KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
La medicina hoy en día: imperfect 'ser'
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Your learning goal
I can use the verb 'ser' in the present and imperfect tense to describe healthcare in Spain.
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La medicina hoy en día: imperfect 'ser': 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 the verb 'ser' in the present and imperfect tense to describe healthcare in Spain.
Key learning points
- 'Es means 'she, he, it is' and 'era' means 'I, she, he, it was'.
- The pronouns 'yo', 'él' and 'ella' make the meaning of 'era' clear.
- 'Es' and 'era' often appear before adjective and an infinitive when describing a situation.
- 'Eres' means 'you are' and 'eras' means 'you were' or 'you used to be'
Words to know
- infinitive
- the verb as it appears in a dictionary
- imperfect
- a tense used for repeated or incomplete events in the past
- es
- Spanish verb meaning ‘she, he, it is’
- era
- Spanish verb meaning ‘I, she, he, it was’
Common mistakes
'Era' only means 'she, he, it was' or 'she, he, it used to be'.
'Era' also means 'I was' or 'I used to be'. Look for the pronouns 'yo', 'él' and 'ella' to understand the meaning of 'era' in context.
For parents, carers and teachers
- In the final writing activity (slide 35), remind students of conjunctions that they could use to connect and contrast ideas. These include 'también', 'además', 'pero', 'sin embargo' and 'en cambio'.