Part IV: Writing in the Past and in the Future in Visual Studio .NET

Create QR Code ISO/IEC18004 in Visual Studio .NET Part IV: Writing in the Past and in the Future

94 While you were all eating, your uncle called ______________________________________________________________________________ 95 He wanted to say Merry Christmas ______________________________________________________________________________ 96 After dinner all of you opened your gifts ______________________________________________________________________________ 97 You gave your sister a gold bracelet ______________________________________________________________________________ 98 She liked it a lot ______________________________________________________________________________ 99 You received a beautiful wool sweater ______________________________________________________________________________ 100 You put it on immediately ______________________________________________________________________________ 101 Everybody had a good time ______________________________________________________________________________

Yo le a una revista (I was reading a magazine) Vosotros dorm ais una siesta (You were taking a nap) Ellos discut an con sus amigos (They were arguing with their friends) T jugabas al baloncesto (You were playing basketball) Mis hermanas escrib an sus tareas (My sisters were writing their homework) Ana hac a ejercicios (Ana was doing exercises) Nosotros prepar bamos la cena (We were preparing the dinner) Pablo y Jos miraban la televisi n (Pablo and Jos were watching television) Geraldo telefoneaba a su novia (Geraldo was calling his girlfriend on the phone) Mis padres limpiaban la casa (My parents were cleaning the house) Uds com an al restaurante (You were eating at a restaurant) Ud iba a la farmacia (You were going to the drugstore) era hac a hab a iba empujaba hablaba ten a estaba miraba llevaba com a parec a era quer a sonre a

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Using the present and ir + a to form the future Putting regular and irregular verbs into the future Reviewing the uses of the future

t one time or another, every person thinks about the future and makes plans based on hopes and dreams For some dreamers, preparing for the future means getting an education For others, it means getting a job, saving money, and starting a family And then there are those who, each week without fail, proceed to the nearest candy store to purchase lottery tickets with the fantasy of becoming an instant millionaire! What unites everyone is the fact that the future is a time you look toward In Spanish, you have three different ways to express future actions One of them, believe it or not, is using the present tense Another is to state what you re going to do Finally, you can use the future tense, which expresses what you will do

This chapter covers these topics to allow you to look toward the future You discover how to use the present tense to express a future action You practice using the Spanish verb ir (to go) + the preposition a to say what a subject is going to do I also teach you how to form the future of regular and irregular verbs You ll like this tense because there are no verbs with spelling or stem changes! Finally, you review the functions of this tense so that you can comfortably use it when you speak or write in the future!