Lesson video

(teacher speaking Spanish) <v ->I will be guiding you through your learning today.

</v> Let's go.

(teacher speaking Spanish) In this lesson, we are preparing for a school trip and packing a day bag.

We will practise using tengo, "I have," un and una, meaning a or an, with nouns to say what belongings we have.

We will also recognise and practise pronouncing the sound ce.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Let's get started.

We will be using the following keywords, ce, pronounced (speaking Spanish) as in centro.

Grammatical gender because nouns in Spanish are either masculine or feminine.

And indefinite article.

The words un and una, meaning a or an.

Let's start by practising the sound ce.

(teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) You can do the action with me as well.

(teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) Showing the centre.

(teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) We're going to listen to a whole sentence now.

How many times do you hear the sound ce in this sentence? (teacher speaking Spanish) (instructor speaking Spanish) (instructor speaking Spanish) <v ->What did you think?</v> If you said three, (speaking Spanish)! Let's have a look at the sentence.

(teacher speaking Spanish) The zebra Merce, that's her name, eats hot grass.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Over to you.

Is the c in each Spanish word hard or soft? Say each of these six words out loud to yourself or to a partner and decide.

Pause your video now and have a go at the activity.

(teacher speaking Spanish) How did that go? Let's have a look.

Izzy says, "The c is hard in cosa, cama, and cuna." Jun says, "The c is soft in cero, ceno, and pecera." They're right.

Is that what you thought too? Let's move on now to practising un and una, meaning a and an, with some nouns.

(teacher speaking Spanish) What message does Quique have for us today? Let's have a listen.

We'll listen to this message twice.

(Quique speaking Spanish) (Quique speaking Spanish) (Quique speaking Spanish) (Quique speaking Spanish) (Quique speaking Spanish) (Quique speaking Spanish) (Quique speaking Spanish) (Quique speaking Spanish) <v ->You have seen, I think, some of these words before.

</v> Let's see if we can work out what Quique's message means.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Hello, I'm Quique.

(teacher speaking Spanish) I'm always curious.

(teacher speaking Spanish) What do you like normally? (teacher speaking Spanish) How are you today? How is Quique today? Today, Quique is going on a school trip and needs to pack his school bag.

Shall we learn some words to help him? In Spanish, things, as well as people and animals, are either masculine or feminine.

This is called grammatical gender.

To say a, or an, in Spanish, use the indefinite article un before a masculine noun and una before a feminine noun.

But how do we know which nouns are masculine and which nouns are feminine? Sam says, "Most masculine nouns end in -o and most feminine nouns end in -a." That's helpful.

Let's see some examples.

A masculine noun.

(teacher speaking Spanish) A pen.

A feminine noun.

(teacher speaking Spanish) A camera.

Now over to you.

What gender are these words? (teacher speaking Spanish) Do it now.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Fruta ends in -a.

It's a feminine noun.

The feminine word for a is una.

(teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) Telefono ends in -o.

It's a masculine noun.

The masculine word for a is un.

Let's learn some more nouns.

(teacher speaking Spanish) I'm going to say each noun twice.

The second time, I'm going to say it with an action.

Join me in doing the actions.

It makes it more fun and it makes it easier to remember the words.

(teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) These are all masculine nouns.

Let's learn some feminine nouns now.

(teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) Over to you.

Match the indefinite article to the correct noun.

There's no need to write this down.

Just say them out loud.

Let's say them together.

(teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) But what do they mean? Now match the Spanish to the English meaning.

Again, we don't need to write them down.

Let's say both parts together.

(teacher speaking Spanish) A school bag.

(teacher speaking Spanish) An exercise book.

(teacher speaking Spanish) A ball.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Quique has packed for a school trip.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Tick the items Quique has.

Let's look at number one.

Is it cuaderno or camara? But here's the thing.

I'm not going to say the object.

I'm just going to say the indefinite article un or una, and you have to decide which of the nouns it must be.

Let's practise this.

Let's do number one.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Un.

Un.

Is it cuaderno or camara? (teacher speaking Spanish) It's cuaderno because you heard un.

Un is the masculine word for a and cuaderno ends in -o and is a masculine noun.

Now let's listen to the other items and make our decisions for two, three, four, and five.

I will say each one twice.

Number two.

Una.

Una.

Number three.

Un.

Un.

Number four.

Una.

Una.

Number five.

Una.

Una.

Let's see how we did.

Number two.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Number three.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Number four.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Number five.

(teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) So, Quique has packed.

What does Quique have, and what does Quique not have for the trip? You can see on the left, there are five things ticked here and three things crossed.

Can you write a list in English of the five items Quique has and the three items Quique doesn't have? (teacher speaking Spanish) Pause the video now and have a go at this activity.

(teacher speaking Spanish) How did you get on? Let's have a look.

If you wrote that Quique has an exercise book, a ball, a pen, a piece of fruit, and a rucksack or bag, (speaking Spanish).

If you wrote that he does not have a phone, a camera, or a bear, (speaking Spanish).

Now let's practise using the verb tener, "to have," and tengo, "I have." In Spanish, the verb tener means "to have" or "having." To mean "I have," use tengo.

For example.

(teacher speaking Spanish) I have an exercise book.

(teacher speaking Spanish) I have a fruit.

Or, as we say more often in English, I have a piece of fruit.

Over to you.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Is it A, to have a bag? B, she has a bag? Or C, I have a bag? (teacher speaking Spanish) I have a bag.

(teacher speaking Spanish) To mean "having," use tener.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Having an exercise book is normal.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Having a camera at home is fantastic.

Now over to you.

(teacher speaking Spanish) means having a pen in class is important.

I have a pen in class.

It's important.

You have a pen in class.

It's important.

(teacher speaking Spanish) Having.

Tener means "having." Having a pen in class is important.

Now we're going to practise speaking about things we have for our trip.

Let's look at an example.

Partner A, choose one of the objects, either (speaking Spanish) or (speaking Spanish).

Say tengo, "I have." Say the un or the una.

But shh.

Don't say (speaking Spanish).

Don't say (speaking Spanish).

Quique says (speaking Spanish).

If you're Partner B, you say what the object must be from whether Partner A has said un or una.

And you can write your answer down.

Sofia says, "Pelota." She heard Quique say (speaking Spanish) and she looked at the two items and she knew it was pelota and she wrote it down.

Start with Partner A's choices.

Partner A is going to speak first and do items one, two, three, and four, saying tengo, "I have," and either un or una, depending on which object they want to talk about.

But shh.

Don't say the object in Spanish.

When you've done your four items, swap roles, and Partner B, you speak and you do your items. Pause your video now and have a go at this activity.

(teacher speaking Spanish) How did that go? Let's have a look at what you might have said.

So together for Partner A's answers.

Depending on what Partner A chooses to say, you could have said either one of these two sentences together with your partner.

Let's say them all again together and practise.

Let's use the actions as well.

(teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) Let's have a look at Partner B's.

Let's do the same again, starting with number one.

(teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) We've come to the summary of our lesson today.

What have we learned? ce is pronounced (speaking Spanish) as in the word centro.

All nouns in Spanish have grammatical gender, masculine or feminine.

The masculine indefinite article is un.

The feminine indefinite article is una.

The verb "to have, having" is tener.

"I have" is tengo.

Useful new words to talk about belongings are (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish) (teacher speaking Spanish).

(teacher speaking Spanish) Great work today! (teacher speaking Spanish).