Grade 12 · lesson 1 of 4

Preserve Every Field in a Short Plan

A bounded plan can be checked as a set of constraints: speaker, day, action and place.

About 25 minutes, plus any extended practice

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Supplied materials

  • Paper or a browser scratch area; no audio recording, account or private information is needed.
  • Original fictional planning card: one speaker yo; day lunes; planned activity leer; place la biblioteca. Which Spanish sentence preserves all four facts using the supplied ir-a pattern? Candidate answers: (A) El lunes vamos a leer en la biblioteca. (B) El lunes voy a bailar en la biblioteca. (C) El lunes voy a leer en la biblioteca. (D) El martes voy a leer en la biblioteca.
  • Original fictional planning card: one speaker yo; day martes; planned activity dibujar; place la sala. Which Spanish sentence preserves all four facts using the supplied ir-a pattern? Candidate answers: (A) El jueves voy a dibujar en la sala. (B) El martes vamos a dibujar en la sala. (C) El martes voy a dibujar en la sala. (D) El martes voy a leer en la sala.

Learn the idea

A useful final practice combines grammar with evidence from a short supplied situation. Preserve facts, constraints and communication purpose; a polished sentence is insufficient if it changes the record or invents information. A bounded plan can be checked as a set of constraints: speaker, day, action and place. The Spanish grammar must fit those fields while retaining their original meanings; changing one fact is not a stylistic improvement.

Write each supplied field separately, then combine the day phrase with yo’s voy a construction and the action infinitive. Add the provided place after en. Compare the result back to the card one field at a time.

These are fictional language plans, not commitments to travel or perform a task. Multiple natural phrasings could preserve the same record, but the offered candidates differ in a concrete field. Do not invent a time or promise that the plan happened.

  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.
Worked example

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Supplied case: Original fictional planning card: one speaker yo; day lunes; planned activity leer; place la biblioteca. Which Spanish sentence preserves all four facts using the supplied ir-a pattern? Candidate answers: (A) El lunes vamos a leer en la biblioteca. (B) El lunes voy a bailar en la biblioteca. (C) El lunes voy a leer en la biblioteca. (D) El martes voy a leer en la biblioteca. Solution: The card fixes day lunes, subject yo, activity leer and place la biblioteca. Yo selects voy; add a plus the unchanged infinitive. The resulting El lunes voy a leer en la biblioteca. preserves every field, unlike a revision that changes day, activity or speaker number. Final result: El lunes voy a leer en la biblioteca. These are fictional language plans, not commitments to travel or perform a task. Multiple natural phrasings could preserve the same record, but the offered candidates differ in a concrete field. Do not invent a time or promise that the plan happened.

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  • Write each supplied field separately, then combine the day phrase with yo’s voy a construction and the action infinitive.
  • These are fictional language plans, not commitments to travel or perform a task.
Original fictional planning card: one speaker yo; day martes; planned activity dibujar; place la sala. Which Spanish sentence preserves all four facts using the supplied ir-a pattern?

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El martes voy a dibujar en la sala.

The card fixes day martes, subject yo, activity dibujar and place la sala. Yo selects voy; add a plus the unchanged infinitive. The resulting El martes voy a dibujar en la sala. preserves every field, unlike a revision that changes day, activity or speaker number.

Take it further

Original fictional planning card: one speaker yo; day lunes; planned activity bailar; place el parque. Which Spanish sentence preserves all four facts using the supplied ir-a pattern? Candidate answers: (A) El lunes vamos a bailar en el parque. (B) El lunes voy a bailar en el parque. (C) El lunes voy a leer en el parque. (D) El martes voy a bailar en el parque. Expected result: El lunes voy a bailar en el parque. The card fixes day lunes, subject yo, activity bailar and place el parque. Yo selects voy; add a plus the unchanged infinitive. The resulting El lunes voy a bailar en el parque. preserves every field, unlike a revision that changes day, activity or speaker number.

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More practice: try new cases

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More practice: try new cases
1. Original fictional planning card: one speaker yo; day miércoles; planned activity escribir; place la casa. Which Spanish sentence preserves all four facts using the supplied ir-a pattern?
Need a hint?
  • Write each supplied field separately, then combine the day phrase with yo’s voy a construction and the action infinitive.
  • These are fictional language plans, not commitments to travel or perform a task.
2. Original fictional planning card: one speaker yo; day jueves; planned activity estudiar; place el parque. Which Spanish sentence preserves all four facts using the supplied ir-a pattern?
Need a hint?
  • Write each supplied field separately, then combine the day phrase with yo’s voy a construction and the action infinitive.
  • These are fictional language plans, not commitments to travel or perform a task.
3. Original fictional planning card: one speaker yo; day viernes; planned activity cantar; place la biblioteca. Which Spanish sentence preserves all four facts using the supplied ir-a pattern?
Need a hint?
  • Write each supplied field separately, then combine the day phrase with yo’s voy a construction and the action infinitive.
  • These are fictional language plans, not commitments to travel or perform a task.

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