KS4 · Spanish · Year 11
Simon Bolívar y Manuela Sáenz: preterite irregular stems, relative clauses
Travel and tourism: Figuras históricas
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Your learning goal
I can understand irregular verbs in the preterite tense and relative pronouns in the context of historical figures.
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I can understand irregular verbs in the preterite tense and relative pronouns in the context of historical figures.
Key learning points
- 'Decir', 'estar', 'venir', 'poner', 'querer', 'saber', 'traer' and 'poder' have irregular stems in the preterite.
- Relative pronouns are words that introduce a relative clause, giving more information about a noun.
- The relative pronoun 'que' means 'who, that, which', 'donde' means 'where' and 'cuando' means 'when'.
- Unlike question words, relative pronouns in Spanish do not have a written accent.
Words to know
- relative clause
- adds information about the noun in the main clause
- relative pronoun
- pronoun that introduces a relative clause
- que
- relative pronoun meaning 'who', 'that' or 'which'
- cuando
- relative pronoun meaning 'when'
- donde
- relative pronoun meaning 'where'
Common mistakes
The relative pronouns 'que', 'donde' and 'cuando' have an accent.
These relative pronouns do not have an accent, unlike the question words 'qué' ('who'), 'dónde' ('where') and 'cuándo' ('when').
For parents, carers and teachers
- All grammar features in this lesson are part of the GCSE subject content at both Foundation and Higher tier.