What’s on the The Near Future poster
The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.
- Conjugate ir, add a, add the infinitive unchanged.
- voy / vas / va / vamos / vais / van + a + infinitive
- I am going to eat = Voy a comer
- We are going to travel = Vamos a viajar
- They are going to arrive = Van a llegar
- Common mistake: Voy comer → Voy a comer
Vamos a + infinitive doubles as a suggestion. Vamos a comer is both 'we are going to eat' and 'let's eat'.
Questions about the The Near Future poster
- What’s on the The Near Future poster?
- The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. Conjugate ir, add a, add the infinitive unchanged.; voy / vas / va / vamos / vais / van + a + infinitive; I am going to eat = Voy a comer; We are going to travel = Vamos a viajar; They are going to arrive = Van a llegar; Common mistake: Voy comer → Voy a comer. Vamos a + infinitive doubles as a suggestion. Vamos a comer is both 'we are going to eat' and 'let's eat'.
- Who is the The Near Future poster for?
- The Near Future belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning spanish can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the The Near Future poster?
- Ir + a + infinitive. Three words, no new endings. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Near Future belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The Near Future?
- Spanish Accents, Adjective Agreement and Commands sit alongside The Near Future in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Spanish AccentsAdjective AgreementCommands
- Is the The Near Future poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The Near Future downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The Near Future poster print at?
- The Near Future is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Near Future loses nothing.Printing guide
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