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Outdoor activities: -ar verbs 'I' and 'she, he'

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I can use definite articles and indefinite articles together with verbs in the 1st and 3rd person singular to talk about outdoor activities.

I can distinguish and read aloud the key sounds [ga] and [go].

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Outdoor activities: -ar verbs 'I' and 'she, he'

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I can use definite articles and indefinite articles together with verbs in the 1st and 3rd person singular to talk about outdoor activities.

I can distinguish and read aloud the key sounds [ga] and [go].

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Key learning points

  1. The key sounds [ga] and [go] can be contrasted for listening and read aloud practice.
  2. The preposition 'por' is often used with verbs of movement and can be translated 'through', 'around' or 'along'.
  3. To mean 'I' with a verb the ending is -o, to mean 'she, he, it' the ending is -a.
  4. The definite article 'the' in Spanish is 'el' for masculine and la for feminine nouns.
  5. The indefinite article 'a/an' in Spanish is 'un' for masculine and 'una' for feminine noun.

Keywords

  • Ga - pronounced as in 'ganar'

  • Go - pronounced as in 'domingo'

  • Definite article - the words el and la meaning the

  • Indefinite article - the words un and una meaning a and an

  • 3rd person singular - forms of pronouns and verbs used to refer to other people

Common misconception

Grammatical gender is the same as biological gender. If a word is feminine we think of it as a girl if it is masculine we think of it as a boy.

Grammatical gender is not the same as biological gender. Spelling clues help to identify Spanish grammatical gender: nouns ending in -o are usually masculine, nouns ending in -a are usually feminine.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and the English.
Correct Answer:ganar,to win, winning
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to win, winning

Correct Answer:algo,something
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something

Correct Answer:gato,cat
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cat

Correct Answer:regalo,present
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present

Correct Answer:domingo,Sunday
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Sunday

Q2.
Which of these articles could be used to complete the sentence? regalo en el pueblo.
Correct answer: un
Correct answer: el
una
la
Q3.
Canto is the 1st person form of the verb 'cantar'. What is the 1st person form of the verb 'caminar'?
Correct Answer: camino, camino
Q4.
Siempre hablo con un amigo en clase. Which is the correct translation?
Correct answer: I always speak with a friend in class.
Speaking with a friend in class.
I always speak with a friend at home.
Speaking with a friend in class is always fun.
Speaking with a friend at home is always fun.
Q5.
Caminar en el pueblo es sano. Which is the correct translation?
I walk in the village for my health.
Correct answer: Walking in the village is healthy.
It is calming to walk in the village.
Walking in the village is calming.
I walk in the village, it's healthy.
Q6.
'Normally, I walk on the beach'. Order the words correctly to make this sentence.
1 - normalmente
2 - camino
3 - en
4 - la
5 - playa

6 Questions

Q1.
Which letter sound is missing from these words? domin__, lar__, al__
Correct answer: go
ga
ge
gu
gi
Q2.
Match the Spanish phrase with its description.
Correct Answer:una tarta,a/an + feminine noun
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a/an + feminine noun

Correct Answer:la botella,the + feminine noun
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the + feminine noun

Correct Answer:un uniforme,a/an + masculine noun
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a/an + masculine noun

Correct Answer:el regalo,the + masculine noun
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the + masculine noun

Q3.
Match the Spanish and the English.
Correct Answer:un globo amarillo,a yellow balloon
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a yellow balloon

Correct Answer:la playa pequeña,the small beach
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the small beach

Correct Answer:una silla roja,a red chair
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a red chair

Correct Answer:el mar tranquilo,the calm sea
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the calm sea

Q4.
What is the 1st person singular verb form of 'ser'?
sero
Correct answer: soy
estoy
es
son
Q5.
'Canto con un familiar en casa. Es fantástico'. Which is the correct translation?
Singing with a friend at home is fantastic.
Correct answer: I sing with a relative at home. It's fantastic.
Singing with a friend in class is fantastic.
Singing at home with a friend is fantastic.
I sing with a relative in class. It's fantastic.
Q6.
Which of these could complete the sentence correctly? ' tarta bonita'.
Correct answer: una
el
un
Correct answer: la

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