KS3 · Spanish · Year 9
The environment: -er and -ir verbs 3rd person (present)
Times of change: -er, -ir, -ar verbs 1st and 3rd person
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Your learning goal
I can use -er and -ir verbs in the 3rd person singular and plural to describe how people protect the planet.
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I can use -er and -ir verbs in the 3rd person singular and plural to describe how people protect the planet.
Key learning points
- Present-tense -er and -ir verbs have the ending -e in the 3rd person singular.
- Present-tense -er and -ir verbs have the ending -en in the 3rd person plural.
- The possessive adjective 'mi' means 'my' and 'tu' means 'your'.
- ‘Mi’ and ‘tu’ appear before a singular or uncountable noun.
- ‘Mis’ and ‘tus’ appear before a plural noun.
Words to know
- 3rd person singular
- form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'she', 'he', 'it'
- 3rd person plural
- form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'they'
- possessive adjective
- shows who something belongs to
- stem-changing verb
- verb that has a spelling change in the stem
Common mistakes
Possessive adjectives in Spanish do not agree in number with the noun.
Possessive adjectives in Spanish agree in number with the noun. For example, 'mi' becomes 'mis' when it refers to a plural noun.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Mini whiteboards would be very useful for slide 22. This would allow the teacher to check pupils' understanding of the stem change in 'encender' and 'promover'.