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Year 10 - Spanish

Intención o posibilidad: transcription and extended writing

People and lifestyle: mi futuro y mis modelos a seguir

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils revisit the inflectional future tense, including some irregular stems. Pupils revisit 'quisiera' and 'me/te/le gustaría' and learn how to form the conditional tense with regular verbs and some irregular verbs.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to produce extended writing about the future using a range of verb forms and tenses.

Key Notes

  • In Spanish, [r] is pronounced differently depending on its position within a word.
  • In Spanish, accents indicate where the stress should fall if this doesn't follow standard rules.
  • The inflectional future expresses what will happen and the conditional expresses what would happen.
  • 'Ir a + infinitive' is a 2-verb structure used to express what is going to happen.
  • The BORDER acronym is a useful tool to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • inflectional future: verb tense used to express what will happen
  • conditional: verb form used to express what would happen
  • ir a + infinitive: 2-verb structure used to express what is going to happen
  • BORDER: acronym used to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • The letter 'r' is always pronounced the same in Spanish.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

In Spanish, [r] is pronounced differently depending on its position within a word. In Spanish, accents indicate where the stress should fall if this doesn't follow standard rules.

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: The letter 'r' is always pronounced the same in Spanish. Correction: In Spanish, 'r' is pronounced differently depending on its position within a word. 'r' in the middle or at the end of a word is pronounced as in 'pero', whereas 'r' at the beginning of a word and 'rr' are pronounced as in 'perro'.

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