KS3 · Spanish · Year 8
Travel: -er and -ir verbs 3rd person singular preterite
Activities past and present: -ar verbs, pronouns, adverbs
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Your learning goal
I can use the present and preterite tense of -er/-ir verbs to talk about travelling.
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I can use the present and preterite tense of -er/-ir verbs to talk about travelling.
Key learning points
- The sound symbol correspondence [que] is pronounced as in the word '¿por qué? and [cue] as in 'cuerpo'.
- ‘Saber’ and ‘conocer’ are both used to mean ‘know’. ‘Saber’ means knowing facts or how to do something.
- ‘Conocer’ means being familiar with or getting to know a person, place or thing.
- The 3rd person singular of -ER/-IR in the present tense ends in -e.
- The 3rd person singular of -ER/-IR in the preterite ends in -ió.
Words to know
- present
- describes habitual events in the present, e.g. ‘I do’
- preterite
- describes completed events in the past, e.g. ‘I did’
Common mistakes
Both 'conocer' and 'saber' mean 'to know, knowing'.
They both mean 'to know, knowing' but 'conocer' is used for knowing facts and information, while 'saber' is used to say that you are familiar or become familiar with a place, a person or a thing.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The teacher might want to ask students to write a short text about someone's present and past travel experiences.