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Clarity of Modifiers (Writing Tips)
This comprehensive video lesson is designed to elevate your writing skills by focusing on the crucial aspect of modifiers. In this engaging session, we will delve deep into the world of modifiers, exploring strategies and techniques to...
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How to Avoid Split Infinitives
Howcast -Learn how to avoid split infinitives from Gotham Writers' Workshop instructor Stephanie Paterik in this Howcast grammar video.
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In class activities: -er infinitive verbs
Pupil outcome: I can understand -er verbs for activities in the classroom. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [é] and [er] sounds like the 'é' and 'er' in 'répéter', to repeat, repeating. - The infinitive form of a...
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Zukunftsentscheidungen: nominalisation of infinitives, adding '-ung'
Pupil outcome: I can create nouns from verbs and use a range of vocabulary in the context of future education and work plans. Key learning points: - Infinitive verbs can be turned into nouns and correspond to English '-ing' nouns, e.g.,...
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An exchange: 'haben' and 'sein', 'Sie' vs 'du', infinitive clauses with 'zu'
Pupil outcome: I can distinguish between and use 'du', 'Sie' (you) and 'sie' (they), and use two-verb structures with 'zu' plus infinitive. Key learning points: - Use 'du' (you, singular) for a friend, family member, person you know...
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Activities at home: verb infinitives and singular persons
Pupil outcome: I can recognise regular verbs in the infinitive and singular persons, use reference materials to identify unknown words, and translate accurately from German to English. Key learning points: - [ch] is a hard sound after a,...
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Activities at home: build sentences from infinitive verbs, word order
Pupil outcome: From an infinitive, I can build statements and questions using the correct word order and the correct singular person of the verb. Key learning points: - A simple German sentence contains a subject (for example I, you) and...
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What people do: regular singular -er verbs
Pupil outcome: I can describe classroom activities using the singular form of the simple present tense with -er verbs. Key learning points: - [ai] sounds like 'vrai' - the infinitive of a verb in English can be translated as -to or ing -...
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Writing sentences in the perfect present tense
Pupil outcome: I can write a range of sentence types using the perfect present tense. Key learning points: - The verb carries the tense of a sentence. - The perfect tense can denote present, past or future action. - The perfect tense is...
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Homework disaster: -ar infinitives and 3rd person singular
Pupil outcome: I can use the infinitive and 3rd person singular forms of regular -ar verbs Key learning points: - The Spanish sounds [cue], [cua] and [cui] are pronounced as in 'cuerpo', 'cuatro' and 'cuidar'. - The masculine and...
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A big adventure: -ar verbs 3rd person singular
Pupil outcome: I can understand and create 3rd person narratives. Key learning points: - The Spanish sounds [cue], [cua] and [cui] are pronounced as in 'cuerpo', 'cuatro' and 'cuidar'. - Infinitive verbs communicate the general meaning...
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What people like doing: 2-verb phrases with 'aimer'
Pupil outcome: I can use -er verbs in the simple present tense, including two-verb structures, to say what I do and like doing. Key learning points: - [oi] sounds like 'voir' - the infinitive of a verb in English can be translated as -to...
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Writing sentences in the progressive present, past and future tense
Pupil outcome: I can write a range of sentence types in the progressive present, past or future tense. Key learning points: - The verb carries the tense of a sentence. - The progressive tense can denote present, past or future action. -...
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Aprender un idioma: 'hay que', 'se puede', 'se necesita', 'se debe'
Pupil outcome: I can make suggestions about how to learn Spanish using 'hay que', 'se debe', 'se puede' and 'se necesita'. Key learning points: - Impersonal verbs don’t refer to a particular person or thing. - Common impersonal verb...
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Feria de trabajo: singular inflectional future
Pupil outcome: I can use the inflectional future tense to talk about career aspirations. Key learning points: - The inflectional future tense is used to express what will happen. - To form the inflectional future tense of regular verbs...
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Lifestyle: -er and -ir verbs 3rd person singular
Pupil outcome: I can understand -er and -ir infinitives and 3rd person singular verbs describing what someone else does. Key learning points: - The SSCs [ga], [go], [gu] are pronounced as in 'ganar', 'domingo', 'preguntar'. - Some...
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Un viaje diferente: higher numbers, plural inflectional future, irregular stems
Pupil outcome: I can use singular and plural persons of the inflectional future to talk about a trip. Key learning points: - To form the inflectional future tense of regular verbs in the singular, add the endings -é, -ás, -á to the...
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Future intentions: 'aller' + infinitive
Pupil outcome: I can use the short form of 'aller' with a range of infinitive verbs to express my own, and others' future intentions. Key learning points: - The SSC [qu] has the same sound in French as the hard 'c', like the [qu] in...
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In-class activities: translating -er infinitive verbs into English
Pupil outcome: I can understand and translate correctly a number of -er verbs talking about classroom activities. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [é] can be contrasted for practice with the sound [e]. - French...
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Simple and progressive tense
Pupil outcome: I can write a sentence in the simple present, past or future tense and the progressive present, past or future tense. Key learning points: - Both the simple tense and progressive tense can denote present, past or future...
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La medicina hoy en día: imperfect 'ser'
Pupil outcome: I can use the verb 'ser' in the present and imperfect tense to describe healthcare in Spain. Key learning points: - 'Es means 'she, he, it is' and 'era' means 'I, she, he, it was'. - The pronouns 'yo', 'él' and 'ella' make...
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Qui fait quoi ? : -re verbs like prendre and entendre
Pupil outcome: I can talk about who does what using a range of -re and -er verbs. Key learning points: - Many -re verbs in the present tense follow the pattern of entendre: remove -re and add -s, -s, -, -ons, -ez, -ent. - Some -re verbs...
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Progressive and perfect tense
Pupil outcome: I can write a sentence in the progressive present tense or the perfect present tense. Key learning points: - Both the progressive tense and perfect tense can denote present, past or future action. - The verb carries the...
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Progressive present, past and future tense
Pupil outcome: I can recognise the progressive present, progressive past and progressive future tense in a range of verbs. Key learning points: - The verb carries the tense of a sentence. - The simple tense is a tense that does not make...