Instructional Video25:43
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Una nueva vida: 2nd person singular and plural preterite

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can understand and use 2nd person preterite -ar verbs in the context of Mexican emigration. Key learning points: - The Spanish 2nd person subject pronouns are 'tú', 'vosotros' and 'vosotras'. - The Spanish 2nd person...
Instructional Video26:16
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Acciones para un mundo mejor: 'ir' imperfect, past continuous

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the imperfect, preterite and past continuous tenses in the context of protests and social movements. Key learning points: - 'iba', 'ibas' and 'iba' are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular imperfect forms of...
Instructional Video20:43
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Testigo: extended writing

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the imperfect, past continuous and preterite tenses to write an extended past-tense account. Key learning points: - The imperfect tense is used for what used to happen repeatedly and to set the scene in...
Instructional Video22:00
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Una historia de inmigración: 'ser' and 'ir' preterite

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use plural forms of ‘ser’ and ‘ir’ in the preterite tense in the context of stories of immigration. Key learning points: - In Spanish, it is important to differentiate between vowel sounds in a diphthong. - The verbs...
Instructional Video25:11
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Viaje a Valencia: singular -ar preterite, singular subject pronouns

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the past (preterite) to talk about what people did on a trip to Valencia. Key learning points: - [gue] sounds like 'llegué', [ge] sounds like 'gente'. - Regular -ar verbs: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular PAST...
Instructional Video22:26
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Después del colegio: extended writing

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write a detailed description of after-school experiences using a range of features. Key learning points: - Regular -er/-ir verbs: Singular persons (-í, -iste, -ió) and 3rd person plural (-ieron). - A detailed...
Instructional Video27:03
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Entrevista con Arturo Pérez Reverte: use imperfect and preterite together

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use knowledge of the imperfect and preterite to respond to reading comprehension questions in the context of the work of Arturo Pérez Reverte. Key learning points: - The 1st, 2nd and 3rd person plural imperfect...
Instructional Video27:58
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El mundo del trabajo: inflectional future - 'tendr-', 'har-', 'podr-'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use irregular verbs in the inflectional future to make predictions about careers and lifestyle. Key learning points: - A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause. - A conjunction is a word that...
Instructional Video29:56
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Free time: -er and -ir verbs 2nd person singular

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the preterite of -er and -ir verbs to talk about free time. Key learning points: - Words with stress on the third-last syllable have an accent on the stressed vowel. - The 1st person singular of -er and -ir verbs...
Instructional Video29:51
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At school: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular preterite

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use -er/-ir verbs to talk about what I did and do at school. Key learning points: - If the final syllable is stressed and the word ends in a vowel or 'n' or 's' there is an accent on the final vowel. - The 1st person...
Instructional Video30:48
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Comparing summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st and 2nd person singular

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the preterite tense to compare my summer experiences with someone else's. Key learning points: - The 2nd person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in (-aste). - The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs...
Instructional Video30:38
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Summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st person present and past

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can say what I normally do and what I did in the summer. Key learning points: - The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in '-é' - The 1st person singular present of -ar verbs ends in '-o' - To make a sentence...
Instructional Video37:40
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Un nuevo país: singular -er/-ir preterite, prepositions in questions

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use -er and -ir verbs with question words to carry out an interview about leaving a country. Key learning points: - The sounds [ca], [co], [cu] are prononced as in casa, comer and escuchar. - The sounds [ce] and [ci]...
Instructional Video40:00
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Una autora inmigrante: singular -er/-ir preterite

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: 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. Key learning points: - Regular -er/-ir verbs: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular...
Instructional Video37:59
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Mis últimas vacaciones: prenominal adjectives, preterite questions

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use prenominal adjectives and preterite questions to ask and answer about past holidays in Spanish. Key learning points: - In questions, to say 'a', 'an' or ‘any’ before masc. sing. nouns use ‘algún’ and 'algunos'...
Instructional Video40:57
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Un estudiante inmigrante: plural nouns, indefinite articles

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use indefinite articles with plural nouns and write about past experiences using -er and -ir verbs in the past (preterite) tense. Key learning points: - To make a noun plural, add -s if it ends in a vowel, and -es if...
Instructional Video39:18
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Sustainability activities: -ar verbs singular persons preterite

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use -ar verbs in the preterite to talk about what I and others do to live sustainably. Key learning points: - When revisiting vocabulary it's important to revise different parts of speech: verbs, nouns, adjectives,...
Instructional Video40:07
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Socialising: -ar verbs 1st person present, 3rd person preterite

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use present and past tense verbs to talk about socialising online. Key learning points: - [ce], [ci] and [z] sound like the 'th' in 'think' in most of Spain, and 's' in Latin America and the Canary Islands. -...
Instructional Video37:42
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Questions about the summer holidays: -ar verbs in 2nd person singular

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can ask and answer questions about summer holidays using the present and preterite tenses. Key learning points: - When the SSC sounds [a], [e] and [o] appear together, they are pronounced separately. - The 1st person...
Instructional Video38:49
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Spanish class experiences: -ar verbs 1st person present and past

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can make predictions about what I am going to do in Spanish class this year, and talk about what I normally do and did at school. Key learning points: - We can use the 2-verb future structure 'ir + a + infinitive' to...
Instructional Video4:19
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Learn Spanish through Engaging Stories: Past Tense Listening Practice

3rd - Higher Ed
Learn Spanish through engaging stories: Past Tense Listening Practice. In this video, you'll learn how to practice Spanish past tense by listening to stories with different verb tenses. You'll also learn how to use Spanish in a...
Instructional Video5:26
Learn German with Herr Antrim

#8 Imperfect Regular Verbs (GwP2) - Deutsch lernen

9th - 12th
This is the 8th video of German with Puppets Series #2. In this video my puppets explain how to use the imperfect tense (simple past or narrative past) with regular verbs.
Instructional Video2:16
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Timeline of Tenses in German - 3 Minuten Deutsch #51 - Deutsch lernen

9th - 12th
In this episode of 3 Minuten Deutsch I use a timeline to show when the different tenses in the German language are used and give examples of each tense and one ridiculous example of all tenses in one sentence. <br/>
Instructional Video2:07
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3 Principal Parts of German Verbs Auto-tuned - Deutsch lernen

9th - 12th
This is the same list of German irregular verbs and their 3 parts (infinitive, simple past, present perfect) from the other video, but this time they are auto-tuned to make it seem more interesting. It really isn't any more interesting....