1. El futuro inmediato
When?
How?
Examples
Practice

2. The near future is used for…
When?
The near future is used for…
To talk about what
you are going to do in the future
Examples in English:
This weekend I am going to play football with my friends.
This evening my friends are going to go to the cinema.
James is going to eat in a Mexican restaurant.

3. To form the near future in Spanish you follow 3 steps…
1.- Use the present tense of “ir” :
How? I
You (sing) He
She We
You (pl)
They Yo Tú Él
Ella
Nosotros
Vosotros
Ellos
Voy
Vas Va
Vamos
Váis
Van
2.- Then “a”
For example
ir to go
bailar to dance
salir to go out
visitar to visit
comer to eat
jugar to play
3.- Followed by an infinitive. (-ar,-er, -ir)
(check slide 7 if you want to know what an
Infinitive is)

4. Now have a go at putting the following verbs into the correct form of the near future tense. Show how you work it out. X
Salt-
+ amos = saltamos
I am going to dance
I am going to eat
I am going to chat
I am going to do
He is going to listen
We are going to go
They are going to have
Voy a bailar
Voy a comer
Voy a chatear
Voy a hacer
Va a escuchar
Vamos a ir
Van a tener X

5. What are the three steps to making a verb in the near future tense?
Use the present tense of the verb “ir”
2.- Then add “a”
3.- Followed by an infinitive

6. You (sing) are going to go out
Practice
1.-
Voy
Vas Va
Vamos
Váis
Van
2.- a
3.-
Infinitive
You (sing) are going to go out
Vas a salir
We are going to speak
I am going to live
Vamos a hablar
Voy a vivir
they are going to eat
He is going to play
Van a comer
Va a jugar

7. What is an infinitive?
If you look up a verb (doing word) in the dictionary it will give you the infinitive.
It is the basic form of the verb before it has been conjugated.
In Spanish it will either end in AR, IR or ER.
In English it is a verb with ‘to’ in front of it, for example:
to sing, to play, to run, to dance, to eat, to live