What is the Immediate future tense? It is an action that somebody is going to do in the future or simple what is going to happen in the future. You can of course use the future tense however, here we are only going to concentrate with the Immediate Future.
If you are student in Year 8 or Year 9 and you are learning Spanish chances are your teacher will teach you the Immediate Future
How we use it?
We need three elements:
- the verb “ir” conjugated correctly
- a
- an infinitive verb (-AR -ER or -IR)
Of course we must conjugate correctly the verb “ir” see below:
Voy
Vas
Va
Vamos
Vais
Van
Yo voy
Tú Vas
Él, Ella/Usted va
Nosotros vamos
Vosotros vais
Ellos, Ellas o ustedes van
Ready for some practice:
You can easily now try to complete and do some of the exercises below, you have learnt how to say ‘I am going to’ and ‘we are going to’ in Spanish. To remind you, write them here now:
I am going to =………………………………………………
We are going to =…………………………………………..
Repaso : ¿Cómo se dice en español….
I am going to go to the cinema?……………………………………………. We can use ‘Voy a’ or ‘Vamos a’ to talk about what we are going to do in the future, just as we do in English.
Actividad 1 : Rellena los huecos en el párrafo siguiente:
Mañana …………………………………………………. con mi hermano, Pedro, porque es su deporte favorito. Luego, …………………………………………… porque es muy divertido. Más tarde, ………………………………………………… con mis padres en un restaurante y luego………………………………………… .
- Voy a jugar al fútbol 3 Vamos a jugar con los amigos
- Voy a dormir 4 Vamos a comer
Match up the following to find out how to say ‘you are going to’, ‘he/she is going to’, ‘they are going to’. Which one is missing?
1 You are going to…….. (one person) A Van a …….
2 He/She is going to……….. B Vas a ……
3 They are going to …….. C Va a ……..
Actividad 2
Use the paragraph in Actividad 1 as a model, I want you to write your own short paragraph telling me what you are going to do this summer. I want you to include opinions and reasons why (Level 4) and use ‘Voy a’ or ‘Vamos a’ to achieve a level 5! There are some words below to help you.
Este verano – this summer En verano – in summer
En julio/agosto In July/August
Viajar – to travel visitar – to visit
Comprar – to buy regalos – presents
Jugar – to play nadar – to swim
Tomar el sol to sunbathe
Ir a la playa – to go to the beach comer – to eat
From the starter activity, you have learnt how to say ‘I am going to’ and ‘we are going to’ in Spanish. To remind you, write them here now:
I am going to =…………………………………………………
We are going to =……………………………………………..
Repaso : ¿Cómo se dice en español….I am going to go to the cinema?……………………………………………. We can use ‘Voy a’ or ‘Vamos a’ to talk about what we are going to do in the future, just as we do in English.
ctividad 1 : Rellenad los huecos en el párrafo siguiente:
Mañana …………………………………………………. con mi hermano, Pedro, porque es su deporte favorito. Luego, …………………………………………… porque es muy divertido. Más tarde, ………………………………………………… con mis padres en un restaurante y luego………………………………………… .
- Voy a jugar al fútbol 3 Vamos a jugar con los amigos
- Voy a dormir 4 Vamos a comer
Match up the following to find out how to say ‘you are going to’, ‘he/she is going to’, ‘they are going to’. Which one is missing?
1 You are going to…….. (one person) A Van a …….
2 He/She is going to……….. B Vas a …….
3 They are going to …….. C Va a ……..
Actividad 2
Use the paragraph in Actividad 1 as a model, I want you to write your own short paragraph telling me what you are going to do this summer. I want you to include opinions and reasons why (Level 4) and use ‘Voy a’ or ‘Vamos a’ to achieve a level 5! There are some words below to help you.
Este verano – this summer En verano – in summer
En julio/agosto In July/August
Viajar – to travel visitar – to visit
Comprar – to buy regalos – presents
Jugar – to play nadar – to swim
Tomar el sol to sunbathe
Ir a la playa – to go to the beach comer – to eat
| Match up the Spanish to the English For example, 1 = G |
1 Voy a jugar a fútbol
2 Voy a ver la televisión
3 Voy a jugar al tenis
4 Voy a montar en bicicleta
5 Voy a ir al parque
6 Voy a hacer mis deberes
7 Vamos a jugar a los videojuegos
8 Vamos a escuchar música
9 Vamos a ir al cine
10 Vamos a comer con mi familia
A I’m going to go to the park
B I’ m going to do my homework
C I’m going to watch television
D We are going to listen to music
E I’m going to play tennis
F We are going to eat with my family
G I’m going to play football
H I’m going to ride my bike
I We are going to play videogames
J We are going to go to the cinema
Now try this:
How do we say in Spanish
‘We are going to?’……………………………..
‘I am going to’……………………….………
Translate the following:
Mañana voy a visitor a mis abuelos
………………………………………………………….
El fin de semana que viene vamos a visitar Londres porque me gustan los museos
…………………………………………………………..
El mes que viene voy a salir con mis amigos porque es mi cumpleaños
…………………………………………………………..
Tonight I’m going to play basketball and afterwards I’m going to eat a pizza
…………………………………………………………..