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Este fin de semana: infinitives with 'sin', 'para', 'antes de', 'después de'

I can use infinitive clauses and a variety of persons of the verb ‘ir’ in order to talk about weekend plans.

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Este fin de semana: infinitives with 'sin', 'para', 'antes de', 'después de'

I can use infinitive clauses and a variety of persons of the verb ‘ir’ in order to talk about weekend plans.

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Key learning points

  1. When followed by a noun, 'para' translates as 'for' or 'to'; when followed by an infinitive, it means '(in order) to'.
  2. Sin (without) can also be followed by nouns or an infinitive, with the meaning 'without -ing'.
  3. 'Antes de + infinitive' means 'before + -ing' and 'después de + infinitive' means 'after + -ing'.
  4. Infinitive clauses help you create longer sentences and extend your writing.
  5. Using a variety of subjects is an easy way to give more detail and develop your sentences.

Keywords

  • Para - preposition meaning 'to', 'for' + noun or 'in order to' + infinitive

  • Sin - preposition meaning 'without' + noun and 'without + -ing' when followed by an infinitive

  • Antes de - adverb (+ infinitive) meaning 'before (+ -ing)'

  • Después de - adverb (+ infinitive) meaning 'after (+ -ing)'

  • Infinitive clause - phrase with an infinitive verb that adds information about the main clause

Common misconception

Adverbs 'antes de' and 'después de' and the preposition 'sin' are always followed by a gerund (-ing) in Spanish, the same as in English.

Adverbs 'antes de' and 'después de' and the preposition 'sin' are always followed by an infinitive in Spanish, unlinke English that uses a gerund (-ing).


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Pupils can use the guidance on LC2 to talk about their weekend plans. Adverbs 'antes de' and 'después de' are Higher tier structures though many stronger Foundation pupils will also find these structures accessible and useful to them to extend their communication in Spanish.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish with the English.
Correct Answer:causar,to cause, causing
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to cause, causing

Correct Answer:el pasatiempo,hobby, leisure activity
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hobby, leisure activity

Correct Answer:el puente,bridge
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bridge

Correct Answer:cuarto,fourth
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fourth

Correct Answer:quinto,fifth
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fifth

Correct Answer:la calidad,quality
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quality

Q2.
Select all the propositions.
Correct answer: con
Correct answer: de
hoy
allí
Correct answer: para
Q3.
How do you say 'for the club?
Correct Answer: para el club, Para el club
Q4.
Put the forms of 'ir' in the following order: I go, you go, she goes, we go, you all go, they go.
1 - voy
2 - vas
3 - va
4 - vamos
5 - vais
6 - van
Q5.
Select the appropriate words to complete the sentence: Remember we can use ___ to talk about routines and to talk about the ___ when we use ir + ___ + ___ .
Correct answer: ir
de
Correct answer: a
Correct answer: infinitive
Correct answer: future
Q6.
Translate: 'We're going to watch a comedy'.
Correct Answer: Vamos a ver una comedia.

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish with the appropriate English translation.
Correct Answer:la asociación,association
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association

Correct Answer:el pelo,hair
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hair

Correct Answer:pegar,to stick, sticking
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to stick, sticking

Correct Answer:al aire libre,outdoors
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outdoors

Correct Answer:el gusto,taste
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taste

Correct Answer:quemar,to burn, burning
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to burn, burning

Q2.
Select all the possible translations for the word 'para'.
Correct answer: to
without
Correct answer: in order to
Correct answer: for
Correct answer: of
Q3.
Put the words in order to complete the sentence. ___ estar en forma, es importante no salir de casa por la mañana ___ comer algo.
1 - Para
2 - sin
Q4.
Select the verbs that could follow in, para, después de and antes de.
Correct answer: andar
Correct answer: colgar
expresando
entiendo
Correct answer: introducir
Q5.
Using a variety of is an easy way to give more details and develop your sentences.
Correct answer: subjects
articles
prepositions
Q6.
Select the infinitive clauses.
Correct answer: para poder tomar leche
Correct answer: después de ver los monumentos
antes del concurso de talento
sin red
sin llevar

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