KS3 · Spanish · Year 7
What people have: plural indefinite articles 'unos' and 'unas'
Belongings: 'tener' and articles 'un' and 'una'
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Your learning goal
I can form plural nouns and use 'unos' and 'unas' to talk about more than one.
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I can form plural nouns and use 'unos' and 'unas' to talk about more than one.
Key learning points
- The sounds [ca], [co], [cu] are pronounced as in casa, coche, escuchar.
- Add 's' to make a Spanish word plural, if it ends in a vowel.
- To say 'some' for plural masculine nouns use 'unos'. For plural feminine nouns use 'unas'.
Words to know
- [ca]
- pronounced as in 'casa'
- [co]
- pronounced as in 'comer'
- [cu]
- pronounced as in 'escuchar'
- unas
- 'some' for feminine plural nouns
- unos
- 'some' for masculineplural nouns
Common mistakes
There is just one word for 'some' in Spanish.
There are two words for 'some' in Spanish, just as there are two words for 'a/an'. 'Unos' is 'some' for plural masculine nouns. 'Unas' is 'some' for plural feminine nouns.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Teachers may consider entering pupils in Y7 for the Foreign Language Spelling Bee competition. It has four stages: class, whole school, regional and national. The words that pupils have to learn are all high frequency and also on the GCSE word list, so the competition is a great start to learning.