KS3 · Spanish · Year 9
Weekend activities: -ar verbs 2nd person singular and plural
Weekends: 'ser', 'estar', 'ir' and 'hacer'
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Your learning goal
I can use -ar verbs in the 2nd person to talk about what is happening now and correctly use the direct object pronouns 'los' and 'las' to describe weekend activities.
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I can use -ar verbs in the 2nd person to talk about what is happening now and correctly use the direct object pronouns 'los' and 'las' to describe weekend activities.
Key learning points
- When strong vowels [a], [e] and [o] appear next to each other they are pronounced separately, in different syllables.
- The second person singular of 'estar' is ‘estás’ and the 2nd person plural is ‘estáis’.
- We use the present continuous to express an ongoing event. It is formed by using 'estar' + the present participle.
- To mean ‘them’ when referring to a plural feminine object, use the direct object pronoun 'las' before a verb.
- To mean ‘them’ for a plural masculine object, use the direct object pronoun 'los' before a verb.
Words to know
- 2nd person
- form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'you' and 'you all'
- present participle
- verb form that forms the present continuous, together with the auxiliary verb 'estar'
- direct object pronoun
- replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g. 'me', 'you', 'it', 'them'
Common mistakes
'Los' and 'las' always mean 'the'.
'Los' and 'las' mean 'the' in front of a plural noun but 'them' when they come before a verb.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Teachers can make use of transitional moments during lessons to encourage pupils to use the present continuous. The questions '¿Qué estás haciendo?' and '¿Qué estáis haciendo?', when asked with a touch of humour, are very effective and can be used repeatedly in the language classroom.