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Home » Blog » Spanish Teachers » Bailando by Enrique Iglesias: Activities to Practice Cognates, Gerunds, Infinitive and Present Verbs

Bailando by Enrique Iglesias: Activities to Practice Cognates, Gerunds, Infinitive and Present Verbs

What other teachers have said about this activity

“Loved it! Was a great way to differentiate for my spanish 1 class (cognates) and my spanish 2 class (gerunds). Thanks” – Ana Maria D.

Song: Bailando

Click here to use this song in class

Singer: Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona

Country: Spain and Cuba

Topics: Cognates, Infinitive, Present verbs and Gerunds

Activity booklet includes:

• Full song lyrics: “Bailando”

• Cloze activity: Cognates

• English-Spanish Cognates Worksheet: Using the vocabulary from the song, write the Spanish cognate for each word

• Cognates Group Activity: Printable 14 sets of cognates cards from the song. Each student finds his/her pair (cognate) and the two partners work together to find differences and similarities.

• Present, Infinitive and Gerunds Worksheet: Students identify 5 verbs in the present, 5 infinitive verbs and 5 gerunds from the song.

• Present, Infinitive and Gerunds Practice with Images: Students complete the sentences using gerund and verbs in present or infinitive based on scenes from the video Bailando.


What other teachers have said about this activity

“Loved it! Was a great way to differentiate for my spanish 1 class (cognates) and my spanish 2 class (gerunds). Thanks” – Ana Maria D.


Canción: Bailando

Intérprete: Enrique Iglesias con Descemer Bueno y Gente de Zona

País: España y Cuba

Tema: Cognados, Verbos en infinitivo y presente indicativo y gerundios

El folleto de actividades incluye:

• Hoja de la letra de la canción: “Bailando”

• Actividad de rellenar los blancos de la canción: Cognados

• Hoja de trabajo de cognados: Usando el vocabulario de la canción, los estudiantes escriben la palabra en español para cada palabra en inglés.

• Actividad en grupo de cognados: Se proveen 14 conjuntos de cognados para imprimir. Cada estudiante encuentra su pareja (su cognado) y juntos analizan sus diferencias y similitudes.

• Hoja de trabajo de presente indicativo, infinitivo y gerundio: Los estudiantes identifican 5 verbos en presente indicativo, 5 verbos en infinitivo y 5 gerundios de la canción.

• Practica con imágenes del presente indicativo, infinitivo y gerundio: Utilizando escenas del video “Bailando,” los estudiantes completan las oraciones con el presente indicativo, el infinitivo y el gerundio.

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