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The Imperfect
Students practice the concept of the other past tense, the imperfect via the provided worksheet and the suggested web site.
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Time Signifiers - Past or Present Perfect?
Students refine their usage of past simple or present perfect. After a lecture/demo, students work in pairs and utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them gain practice with time signifiers.
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Guided Reading with David's Drawings by Cathryn Falwell
First graders participate in a guided reading activity. In this guided reading activity, 1st graders read David's Drawings by Cathryn Falwell, which is a realistic fiction book on the DRA:16 level. They determine the author's message,...
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Muslim Arab/Spanish Connection
Ninth graders watch the video, 'El Cid.' They participate in teacher-led discussion about the beliefs, customs, goals, and heroes of both Spaniards and Moors. They create and present an artifact to the class showing the results of their...
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Writing A Storybook
Students create a storybook using vocabulary from the topic "urban and rural life". They write about past events in a children's story. They present their story to the class at an author's tea.
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Present Perfect Simple or Continuous
Students discuss and analyze the differences between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous forms from a clear context and develop the skill of noticing word stress, weak forms of auxiliaries.
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Como Se Hace...?
Learners work in groups to give step-by-step instructions to the rest of the class about an activity of interest. They write presentation proposals, research the activity and then draft and edit a presentation. Students present their...
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Word Work
In this word work activity, students match adjectives with their meanings and fill in the blanks to sentences about wishes. Students complete 21 problems.
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Hidden Summer Vocabulary Builder
In this hidden summer vocabulary builder learning exercise, students fill in the missing letters in 70 words using definitions and descriptions, then write 8 short answers about summer.
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Writing a Storybook
Young scholars explore language arts by creating their own stories in class. In this book making lesson, students read the story City Pig in class and create storyboard illustrations in order to analyze the story. Young scholars utilize...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Preterite vs Imperfect Part Ii
Great lesson for identifying words and phrases that indicate which past tense to use, preterite or imperfect. Though not meant to be a comprehensive lesson on the application of these two past tenses, the two lists of time expressions...
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Study Spanish: Preterite vs Imperfect Part Iii
This site is an introduction to verbs that change meaning according to which past tense is applied, preterite or imperfect. Examples in English and Spanish illustrate the change of meaning. A quiz at the end of the lesson tests the...
Languages Online
Languages Online: The Preterite Tense (Regular Verbs)
A brief explanation of the preterite tense and of its regular conjugations introduces a variety of exercises that practice each type of conjugation -ar, -er, and -ir. Endings are first matched to pronouns, and then gap-fill exercises...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Past Subjunctive Adjective Clause
This Spanish grammar exercise provides excellent practice of the past subjunctive tense in adjective clauses. Students choose a past tense (preterite, imperfect, or imperfect subjunctive) that correctly completes each adjective clause....
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: El Preterito Formas (Part 3)
These Colby College exercises provide a very extensive review of irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the preterite tense. Change present tense conjugations to preterite tense. Answers may be checked and corrected.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Preterite and Imperfect Tense
Great exercise for practicing the preterite and imperfect tenses. Choose the correct form of a verb to complete sentences that tell the story of Superman. Immediate feedback corrects the answer and gives the reason for its application in...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: El Preterito Formas (Part 4)
These exercises provide a very extensive review of irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the preterite tense. Provides practice in the third person plural form in preparation for the imperfect subjunctive. Answers may...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Preterites Irregular Meanings
Practice using verbs that change their meaning in the preterite tense: conocer, saber, querer, tener, and poder. Complete translations from English to Spanish by choosing the correct form of a verb in the preterite or imperfect. Answers...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Preterite and Imperfect (Part 1)
Great exercise for practicing the preterite and imperfect tenses. Choose the correct form of a verb to complete sentences that tell the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Immediate feedback corrects the answer and gives the reason...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Preterite and Imperfect (Part 2)
Great exercise for practicing the preterite and imperfect tenses. Provide the correct form of verb infinitives that complete the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Immediate feedback corrects the answer. Correlates to another...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Preterite vs Imperfect Review
Comprehensive review of the preterite and imperfect past tenses. Includes regular, irregular, and stem-changing conjugations. Rules for usage and time expressions in Spanish are listed. A quiz at the end of the lesson tests the student's...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Imperfect Part I
Excellent introductory lesson to the regular conjugations of the imperfect tense and the main rules that govern its usage. Examples in Spanish and English illustrate specific rules. A quiz at the end of the lesson tests the student's...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Preterite vs Imperfect Part I
This site is an introductory lesson to the preterite and imperfect past tenses. The regular conjugations of each are presented, with brief general rules for their use. This is a great introduction without getting bogged down in all the...
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Contrasting Past Tenses: Preterite and Imperfect
Contrasts the usage of two past tense Spanish verb forms. This site provides the functions and uses of the preterite and the imperfect. It also provides excellent examples.