KS2 · Spanish · Year 6
The weather: 'hacer' meaning 'be'
What I and others do: the verb 'hacer'
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Your learning goal
I can use ‘hacer’ to describe the weather and say what I and others are doing.
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I can use ‘hacer’ to describe the weather and say what I and others are doing.
Key learning points
- Words with penultimate syllable stress that end in any other consonant other than 'n' and 's' need an accent.
- The verb 'hacer' can mean 'to do', 'to make' and 'to go'.
- The verb 'hacer' is also used to mean it is' when describing the weather.
- To work out the correct meaning of the verb, you often have to use the context to understand it.
Words to know
- hacer
- irregular Spanish verb meaning 'to do', 'to make'
- hace
- she, he, it does, part of the verb ‘hacer’ meaning 'to do' and 'to make' and also used when describing the weather
- hago
- I do, part of the verb ‘hacer’ meaning 'to do' and 'to make'
Common mistakes
We can translate weather phrases word for word from English and use the verb 'es'.
When talking about the weather, we use 'hace' to mean 'it is'. We can’t translate weather phrases word for word from English.
For parents, carers and teachers
- A possible additional activity could be to make a seasonal weather wheel. There are lots of examples of these on the internet for inspiration. This activity will help consolidate new vocabulary and use of 'hacer' with weather conditions and tempoerature.