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When and where people go: 'ir' 1st person plural

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I can use 'ir' in the present tense to understand and talk about when and where we go and another person goes.

I can pronounce new and revisited words with [r] and [rr] accurately.

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When and where people go: 'ir' 1st person plural

Learning outcomes

I can use 'ir' in the present tense to understand and talk about when and where we go and another person goes.

I can pronounce new and revisited words with [r] and [rr] accurately.

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Key learning points

  1. 'Ir' is a high frequency irregular verb; it is important to learn and remember its singular forms: voy, vas, va.
  2. 'Vamos' is the 1st person plural form of 'ir' and means 'we go'.
  3. To say 'to the' in Spanish, we use 'a la' before feminine nouns, and the contraction 'al' for masculine nouns.

Keywords

  • [r] - pronounced as in 'pero'

  • [rr] - pronounced as in 'perro'

  • Vamos - means 'we go'

  • Al - contraction of 'a + el', means 'to the' and is used for masculine nouns

Common misconception

To say where someone goes, only 'a la/al' goes before the place.

If the place is a city or a country, 'a' goes before the place.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:abrir un correo electrónico,opening an email
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opening an email

Correct Answer:responder a un mensaje,answering a message
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answering a message

Correct Answer:recibir una llamada,receiving a call
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receiving a call

Q2.
Which adjective can be both masculine and feminine?
Correct answer: feliz
morenas
oscuro
loca
divertidos
Q3.
Match the adjectives with their translations.
Correct Answer:feliz,happy
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happy

Correct Answer:moreno,dark-skinned, dark-haired, tanned
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dark-skinned, dark-haired, tanned

Correct Answer:oscuro,dark
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dark

Correct Answer:loco,crazy
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crazy

Correct Answer:claro,clear, fair
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clear, fair

Q4.
Write 'boring (m)' in Spanish.
Correct Answer: aburrido
Q5.
Order the words to say: 'Today everything is dark like the night.'
1 - hoy
2 - todo
3 - es
4 - oscuro
5 - como
6 - la
7 - noche
Q6.
Place the verbs in this order: to go, I go, you go, she/he/it goes.
1 - ir
2 - voy
3 - vas
4 - va

6 Questions

Q1.
Which word means 'why'?
por que
Correct answer: por qué
porque
porqué
Q2.
'Voy', 'vas' and 'vamos' are all forms of the irregular verb ...
ser
estar
Correct answer: ir
tener
ver
Q3.
Match the sentence halves.
Correct Answer:Voy a,Madrid.
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Madrid.

Correct Answer:Vas a la,tienda.
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tienda.

Correct Answer:Vamos al,mercado.
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mercado.

Q4.
Translate into English: 'Vamos al parque'.
Correct Answer: We go to the park., We are going to the park.
Q5.
Translate into English: 'Voy a la estación'.
Correct Answer: I go to the station., I am going to the station.
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'You go to school'.
Correct Answer: Vas al colegio., Vas a la escuela.

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