Year 10 - Spanish
Pensar en el futuro: plural 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 use singular and plural forms of the inflectional future to discuss career aspirations.
Key Notes
- It is important to have a good knowledge of sound-spelling correspondences to accurately read aloud Spanish texts.
- It is a good idea to mentally rehearse a text before reading it aloud.
- The inflectional future expresses what 'will' happen and 'voy a + infinitive' expresses what is 'going to' happen.
- Plural conjugations of the inflectional future are formed by adding the endings -emos, -éis or -án to the infinitive.
- 'Saber', 'querer', 'venir', 'decir', 'salir' have irregular future stems: 'sabr-', 'querr-', 'vendr-', 'dir-', 'saldr-'.
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
- voy a + infinitive: 2-verb structure used to say what is going to happen in the future
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The inflectional future communicates what is 'going to' happen.
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 accurately read aloud Spanish texts. It is a good idea to mentally rehearse a text before reading it aloud.
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: The inflectional future communicates what is 'going to' happen. Correction: The inflectional future communicates what 'will' happen. 'Voy a + infinitive' communicates what is 'going to' happen.
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 - entrevista a Camilo: singular inflectional future Study Guide
- Pensar en el futuro: extended writing Study Guide
- Yo que tú: singular and plural conditional Study Guide
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