KS3 · Spanish · Year 8
Free time: what people do
Describing how people feel: 'tener' and 'dar' + noun
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Your learning goal
I can talk about what I and others do together in their free time using the irregular verbs 'dar' and 'querer'.
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I can talk about what I and others do together in their free time using the irregular verbs 'dar' and 'querer'.
Key learning points
- The suffix '-tion' at the end of an English word is often '-ción' in Spanish; all '-ción' words are feminine.
- '-ción' words lose the accent in the plural form; this is because the stress now falls on the penultimate syllable.
- The verb 'dar' means 'to give, giving'; its plural 'we' form is 'damos'.
- The verb 'querer' means 'to want, wanting'; its plural 'we' form is 'queremos'.
Words to know
- suffix
- a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it is used, e.g. 'educate' → 'education'
- irregular verb
- a verb that does not follow the regular rules
- dar
- -ar irregular verb meaning 'to give, giving'
- querer
- -er irregular verb meaning 'to want, wanting'
Common mistakes
All the words ending in '-ción' and '-ciones' must have an accent.
If a word ends in 'n' or 's' and has final syllable stress, it must have an accent, e.g. 'la opción'. However, if a word ending in 'n' or 's' has penultimate syllable stress, it does not need an accent, e.g. 'las opciones'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The teacher might want to ask students to create their own flashcards, so that they can use them to revise the vocabulary little and often.