KS2 · Spanish · Year 6
In Spain: 'muchos' and 'muchas'
Festivals and places: plural -ar/-er verbs, 'hay', 'muchos/muchas'
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Your learning goal
I can describe Spain using 'muchos' and 'muchas'.
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I can describe Spain using 'muchos' and 'muchas'.
Key learning points
- Reading aloud known and unknown words improves pronunciation and knowledge of sound-spelling correspondences.
- Revising and extending vocabulary improves comprehension and communication skills.
- 'Muchos'/'muchas' means 'many', 'a lot', 'lots of'. These are used before plural nouns.
- The spelling of 'muchos'/'muchas' changes to match gender and number.
Words to know
- muchos
- a word meaning many, a lot, a lot of, used before masculine plural nouns
- muchas
- a word meaning many, a lot, a lot of, used before feminine plural nouns
Common mistakes
Because 'muchos' and 'muchas' are plural, you don't need to pluralise the noun that follows them.
The agreement of 'muchos' and 'muchas' must be in both gender and number so the nouns must be pluralised too, e.g. 'muchas playas', 'muchos pueblos'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- This lesson provides a good opportunity for pupils to research different Spanish cities. They could use their knowledge of geographical features as a checklist. Some pupils may also like to extend their vocabulary by finding out words for other features such as streams, hills, cliffs etc.