SPANISH PRESENT TENSE RESOURCE BOX #1

KS3 GCSE SPANISH PRESENT TENSE CONJUGATION PRACTICE FOUR WORKBOOKS @ £1 EACH IN THE BUNDLE 150 conjugations in each workbook, 600 conjugations in total, differentiated challenges, answer keys & verb reference lists ideal for KS3 Spanish students who are beginning to work with compound sentences and longer texts, and generally developing their knowledge and understanding of conjugation and tense in Spanish. My students really like this kind of grammar activity, as they like to work and learn independently, which is a successful way of varying teaching and learning methodologies - I’ve found it’s really important to avoid predominantly teacher-led learning in the languages classroom.

The verbs groups are:

• high-frequency Spanish verbs
• Spanish -AR verbs
• Spanish -ER verbs
• Spanish -IR verbs

I use these kinds of workbooks in lots of different ways: for practice during the introduction phase, for independent choice in class time, for homework, for practice, reinforcing and revision during vacation and at return to class, and for individual activities during cover lessons - I move onto conjugation quite quickly in my language learning programs, so that students can apply language practically and creatively, which is essential for progressing in language learning, as well as consolidating language and grammatical concepts. I tend to give my students regular opportunities to practise the conjugations during the whole schools year, and they find this really useful for mapping their own progress and developing their overall understanding of how Spanish conjugation ‘works’.

The workbooks focus on the correct conjugation of verbs, rather than usage, but I definitely find it useful to remind students of a number of things when focusing on or revising tense and verb conjugation. For example, with the Spanish present tense, I encourage students to look for patterns across all the verbs, such as the singular pronouns, including for example the singular formal pronoun Usted form being identical, which is fairly standard, but the conjugation of the formal singular Usted does frequently lead to errors at this stage of learning.

Students do often try to conflate what they know about conjugation, and with those whose first language is English, I frequently see attempts such as***yo soy / estoy compartir*** for I am sharing or similarly io hace compartir for I do share. I refer frequently the difference in usage, and this is important particularly when explaining when and in which contexts to use the simple present and the continuous / progressive present tense. Spanish does have a continuous present tense, however, as usage is slightly different, it’s useful to point this out whenever possible.

Though the workbook focuses solely on the correct conjugation of verbs, and does not look at word order in the context of full sentences, there are fixed conjugation patterns that students can learn, recognise and apply, ensuring that their spoken and written Spanish is accurate, and that their understanding of Spanish across the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing is robust. Students become very familiar and confident the more they work with conjugation, and these quick conjugations certainly help to embed that successfully.

Each set is structured as follows:

Two alphabetical verb reference lists: Spanish-English and English-Spanish, useful for longer-term reference too

Three differentiated conjugation challenges, each with 50 individual conjugations:

Conjugation Challenge 1: each verb conjugated in Spanish across a range of pronouns, with students writing the corresponding English verb conjugation.

Conjugation Challenge 2: gives the infinitive of each verb in Spanish, specifying the target pronoun. Students write the corresponding verb conjugation in Spanish.

Conjugation Challenge 3: students write the corresponding Spanish verb conjugation, and its infinitive, from a Spanish prompt.

I use the Notes and Next Steps template to encourage my students to reflect on their progress, and think about what they can reasonably and realistically do to meet learning targets and move on - we revisit the conjugations, and the Notes and Next Steps, regularly - sometimes students haven’t quite embedded learning before it’s time to move on, so revisiting for 10-minute ‘chunks’ is really popular with them. Students not any new verbs they learn, which in time builds into a really comprehensive verb vocabulary bank. We also use the Notes and Next Steps to inform, guide and focus whole-group discussion on learning and progress in general, which is a really popular activity.

The answer key has six pages and is in book format. Answer keys are essential for this kind of learning activity, as they do provide a really essential additional opportunity for students to engage with language, and my students prefer to work and learn independently, assessing their own progress, either individually, in pairs or in small groups. They’re a great teacher time-saver too, which is always a good thing!

Try this free conjugation sampler to see whether this kind of activity would work well for your students:

SPANISH CONJUGATION PRACTICE FREE SAMPLER
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-conjugation-practice-sampler-12477165

Currently in my store I have Spanish conjugation workbooks for a range of verb groups featuring the following tenses:

present (presente)
perfect (perfecto compuesto)
preterite (pretérito)
imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)
future (futuro)
conditional (condicional)
pluperfect (pretérito pluscuamperfecto)
future perfect (futuro perfecto)
conditional perfect (condicional perfecto)

Have a browse in my store for more Spanish grammar activities, and a wide range of Spanish language teaching and learning materials, with special offer bundles and lots of freebies too - I’ve included a couple here for you to have a look at.

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