icon-background-square
New
New
Year 10
Edexcel

Una autora inmigrante: singular -er/-ir preterite

I can use -er and -ir verbs in the past (preterite) to understand and ask questions about past experiences of moving to live in another country.

icon-background-square
New
New
Year 10
Edexcel

Una autora inmigrante: singular -er/-ir preterite

I can use -er and -ir verbs in the past (preterite) to understand and ask questions about past experiences of moving to live in another country.

warning

These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.

Lesson details

Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons

Key learning points

  1. Regular -er/-ir verbs: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular PAST preterite (-í, iste & -ió).
  2. Some -er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel add an extra 'y' in 3rd person singular forms in the preterite tense.
  3. When forming questions including a preposition, place the preposition at the beginning of the sentence.

Keywords

  • Preterite - a tense used for events completed in the past

  • Preposition - a type of word often used to express direction, time or location

  • Stem - the part of a word that expresses its core meaning; in Spanish verbs this is the first part up to the -ar, -er, -ir

  • Infinitive - the verb as it appears in a dictionary

Common misconception

The ending -ió is always used with -er and -ir verbs to refer to she, he or it in the preterite tense.

For -er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel, add -yó to refer to 'he', 'she' or 'it in the preterite tense.


To help you plan your year 10 spanish lesson on: Una autora inmigrante: singular -er/-ir preterite, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

Slides 28-33, 41-43 and 52-55 focus on higher tier content. Teachers may wish to include or omit this depending on the group.
speech-bubble
Teacher tip
equipment-required

Equipment

copyright

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

Loading...

Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.

6 Questions

Q1.
What does convencí mean?
Correct answer: I convinced
she, he, it convinced
you convinced
we convinced
Q2.
What does redució mean?
I reduced
Correct answer: she, he, it reduced
you reduced
we reduced
Q3.
Match the question words.
Correct Answer:cómo,how
tick

how

Correct Answer:qué,what
tick

what

Correct Answer:quién,who
tick

who

Correct Answer:cuándo,when
tick

when

Correct Answer:cuánto,how much
tick

how much

Correct Answer:por qué,why
tick

why

Q4.
Match the prepositions with their meanings.
Correct Answer:de,of, from
tick

of, from

Correct Answer:a,to
tick

to

Correct Answer:hasta,until
tick

until

Correct Answer:en,in, on
tick

in, on

Correct Answer:para,for
tick

for

Correct Answer:con,with
tick

with

Q5.
Write in Spanish: 'She wrote a book.'
Correct Answer: Escribió un libro., Ella escribió un libro.
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'You lived in Mexico.'
Correct Answer: Viviste en México., Tú viviste en México.

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the different forms of the verb 'vivir'.
Correct Answer:viví,I lived
tick

I lived

Correct Answer:vivir,to live, living
tick

to live, living

Correct Answer:vivió,she, he, it lived
tick

she, he, it lived

Correct Answer:viviste,you lived
tick

you lived

Q2.
What is the meaning of the word 'sueño'?
I get used to
Correct answer: dream
difficulty
I construct, build
he, she, it fell
Q3.
Choose the correct translation of this question starter: '¿A quién...?'
Who ... with?
Correct answer: Who ... to?
What .... in?
What ... from?
When ... until?
Q4.
Write 'she built' in Spanish.
Correct Answer: construyó, ella construyó
Q5.
Choose the correct translation of this question starter: '¿En qué...?'
What ... from?
Where ... from?
When ... until?
Correct answer: What .... in?
Who ... with?
Q6.
Write 'he read the message' in Spanish.
Correct Answer: leyó el mensaje, él leyó el mensaje

Additional material

Download additional material