KS3 · Spanish · Year 9
Where people go and went: simple present and preterite
School is out! 'Ir' and 'ir' + a + infinitive
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Your learning goal
I can use present and past tense verbs to talk about where people go and went.
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I can use present and past tense verbs to talk about where people go and went.
Key learning points
- Many English adverbs ending in -ly become -mente in Spanish, e.g. 'especial' - 'especialmente'.
- If an adjective has -o/-a forms, use the -a form + -mente to make the adverb, e.g. 'lento' - 'lenta' - 'lentamente'.
- Words ending in -n or -s generally stress the penultimate syllable and do not need an accent, e.g. 'examen'.
- Adding the plural ending -es shifts stress to the antepenultimate syllable, so an accent is needed, e.g. 'exámenes'.
- 'Voy', 'vas', 'va' are the simple present forms of the verb 'ir', and 'fui', 'fuiste', 'fue' are the preterite forms.
Words to know
- penultimate syllable stress
- pronouncing the second-last syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
- antepenultimate stress
- pronouncing the third-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, e.g. 'I did'
Common mistakes
All Spanish adverbs are made by simply adding -mente to any adjective form.
When an adjective has masculine -o and feminine -a forms, you must use the -a form before adding -mente, e.g. 'rápido' - 'rápida' - 'rápidamente'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- To avoid printing for task A2, project the word list and have students race to write the correct Spanish words in their books instead - the first to finish correctly wins the point.