Topic Four (1.4): Planes para el finde

Topics Icon.png Objectives for this topic

  • Discussing plans for the weekend
  • Forming the near future
  • Finding and using synonyms

Introduction Icon.png Introduction

In this module, you will learn how to talk about plans for the near future - it is very important that you learn and understand how to form this tense.

Interact Icon.png Working through your coursebook

Please work through the following sections in your coursebook, completing all listed exercises:

  • Page 102 Exercise 1: read Kariñe´s plans for the weekend and match the numbers (1-8) with the pictures (a-h). Keep in mind that Voy a… means “I'm going to…” (In both languages, Spanish and English, this structure is followed by a verb in the infinitive. For example: Voy a bailar en la fiesta/I´m going to dance at the party).
  • Read the Gramática box on page 102 about how to form the near future tense. Then complete Exercise 2 by filling in the correct part of the verb ir in each sentence.
  • Translate your sentences from Exercise 2 into English.
  • Page 103 Exercise 4: Listen to Audio Track 23 and complete the table in English with the correct information to show the activity, who she will do it with and her opinion.

LISTEN - Audio Track 23

  • Complete Exercise 5 on page 103: Read about the popular Cuban singer Camila Cabello then match the starts and endings of the phrases to show what you have read. Translate the sentences into English.
  • Read the Estrategia box on page 103 about using synonyms to avoid repetition. Next, complete Exercise 6 on page 103. Find synonyms (words that have the same meaning) for the words listed in the text about Camila Cabello.
  • Complete Exercise 7 on page 103. Write a paragraph about your plans for next weekend. Include at least five activities, the days when you will do them, your opinion about three of the activities and details of two people who will also be there.

Review Icon.png Review

  • Complete Exercise 8 on page 103: Prepare a presentation about what you are going to do this weekend. Practise this out loud. (Remember that voy a sounds like boy a in Spanish, as the letters b and v sound the same).

NewLearning.png  Interactive Kerboodle Activities

Log onto Kerboodle and complete the interactive activities for this module:

COMPLETE - Planes por el finde: Links to an external site.

Bridge Icon.png  Support activity for this topic

Learn how to form the near future tense. This video will help:

WATCH - Simple future (YouTube) Links to an external site.

Then watch Marc Anthony’s song Voy a vivir. This has plenty of examples of the near future tense. How many can you pick out? Write them down and translate them into English.

WATCH - Marc Anthony - Vivir Mi Vida (YouTube) Links to an external site.

Stretch Icon.png Extension activity for this topic

Form five negative sentences or questions using the near future.

For example:

¿Vas a cenar con nosotros mañana?

Ella no va a comer hamburguesas en la barbacoa.

Download Icon.png Check your answers

If you would like to check your answers to this topic, you can do so by consulting the Claro 1 module answers for Topics 1.4 and 1.8. 

CHECK - Topic 1.4 Download CHECK - Topic 1.4

CHECK - Topic 1.8 Download CHECK - Topic 1.8

Grammar Icon.png  Grammar Alert

Read the Gramática box on page 102 about forming the near future:

  • Verb ir + preposition a + infinitive. For example: voy a cocinar.

 It is especially important to learn the different parts of the irregular verb ir for all the persons (voy a, vas a, va a, vamos a, vais a, van a).

Then complete Exercise 6 on page 111 to practice forming the near future tense.

Glossary Icon.png  Vocabulary

Review the vocabulary section Planes para el finde (Plans for the weekend) on page 117.

NOTE: finde is short and colloquial for the longer and more formal expression fin de semana (literally “end of week”).