Los verbos importantes

Los verbos importantes

Preterito, imperfecto, condicional, subjunctivo

Look at these two sentences, what can you tell me about the verbs?

• Es importante evitar el calentamiento global

• Es important que evitemos el calentamiento global

It's the SUBJUNCTIVE! Vamos a repasar rápido...

• When is it used?

• How is it formed?

• Can you write an example in the chat?

The Subjunctive

• Firstly, it is NOT a tense, it is a "mood". Therefore, will not count as a tense in your writing.

• It is often used to give advice...

Giving Advice

• Es necesario que...

• Es esencial que...

• Es importante que...

• Es recomendable que...

• Es imprescindible que...

• Es crucial que...

• All of these are followed by the subjunctive...

The formation

• Remember, the endings switch.

• AR - E, ES, E, EMOS, éIS, EN

• ER / IR - A, AS, A, AMOS, áIS, AN

Vamos a practicar

Multiple Choice

Es necesario que

• ayudamos a los sin techo

• ayudar a los sin techo

• ayudemos a los sin techo

Multiple Choice

Es imprescindible que...

• recicles latas

• reciclar latas

• reciclas latas

Multiple Choice

Creo que...

• Haya tanta contaminación

• hay tanta contaminación

Multiple Choice

Es esencial que...

• separo la basura

• separa la basura

• separe la basura

• separen la basura

Los verbos irregulares

• These are crucial and may be recognisable, but they need to learnt by heart to be used effectively.

• Tener - Tenga

• Ser - Sea

• Hay - Haya

• Ir - Vaya

Multiple Choice

Es necesario que...

• Vas al médico

• Va al médico

• Vayas al médico

• iras al médico

Multiple Choice

Es importante que...

• Hay menos tráfico

• Haya menos tráfico

• Tiene menos tráfico

• Tenga menos tráfico

Other uses of the Subjunctive...

• The subjunctive is not only used to give recommendations but also can refer to the future.

• Cuando + subjuntive

• Cuando sea mayor....

• Cuando tenga deichocho años...

• Can you finish these sentences in the chat?

Higher Order Phrase Inbound...

• Ojalá + subjunctive

• ¡Ojalá ganemos la lotería!

• I hope we win the lottery!

Open Ended

Traduce: Let's hope that we avoid global warming.

Avoid = Evitar

'Si' Clauses...

• Who can name the 3 types of 'si' clauses we use?

• Who can explain why we use these clauses?

The 3 types...

• Si + present + present

• Si + present + future

• Si + imperfect subjunctive + conditional

Si + present + present

• This is the most basic form of the 'si' clauses.

• Si tengo dinero, lo doy a los sin techo.

• If I have money, I give it to the homeless.

Si + Present + Future

• This 'si' clause, whilst not the most complex is still valuable too and will add to your range of language score!

• Firstly, we need to recap how to conjugate the future tense!

El futuro

• To conjugate the future, we take the infinitive of the verb and add:

• Reciclaré

• Reciclarás

• Reciclará

• Reciclaremos

• Reciclaréis

• Reciclarán

Multiple Choice

Si apago las luces

• ahorro electricidad

• ahorré electricidad

• Ahorrarè electricidad

• ahorraré electricidad

Multiple Choice

Si voy a colegio a pie

• Reduzco la contaminación

• Reducí la contaminación

• Reduciré

• Reducirá

Open Ended

Traduce...If I have the opportunity, I will help at a soup kitchen. (Ayudar)

Open Ended

Traduce...If we can, we will will at the old people's home.

Si + Imperfect Subjunctive + Conditional

• This is the most complex 'si' clause and will show off your ability to form a very higher order tense!

• Si tuviera la oportunidad, compraría un coche rápido

• How would you translate these tenses?

Si tuviera la oportunidad, compraría un coche rápido

• If

• I were to have the opportunity

• I would buy a fast car

Imperfect Subjunctive

• This is a tense we do not need to know how to conjugate, but focus on memorising some key sentence starters...

• Si tuviera (la oportunidad/tiempo)....

• Si pudiera (ayudar)....

• Si fuera (voluntario/a)....

The conditional

• Like the future tense, we take the infinitive form of the verb and add the following endings:

• Reciclaría

• Reciclarías

• Reciclaría

• Reciclaríamos

• Reciclaríais

• Reciclarían

Multiple Choice

Si _ _ _ _ _ bastante dinero iría a Argentina

• tuviera

• pudiera

• fuera

Multiple Choice

Si fuera voluntario, ______ (ayudar) a los mayores

• ayudía

• ayudarí

• ayudaría

• ayudarían

Multiple Choice

Si ________ evitar mis profesors, no iría al colegio

• tuviera

• pudiera

• fuera

Open Ended

If I could work, I would be a teacher

Open Ended

If I had the opportunity I would be a volunteer.