SpanishA2Lesson 7.1
🇪🇸 Spanish A2 · Lesson 7.1

¿Qué vas a hacer? — Plans and the future

Talk about plans with ir a + infinitive and the simple future.

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Two friends discuss their plans for the summer holidays.

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voy aI'm going to 🔊
el planthe plan 🔊
el próximo mesnext month 🔊
viajarto travel 🔊
quizásmaybe / perhaps 🔊
las vacacionesthe holidays 🔊

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« El próximo mes voy a viajar a México y visitaré varias ciudades. » 🔊
Next month I'm going to travel to Mexico and I'll visit several cities.
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¿Qué vas a hacer estas vacaciones? 🔊What are you going to do this holiday?
Voy a viajar a México con mi familia. 🔊I'm going to travel to Mexico with my family.
¡Qué envidia! ¿Cuándo os vais? 🔊I'm so jealous! When are you leaving?
El próximo mes. Visitaremos varias ciudades y quizás iremos a la playa. 🔊Next month. We'll visit several cities and maybe we'll go to the beach.
Seguro que lo pasaréis genial. 🔊I'm sure you'll have a great time.
Grammar in focus · el futuro

Spanish has two ways to talk about the future. 1) The near future: ir a + infinitive, for plans and intentions: 'Voy a estudiar', 'Vamos a viajar.' This is the most common in speech. 2) The simple future (futuro simple), for predictions and promises. Add these endings to the WHOLE infinitive: -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án — hablar → hablaré, comer → comeré, vivir → viviré. A few stems are irregular: hacer → haré, tener → tendré, poder → podré, salir → saldré. 'Mañana lloverá.'

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Write 3 sentences about your plans (use ir a + infinitive and one simple future).

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Tip for this task
¡Genial! Mix « Voy a estudiar » with a future like « Visitaré a mis abuelos ».

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1. “I'm going to travel” is…
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3. The irregular future stem of tener is…
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