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Oportunidades: singular conditional, 'quisiera', 'me gustaría'

I can use singular forms of the conditional and modal verbs to discuss future opportunities.

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Year 10
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Oportunidades: singular conditional, 'quisiera', 'me gustaría'

I can use singular forms of the conditional and modal verbs to discuss future opportunities.

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Key learning points

  1. Modal verbs such as 'me, te, le gustaría' and 'quisiera' can be used to discuss future desires.
  2. The conditional is a verb form used to express what would happen.
  3. To conjugate singular forms of the conditional for regular verbs, add -ía, -ías, -ía to the infinitive.

Keywords

  • Conditional - a form of verb used to express what would happen

  • Modal verb - verb of necessity or possibility, e.g. 'must', 'can', 'want'

Common misconception

In Spanish, the SSC [qui] is pronounced as in 'queen'.

In Spanish, the SSC [qui] is pronounced as in 'equipo'.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which words mean 'business'?
Correct answer: empresa (f)
enfermero (m)
idioma (m)
Correct answer: negocio (m)
nota (f)
Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:haber,to have, having

to have, having

Correct Answer:sacar,to take out, get, obtain

to take out, get, obtain

Correct Answer:adoptar,to adopt, adopting

to adopt, adopting

Correct Answer:continuar,to continue, continuing

to continue, continuing

Correct Answer:dejar,to stop, stopping

to stop, stopping

Correct Answer:proporcionar,to provide, supply

to provide, supply

Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:afueras (fpl),outskirts, suburbs

outskirts, suburbs

Correct Answer:universidad (f),university

university

Correct Answer:ingeniero (m),engineer

engineer

Correct Answer:mes (m),month

month

Correct Answer:nivel (m),level

level

Correct Answer:paso (m),step

step

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'I have seen the musician in the office'.
1 - he
2 - visto
3 - el
4 - músico
5 - en
6 - la
7 - oficina
Q5.
Write in English: 'mi padre es abogado'.
Correct Answer: My father is a lawyer., My dad is a lawyer.
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'she has put and he has written'.
Correct Answer: Ha puesto y ha escrito., Ella ha puesto y él ha escrito

4 Questions

Q1.
What English sound does [qui] in Spanish make?
[kay]
[kwee]
Correct answer: [kee]
[ky]
[koo]
Q2.
Which phrase refers to 'she, he'?
quisiera
me gustaría
Correct answer: le gustaría
te gustaría
Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:viajar,to travel, travelling

to travel, travelling

Correct Answer:viajaría,I, she, he, it would travel

I, she, he, it would travel

Correct Answer:viajarías,you would travel

you would travel

Correct Answer:viajé,I travelled

I travelled

Correct Answer:viajaste,you travelled

you travelled

Correct Answer:viajó,she, he, it travelled

she, he, it travelled

Q4.
Write in Spanish: 'you would dance and she would sing'.
Correct Answer: Bailarías y cantaría., Tú bailarías y ella cantaría.

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