KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
Experiencias de racismo: negative pronouns 'nada', 'nadie', 'nunca'
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Your learning goal
I can understand and use 'nada', 'nunca' and 'nadie' in the context of people’s experiences of racism in Mexico.
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Experiencias de racismo: negative pronouns 'nada', 'nadie', 'nunca': 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 and use 'nada', 'nunca' and 'nadie' in the context of people’s experiences of racism in Mexico.
Key learning points
- 'Nada' means 'nothing, anything', 'nadie' means 'nobody, anybody', and 'nunca' means 'never'.
- When ‘nada’, ‘nadie’ and ‘nunca’ follow a verb, another negative such as ‘no’ must come before the verb.
- Unlike English, double negative structures in Spanish are widely used in formal and informal language.
- To conjugate regular -ar verbs in Spanish, take off the infinitive ending and add the approriate verb ending.
Words to know
- negative
- word that negates the meaning of other words and clauses
- nada
- nothing, anything
- nadie
- nobody, no one, anybody, anyone
- nunca
- never
Common mistakes
As in English, double negatives structures in Spanish are not considered acceptable in formal language.
Double negative structures are commonly used in Spanish and are considered acceptable in formal language.
For parents, carers and teachers
- It is advisable to print off the reading text on slide 29 prior to the lesson to avoid flipping back and forth between slides. It can be found on the worksheet for this lesson.