KS3 · Spanish · Year 8
What people do at school: regular verbs 3rd person (present)
Asking questions: -ar, -er, -ir verbs
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Your learning goal
I can talk about daily school activities with simple present regular verbs.
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I can talk about daily school activities with simple present regular verbs.
Key learning points
- In Spanish, the simple present tense is used for habitual actions.
- For -ar verbs, the 'she, he, it' form ends in -a (e.g. 'estudia') and the 'they' form ends in -an (e.g. 'estudian').
- For -er/-ir verbs, the 'she, he, it' form ends in -e (e.g. 'lee') and the 'they' form ends in -en (e.g. 'leen').
Words to know
- simple present
- describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'
Common mistakes
-ar, -er, and -ir verbs all share the same endings in the present tense for 'she, he, it' and 'they' forms.
-er and -ir verbs share the same endings for 'she, he, it' and 'they' forms, but -ar verbs have a different ending.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The teacher might want to show students a short video of a school in Spain.