Starter quiz
- Match the Spanish and English.
- mi móvil⇔my phone ✓
- tu calle⇔your street ✓
- de Francia⇔from France ✓
- Which adjectives agree with 'niño'?
- alto ✓
- oscura
- perdido ✓
- tranquila
- grandes
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- Match the Spanish and English.
- disfrutar⇔to enjoy, enjoying ✓
- montar⇔to ride, riding ✓
- sacar⇔to take out, taking out ✓
- viajar⇔to travel, travelling ✓
- Which verb forms are from -ar verbs?
- comemos
- caminamos ✓
- hablan ✓
- viven
- bebo
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- Which verbs are 'we' forms?
- saltamos ✓
- miramos ✓
- nadan
- corren
- eschuchas
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- Write in Spanish: 'they travel'.
- 'Viajan.' ✓
Exit quiz
- The letter 'h' is always ______ in Spanish.
- 'silent' ✓
- Match the English and Spanish.
- melon⇔melón ✓
- mountain⇔montaña ✓
- food⇔comida ✓
- to have, having dinner⇔cenar ✓
- walk, stroll⇔paseo ✓
- summer⇔verano ✓
- Which are -ar verbs in Spanish?
- to enjoy, enjoying ✓
- to drink, drinking
- to travel, travelling ✓
- to jump, jumping ✓
- to sleep, sleeping
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- Match the Spanish and English.
- necesitar⇔to need, needing ✓
- jugar⇔to play, playing ✓
- llevar⇔to carry, carrying ✓
- comprar⇔to buy, buying ✓
- Write in Spanish: 'they relax on the beach'.
- 'Descansan en la playa.' ✓
- Write in Spanish: 'we prepare the food'.
- 'Preparamos la comida.' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- To pronounce words starting with [h] we ignore it and pronounce the vowel that follows.
- 'We' verb forms for -ar verbs end in -amos, as in 'miramos'. 'They' verb forms for -ar verbs end in -an, as in 'miran'.
- You can use use texts, like a poem, to practise grammar or vocabulary or as inspiration for writing your own poem.
Common misconception
I know from the sound if a Spanish word starts with 'h'.
The letter 'h' is a silent letter in Spanish. We need to learn the spelling of words that start with 'h' by practising vocabulary regularly.
Keywords
[h] - it is not pronounced in Spanish, as in 'hablar'
-ar verb - a verb whose infinitive ends in 'ar', as in 'mirar'
-amos - the ending for the 'we' form of -ar verbs, as in 'miramos'
-an - the ending for the 'they' form of -ar verbs, as in 'miran'
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