Transcript tense revision - spanishwithmissholland

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Tense Revision
Para empezar…
 Write down at least 10 –AR verbs in your book in the
time that it takes me to complete the register.
Los objetivos
 By the end of the lesson we will be able to…
 Understand what is meant by verb, infinitive and
conjugation.
 Explain when each different tense should be used.
 Identify each tense based on the ending of the verb.
What is a verb?
 Dictionary definition:
 (in traditional grammar) any of a large class of words
in a language that serve to indicate the occurrence or
performance of an action, the existence of a state or
condition, etc. In English, such words as run, make,
do, and the like are verbs.
 In other words:
 A verb is a doing word.
What is an infinitive?
 Dictionary definition:
 a form of the verb not inflected for grammatical
categories such as tense and person and used
without an overt subject. In English, the infinitive
usually consists of the word to followed by the verb
e.g. to speak.
 In other words:
 The infinitive is a verb in its unchanged form, it is the
verb as we find it in the dictionary e.g. hablar
What is conjugation?
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Dictionary definition:
The complete set of the inflections of a given verb.
In other words:
Conjugation is simply taking off the ending of a verb
and adding a new one.
Example of conjugation
Common Mistake
 People often try to translate phrases too literally, for
example…
 How do I say “I speak” in Spanish?
 Right well the dictionary says that the word for “I” is
“yo” in Spanish so that’s the first bit I need.
 Now I just need the word for “speak” and the
dictionary says “hablar” so that must be it.
 So “I speak” in Spanish is “yo hablar”
Avoiding that mistake
 In Spanish they very rarely use the words for “I, you,
he, she, we, they” etc.
 When we conjugate a verb in Spanish each ending is
different depending on who is completing the action.
 Therefore we do not need the subject pronoun as we
can just look at the ending to see who the verb refers
to.
 This actually makes life a lot easier for us because “I
speak” is just one word in Spanish: “hablo”
Card Sort
 Arrange yourselves into groups of no more than 5
people.
 In your groups arrange the cards into 4 columns. One
column for each tense that we have covered.
 Each column should have a definition and examples
of verbs in that tense.
 You have 5 minutes!
A problem shared is a problem
halved!
 I am going to divide the class into 4 groups.
 Each group will have a tense each to work on.
 Your task is to produce a fact sheet on your tense that
can be photocopied and used be everyone in the class.
 Your factsheet must include the following:
 Description of the tense, when is it used?
 Endings for ER, IR and AR verbs.
 Any important irregular verbs in that tense.
 Your factsheet must be clear and easy to understand.
Para terminar…
 Look at the verbs on the following slides.
 See if you can identify the tense of the following
verbs.
 Write the tense you believe they are on your mini
whiteboard and show your answer when asked.
 Remember do not worry if you are unsure about
some of them. It is impossible to remember all of the
endings after just one lesson!