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Travel activities: -ar verbs in 3rd person plural

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I can use the 3rd person plural of -ar verbs to talk about travel activities.

I can differentiate between the different ways of pronouncing the sound [z].

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Travel activities: -ar verbs in 3rd person plural

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I can use the 3rd person plural of -ar verbs to talk about travel activities.

I can differentiate between the different ways of pronouncing the sound [z].

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Key learning points

  1. The SSC [z] is pronounced as in the word 'zona'.
  2. The 3rd person singular of -AR verbs ends in -a in the present tense. e.g. 'canta'
  3. The 3rd person plural of -AR verbs ends in -an in the present tense. e.g. 'cantan'

Keywords

  • Present tense - describes habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'

  • -ar verbs - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -ar, e.g. 'preparar', meaning 'to prepare'

  • 3rd person plural - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to other people

Common misconception

In Spanish the verb endings rarely change depending on who the verb refers to, like in English.

In Spanish verb endings always change depending on who the verb refers to. For -ar verbs, 'I' ends in -o, 'you' ends in -as, 'she, he, it' ends in -a, 'we' ends in -amos, and 'they' ends in -an.

The teacher might want to ask students to write about what activities they do during holidays as well as about someone else's holiday.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which verb forms mean 'must'?
Correct answer: debo
bebo
Correct answer: debes
bebes
Correct answer: debe
Q2.
Match the English to the Spanish.
Correct Answer:to wash, washing,lavar

lavar

Correct Answer:to clean, cleaning,limpiar

limpiar

Correct Answer:to organise, organising,organizar

organizar

Correct Answer:to take out, taking out ,sacar

sacar

Correct Answer:to talk, talking,hablar

hablar

Correct Answer:to buy, buying ,comprar

comprar

Q3.
Match the pronouns with the correct verb form.
Correct Answer:I,compro

compro

Correct Answer:you,bailas

bailas

Correct Answer:she, he, it ,saca

saca

Correct Answer:we,lavamos

lavamos

Q4.
Put the forms of the verb 'escuchar' in the correct order: I, you, she/he/it, we.
1 - escucho
2 - escuchas
3 - escucha
4 - escuchamos
Q5.
Choose the correct verb form: 'Mi padre la basura por la noche.'
saco
sacas
Correct answer: saca
sacamos
sacar
Q6.
Translate into Spanish: 'I wash the dishes in the afternoon.'
Correct Answer: Lavo los platos por la tarde.

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Correct Answer:el mar,sea

sea

Correct Answer:la montaña,mountain

mountain

Correct Answer:las vacaciones,holidays

holidays

Correct Answer:cada,each

each

Correct Answer:durante,during

during

Correct Answer:normalemte,normally

normally

Q2.
What does the present tense describe?
Correct answer: habitual events
events that have happened in the past
events that will happen in the future
Q3.
Which verbs are in the 3rd person plural form?
lava
Correct answer: preparan
limpiar
Correct answer: necesitan
monta
Q4.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:monto,I ride

I ride

Correct Answer:montas,you ride

you ride

Correct Answer:monta,she, he, it rides

she, he, it rides

Correct Answer:montamos,we ride

we ride

Correct Answer:montan ,they ride

they ride

Correct Answer:montar,to ride, riding

to ride, riding

Q5.
Choose the right verb form: 'Los pájaros cada día en un árbol en mi jardín.'
canto
cantas
canta
cantamos
Correct answer: cantan
Q6.
Translate into Spanish: 'My family travels every year.'
Correct Answer: Mi familia viaja cada año.

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UnitSpanish / At home and away: -AR verbs 3rd person plural, 'estar' and 'ser'

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