KS4 · Spanish · Year 11
Órdenes para el equipo: plural affirmative commands
Popular culture: el deporte
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Your learning goal
I can use plural affirmative commands to give instructions to a sports team.
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I can use plural affirmative commands to give instructions to a sports team.
Key learning points
- Use the affirmative imperative to tell somebody to do something or to give instructions.
- When talking to people familiar to you ('vosotros') with the affirmative imperative of an -ar verb, use the ending -ad.
- When talking to people familiar to you ('vosotros') with the affirmative imperative of an -er verb, use the ending -ed.
- When talking to people familiar to you ('vosotros') with the affirmative imperative of an -ir verb, use the ending -id.
- The final -d of reflexive plural imperative verbs is dropped and -os is added, e.g. '¡callaos!' - 'be quiet!' (you pl).
Words to know
- imperative
- form of verbs used to give instructions or commands
Common mistakes
To form the plural imperative of a reflexive verb, add the pronoun -os to a plural imperative verb.
To form the plural imperative of a reflexive verb, drop the final -d and add the pronoun -os to a plural imperative verb.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Learning Cycle 2 includes Higher-tier vocabulary. For Task B2b, make sure that the sentences from B2a are not visible so students don't copy the verbs.