KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
Una nueva vida: 2nd person singular and plural preterite
My neighbourhood: la vida en México
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Your learning goal
I can understand and use 2nd person preterite -ar verbs in the context of Mexican emigration.
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Una nueva vida: 2nd person singular and plural preterite: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can understand and use 2nd person preterite -ar verbs in the context of Mexican emigration.
Key learning points
- The Spanish 2nd person subject pronouns are 'tú', 'vosotros' and 'vosotras'.
- The Spanish 2nd person possessive adjectives are 'tu(s)', 'vuestro(s)' and 'vuestra(s)'.
- Regular -ar verbs in the 2nd person singular of the preterite tense end in -aste.
- Regular -ar verbs in the 2nd person plural of the preterite tense end in -asteis.
Words to know
- 2nd person singular
- form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'you' singular
- 2nd person plural
- form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'you' plural
- subject pronoun
- refers to the subject of a verb e.g. I, they
- possessive adjective
- identifies ownership or possession of a noun e.g. my, their
- preterite
- tense used to express completed events in the past
Common mistakes
Their is only one way to say 'your' in Spanish.
There are six ways to say 'your' in Spanish depending on the gender and number of the following noun, and whether the owner is singular or plural: tu, tus, vuestro, vuestra, vuestros and vuestras
For parents, carers and teachers
- For slides 19 and 20, make sure to emphasise the phonetic differences between -aste and -asteis, as this can be difficult to pick up. Starter Quiz Question 2 is aimed at Higher Tier students.