KS3 · Spanish · Year 9
Fundraising in Colombia: -ar verbs 1st person (present and past)
Countries: 'hacer', -ar verbs
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I can use a range of present and preterite tense -ar verbs in the 1st person singular (‘I’) and plural (‘we’) to describe fundraising for charity.
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I can use a range of present and preterite tense -ar verbs in the 1st person singular (‘I’) and plural (‘we’) to describe fundraising for charity.
Key learning points
- Colombia is a country in the northwest of Latin America; its capital city is Bogotá.
- For -ar verbs, the 1st person singular ('I') preterite tense ending is -é, e.g. 'recaudé fondos' - 'I collected money'.
- For -ar verbs ending in -car, the 1st person singular ending is -qué and for those ending in -gar, the ending is -gué.
- The 1st person plural ('we') ending -amos is the same in the present and preterite tense.
- Time adverbs like 'normalmente' ('normally') or 'ayer' ('yesterday') help distinguish between past and present.
Words to know
- preterite tense
- tense used for events completed in the past, e.g. 'I did'
- 1st person singular
- form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'I'
- 1st person plural
- form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'we'
Common mistakes
It is impossible to tell whether the 1st person plural of -ar verbs ('we') is in the present tense or the preterite tense because the verb endings are the same.
The verb ending of the 1st person plural of -ar verbs is the same in the present and the preterite tense. Therefore we rely on time markers to indicate which time frame it is, e.g. 'ayer jugamos al tenis' - 'yesterday we played tennis'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- This is a lesson that features Colombia which is a fascinating Latin American country whose culture and customs you may wish to explore in more detail.