KS2 · Spanish · Year 3
I am happy: the verb 'ser', 'soy' and 'es'
Me and others: 'ser' for traits
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Your learning goal
I can understand ‘soy’ and ‘es’ with adjectives describing what I and someone else are like in general.
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I can understand ‘soy’ and ‘es’ with adjectives describing what I and someone else are like in general.
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondences [e] and [i] can be practised with a range of adjectives like ‘feliz’ and ‘interesante’.
- The verb ‘ser’ means 'to be, being' when describing general traits.
- ‘Soy’ means ‘I am’, ‘es’ means ‘she, he, it is’ when describing general traits.
Words to know
- [e] and [i]
- pronounced as in 'elefante' and 'idea'
- ser
- the verb 'to be, being'
- soy
- part of the verb 'to be', meaning 'I am'
- es
- part of the verb 'to be', meaning 'she, he, it is'
- general traits
- characteristics that are not likely to change
Common mistakes
The word 'serious' follows the same pattern as the word 'nervous', resulting in 'nervioso' and 'serioso'.
In Spanish, the word 'serious' is 'serio'. It does not follow the same pattern as the word 'nervioso' that translates as 'nervous'.
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: 'Soy curioso.'