KS3 · Spanish · Year 8
Weekend activities: 'hice', 'hiciste', 'hizo'
Weekend activities and holidays: 'hacer' and 'ir'
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Your learning goal
I can use the singular forms of 'hacer' in the preterite tense to describe and contrast what I and others did at the weekend.
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I can use the singular forms of 'hacer' in the preterite tense to describe and contrast what I and others did at the weekend.
Key learning points
- Spanish words with final syllable stress ending in -n or -s ('según', 'quizás') need an accent on the last syllable.
- The verb 'hacer' means 'to do' or 'to make'. We use the preterite tense to describe completed events in the past.
- The singular forms of 'hacer' in the preterite tense are 'hice' (I did), 'hiciste' (you did) and 'hizo' (she, he did).
- Spanish uses subject pronouns only for contrast or emphasis: 'yo' (I), 'tú' (you), 'él' (he) and 'ella' (she).
- 'De' often comes after location adverbs like 'cerca'. 'De' + 'el' becomes 'del' and 'de' + 'la' becomes 'de la'.
Words to know
- hacer
- Spanish verb meaning 'to do' or 'to make'
- preterite
- tense used for events completed in the past
- hice
- 'I did, made', preterite tense of 'hacer', first person singular
- hiciste
- 'you did, made', preterite tense of 'hacer', 2nd person singular
- hizo
- 'he, she did, made', preterite tense of 'hacer', 3rd person singular
Common mistakes
When 'de' appears before 'el' it becomes 'de el'.
When 'de' appears before a singular masculine noun with the definite article 'el' it merges with it to form 'del', e.g. 'la jugadora está fuera del estadio' - 'the player is outside the stadium'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- As a simple plenary activity, students in groups of 3 all answer the question '¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana pasado?'. Each student in the group listens to the answer, then says what 'you' and what 'he' or 'she' did last weekend, using 'hiciste' and 'hizo'.