Conditional Tense - Spanishdict.com

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The conditional (el condicional ) tense in Spanish is used to express what would happen in the future. It is more of a possibility, or hypothetical situation, than the future tense. The formation is very similar to that of the simple future tense in that one set of endings is added to the infinitive to create a new tense and the irregular stems are the same as those in the future tense.

Compraría esa camisa. I would buy that shirt.

Sacaría la basura por ti. He would take out the trash for you.

Si fuera rico, me gustaría viajar por todo el mundo. If I were rich, I would travel all over the world.

Regular Conditional Forms

To form the conditional tense, simply add the correct ending to the infinitive of the verb. All verb conjugations (-AR, -ER, and -ER) have the same endings for the conditional tense:

Conditional Endings: -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían

Subject	viajar	conocer	escribir
yo	viajaría	conocería	escribiría
tú	viajarías	conocerías	escribirías
usted, él, ella	viajaría	conocería	escribiría
nosotros	viajaríamos	conoceríamos	escribiríamos
vosotros	viajaríais	conoceríais	escribiríais
ustedes, ellos, ellas	viajarían	conocerían	escribirían

The endings for the conditional tense are the same as those for the -er and -ir forms of the imperfect tense.

Remember that the conditional adds the endings to the infinitive while the imperfect adds them to the stem.

• Conditional: Escribiría unas cartas. (I would write some letters.)

• Imperfect: Escribía unas cartas. (I wrote some letters.)

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Future in Spanish - Spanishdict.com

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In Spanish, there are two ways to express the future. One is the simple future tense, and the other, more basic form, is the informal future. The informal future is used mostly in spoken Spanish to express future actions.

Simple Future	Future
Estudiaré mucho mañana.	Voy a estudiar mucho mañana.
I will study a lot tomorrow.	I am going to study a lot tomorrow.

Future Forms

The informal future is formed by the verb ir conjugated in the present indicative, the preposition a, and the infinitive of the action to be performed. The loose translation would be that someone is going to ___.

ir + a + infinitive

Yo voy a viajar por España. I am going to travel through Spain.

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Preterite vs. Imperfect in Spanish

Overview - From Spanishdict.com - QUIZ

Many students have trouble knowing when to use the preterite tense or the imperfect tense since they both refer to actions in the past. There are several general rules to follow, as well as phrases to look out for. Many phrases use only one tense or the other, so memorizing them is very helpful in figuring out whether the use a verb in preterite or imperfect!

General Preterite Uses

Generally, the preterite is used for completed actions (actions that have definite beginning and end points.) These can be actions that can be viewed as single events, actions that were part of a chain of events, actions that were repeated a very specific number of times, or actions that specifically state the beginning and end of an action.

General Imperfect Uses

The imperfect tense is generally used for actions in the past that do not have a definite end. These can be actions that are not yet completed or refer to a time in general in the past. It can also be used to talk about:

• actions that were repeated habitually
• actions that set the stage for another past tense event
• time and dates in the past
• for telling a person’s age in the past
• to describe people (characteristics) in the past
• to communicate mental or physical states in the past

Speaking exam sample - Edexcel presentation + questions

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Preguntas sobre deportes

1.   ¿Cuál es tu deporte favorito?

2.   ¿Por qué te gusta practicar este deporte?

3.   ¿Donde entrenaste el año pasado?

4.   ¿Qué vas a hacer el año que viene?

5.   ¿Que otros deportes has practicado?

6.   ¿Cuál es el deporte que menos te gusta?

7.   ¿Entrenan tus amigos algún deporte?

8.   ¿Qué deportes practica tu familia?

9.   ¿Donde entrenaste el año pasado?

10.                 ¿Qué vas a hacer el año que viene?

11.                 ¿Qué es lo que más te gusta y lo que menos de hacer deporte?

12.                 ¿Qué te gustaría hacer en el futuro?

13.                 ¿Qué deportes haces en el colegio?

14.                 ¿Qué deportes hacías en el colegio de primaria?

15.                 ¿Qué deportes te gustaría hacer cuando estés en Bachillerato/ Sixth Form?

16.                 ¿Cuántas horas de deporte haces a la semana?

17.                 ¿Eres hincha de algún club o deportista?

18.                 ¿Te gusta ver deportes en la tele?

19.                 ¿Has ido a algún estado a ver un partido?

20.                 ¿haces una dieta sana o malsana?

21.                 ¿qué dieta es importante para hacer tu deporte?

22.                 ¿Llevas una vida sana o malsana?

23.                 ¿Qué haces para mantenerte sano?

24.                 ¿Qué opinas de los e-sports?

25.                 ¿Te gustaría hacer deporte profesionalmente?

26.                 ¿Qué es necesario para ser un deportista profesional?

27.                 ¿Te gustaría ser entrenador de algún deporte?

28.                 ¿Qué es necesario para ser entrenador?

Barcelona trip review by Joe Streek

We all had a fantastic week in Barcelona and enjoyed many fun activities such as; visiting the Nou Camp, visiting the Circuit de Catalunya and seeing the beautiful Sagrada Familia.

The picture below shows the view of Barceloneta Beach from the Teleferico cable cart.

My favourite moment in Barcelona was visiting the Circuit de Catalunya and being able to do a lap around it. It is a very impressive circuit and holds many great memories of F1 races. We saw where the drivers prepared before races and where media sat during the race.   

Another enjoyable moment was going up the Tibidabo Mountain and seeing the beautiful city from the highest point in Barcelona. We had great fun at the theme park that this Mountain holds and shared a moment of prayer in the magnificent Temple upon the mountain.

Overall it was a brilliant trip filled with fun, laughter and good memories. It was fantastic to be given the experience to learn and embrace the Spanish and Catalan culture and practice my language skills with local people.

Joe Streek.

Barcelona 2016 - Aquarium

At the aquarium

At the aquarium

At the aquarium

At the aquarium

Barceloneta, Maremagnum area