Objectives

• Name the various house chores

• Talk about helping at home: say what you like to do (Me gusta), what you have to do (Tengo que)

• Say what you do (present tense –I wash / Lavo) and how frequently (siempre - always)

• Say what you did last week end

How it works… You should have been given an assignment sheet: follow

it carefully. You must complete the exercise in order in order to allow understanding and progression

Resources should have been hyperlinked (click on the Links to access the next activity). If they fail, follow the order on the worksheet and on the website.

Later, you will also be given a Helpsheet which summarises your learning

Revision of the vocabulary needed for this unit

Note that, in the first section, verbs are in the infinitive (how they are presented in the dictionary) i.e to clean, to prepare.

Later, you will learn to conjugate them in the present tense (I wash, she cleans….) and in the past tense (I washed, she cleaned)

To make the bed

To clean; polish

To cook

To lay the table

To hoover

To tidy the room

To take the trash out

To do the washing up

To wash the car

To do the shopping

F. To make the bed

L. To do the house cleaning

K. To cook

J. To lay the table

B. To hoover

H. To tidy the room

A. To take the trash out

E. To do the washing up

D. To wash the car

C. To do the shopping

1. Pasar la aspiradora

5. Sacar la basura

6. Cocinar

7. Limpiar

8. Hacer la cama

9. Lavar los platos

10. Lavar la coche

4. Hacer las compras

3. Poner la mesa2. Arreglar el dormitorio

F. To make the bed

L. To do the house cleaning

K. To cook

J. To lay the table

I. To clear away the table

G. To do some gardening

B. To hoover

H. To tidy the room

A. To take the trash out

E. To do the washing upD. To wash the car

C. To do the shopping

1. Pasar la aspiradora

5. Sacar la basura

6. Cocinar

7. Limpiar

8. Hacer la cama

9. Lavar los platos

10. Lavar la coche

4. Hacer las compras

3. Poner la mesa2. Arreglar el dormitorio

Me gusta

Me gusta mucho

No me gusta

No me gusta nada

Odio

Ayudo a ….

Tengo que

¿Puedo ayudarte a…..?

I help to…

Can I help you to…?I must

All these phrases use the infinitive next to them

Tengo que sacar la basura

I must take the trash out

The present tense

From the exercise (1A) and the listening to come, you will know how to conjugate verbs.

So far, the vocabulary you have learnt used infinitives (to do…). It is easy to use infinitives after some expressions…

Me gusta…No me gusta…

Oido…Ayuda a

Infinitives:Poner

LimpiarHacer*

Attention: “Hacer” es irregular

Have you noticed?In Spanish, verbs end in –AR, -IR or –ER.

Look out for them!

(Yo)

Tú

El / Ella

limpi

limpi

limpi

1. Get rid of the infinitive form (-AR)

2. Add the appropriate ending

-o

-as

-a

-amos

-ais

-anNosotros

Vosotros

Ellos / Ellas

limpi

limpi

limpi

Copy out the grid page 33

Ciudado

Some verbs are irregulars for the first person (Yo -I). Learn them off by heart. View them here.

Some verbs also have a letter change. Click here to learn more about these. Also check out the summary here and read the Helpsheet your teacher will give you.

Move on to Frequency Adverbs

Radical changing verbs

This will be indicated as such: fregar <ie>. Meaning that when you want to conjugate it, it should read like this

Friego (I clean) Fregamos (we clean)

Friegas (you clean) Fregais (you –plural- clean)

Friega (s/he cleans) Friegan (they clean)

Irregular first person

Infinitive First person Meaning

Dar Doy I give

Hacer Hago I do

Poner Pongo I put

Saber Sé I know

Salir Salgo I go out

Ver Veo I see

Ser Soy I am

Hoja de Trabajo 2

Los quehaceres:

Conjugate the verbs!!!!

Be careful with the stem-changing verbs!!!

Games: Jigsaw – Memory - Spelling

Todos los días = Everyday

A menudo

A veces

nunca

=

=

=

Often

Sometimes

NeverEjercicio

Follow-upAnalyse your results: below each person right down how much they help in the house.

<Pedro> ayuda mucho. <Miguel> ayuda bastante. <Serena> no hace nada.

The presentation is over but complete the remainder of the tasks

Presentation on the past tense Ask your teacher for the Helpsheet 1 -2 – 3 - 4 Practise the past tense: Easy / Difficult Worksheet Letter to Agony Column