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Year 10 - Spanish

Feria de trabajo: singular inflectional future

Studying and my future: mi futuro en el trabajo

Unit Summary

This unit introduces singular forms of the inflectional future tense for -ar, -er, -ir verbs. It also introduces irregular inflectional future stems 'tendr-', 'har-' and 'podr-'. Pupils revisit 'que' as a relative pronoun in subject relative clauses.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use the inflectional future tense to talk about career aspirations.

Key Notes

  • The inflectional future tense is used to express what will happen.
  • To form the inflectional future tense of regular verbs in the singular, add the endings -é, -ás, -á to the infinitive.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • inflectional future: verb tense used to express what will happen
  • infinitive: form of the verb giving its general meaning, with no subject or tense

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • To form the inflectional future tense, take off the infinitive ending before adding -é, -ás, -á.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

The inflectional future tense is used to express what will happen. To form the inflectional future tense of regular verbs in the singular, add the endings -é, -ás, -á to the infinitive.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'inflectional future'

verb tense used to express what will happen. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: To form the inflectional future tense, take off the infinitive ending before adding -é, -ás, -á. Correction: To form the inflectional future tense, add the endings -é, -ás, -á, to the infinitive.

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