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Productos típicos: 'ser' present, nationality adjectives

I can use and understand the verb ‘ser’ with nationality adjectives in the context of products and exports from Latin America.

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Productos típicos: 'ser' present, nationality adjectives

I can use and understand the verb ‘ser’ with nationality adjectives in the context of products and exports from Latin America.

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Key learning points

  1. The present indicative forms of ‘ser’ are ‘soy’, ‘eres’, ‘es’, ‘somos’, ‘sois’ and ‘son’.
  2. Adjectives of nationality must agree with the nouns they describe.
  3. Masculine adjectives ending in -o change to -a, -os- or -as depending on the gender and number of the noun.
  4. Masculine adjectives ending in -és change to -esa, -eses or -esas depending on the gender and number of the noun.

Keywords

  • Ser - verb meaning 'to be, being' for general traits

  • Adjective - word that gives information about a noun

  • Adjective agreement - when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number

Common misconception

In Spanish, all masculine adjectives end in -o.

Many masculine adjectives end in -o, but this is not always the case. For example, many masculine adjectives of nationality end in -és e.g. 'inglés' and 'francés'.

If there are several nationalities in your class, slide 10 is an opportunity for pupils to customise the list of nationality adjectives to suit their own context. The phonics of final syllable stress is explained on slide 10 and the corresponding check on slide 12 are aimed at Higher Tier students.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:entrada,entrance, admission ticket
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entrance, admission ticket

Correct Answer:bocadillo,sandwich
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sandwich

Correct Answer:perezoso,lazy
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lazy

Correct Answer:barato,cheap
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cheap

Correct Answer:caro,expensive
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expensive

Correct Answer:lengua,language
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language

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:soy,I am
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I am

Correct Answer:eres,you are
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you are

Correct Answer:es,she, he, it is
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she, he, it is

Correct Answer:somos,we are
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we are

Correct Answer:sois,you (pl) are
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you (pl) are

Correct Answer:son,they are
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they are

Q3.
What is the missing form of 'ser'? Mi hermano mayor muy pesado. (My older brother is very boring).
soy
eres
Correct answer: es
somos
son
Q4.
What is the missing form of 'ser'? Mis familia y yo cubanos (My family and I are Cuban).
Correct Answer: somos
Q5.
Adjective is when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number.
Correct answer: agreement
conjugation
placement
Q6.
What is the feminine plural form of 'healthy' in Spanish?
sano
sana
sanos
Correct answer: sanas

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:queso,cheese
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cheese

Correct Answer:,tea
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tea

Correct Answer:argentino,Argentinian
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Argentinian

Correct Answer:latino,Latin American
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Latin American

Correct Answer:chileno,Chilean
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Chilean

Correct Answer:británico,British
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British

Q2.
What are the missing verbs? ¿__________ argentinos o chilenos? Yo __________ mexicana. (Are you (pl) Argentinian or Chilean? I'm Mexican).
soy, sois
somos, soy
sois, es
Correct answer: sois, soy
soy, somos
Q3.
What is the missing adjective? Hay unos estudiantes __________ en mi clase.
peruano
peruana
Correct answer: peruanos
peruanas
Q4.
What is the missing adjective? 'El Día de los Muertos' es una famosa costumbre . ('the Day of the Dead' is a famous Mexican tradition).
Correct Answer: mexicana
Q5.
Which adjectives are masculine?
Correct answer: famoso
Correct answer: francés
sanas
vaga
Correct answer: español
Q6.
What is the missing adjective? Los chicos en mi club de ciclismo son muy simpáticos.
inglés
Correct answer: ingleses
inglesa
inglesas

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