New
New
¿Qué tipo de viaje harás? Irregular inflectional future stems 'dir-', 'saldr-'
I can use regular and irregular verbs in the inflectional future to talk about a trip.
Lesson 2 of 6
New
New
- Year 10
- AQA
¿Qué tipo de viaje harás? Irregular inflectional future stems 'dir-', 'saldr-'
I can use regular and irregular verbs in the inflectional future to talk about a trip.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- A small number of verbs are irregular in the inflectional future and have irregular future stems.
- ‘Decir’, ‘poner’ and 'salir' have irregular stems in the inflectional future.
- In the inflectional future, the endings are added to the infinitive and they are the same for -ar, -er and -ir verbs.
- The endings for the singular persons of the inflectional future are: -é (I), -ás (you) and -á (she, he, it).
- The endings for the plural persons of the inflectional future are: -emos (we), -éis (you all) and -án (they).
Keywords
Inflectional future - verb tense used to express what will happen
Irregular verb - a verb that does not follow the regular rules
Stem - part of the verb that appears in all forms
Common misconception
In the inflectional future with all verbs, the endings are added to the infinitive and they are the same for -ar, -er and -ir verbs.
A small number of verbs are irregular in the inflectional future and have irregular future stems.
The last translation task can be followed by a writing task to consolidate the inflectional future. Teachers can use the scenarios in A2 and get students to make predictions. Alternatively, students can come up with their own travel plans and make their own predictions with the inflectional future.
Teacher tip
Equipment
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2026), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
Loading...
Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.Which verbs are infinitives?
Which verbs are infinitives?
cuesta
venderé
Q3.Which verbs are in the inflectional future?
Which verbs are in the inflectional future?
viajé
conseguí
Q4.Pon los números de mayor a menor.
Pon los números de mayor a menor.
Q5.Order the words to say: 'You will go to South America in January and it will be hot'.
Order the words to say: 'You will go to South America in January and it will be hot'.
Q6.Match the sentence halves.
Match the sentence halves.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q4.Which verbs have an irregular stem in the inflectional future?
Which verbs have an irregular stem in the inflectional future?
alojarse
vivir
Q5.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'we will visit Peru in April'.
Write in Spanish: 'we will visit Peru in April'.
