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
1. Pasar la aspiradora
2. Arreglar el dormitorio
3. Poner la mesa
4. Hacer las compras
5. Sacar la basura
6. Cocinar
7. Limpiar
8. Hacer la cama
9. Lavar los platos
10. Lavar la coche
A. To take the trash out
B. To hoover
C. To do the shopping
D. To wash the car
E. To do the washing up
F. To make the bed
H. To tidy the room
J. To lay the table
K. To cook
L. To do the house cleaning
1. Pasar la aspiradora
B. To hoover
2. Arreglar el dormitorio H. To tidy the room
3. Poner la mesa
J. To lay the table
G. To do some gardening
4. Hacer las compras
5. Sacar la basura
C. To do the shopping
6. Cocinar
7. Limpiar
A. To take the trash out
8. Hacer la cama
9. Lavar los platos
10. Lavar la coche
K. To cook
L. To do the house cleaning
I. To clear away the table
F. To make the bed
E. To do the washing up
D. To wash the car
Me gusta
Me gusta mucho
No me gusta
No me gusta nada
Odio
Ayudo a ….
I help to…
¿Puedo ayudarte a…..?
Can I help you to…?
Tengo que
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
Attention: “Hacer” es irregular
Infinitives:
Poner
Limpiar
Hacer*
Have you noticed?
In Spanish, verbs end in –AR, -IR or –ER.
Look out for them!
-o
-as
-a
1. Get rid of the infinitive form (-AR)
-amos
2. Add the appropriate ending
-ais
(Yo) limpi
Nosotros
limpi
limpi
Vosotros
limpi
limpi
Tú
El / Ella
limpi
Ellos /
Ellas
-an
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
Dar
Hacer
Poner
Saber
Salir
Ver
Ser
First person
Doy
Hago
Pongo
Sé
Salgo
Veo
Soy
Meaning
I give
I do
I put
I know
I go out
I see
I am
Hoja de Trabajo 2
Los quehaceres:
Conjugate the verbs!!!!
Be careful with the stemchanging verbs!!!
Games: Jigsaw – Memory - Spelling
Todos los días
=
Everyday
A menudo
=
Often
A veces
=
Sometimes
nunca
=
Never
Ejercicio
Follow-up
Analyse 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