KS3 · Spanish · Year 9

The environment: -er and -ir verbs 3rd person (preterite)

Times of change: -er, -ir, -ar verbs 1st and 3rd person

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I can use -er and -ir verbs in the preterite tense to describe how people protect the planet.

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What you’ll learn

I can use -er and -ir verbs in the preterite tense to describe how people protect the planet.

Key learning points

Preterite-tense -er and -ir verbs have the ending -ió in the 3rd person singular.
Preterite-tense -er and -ir verbs have the ending -ieron in the 3rd person plural.
The possessive adjective 'nuestro' means 'our' and agrees with the noun in gender and number.
'Nuestro' refers to a singular masculine noun and 'nuestra' refers to a singular feminine noun.
'Nuestros' refers to a plural masculine noun and 'nuestra' refers to a plural feminine 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

Common mistakes

Like 'mi' and 'tu', 'nuestro' does not agree with the noun in gender.

Unlike 'mi' and 'tu', 'nuestro' agrees with the noun in gender. 'Nuestro' and 'nuestros' refer to masculine nouns, while 'nuestra' and 'nuestras' refer to feminine nouns.

For parents, carers and teachers

For additional challenge in task C2, pupils could write their own sentences using 'nuestro' and an -er or -ir verb in the 3rd person in the preterite tense.