle + por
- Spanish passive structure meaning 'to be + past participle + by'
Common mistakes
Past participles do not have gender and number marking.
In passive sentences with 'ser' + past participle, the past participle must agree in number with the noun it acts on.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The passive using 'ser' + past participle + 'por' is a Higher-tier grammar feature.