KS3 · Spanish · Year 8
Past trips: 'hacer' and 'ir' singular persons preterite
Past and future trips to Spain and Spanish festivals: -ar verbs, 'hacer', 'ir'
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Your learning goal
I can use the verbs 'ir' and 'hacer' in the preterite tense to answer questions about a past trip.
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I can use the verbs 'ir' and 'hacer' in the preterite tense to answer questions about a past trip.
Key learning points
- The preterite is used for completed past events; two key irregular verbs are 'ir' and 'hacer'.
- 'Fui', 'fuiste' and 'fue' mean 'I went, 'you went' and 'she, he, it went' respectively.
- 'Hice', 'hiciste' and 'hizo' mean 'I did, made', 'you did, made' and 'she, he, it did, made' respectively.
- There is no word in Spanish for ‘on’ before a day of the week. Instead, the definite articles 'el' and 'los' are used.
Words to know
- preterite
- tense used for completed events in the past
- hacer
- verb meaning 'to do' and 'to make'
- ir
- verb meaning 'to go'
Common mistakes
'Fue' means 'I went'.
'Fui' means 'I went' and 'fue' means 'she, he, it went'. The two have similar spelling so are easily confused.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Teachers can make use of transitional moments during lessons to encourage pupils to use these two verbs in the preterite. The questions '¿Dónde/Adónde fuiste?' and '¿Qué hiciste?' can be used frequently as questions pupils can ask and answer in pairs to build oral confidence and fluency.