Los fines de semana: 'ir' (present), 'ir' + a + infinitive (future)
I can describe what activities I do at the weekend as well as make plans for the next weekend using 'ir' and 'ir' + a + infinitive.
Los fines de semana: 'ir' (present), 'ir' + a + infinitive (future)
I can describe what activities I do at the weekend as well as make plans for the next weekend using 'ir' and 'ir' + a + infinitive.
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Key learning points
- Adding adjectives, adverbs and nouns is an easy way to give more details and develop your sentences.
- Present tense of 'ir', all persons.
- Use 'ir' + a + infinitive for future intentions.
- Both 'al' and 'a la' mean 'to the'. Use 'a la' before a feminine noun, and 'al' before a masculine noun.
- 'Puente' can be used to refer to a long weekend or bank holiday.
Keywords
Ir - irregular verb meaning 'to go, going'
Ir + a + infinitive - 2-verb structure meaning 'going to + infinitive'
Common misconception
Any conjugated form of 'ir' ('voy', 'vas', 'va') can refer to routines or future events. For example, 'voy al parque' means 'I'm going to the park' or 'I'm going to go to the park'.
We can use 'ir' to talk about routines and to talk about the future, but when referring to future intentions, 'ir' needs to be followed by 'a' + infinitive.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to get married, getting married
association
marriage
to look, watch; looking, watching
a, an, any (m, before a noun)
to burn, burning
Exit quiz
6 Questions
secondary school
environment, surroundings
hair
transgender
non-binary
a, an, any (m)
I go, am going
you go, are going
she, he, it goes, is going
we go, are going
you all go, are all going
they go, are going
al club de cine.
va a un concurso de talento.
va a hacer un viaje.
a ir una charla de arquitectura.
van a la bilbioteca.
van a ver una película romántica.