Once you can say what you do, you need to say what you're going to do and what you think. This lesson builds the tools of ambition and opinion: the near future (ir a + infinitive), the modal verbs, the tricky gustar family, the polite me gustaría, and the opinion phrases examiners love.
Work through each screen and answer the questions as you go — some ask you to recognise the right form, some ask you to produce it by typing. Collect ⭐ stars and press Start.
The easiest way to talk about the future is exactly like English "going to": take the verb ir (to go) + a + an infinitive. It also translates plain "will".
| person | form |
|---|---|
| yo | voy |
| tú | vas |
| él / ella / usted | va |
| nosotros | vamos |
| vosotros | vais |
| ellos / ustedes | van |
Time markers that signal the future: mañana (tomorrow), la próxima semana (next week), el año que viene (next year), este fin de semana (this weekend).
A modal verb is a helper verb followed by a second verb in the infinitive. You conjugate the modal; the second verb never changes:
| puedo |
| puedes |
| puede |
| podemos |
| podéis |
| pueden |
| quiero |
| quieres |
| quiere |
| queremos |
| queréis |
| quieren |
| debo |
| debes |
| debe |
| debemos |
| debéis |
| deben |
Three more musts: tener que + inf = "to have to" (tengo que estudiar); hay que + inf = impersonal "one must" (hay que practicar); saber + inf = "to know how to" (sé nadar — I know how to swim; sé, sabes, sabe…).
This is the trickiest structure at GCSE. gustar does not mean "to like" directly — it means "to be pleasing to". The sentence flips: Object – Verb – Subject.
Choose gusta before a singular noun or an infinitive; choose gustan before a plural noun. The pronoun tells you who likes it:
| pronoun | who likes it |
|---|---|
| me | I like… |
| te | you like… |
| le | he / she likes… |
| nos | we like… |
| os | you all like… |
| les | they like… |
Clarify or emphasise with A mí me gusta…, A él le gusta… Same-pattern verbs: encantar (to love — Me encanta), interesar (Me interesa), molestar (to annoy), doler (to hurt — Me duele la cabeza, Me duelen los pies).
Choose the correct form for each gap.
Tap a Spanish phrase on the left, then tap its English meaning on the right.
To say what you would like to do — softer and more polite than quiero — use gustaría + an infinitive. Same pronouns as gustar:
Also polite: quisiera + infinitive = "I would like" (quisiera reservar una mesa). These are fixed polite forms — the full conditional tense comes in cluster 7.
To lift your speaking and writing marks, open with an opinion phrase, then a normal present-tense clause:
Add an opinion adjective: divertido (fun), aburrido (boring), interesante, útil (useful), genial (great), horrible.
Justify it. Examiners reward opinions with reasons: Creo que el fútbol es divertido porque… ("…because…"). One opinion phrase + one reason lifts a whole answer.
Sort each phrase into the bin for the verb form it needs after Me ___.
Near future: ir (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van) + a + infinitive = "going to / will".
Modals + infinitive: poder (puedo), querer (quiero), deber (debo), tener que, hay que, saber + inf.
gustar flip: Object–Verb–Subject. gusta before singular/infinitive, gustan before plural; pronouns me/te/le/nos/os/les.
Same family: encantar, interesar, molestar, doler.
Polite wishes: me gustaría + inf = "I would like to"; quisiera + inf.
Opinions: creo que, pienso que, en mi opinión, me parece que, para mí + present.
Now you can plan, wish and give a view. Press Finish to see your score.
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Next in the spine: Talking about the past — the preterite and imperfect. Then lock this in with the Evaluate confidence quiz.