Maida F08 - talking about the future,habrá

Question 1

1. Tenemos que llamar a Pili. La LLAMO esta noche.

2. Use simple present = WHEN agree to do something in near future (not simple future OR ir + inf)

Answer 1

1. We have to call Pili. I’ll CALL her tonight.

2. Why tense for I WILL CALL her?

Question 2

1. Claro, pero tiene un carácter pésimo.
2. tener buen/mal carácter
3. tener mucho carácter

Answer 2

1. Sure, but he has a vile TEMPER.
2. to be good-natured/bad-tempered
3. to have a strong personality

Question 3

Supongo que APROBARÁS este año. Por supuesto. El lunes ME EXAMINO. (examinarse)

2. Use simple future = WHEN expressing probability or suposition about present (classic - re what time it is = serán las 5)
3. Use simple present = WHEN refer to s.th that is agreed or scheduled (classic - what time does your train leave = sale a las 10)

Answer 3

1. I support YOU WILL PASS this year. Of course. I SIT MY EXAM Friday.
2. Why tense for YOU WILL PASS?
3. Why tense for I SIT MY EXAM Friday?

Question 4

1. Me siento molesto por su tono condescendiente.
2. sentirse molesto por
3. rencor

Answer 4

1. I RESENT your condescending tone.
2. to resent
3. resentment (n)

Question 5

1. ¿Dónde vive Gaspar? No sé donde vivirÁ.

2. Use simple future = WHEN lack of certainty about s.th in the present.

Answer 5

1. Where does Gaspar live? I don´t know where HE LIVES.

2. Why tense for HE LIVES?

Question 6

1. Es un lago y ella esta sentado en LA ORILLA.
2. (river) bank
3. pavement

Answer 6

1. It is a lake and she is sitting on the SHORE. (S+P)
2. What does the NOUN mean when a river?
3. 2. What does the NOUN mean when a road?

Question 7

1. ¿A qué hora EMPIEZA la pelicula? A las diez. Tenemos tiempo.
2. Use simple present = WHEN talking about future BUT referring to activities which form part of a scheduled timetable.

Answer 7

1. What time does the movie BEGIN? At 10. We have time.

2. Why tense for BEGIN?

Question 8

1. ¿Voy demasiado arreglada?
2. ¿Fuimos muy descarados?
3. cheeky (as in brazen), blatant (as in flagrant)

Answer 8

1. Am I overdressed? (S+P)
2. Were we too brazen? (S+P) (They were kissing in public)
3. What 2 basic meanings of the brazen word?

Question 9

1. Este verano VAMOS A IR a Mexico.

2. Use ir a + inf = WHEN referring to future plans or circumstances which know going to happen on present circumstances.

Answer 9

1. This summer WE’RE GOING to Mexico.

2. Why tense for WE’RE GOING?

Question 10

1. Y estoy deseando a TIRARME a leer en la TUMBONA. (tirarse)
2. To throw oneself (eg off a bridge), to screw (vulgar)

Answer 10

1. And I’m wanting to SPEND TIME reading in a DECKCHAIR/SUN LOUNGER. (S+P)
2. What else does the to spend time verb mean?

Question 11

1. Refer to future ACTION that will have finished before a future MOMENT in time.
2. Refer to future ACTION that will have finished before a future ACTION in time.
3. POSSIBLE explanation about s.th in the RECENT PAST (usually so as to explain a present situation) cf present perfect if CERTAIN explanation.

Answer 11

The 3 uses of future perfect (habré trabajado)?

Question 12

1. Cada día me parece más CUTRE esta oficina.
2. stingy (as in cheap or tight-fisted), shoddy (as in badly made)
3. sórdido (shabby), tacaño (stingy), chapucero/de mala calidad (shoddy)

Answer 12

1. Every day this office seems SHABBIER. (S+P)
2. What other 2 meanings does the SHABBY adj have colloquially.
3. What are less colloquial terms for each of those 3 meanings?

Question 13

1. Ven a las tres. A esa hora ya HABREMOS COMIDO.
2. Future perfect = future action (eating) that will have finished before a future time (3 pm)
3. Ya, dentro de

Answer 13

1. Come at 3. We WILL HAVE EATEN by then.
2. Why use WILL HAVE EATEN tense?
3. What clue to use?

Question 14

1. Ya sabes que solo tengo ojos para ti.

2. Más te vale.

Answer 14

1. You know that I´ve only got eyes for you.

2. YOU´D BETTER. (S+P)

Question 15

1. Estoy seguro de que muy pronto INVENTARAN un sustituto para la gasolina.
2. Estoy seguro de que dentro de diez años HABRÁN DESCUBIERTO una cura para el cáncer.
3. Only = future perfect to refer to future events if juxtaposed before another future event or time (within 10 years)

Answer 15

1. I’m sure that very soon THEY WILL INVENT a substitute for petrol.
2. I´m sure that within 10 years THEY WILL HAVE DISCOVERED a cure for cancer.
3. Why the different tenses?

Question 16

1. ¿Todavía me tienes miedo por haberle matado?
2. Use haber + past participle = to refer to past action (killing Somoza) which preceded another past action (Sergio being scared of her)

Answer 16

1. Are you still scared of me for having killed him? (S+P)

2. What grammar point does this illustrate?

Question 17

1. ¿Está Hugo? No HA SALIDO a compar el periódico.
2. (Hugo no coge el teléfono.) HABRÁ SALIDO a comprar el periódico.
3. Both refer to recent past. In 1 = a known fact = present perfect. In 2 = a supposition = future perfect.

Answer 17

1. Is that Hugo? No he went out to buy the paper.
2. (Hugo doesn´t pick up the phone). He would have gone out to buy the paper.
3. Why the different tenses?

Question 18

1. ¡Cuidado! Se está derritiendo tu helado. (derretirse)
2. Descongelarse antes de cocinar. (descongelarse)
3. Yes. Yes.
4. Thee subject acts on itself

Answer 18

1. Careful! Your ice cream is melting. (to melt)
2. Thaw/defrost before cooking. (to thaw)
3. Can vb = thaw also be used figuratively (ie relationships)? to defrost the freezer?
4. What is a pronominal verb?

Question 19

1. Agustín está de luto. (estar de luto) Se HABRÁ MUERTO su madre.
2. Supposition about recent past to explain present situation.
3. Julio no llega. HABRÁ SALIDO tarde. Como siempre.
4. Same reason as 2.

Answer 19

1. Agustín is in mourning. His mother WOULD HAVE DIED.
2. Why WOULD HAVE DIED tense?
3. Julio hasn´t arrived. He would have left late. Like always.
4. Why WOULD HAVE LEFT tense?