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Year 10 - Spanish

Oportunidades: singular conditional, 'quisiera', 'me gustaría'

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 use singular forms of the conditional and modal verbs to discuss future opportunities.

Key Notes

  • Modal verbs such as 'me, te, le gustaría' and 'quisiera' can be used to discuss future desires.
  • The conditional is a verb form used to express what would happen.
  • To conjugate singular forms of the conditional for regular verbs, add -ía, -ías, -ía to the infinitive.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • conditional: a form of verb used to express what would happen
  • modal verb: verb of necessity or possibility, e.g. 'must', 'can', 'want'

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • In Spanish, the SSC [qui] is pronounced as in 'queen'.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Modal verbs such as 'me, te, le gustaría' and 'quisiera' can be used to discuss future desires. The conditional is a verb form used to express what would happen.

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

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

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: In Spanish, the SSC [qui] is pronounced as in 'queen'. Correction: In Spanish, the SSC [qui] is pronounced as in 'equipo'.

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