Starter quiz
- Complete the sentence. The verb 'ser' is used to talk about ...
- general traits ✓
- moods
- origin ✓
- location
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- What is the Spanish word for 'she, he, it is in general'?
- soy
- estoy
- es ✓
- eres
- está
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- Arrange the words to say 'He is from England.'
- 1⇔es
- 2⇔de
- 3⇔Inglaterra
- How would you say 'She is normally curious.'?
- 'Normalmente es curiosa. ' ✓
- Match the English to the Spanish.
- she, he, it is⇔es ✓
- today⇔hoy ✓
- where⇔dónde ✓
- how⇔cómo ✓
- Which of the following adjectives stay the same when describing a girl or a boy?
- serio
- elegante ✓
- feliz ✓
- curioso
- triste ✓
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Exit quiz
- What does ‘¿qué?’ mean in English?
- 'what' ✓
- Spot the word with more than one of the key sounds [ca], [co], and [cu].
- cucaracha ✓
- miércoles
- curioso
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- Choose the correct answers to the question ¿Qué día es hoy?
- Es martes. ✓
- Hoy es martes. ✓
- Hoy estoy feliz.
- Es serio.
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- Put the days of the week in the correct order.
- 1⇔lunes
- 2⇔martes
- 3⇔miércoles
- 4⇔jueves
- 5⇔viernes
- 6⇔sábado
- 7⇔domingo
- What do we use to write English days of the week but not Spanish days?
- 'capital letter' ✓
- How would you say 'today is Friday.'?
- Soy viernes.
- Es viernes.
- Es jueves.
- Hoy es viernes. ✓
- Hoy es jueves.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 1. The sound-symbol correspondences [ca] [co] [cu] can be practised with the source words 'cama', 'contar', 'cultura'.
- 'Es' is part of the verb 'ser' and means 'she, he, it is' or 'is' and is used to say what day of the week it is.
- ¿Qué? is the question word 'what?'
Common misconception
Spanish days of the week start with a capital letter as in English.
Spanish does not capitalise the days of the week.
Keywords
Ca - pronounced as in 'cama'
Co - pronounced as in 'contar'
Cu - pronounced as in 'cultura'
¿qué? - question word what?
Es - part of verb 'ser' - to be, being, meaning she, he, it is
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