What people have: 'tener' singular persons, alphabet

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I can understand what I, you and someone else has in Spanish.

I can recognise and pronounce the Spanish alphabet.

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What people have: 'tener' singular persons, alphabet

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I can understand what I, you and someone else has in Spanish.

I can recognise and pronounce the Spanish alphabet.

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Learning the Spanish alphabet

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Understanding singular verb forms of tener

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Key learning points

The Spanish alphabet has 27 letters, including the letter ñ which is not in the English alphabet.
The Spanish alphabet letter names have patterns: letter + e, e + letter + e. There are eight irregular letter names.
The singular verb forms of 'tener' are: 'tengo' - I have, 'tienes' - you have, 'tiene' - she, he, it has.

Keywords

Ñ - 'eñe', a unique letter of the Spanish alphabet
Tener - Spanish verb 'to have, having'
Singular verb forms - verb forms for ‘I’, ‘you’ and ‘she, he, it’

Common misconception

To say 'I have', 'you have', 'she, he, it has' you need the words for 'I', 'you' and 'she, he, it'.

The verbs 'tengo', 'tienes' and 'tiene' mean 'I have', 'you have' and 'she, he, it has'. You do not need to use separate pronouns 'I', 'you', 'she, he, it'.

Pupils will benefit from brief, but frequent revisiting of the Spanish alphabet. One way to do this is to reprieve the song. Playing a previously learnt song at the beginning of the lesson is a great way to help pupils settle quickly and tune in to the sounds of the new language.