KS2 · Spanish · Year 3
How someone is today: singular regular adjective agreement
Me and others: 'estar' for location and state
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Your learning goal
I can use 'está' to describe how someone is feeling today.
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How someone is today: singular regular adjective agreement: 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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I can use 'está' to describe how someone is feeling today.
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence [i] sounds like the ‘i’ in the Spanish word ‘idea’.
- When the person or animal being described is male, adjectives end in -o.
- When the person or animal being described is female, adjectives end in -a.
- 'Está' means 'she, he, it is' or just 'is' when talking about mood and temporary states.
Words to know
- [i]
- pronounced [i] as in 'idea'
- está
- part of the verb 'estar' - 'to be, being' - meaning 'she, he it is'
- adjective
- word that gives information about a noun
Common mistakes
English and Spanish sound-spelling links are the same.
Sound-symbol correspondence [i] is different in Spanish and English and reading aloud Spanish words with [i] leads to more secure knowledge.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Next lesson, after taking the register in Spanish: 'Estoy presente', 'Está ausente', pupils can describe themselves using a single sentence: 'Estoy curioso/a hoy' with adjectival agreement for male/female.