Spanish across three time frames
A small set of reliable verb patterns lets you describe yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Use present, past and future time frames
Key learning points
- • Present and preterite
- • Near future
This lesson at a glance
- 25 minutes
- 12 parts to scroll through
- 3 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
Words to know
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Spanish across three time frames
A small set of reliable verb patterns lets you describe yesterday, today and tomorrow.
In a nutshell
Use present, past and future time frames
Explore the idea
Part 2 of 12
Learn
Present and preterite
Juego means I play. Jugué means I played once in the completed past; time phrases such as ayer make the meaning even clearer.
Explore the idea
Part 3 of 12
Learn
Near future
Use ir plus a plus an infinitive: voy a jugar means I am going to play. The final verb stays in its infinitive form.
Reset break
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Quick check
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Quick check
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Quick check
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Reset break
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Pause
That's sitting 2 of 3 done
Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
Part 9 of 12
Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
Challenge round
Part 10 of 12
Game · Recall cards
What does 'jugué' mean?
Card 1 of 3
Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Spanish across three time frames
3 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. What does 'jugué' mean?
2. Which means 'I am going to eat'?
3. What does 'ayer' mean?
Lesson round-up
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Lesson round-up
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