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Where people go: give statements with 'ir' in singular persons

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I can use the 'I' and 'she, he' forms of the verb 'ir' to answer questions about where and when I and another person goes.

I can recognise and pronounce the [b] and [v] sounds.

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Where people go: give statements with 'ir' in singular persons

Learning outcomes

I can use the 'I' and 'she, he' forms of the verb 'ir' to answer questions about where and when I and another person goes.

I can recognise and pronounce the [b] and [v] sounds.

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Key learning points

  1. The sounds [b] and [v] are pronounced the same in Spanish, as in 'celebrar' and 'ver'.
  2. The verb 'ir' is irregular and it means 'to go, going'.
  3. The 1st person singular 'I go' is 'voy'. The 3rd person singular 'she/he goes' is 'va'.
  4. The preposition 'a' means 'to'. 'To the' before masculine nouns is al (a + el); we use a la for feminine nouns.

Keywords

  • Ir - irregular verb meaning 'to go, going'

  • Voy - verb meaning 'I go', part of 'ir'

  • Va - verb meaning 'she, he, it goes', part of 'ir'

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

Common misconception

All nouns ending in 'a' are feminine.

There are exceptions to this, like 'problema' or 'día', that's why it is important to learn the article and the noun together.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which set of letters sound exactly the same in Spanish?
r and rr
n and ñ
l and ll
Correct answer: b and v
t and z
Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:después,after
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after

Correct Answer:detrás,behind
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behind

Correct Answer:delante,in front of, before
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in front of, before

Correct Answer:debajo,under
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under

Q3.
Which verbs are irregular?
Correct answer: estar
Correct answer: tener
correr
Correct answer: ser
comer
Q4.
Which of these parts of 'estar' are plural (refer to more than one person)?
estás
Correct answer: estamos
está
estoy
Correct answer: están
Q5.
Match the words with associated meanings.
Correct Answer:tren,estación
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estación

Correct Answer:idioma,chino
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chino

Correct Answer:escribir,carta
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carta

Correct Answer:país,Italia
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Italia

Q6.
Match the Spanish and English question words.
Correct Answer:qué,what
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what

Correct Answer:cuándo,when
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when

Correct Answer:dónde,where
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where

Correct Answer:cómo,how
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how

Correct Answer:quién,who
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who

Correct Answer:cuál,which
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which

6 Questions

Q1.
Which verbs are irregular?
escribir
Correct answer: ser
Correct answer: ir
Correct answer: estar
aprender
Q2.
Which nouns are feminine?
día
problema
Correct answer: estación
Correct answer: playa
idioma
Q3.
Put these time expressions in order of most frequent to least frequent.
1 - siempre
2 - todos los lunes
3 - cada enero
4 - nunca
Q4.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Correct Answer:voy,I go, I am going
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I go, I am going

Correct Answer:vas,you go, you are going
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you go, you are going

Correct Answer:va,she, he goes; she, he is going
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she, he goes; she, he is going

Correct Answer:ir,to go, going
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to go, going

Q5.
Which nouns could follow 'al' (to the) in a sentence?
Correct answer: coche
Correct answer: parque
Correct answer: oeste
ventana
ciudad
Q6.
Order the words to say: 'Every February she goes to the beach.' Match the English word order exactly.
1 - cada
2 - febrero
3 - va
4 - a
5 - la
6 - playa

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