KS3 · Spanish · Year 9
Where people go and went: 'ir' in singular persons
School is out! 'Ir' and 'ir' + a + infinitive
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Your learning goal
I can talk about where someone goes or went using the correct form of 'ir' in Spanish.
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I can talk about where someone goes or went using the correct form of 'ir' in Spanish.
Key learning points
- The -tion ending of an English word often changes to -ción in Spanish, e.g. 'nation' - 'nación'.
- If a word ending in -n or -s has final syllable stress, use an accent, otherwise, no accent is needed.
- To talk about where someone goes (present) use the verb ‘ir’, e.g. ‘voy’, ‘vas’, ‘va’.
- To say ‘to the’, use ‘a la’ for singular feminine nouns and ‘al’ for singular masculine nouns.
- In the preterite tense, the verb ‘ir’ does not follow general conjugation rules, e.g. ‘fui’, ‘fuiste’, ‘fue’.
Words to know
- final syllable stress
- pronouncing the last syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
- penultimate syllable stress
- pronouncing the second-last syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
- simple present
- describes habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'
- preterite
- a tense used for events completed in the past
Common mistakes
All words ending in -n or -s need an accent.
Words ending in -n, -s or a vowel generally have penultimate syllable stress and no accent. Words ending in -n, -s or a vowel with final syllable stress have an accent on the final vowel. Note the difference: 'canción', 'canciones'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The teacher might want to use mini whiteboards in the final writing task for whole-class assessment for learning. They could have students show each sentence individually to provide live feedback and address any misconceptions as they arise.