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SPANISH AR VERBS CONJUGATION PRACTICE #1

**GCSE SPANISH KS4 SPANISH KS3 SPANISH SPANISH AR VERBS CONJUGATION PRACTICE** ***Files are non-editable in a zipped format. The product is copyright, all rights reserved. It may not be copied, rewritten, amended, shared or distributed outside your own classroom, in whole or in part, in any way. The license is a single-user license only. Please read the Terms of Use*** ***3 workbooks, 3 tenses @ £1.10 each in the bundle focusing on 25 high-frequency Spanish AR verbs***. ***The tenses are:*** = present (presente) = perfect (perfecto compuesto) = preterite (pretérito) There are ***150 quick conjugations*** in each workbook across ***3 differentiated conjugation challenges***, so ***450 conjugations*** in total in the bundle. 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 workbooks are ideal for advanced ***KS3 Spanish*** into ***KS4 Spanish / GCSE Spanish*** students who are beginning to work regularly with more complex language and texts, and generally ***developing their knowledge and understanding of conjugation and tense in Spanish***. I use these kinds of workbooks in lots of different ways: for practice during the introduction phase, for independent choice in class time, for home learning, for practice, reinforcing and revision during vacation and at return to class, and for individual activities during sub 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 give my students regular opportunities to practice the conjugations during the whole schools year, which they find this really useful for mapping their own progress and developing their overall understanding of how ***Spanish conjugation*** 'works'. When they are able to provide the correct conjugation very quickly, and out of a specific context, they feel really confident that their conjugation skills are developing well Language learners do often try to conflate what they know about grammar in their first language with the grammar of the language they are learning. With the ***Spanish perfect tense*** for example, students with ***English as a first language*** frequently use ***tener*** instead of ***haber*** as the ***auxiliary***, as they tend to be more familiar with ***tener***. Students do need to to have a good grasp of the ***auxiliary verb haber in the present tense*** to ensure that they can form the ***Spanish perfect tense*** accurately. When we look at the ***preterite tense in Spanish***, students often confuse it with the imperfect tense when they are conjugating verbs, as well as when and how to use either tense. There are specific and important differences in usage between the tenses, and I do always discuss this with students about this when we’re using the workbooks. ***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 Spanish quick conjugation sampler - you'll be able to see if this kind of grammar activity would work well for your students:*** **SPANISH CONJUGATION PRACTICE SAMPLER** [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-conjugation-practice-sampler-12477165](http://) ***Have a browse in my store for more Spanish grammar activities, and a wide range of Spanish language teaching and learning materials, with Spanish resource boxes, special offer bundles and lots of freebies - I've included a couple here for you to try.*** **¡MUCHAS GRACIAS Y BUEN APRENDIZAJE!**