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THE NEAR FUTURE TENSE

Objective: To learn how to form and use the near future

tense in Spanish.

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Examples in English… This weekend I am going to go shopping with

my friends.

Tonight we are going to play football on the field.

This afternoon Jack is going to play on his PS3.

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How do I do it in Spanish?1. Take the present tense of ‘ir’ (to go).

Voy – I am goingVas – You (s.) are goingVa – He/she/it is goingVamos – We are going

Vais – You (pl.) are goingVan – They are going

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How do I do it in Spanish?2. Plus ‘a’

3. Plus the infinitive, for example:

bailar – to dance cantar – to sing cocinar – to cook escuchar – to listen jugar – to play vivir – to live comer – to eat

Note that they all end in AR, IR or

ER!

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What’s an infinitive?!?! If you look up a verb (doing word) in the dictionary it

will give you the infinitive.

Basic form of the verb before it’s been conjugated.

In Spanish it will either end in AR, IR or ER.

In English it is just a verb with ‘to’ in front of it, for example:

to sing, to play, to run, to dance, to eat, to live

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Examples Voy a bailar – I am going to dance. Vas a vivir – You (s.) are going to live. Va a comer – He/she/it is going to eat. Vamos a jugar – We are going to play. Vais a cocinar – You (pl.) are going to cook. Van a escuchar – They are going to listen.

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Quiz (Write down your answers then check them on the next slide)

How do you say:1. I am going to sing.2. He is going to play.3. Jennifer is going to listen. (*same as ‘she is going’)

4. We are going to eat.5. You (s.) are going to dance.6. They are going to live.

And some more difficult ones:7. I am going to eat a hamburger.8. You (pl.) are going to live in Spain.9. She is going to listen to music.

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Answers1. I am going to sing. – Voy a cantar.2. He is going to play. – Va a jugar.3. Jennifer is going to listen. – Jennifer va a escuchar.4. We are going to eat. – Vamos a comer.5. You (s.) are going to dance. – Vas a bailar.6. They are going to live. – Van a vivir.

And the more difficult ones:7. I am going to eat a hamburger. – Voy a comer una hamburguesa.8. You (pl.) are going to live in Spain. – Vais a vivir en España.9. She is going to listen to music. – Va a escuchar la música.