Year 8 - Spanish
Future trips: 'ir' + a + infinitive
Past and future trips to Spain and Spanish festivals: -ar verbs, 'hacer', 'ir'
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits -ar verbs in the context of the text 'La Tomatina'. Pupils revisit 'ir a' to express future meaning in the context of planning a trip, and singular forms of 'hacer' and 'ir' in the preterite in the context of a past trip.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use 'ir' + a + infinitive to describe future holiday plans.
Key Notes
- The present-tense forms of 'ir' ('to go') for 'I', 'you' and 'she, he, it' are 'voy', 'vas' and 'va'.
- A present-tense form of 'ir' + a + infinitive means 'going to' + infinitive. It expresses future plans.
- The preterite-tense forms of 'ir' ('to go') for 'I', 'you' and 'she, he, it' are 'fui', 'fuiste' and 'fue'.
- A preterite-tense form of 'ir' + a + infinitive means 'went to' + infinitive. It expresses what someone went to do.
- [j] is pronounced as in 'ejemplo' and [gu] is pronounced as in 'pregunta'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- infinitive: form of the verb giving its general meaning
- 'ir' + a + infinitive: 2-verb structure meaning 'going to' + infinitive
- preterite: tense used for events completed in the past
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When describing future plans, 'ir' + a is followed by a conjugated verb.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The present-tense forms of 'ir' ('to go') for 'I', 'you' and 'she, he, it' are 'voy', 'vas' and 'va'. A present-tense form of 'ir' + a + infinitive means 'going to' + infinitive. It expresses future plans.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'infinitive'
form of the verb giving its general meaning. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: When describing future plans, 'ir' + a is followed by a conjugated verb. Correction: When describing future plans, 'ir' + a is followed by the infinitive form of a verb.
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