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Days of this week: information questions with ¿qué?

Learning outcomes

I can understand and identify the correct day when people ask and answer about what day of the week it is.

I can recognise and pronounce the key sounds [ca] [co] [cu].

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Days of this week: information questions with ¿qué?

Learning outcomes

I can understand and identify the correct day when people ask and answer about what day of the week it is.

I can recognise and pronounce the key sounds [ca] [co] [cu].

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Key learning points

  1. 1. The sound-symbol correspondences [ca] [co] [cu] can be practised with the source words 'cama', 'contar', 'cultura'.
  2. 'Es' is part of the verb 'ser' and means 'she, he, it is' or 'is' and is used to say what day of the week it is.
  3. ¿Qué? is the question word 'what?'

Keywords

  • Ca - pronounced as in 'cama'

  • Co - pronounced as in 'contar'

  • Cu - pronounced as in 'cultura'

  • ¿qué? - question word what?

  • Es - part of verb 'ser' - to be, being, meaning she, he, it is

Common misconception

Spanish days of the week start with a capital letter as in English.

Spanish does not capitalise the days of the week.

The teacher might want to start each day by asking ¿Qué día es hoy? and pupils will reply 'Hoy es ...' or ' Es ...' Another possibility is to have a classroom calendar where students can mark the current day in Spanish each morning.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Complete the sentence. The verb 'ser' is used to talk about ...
Correct answer: general traits
moods
Correct answer: origin
location
Q2.
What is the Spanish word for 'she, he, it is in general'?
soy
estoy
Correct answer: es
eres
está
Q3.
Arrange the words to say 'He is from England.'
1 - es
2 - de
3 - Inglaterra
Q4.
How would you say 'She is normally curious.'?
Correct Answer: Normalmente es curiosa. , Es curiosa normalmente.
Q5.
Match the English to the Spanish.
Correct Answer:she, he, it is ,es
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es

Correct Answer:today,hoy
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hoy

Correct Answer:where,dónde
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dónde

Correct Answer:how,cómo
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cómo

Q6.
Which of the following adjectives stay the same when describing a girl or a boy?
serio
Correct answer: elegante
Correct answer: feliz
curioso
Correct answer: triste

6 Questions

Q1.
What does ‘¿qué?’ mean in English?
Correct Answer: what, what?
Q2.
Spot the word with more than one of the key sounds [ca], [co], and [cu].
Correct answer: cucaracha
miércoles
curioso
Q3.
Choose the correct answers to the question ¿Qué día es hoy?
Correct answer: Es martes.
Correct answer: Hoy es martes.
Hoy estoy feliz.
Es serio.
Q4.
Put the days of the week in the correct order.
1 - lunes
2 - martes
3 - miércoles
4 - jueves
5 - viernes
6 - sábado
7 - domingo
Q5.
What do we use to write English days of the week but not Spanish days?
Correct Answer: capital letter, capital letters, a capital letter, upper case
Q6.
How would you say 'today is Friday.'?
Soy viernes.
Es viernes.
Es jueves.
Correct answer: Hoy es viernes.
Hoy es jueves.

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