KS3 · Spanish · Year 9
Past experiences of work: -ar verbs imperfect tense 2nd and 3rd person singular
Past routines and past events: imperfect tense
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Your learning goal
I can use imperfect tense verbs to talk about what I and others used to do in the past.
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I can use imperfect tense verbs to talk about what I and others used to do in the past.
Key learning points
- When a single 'r' appears within or at the end of a word, it is usually not rolled.
- If the word begins with a single 'r', it is rolled, just like 'rr'.
- To talk about something that used to happen repeatedly in the past, we use the imperfect tense.
- 'Dar' usually translates as 'to give' but it is also used to describe how something makes people feel.
Words to know
- imperfect tense
- tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past
Common mistakes
The verb 'dar' means 'to give, giving' only.
'Dar' usually translates as 'to give' but it is also used to describe how something makes people feel. e.g. da rabia - it makes me angry.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The teacher might choose to do task A1 as a writing activity and ask students to write their answers in their books to count them at the end.