KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
Un estudiante inmigrante: plural nouns, indefinite articles
Travel and tourism: nuevas experiencias
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Your learning goal
I can use indefinite articles with plural nouns and write about past experiences using -er and -ir verbs in the past (preterite) tense.
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I can use indefinite articles with plural nouns and write about past experiences using -er and -ir verbs in the past (preterite) tense.
Key learning points
- To make a noun plural, add -s if it ends in a vowel, and -es if it ends in a consonant.
- When we make a masculine noun plural, the indefinite article 'un' changes to 'unos'.
- When we make a feminine noun plural, the indefinite article 'una' changes to 'unas'.
- Regular -er/-ir verbs: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular PAST preterite (-í, iste & -ió).
Words to know
- indefinite article
- an article that refers to a noun in a non-specific way; in English this includes the words 'a' and 'an'
- plural
- referring to more than one
- preterite
- a tense used for completed events in the past
- infinitive
- the verb as it appears in a dictionary
Common mistakes
Add an -s to any Spanish noun to make it plural.
Add an -s to Spanish nouns ending in a vowel to make them plural. Add -es to Spanish nouns ending in a consonant to make them plural.
For parents, carers and teachers
- There are opportunities for adaptive teaching on slides 31 and 33. See also slides 49 and 50.