KS3 · Spanish · Year 8
News and media: simple present for immediate plans
Comparing what people do: -ER and -IR verbs
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Your learning goal
I can use the suffix '-idad' to broaden my vocabulary, and the simple present to translate a text into Spanish about immediate plans to respond to a breaking news story.
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I can use the suffix '-idad' to broaden my vocabulary, and the simple present to translate a text into Spanish about immediate plans to respond to a breaking news story.
Key learning points
- The Spanish suffix '-idad' is like '-ity' in English; use it to change adjectives into nouns, e.g. 'real' - 'realidad'.
- All Spanish nouns ending '-idad' are feminine.
- Spanish uses the simple present to express immediate plans; instead, English uses the present continuous (-ing).
- 'Qué' with an accent on the 'e' is the question word 'what'. 'Que' without an accent is a conjunction meaning 'that'.
Words to know
- suffix
- a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it is used, e.g. 'real' - 'realidad'
- simple present
- describes habitual events in the present: 'I do', and in Spanish, is also used to talk about immediate plans
- que
- conjunction meaning 'that'
Common mistakes
'Que' means 'what' in Spanish.
'Qué' with an accent on the 'e' is the question word 'what'. 'Que' without an accent is a conjunction meaning 'that' - 'Creo que hay una solución'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The '-idad' suffix is one of the five high frequency Spanish word patterns for GCSE at both Foundation and Higher tiers. Following the lesson pupils can be encouraged to recognise and create new nouns from adjectives in this way, being aware that not every adjective can become an '-idad' noun.