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La medicina hoy en día: imperfect 'ser'

I can use the verb 'ser' in the present and imperfect tense to describe healthcare in Spain.

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La medicina hoy en día: imperfect 'ser'

I can use the verb 'ser' in the present and imperfect tense to describe healthcare in Spain.

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Key learning points

  1. 'Es means 'she, he, it is' and 'era' means 'I, she, he, it was'.
  2. The pronouns 'yo', 'él' and 'ella' make the meaning of 'era' clear.
  3. 'Es' and 'era' often appear before adjective and an infinitive when describing a situation.
  4. 'Eres' means 'you are' and 'eras' means 'you were' or 'you used to be'

Keywords

  • Infinitive - the verb as it appears in a dictionary

  • Imperfect - a tense used for repeated or incomplete events in the past

  • Es - Spanish verb meaning ‘she, he, it is’

  • Era - Spanish verb meaning ‘I, she, he, it was’

Common misconception

'Era' only means 'she, he, it was' or 'she, he, it used to be'.

'Era' also means 'I was' or 'I used to be'. Look for the pronouns 'yo', 'él' and 'ella' to understand the meaning of 'era' in context.


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In the final writing activity (slide 35), remind students of conjunctions that they could use to connect and contrast ideas. These include 'también', 'además', 'pero', 'sin embargo' and 'en cambio'.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the English and Spanish ...
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:soy,I am
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I am

Correct Answer:eras,you were, you used to be
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you were, you used to be

Correct Answer:era,I, she, he, it was; I, she, he, it used to be
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I, she, he, it was; I, she, he, it used to be

Correct Answer:somos,we are
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we are

Q2.
Match the English and Spanish.
Correct Answer:dije,I said, told
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I said, told

Correct Answer:estuve,I was
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I was

Correct Answer:pude,I was able to
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I was able to

Correct Answer:puse,I put
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I put

Correct Answer:quise,I wanted
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I wanted

Correct Answer:supe,I knew how to, found out
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I knew how to, found out

Q3.
What is the meaning of the word 'enfermero'?
ill
illness
doctor
Correct answer: nurse
health
Q4.
Which word is not an adjective?
sano
útil
moderno
Correct answer: ojo
enfermo
Q5.
Which of these words are infinitives?
vine
Correct answer: solicitar
perfecto
Correct answer: doler
Correct answer: arreglar
Q6.
Escribe en español: 'Nowadays she is a scientist'.
Correct Answer: Hoy en día es científica., Hoy en día ella es científica.

6 Questions

Q1.
Choose the correct meaning of 'eras'.
you are
Correct answer: you were, you used to be
I, she, he, it was; he, she it used to be
she, he, it is
I am
Q2.
Choose the correct meanings of 'era'.
Correct answer: I was, I used to be
we were, we used to be
Correct answer: she was, she used to be
Correct answer: he was, he used to be
you were, you used to be
Q3.
Which word could appear after 'es difícil' in Spanish?
estudio
estudias
Correct answer: estudiar
estudia
estudian
Q4.
Match the Spanish and English words.
Correct Answer:peligro,danger
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danger

Correct Answer:enfermedad,illness
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illness

Correct Answer:salud,health
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health

Correct Answer:fumar,to smoke, smoking
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to smoke, smoking

Correct Answer:correr,to run, running
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to run, running

Correct Answer:cerebro,brain
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brain

Q5.
Write in Spanish: 'It was common to pay'.
Correct Answer: Era común pagar.
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'It is easy to find a doctor (f)'.
Correct Answer: Es fácil encontrar una médica.

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