Grade 11 · lesson 3 of 4

Build a Basic Planned Action

Ir a plus an infinitive can express a planned or prospective action.

About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice

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Supplied materials

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  • Supplied plan for tomorrow: subject yo, activity leer. Which offered sentence uses ir a plus this infinitive and keeps the stated speaker? Candidate answers: (A) Yo va a leer. (B) Yo voy a bailar. (C) Yo voy a leer. (D) Yo voy leer.
  • Supplied plan for tomorrow: subject tú, activity bailar. Which offered sentence uses ir a plus this infinitive and keeps the stated speaker? Candidate answers: (A) Tú va a bailar. (B) Tú vas a bailar. (C) Tú vas a estudiar. (D) Tú vas bailar.

Learn the idea

Routine descriptions combine frequency, who performs an action, and whether it is habitual, planned or required. All schedules and preferences here are supplied fictional records rather than a request to report a real daily life. Ir a plus an infinitive can express a planned or prospective action. Its finite ir form agrees with the subject, while the second verb remains the activity’s infinitive. The linking a is part of the construction.

Choose voy/vas/va/vamos/van for the supplied subject, add a, then retain the given infinitive. A tomorrow context establishes the intended planning meaning here. Compare this to ordinary ir a plus a destination, where the complement is a place.

Do not conjugate the second verb or drop a. This phrase expresses a supplied plan rather than guaranteeing it will happen. The course accepts the fictional plan record as input and requires no external activity to complete the language exercise.

  1. Copy the supplied example and underline its speaker, noun, time cue or evidence words.
  2. Apply the shown language rule; keep any required ending, accent or paired punctuation.
  3. Solve the changed independent check, then explain why one offered alternative fails.
  4. Complete all three new practice cases and use the model to correct the precise word or meaning.
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Supplied case: Supplied plan for tomorrow: subject yo, activity leer. Which offered sentence uses ir a plus this infinitive and keeps the stated speaker? Candidate answers: (A) Yo va a leer. (B) Yo voy a bailar. (C) Yo voy a leer. (D) Yo voy leer. Solution: The subject yo matches voy. Planning the supplied activity adds a plus the infinitive leer: Yo voy a leer. Preserve both the linking a and the intended action; a different infinitive changes the plan. Final result: Yo voy a leer. Do not conjugate the second verb or drop a. This phrase expresses a supplied plan rather than guaranteeing it will happen. The course accepts the fictional plan record as input and requires no external activity to complete the language exercise.

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  • Choose voy/vas/va/vamos/van for the supplied subject, add a, then retain the given infinitive.
  • Do not conjugate the second verb or drop a.
Supplied plan for tomorrow: subject tú, activity bailar. Which offered sentence uses ir a plus this infinitive and keeps the stated speaker?

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Tú vas a bailar.

The subject tú matches vas. Planning the supplied activity adds a plus the infinitive bailar: Tú vas a bailar. Preserve both the linking a and the intended action; a different infinitive changes the plan.

Take it further

Supplied plan for tomorrow: subject yo, activity cocinar. Which offered sentence uses ir a plus this infinitive and keeps the stated speaker? Candidate answers: (A) Yo va a cocinar. (B) Yo voy a cocinar. (C) Yo voy a leer. (D) Yo voy cocinar. Expected result: Yo voy a cocinar. The subject yo matches voy. Planning the supplied activity adds a plus the infinitive cocinar: Yo voy a cocinar. Preserve both the linking a and the intended action; a different infinitive changes the plan.

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More practice: try new cases

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More practice: try new cases
1. Supplied plan for tomorrow: subject ella, activity estudiar. Which offered sentence uses ir a plus this infinitive and keeps the stated speaker?
Need a hint?
  • Choose voy/vas/va/vamos/van for the supplied subject, add a, then retain the given infinitive.
  • Do not conjugate the second verb or drop a.
2. Supplied plan for tomorrow: subject nosotros, activity cantar. Which offered sentence uses ir a plus this infinitive and keeps the stated speaker?
Need a hint?
  • Choose voy/vas/va/vamos/van for the supplied subject, add a, then retain the given infinitive.
  • Do not conjugate the second verb or drop a.
3. Supplied plan for tomorrow: subject ustedes, activity dibujar. Which offered sentence uses ir a plus this infinitive and keeps the stated speaker?
Need a hint?
  • Choose voy/vas/va/vamos/van for the supplied subject, add a, then retain the given infinitive.
  • Do not conjugate the second verb or drop a.

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