Year 10 - Spanish
Pensar en el futuro - entrevista a Camilo: singular inflectional future
People and lifestyle: mi futuro y mis modelos a seguir
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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 understand and use the inflectional future to discuss future aspirations.
Key Notes
- It is important to have a good knowledge of sound-spelling correspondences to produce accurate transcriptions.
- The inflectional future is a 1-verb structure used to say what will happen in the future.
- Singular conjugations of the inflectional future are formed by adding the endings -é, -ás or -á to the infinitive.
- The verbs 'poner' and 'haber' have irregular stems in the future tense: 'pondr'- and 'habr-'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- sound-symbol correspondence: relationship between letters and their sounds
- inflectional future: 1-verb structure used to say what will happen in the future
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When conjugating verbs in Spanish, you always need to start by taking off the infinitive ending.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
It is important to have a good knowledge of sound-spelling correspondences to produce accurate transcriptions. The inflectional future is a 1-verb structure used to say what will happen in the future.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'sound-symbol correspondence'
relationship between letters and their sounds. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: When conjugating verbs in Spanish, you always need to start by taking off the infinitive ending. Correction: Some verb tenses, such as the inflectional future, are formed by adding the relevant ending to the infinitive. As such, the infinitive ending is not taken off.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Entrevista a un actor de México: conditional Study Guide
- Intención o posibilidad: transcription and extended writing Study Guide
- Oportunidades: photo description and conversation practice Study Guide
- Oportunidades: singular conditional, 'quisiera', 'me gustaría' Study Guide
- Oportunidades: uses and omission of definite and indefinite articles Study Guide
- Pensar en el futuro: extended writing Study Guide
- Pensar en el futuro: plural inflectional future Study Guide
- Yo que tú: singular and plural conditional Study Guide
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