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What is there? What is it like? Singular definite and indefinite articles

Learning outcomes

I can use the singular definite and the indefinite article to describe places in town.

I can pronounce words with the sound [ge] and [gi].

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What is there? What is it like? Singular definite and indefinite articles

Learning outcomes

I can use the singular definite and the indefinite article to describe places in town.

I can pronounce words with the sound [ge] and [gi].

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Key learning points

  1. The SSC [ge] sounds like in 'gente'
  2. The SSC [gi] sounds like in 'imaginar'
  3. The indefinite article is used to introduce a noun and the definite article to refer to it again

Keywords

  • [ge] - pronounced as in 'gente'

  • [gi] - pronounced as in 'imaginar'

  • Indefinite article - the word 'a, an' that comes before a noun when it is mentioned for the first time

  • Definite article - the word 'the' comes before a noun when it has been mentioned before in a sentence

Common misconception

The sounds [ge] and [gi] are pronounced just like in English.

Both sounds are pronounced like an 'h' followed by 'e' for [ge] and followed by 'i' for [gi]

The teacher might want to take/bring photos from their town to the classroom and ask students to describe them following the examples seen in the lesson: 'Estoy en ... . Hay un/una... El/La es... .'
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6 Questions

Q1.
Put the numbers in the correct order.
1 - cuatro
2 - cinco
3 - seis
4 - siete
5 - ocho
6 - nueve
7 - diez
Q2.
How would you say in Spanish 'What is it like?'
¿Qué es?
Correct answer: ¿Cómo es?
¿Dónde está?
¿Cómo estás?
Q3.
What is a singular definite article?
a word that comes before an adjective
Correct answer: a word that comes before the noun meaning 'the'
a word that gives information something about the verb
a word that comes before the noun meaning 'a/an'
Q4.
What is a singular indefinite article?
a word that comes before an adjective
a word that comes before the noun meaning 'the'
a word that gives information something about the verb
Correct answer: a word that comes before the noun meaning 'a/an'
Q5.
Complete this sentence with the correct verb: ' una escuela en la ciudad.'
está
son
Correct answer: hay
Q6.
Translate this sentence into Spanish: 'I have a bike but you have two cats.'
1 - tengo
2 - una
3 - bicicleta
4 - pero
5 - tienes
6 - dos
7 - gatos

6 Questions

Q1.
Which article do we use to mention a noun for the first time: the definite or the indefinite article?
Correct Answer: indefinite, indefinite article
Q2.
True or False? In Spanish there is only one word for the English 'the'.
Correct Answer: False
Q3.
Identify the sentences with a singular definite article in them.
Hay un museo.
Correct answer: La escuela es pequeña.
Correct answer: La ciudad esta lejos.
Correct answer: Hay un centro. El centro es antiguo.
Hay una tienda.
Q4.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Correct Answer:entre,between
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between

Correct Answer:cerca,close
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close

Correct Answer:lejos,far
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far

Correct Answer:respuesta,answer
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answer

Q5.
Put the vocab learning strategy in the correct order.
1 - look
2 - say
3 - cover
4 - write
5 - check
Q6.
Translate into Spanish: 'There is a bank but it is old.'
Correct Answer: Hay un banco pero es antiguo., Hay un banco pero es viejo.

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