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      Pensar en el futuro: plural inflectional future

      Lesson details

      Learning outcome

      I can use singular and plural forms of the inflectional future to discuss career aspirations.

      Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons

      Key learning points

      1. It is important to have a good knowledge of sound-spelling correspondences to accurately read aloud Spanish texts.
      2. It is a good idea to mentally rehearse a text before reading it aloud.
      3. The inflectional future expresses what 'will' happen and 'voy a + infinitive' expresses what is 'going to' happen.
      4. Plural conjugations of the inflectional future are formed by adding the endings -emos, -éis or -án to the infinitive.
      5. 'Saber', 'querer', 'venir', 'decir', 'salir' have irregular future stems: 'sabr-', 'querr-', 'vendr-', 'dir-', 'saldr-'.

      Keywords

      • 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 misconception

      The inflectional future communicates what is 'going to' happen.

      The inflectional future communicates what 'will' happen. 'Voy a + infinitive' communicates what is 'going to' happen.

      Teacher tip

      Learning Cycle 3 contains Higher Tier grammar and vocabulary. To increase scaffolding for Task C1, you could consider brainstorming relevant verbs before setting students off on their writing.

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      Lesson video

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      Prior knowledge starter quiz

      6 Questions

      Q1.
      Which nouns are feminine?

      agosto
      barrio
      día
      Correct answer: dieta
      Correct answer: tierra

      Q2.
      'Vivo aquí cinco años.' Choose the correct missing word or phrase.

      lejos
      luego
      desde
      Correct answer: desde hace
      de

      Q3.
      Match the Spanish and English.

      Correct Answer:aventura (f),adventure
      Correct Answer:reciclaje (m),recycling
      Correct Answer:temperatura (f),temperature
      Correct Answer:calefacción (f),heating
      Correct Answer:obras (fpl),roadworks, building works
      Correct Answer:hoja (f),leaf

      Q4.
      Order the words to say: 'some students arrived but none completed the homework'.

      1 - algunos
      2 - alumnos
      3 - llegaron
      4 - pero
      5 - ninguno
      6 - completó
      7 - los deberes

      Q5.
      Write in English: 'la contaminación destruye el jardín'.

      Correct Answer: Pollution destroys the garden.

      Q6.
      Write in Spanish: 'I know that you have a date'.

      Correct Answer: Sé que tienes una cita., Yo sé que tienes una cita., Sé que tú tienes una cita., Yo sé que tú tienes una cita.

      6 Questions

      Q1.
      It is a good idea to mentally rehearse a text before you ...

      Correct Answer: read aloud, read it aloud

      Q2.
      Match the sounds with the Spanish word they appear in.

      Correct Answer:[qui],I want
      Correct Answer:[j],garden
      Correct Answer:[gue],war
      Correct Answer:[ñ],morning
      Correct Answer:[rr],neighbourhood
      Correct Answer:[h],leaf

      Q3.
      Match the Spanish and English.

      Correct Answer:seré,I will be
      Correct Answer:serás,you will be
      Correct Answer:será,she, he, it will be
      Correct Answer:seremos,we will be
      Correct Answer:seréis,you all will be
      Correct Answer:serán,they will be

      Q4.
      Which sentence means 'I will go to the beach'?

      Voy a la playa.
      Voy a ir a la playa.
      Correct answer: Iré a la playa.
      Ir a la playa.

      Q5.
      Order the words to say: 'my sister will go out and her friend will know'.

      1 - mi
      2 - hermana
      3 - saldrá
      4 - y
      5 - su
      6 - amiga
      7 - sabrá

      Q6.
      Write in Spanish: 'they will say and we will come'. Do not use any pronouns.

      Correct Answer: Dirán y vendremos.

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