martes, 22 de septiembre de 2026

INITIAL REINFORCEMENT

🚀 Welcome to 5th Grade English! Starter Quiz & Review

Hello everyone!

Para empezar 5.º de Primaria con superpoderes y con muchísima seguridad, vamos a hacer un repaso rápido y divertido de todo lo que ya conoces.

Completa los 16 retos, mira los vídeos para cantar y practicar, o repasa en voz alta. ¡Acepta el desafío! 🏆

🎨 Challenge 1: Colors & Shapes

¿Recuerdas cómo describir el mundo que te rodea?

  • Colors: Red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, pink, black, white, brown, grey.

  • Shapes: Circle ⚪, square ⏹️, triangle 🔺, rectangle ▭, star ⭐, diamond 🔷.



Mini-quiz: What color is a banana? What shape is a pizza slice?



 

🔢 Challenge 2: Numbers 1 - 100

¡Hora de contar! Recuerda cómo se forman las decenas a partir del 20:

  • 1-10: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

  • 11-20: Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.

  • Decenas: 30 (thirty), 40 (forty), 50 (fifty), 60 (sixty), 70 (seventy), 80 (eighty), 90 (ninety), 100 (one hundred).




Rule: Para formar números compuestos añade un guion: twenty-one (21), forty-five (45), ninety-nine (99).

 

👤 Challenge 3: Parts of the Body

¡Mueve el cuerpo y repasa las partes principales!

Head & FaceBody & Limbs
Hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teethArms, hands, fingers, legs, knees, feet, toes


📅 Challenge 4: Days of the Week

¡No olvides que en inglés los días de la semana siempre se escriben con mayúscula inicial!

  1. Monday | 2. Tuesday | 3. Wednesday | 4. Thursday | 5. Friday | 6. Saturday | 7. Sunday





☀️ Challenge 5: What’s the Weather Like?

¿Qué tiempo hace hoy por tu ventana?

  • Sunny ☀️ (Soleado)

  • Rainy 🌧️ (Lluvioso)

  • Cloudy ☁️ (Nublado)

  • Windy 💨 (Ventoso)

  • Snowy ❄️ (Nevado)

  • Hot 🌡️ (Caluroso) / Cold 🥶 (Frío)






🎒 Challenge 6: School Vocabulary

Todo lo que necesitas en tu mochila y en el aula:

  • In your pencil case: Pencil, pen, rubber/eraser, ruler, sharpener, colored pencils, glue, scissors.

  • In the classroom: Desk, chair, board, notebook, book, schoolbag, computer.







👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Challenge 7: The Family

¿Quién es quién en la familia?

  • Parents: Mother (Mom) / Father (Dad)

  • Siblings: Brother / Sister

  • Grandparents: Grandmother (Grandma) / Grandfather (Grandpa)

  • Extended: Uncle (Tío), Aunt (Tía), Cousin (Primo/a)




🏫 Challenge 8: Places in Town & Prepositions of Place

¿Dónde están las cosas y los lugares?

Places in town

School, park, supermarket, hospital, cinema, library, bank, restaurant.

Prepositions of place

  • In (Dentro) | On (Sobre) | Under (Debajo) | Next to (Al lado) | Between (Entre) | Behind (Detrás) | In front of (Delante)

Example: The cinema is next to the restaurant. The book is on the desk.




 

 

👉 Challenge 9: Demonstrative Adjectives

Para señalar objetos según su distancia y cantidad:

Cercano (Here)Lejano (There)
SingularThis (Este / Esta)That (Ese / Aquel)
PluralThese (Estos / Estas)Those (Esos / Aquellos)

🎬 Watch 



👤 Challenge 10: Personal Pronouns

Los sustitutos de los nombres:

  • I (Yo) | You (Tú / Vosotros/as) | He (Él) | She (Ella) | It (Objeto/Animal) | We (Nosotros/as) | They (Ellos/as)




🌟 Challenge 11: Verb "To Be" (Ser / Estar)

El verbo más famoso de todos:

  • Affirmative: I am / You are / He is / She is / It is / We are / They are.

  • Negative: I am not / You aren't / He isn't / She isn't / It isn't / We aren't / They aren't.

  • Interrogative: Am I...? / Are you...? / Is he...? / Is she...? / Are we...? / Are they...?





🎒 Challenge 12: Verb "To Have / Have Got" (Tener)

Lo usamos para hablar de posesiones y descripción física:

  • Affirmative: I have got / He, She, It has got / We, You, They have got.

  • Negative: I haven't got / He, She, It hasn't got / We, You, They haven't got.

  • Interrogative: Have you got...? / Has he got...?








🔄 Challenge 13: Present Simple (Habits & Routines)

Usamos el Present Simple para hablar de rutinas y gustos diarios (I play games, She likes ice cream).

1. Affirmative (+)

  • I/You/We/They: I play football.

  • He/She/It: ¡Añadimos -s o -es! ➔ He plays football. ⭐

2. Negative (-)

  • I/You/We/They: I don't play tennis.

  • He/She/It: She doesn't play tennis. (El verbo vuelve a su forma normal).

3. Interrogative (?)

  • Do you like pizza? ➔ Yes, I do. / No, I don't.

  • Does he play guitar? ➔ Yes, he does. / No, he doesn't.





🕰️ Challenge 14: Past Simple – Regular Verbs (-ed)

Para hablar de acciones que ya terminaron en el pasado (ayer, el fin de semana pasado, el año pasado...).

En los verbos regulares, simplemente añadimos -ed al final del verbo:

  • play ➔ played (I played basketball yesterday)

  • walk ➔ walked

  • listen ➔ listened

  • watch ➔ watched

⚠️ Reglas ortográficas:

  1. Si el verbo termina en -e, solo añade -d: like ➔ liked / live ➔ lived.

  2. Si termina en consonante + y, cambia la y por -ied: study ➔ studied.



 



⚡ Challenge 15: Top 25 Irregular Verbs List

A diferencia de los regulares, los verbos irregulares cambian por completo en el pasado y no añaden -ed. ¡Hay que memorizarlos poco a poco! Aquí tienes los 25 más importantes:

Base Form (Infinitivo)Past SimpleEspañol
BeWas / WereSer / Estar
BecomeBecameLlegar a ser / Convertirse
BeginBeganEmpezar
BreakBrokeRomper
BringBroughtTraer
BuyBoughtComprar
CanCouldPoder
CatchCaughtAtrapar / Coger
ComeCameVenir
DoDidHacer
DrinkDrankBeber
EatAteComer
GetGotConseguir / Obtener
GiveGaveDar
GoWentIr
HaveHadTener
MakeMadeHacer / Fabricar
ReadRead (se pronuncia "red")Leer
RunRanCorrer
SaySaidDecir
SeeSawVer
SleepSleptDormir
SpeakSpokeHablar
SwimSwamNadar
WriteWroteEscribir


🎬 Watch & Learn 


🎯 Final Mission! (¡Tu turno!)

Escribe en los comentarios de esta entrada del blog 4 frases sobre ti usando lo que hemos repasado:

  1. One sentence about your age or favorite color (Verb To Be).

  2. One sentence about something you have in your schoolbag (Verb To Have Got).

  3. One sentence about what you do on Mondays (Present Simple).

  4. One sentence about something you did yesterday (Past Simple regular or irregular).

Example: I am 10 years old. I have got a blue pen. I play basketball on Mondays. Yesterday I watched a movie.

¡Nos vemos en la próxima clase! You are ready for 5th Grade! 🚀✨





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