KS3 · Spanish · Year 7
What do you do? information questions 'cuánto(s)', 'cuál(es)', 'quién(es)'
Activities: information questions
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Your learning goal
I can use information questions with number agreement and new and revisited language to write a longer text about myself and what I do.
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What do you do? information questions 'cuánto(s)', 'cuál(es)', 'quién(es)': 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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I can use information questions with number agreement and new and revisited language to write a longer text about myself and what I do.
Key learning points
- Information questions start with a question word and have more information in the answer than yes/no.
- The questions words ¿cuánto?, ¿quién? and ¿cuál? mean how much, who and which.
- ¿Cuánto?, ¿quién? and ¿cuál? agree for number; they change spelling when referring to plural persons or things.
Words to know
- ¿cuánto?
- question word meaning ‘how much’
- ¿quién?
- question word meaning ‘who’
- ¿cuál?
- question word meaning ‘which’
- information question
- question starting with a wh- word that has more information in the answer than yes/no
Common mistakes
Cuál is used as in English, followed by a noun.
In Spanish, cuál is never followed by a noun.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The extended writing task is differentiated with two versions of a checklist; teachers will know for their pupils how to ensure that pupils are suitably challenged or supported to produce their best work in this task.