KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
Viaje a Valencia: singular -ar preterite, singular subject pronouns
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Your learning goal
I can use the past (preterite) to talk about what people did on a trip to Valencia.
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I can use the past (preterite) to talk about what people did on a trip to Valencia.
Key learning points
- [gue] sounds like 'llegué', [ge] sounds like 'gente'.
- Regular -ar verbs: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular PAST preterite (-é, -aste & -ó).
- Subject pronouns yo, tú, él, ella; we usually omit the use of subject pronoun.
- There are some contexts where the use of subject pronouns is appropriate
Words to know
- preterite
- a tense used for completed events in the past
- yo
- subject pronoun that means 'I'
- tú
- subject pronoun that means 'you'
- él
- subject pronoun that means 'he'
- ella
- subject pronoun that means 'she'
Common mistakes
Subject pronouns are always used with a verb to indicate the subject.
Subject pronouns are not always used with a verb. Verb endings alone often tell us the subject.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Giving a notional time for short speaking tasks is a useful way to encourage pupils to speed up mental processing and increase spoken fluency. Teachers may want to repeat short speaking or writing activities, shortening the time with each repetition, according to the needs of their own classes.