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Acciones para un mundo mejor: 'ir' imperfect plural persons

I can use plural forms of the imperfect tense in the context of protests and social movements.

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Acciones para un mundo mejor: 'ir' imperfect plural persons

I can use plural forms of the imperfect tense in the context of protests and social movements.

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Key learning points

  1. ábamos, -abais and -aban are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person plural endings of -ar verbs in the imperfect tense.
  2. ‘ir’ is an irregular verb in the imperfect tense.
  3. -íbamos, -ibais and -iban are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person plural forms of ‘ir’ in the imperfect tense.
  4. Spanish adverbs ending in -mente (e.g. rápidamente) correspond to English adverbs ending in -ly (e.g. quickly).
  5. To form adverbs ending in -mente, add this ending to the feminine form of the adjective (e.g. rápida - rápidamente).

Keywords

  • Imperfect - verb tense used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly

  • Adverb - word used to describe adjectives and verbs

  • -mente - suffix commonly used in Spanish adverbs, meaning -ly

Common misconception

Accents are present in several forms of 'ir' and -ar verbs in the imperfect tense.

Accents are only present in the 1st person singular (we) form of 'ir' (íbamos) and -ar verbs (-ábamos) in the imperfect tense.


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Learning Cycle 1, Starter Quiz Q1 and and Exit Quiz Qs 2, 3 and 4 are aimed at Higher Tier students. Learning Cycle 2's checks and tasks also test largely higher tier vocabulary, but could be adapted to draw out Foundation Tier words.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:tratar,to try, trying
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to try, trying

Correct Answer:prestar,to lend, lending
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to lend, lending

Correct Answer:identificar,to identify, identifying
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to identify, identifying

Correct Answer:engañar,to trick, tricking
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to trick, tricking

Correct Answer:sonar,to ring, ringing
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to ring, ringing

Correct Answer:poseer,to own, owning
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to own, owning

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:gente,people
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people

Correct Answer:grave,serious
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serious

Correct Answer:histórico,historical
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historical

Correct Answer:jefa,boss, manager (f)
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boss, manager (f)

Correct Answer:y media,half past
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half past

Correct Answer:solamente,only
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only

Q3.
Which verbs are in the imperfect tense?
Correct answer: trabajaba
Correct answer: prestabas
voy
engaña
Q4.
What is the 1st person singular (I) form of ‘organizar’ (to organise, organising) in the imperfect tense?
Correct Answer: organizaba
Q5.
Which word is an adverb?
necesario
Correct answer: finalmente
emocionado
importante
universal
Q6.
When forming adverbs in Spanish, which form of the adjective is the ending -mente added to?
masculine
Correct answer: feminine
plural

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:actuar,to act, acting
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to act, acting

Correct Answer:falta,lack, shortage
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lack, shortage

Correct Answer:probablemente,probably
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probably

Correct Answer:afortunadamente,fortunately
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fortunately

Correct Answer:rápidamente,quickly
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quickly

Correct Answer:totalmente,totally
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totally

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:contribuir,to contribute, contributing
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to contribute, contributing

Correct Answer:amenaza,threat
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threat

Correct Answer:negar,to deny, refuse
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to deny, refuse

Correct Answer:aliado,ally
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ally

Correct Answer:conocimiento,knowledge
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knowledge

Correct Answer:actualmente,currently
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currently

Q3.
Match the plural imperfect verbs with their meanings.
Correct Answer:íbamos,we used to go
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we used to go

Correct Answer:ibais,you (pl) used to go
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you (pl) used to go

Correct Answer:iban,they used to go
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they used to go

Correct Answer:negábamos,we used to deny
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we used to deny

Correct Answer:negabais,you (pl) used to deny
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you (pl) used to deny

Correct Answer:negaban,they used to deny
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they used to deny

Q4.
In the context of ‘ir’ and -ar verbs in the imperfect tense, which is the only form with an accent?
Correct answer: 1st person plural (we)
2nd person plural (you)
3rd person plural (they)
Q5.
Which part of this sentence is an adverb? Voy a ir a los servicios rápidamente.
voy
ir
servicios
Correct answer: rápidamente
Q6.
To form Spanish adverbs with -mente, add this ending to the form of the adjective.
Correct Answer: feminine

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