KS3 · Spanish · Year 8
What people do at school: regular 1st persons and 2nd person singular (present)
Asking questions: -ar, -er, -ir verbs
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Your learning goal
I can use present tense verbs to talk about what people celebrate at school.
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What people do at school: regular 1st persons and 2nd person singular (present): 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 present tense verbs to talk about what people celebrate at school.
Key learning points
- For words ending in a vowel, -n or -s, if the stress is on the final syllable, an accent is needed.
- For words ending in a vowel, -n or -s, if the stress is on the penultimate syllable, no accent is needed.
- Simple present verb endings change depending on who it refers to: -o ('I'), -as/-es ('you'), -amos/-emos/-imos ('we').
- Spanish uses the simple present for actions or plans happening today, while English uses the present continuous.
Words to know
- syllable stress
- pronouncing one syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
- simple present
- describes habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do', and in Spanish, is also used to talk about immediate plans
Common mistakes
The simple present tense in Spanish is only for habitual actions, e.g. 'every week I do my homework'.
The simple present in Spanish is used for habitual actions and immediate plans. '¿Qué haces hoy?' means 'What are you doing today?' and 'hoy hago mis deberes' means 'today I am doing my homework'. English uses the present continuous here instead.
For parents, carers and teachers
- There are two versions of Task B3 available. One is scaffolded for extra support, and the other is more challenging. The teacher can choose the one that best fits their pupils' needs.