LanguagesYo y mi familia20 min★★ difficulty

Mi familia y mis mascotas

Describing family gives you possessive adjectives, agreement and personality vocabulary all at once.

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Writing: Write short texts using simple sentences, in preparation for extended and independent writing

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What you'll learn in this lesson

Write short texts using simple sentences, in preparation for extended and independent writing

Key learning points

• Family vocabulary
• Possessive adjectives
• Describing people

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20 minutes
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4 quick checks
Marked quiz at the end
Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

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Mi familia y mis mascotas

Describing family gives you possessive adjectives, agreement and personality vocabulary all at once.

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Write short texts using simple sentences, in preparation for extended and independent writing

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Part 1 · Family vocabulary

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Family vocabulary

el padre, la madre, los padres (both parents), el hermano, la hermana, el abuelo, la abuela, el primo, la prima, el tío, la tía. Mascotas: un perro, un gato, un conejo, un pez, un caballo.

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Possessive adjectives

mi/mis, tu/tus, su/sus, nuestro/nuestra/nuestros/nuestras. They agree with the thing owned, not the owner: mis hermanos (my brothers), su perro (his, her or their dog). Spanish does not change 'su' for the owner's gender, so context does that work.

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What do possessive adjectives agree with?

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Feminine form of 'alto'?

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Part 2 · Describing people

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Describing people

Mi hermana es simpática pero un poco habladora. Adjectives ending in -o change to -a for feminine and add -s for plural: alto/alta/altos/altas. Adjectives ending in -e or a consonant usually do not change for gender: inteligente, difícil.

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Which adjective does not change for gender?

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What does 'me llevo bien con' mean?

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Worked example

Model paragraph

En mi familia somos cuatro: mi madre, mi padrastro, mi hermano y yo. Mi hermano tiene ocho años y es muy hablador. También tenemos un gato que se llama Nube; es perezoso y duerme todo el día. Me llevo bien con mi madre porque siempre me escucha. — Note 'me llevo bien con', I get on well with, which lifts a description into an opinion.

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Challenge round

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Game · Recall cards

Which is a correct simple sentence about age?

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Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: Mi familia y mis mascotas

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1. Which is a correct simple sentence about age?
2. Which sentence means 'I eat an apple'?
3. What links two ideas in 'J'aime le sport et j'aime la musique'?
4. 'Il joue au foot' means...

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Write short texts using simple sentences, in preparation for extended and independent writing