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Los Sanfermines: affirmative imperative (-e), possessive adjectives

I can use the imperative to give advice and instructions about what to do at a festival.

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Los Sanfermines: affirmative imperative (-e), possessive adjectives

I can use the imperative to give advice and instructions about what to do at a festival.

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Key learning points

  1. To make a noun plural, add -s if it ends in a vowel and -es if it ends in a consonant.
  2. [s] sounds like 'siempre', [z] sounds like 'empezar', [ci] sounds like 'principio' and [ce] sounds like 'entonces'.
  3. To say ‘you do something to yourself’, use 'te' before the verb, and 'me' to say 'I do something to myself’.
  4. When talking to somebody familiar to you (tú) with the affirmative imperative with -er verbs, use the ending -e.
  5. San Fermín (or San Fermines) is a week-long celebration held annually in Pamplona that involves running with bulls.

Keywords

  • Reflexive pronoun - used to indicate doing something to yourself; words like 'me' (myself) and 'te' (yourself)

  • Possessive adjective - words like 'my' and 'your'; they show that something belongs to somebody

  • Imperative - a form of verb used to give instructions or commands

Common misconception

'Me' means 'to me' and 'my', and 'te' means 'to you' and 'your'.

'Me' and 'te' look very similar to the possessive adjectives 'mi' and 'tu', but their meanings are different.


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Teachers might want to allocate time for students to research one of the festivals included in Task D3. As part of the writing task, students could also write about their plans at a Spanish festival as this would create opportunities for them to use the reflexive pronouns 'me' and te'.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish words below to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:histórico,historical
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historical

Correct Answer:despertar,to wake up, waking up
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to wake up, waking up

Correct Answer:cayó,she, he, it fell
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she, he, it fell

Correct Answer:levantar,to get up, getting up
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to get up, getting up

Correct Answer:la cola,queue
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queue

Correct Answer:acá,here
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here

Q2.
Match each verb ending to the pronoun it refers to.
Correct Answer:I,-o
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-o

Correct Answer:you,-as
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-as

Correct Answer:she, he, it,-a
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-a

Q3.
How do you say 'my T-shirt'?
Correct answer: mi camiseta
mis camiseta
me camiseta
Q4.
To tell somebody to do something or to give instructions, we use ...
the present.
the preterite.
Correct answer: the imperative.
Q5.
When giving someone who you would address as 'tú' an instruction, the ending for -ar verbs is ...
-as.
Correct answer: -a.
-amos.
-o.
Q6.
Translate the following sentence into Spanish: 'Enjoy the festival!'
Correct Answer: ¡Disfruta el festival!, '¡Disfruta el festival!'

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish words below to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:influir,to influence, influencing
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to influence, influencing

Correct Answer:construir,to build, building
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to build, building

Correct Answer:enojada,angry (f)
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angry (f)

Correct Answer:el mediodía,midday
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midday

Correct Answer:necessario,necessary (m)
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necessary (m)

Correct Answer:bastante,quite
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quite

Q2.
Which plural rule applies to the noun 'televisión'?
In Spanish, to make a word plural that ends in a vowel, we add s.
Correct answer: For words ending in a consonant, we add -es.
For words ending in z, we change z to c add -es.
Q3.
To say 'my' before a plural noun, we use ' '.
Correct Answer: mis, Mis
Q4.
Select the reflexive pronouns.
mi
Correct answer: me
mis
Correct answer: te
tus
Q5.
When giving an instruction to somebody you would address as 'tú', the ending for -er verbs is ...
-a.
-es.
Correct answer: -e.
Q6.
How do you say 'eat' (as an order/command) in Spanish?
Correct Answer: come, Come

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