KS2 · Spanish · Year 4

What do you do? 'Hacer', 'hago', 'haces', 'hace'

What I and others do: singular regular verbs in the present

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Your learning goal

I can say what I and others do using singular persons of the verb 'hacer'.

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What you’ll learn

I can say what I and others do using singular persons of the verb 'hacer'.

Key learning points

The sound-symbol correspondences [que] and [ce] have different initial sounds; hard and soft 'c' sounds.
Revising vocabulary is important to develop confidence and improve recall.
The verb 'hacer' is irregular in its 1st person singular form; 'I do, make' is 'hago'.
'You do, make' is 'haces' and 'she, he, it does, makes' is 'hace'. These forms are regular.

Words to know

hacer: Spanish verb meaning 'to do, doing' or 'to make, making'
hago: part of the verb 'hacer' meaning 'I do' or 'I make'
haces: part of the verb 'hacer' meaning 'you do' or 'you make'
hace: part of the verb 'hacer' meaning 'she, he it does' or 'she, he it makes'

Common mistakes

The first person singular form of 'hacer' is 'haco'.

The first person singular form of 'hacer' is irregular. To mean 'I' with the verb 'hacer', use 'hago'.

For parents, carers and teachers

Several of these activities could be done as stand alone practice activities during the week so that pupils embed their knowledge more securely. For the final speaking activities, pupils could use real dice to generate their own combinations and to provide additional practice for verb conjugation.