Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish by Margarita Madrigal Page A

blusa?
No, no compré un radio.
No, no compré una blusa.
    ¿ Va a comprar un radio?
    Sí, probablemente va a comprar un radio.
SENTENCE-FORMING EXERCISES
    Combine the words below in different ways to form as many sentences as you can. Just be sure to use words from each of the columns in every sentence you form.
    A
1
2
3
4
¿ Va a
comprar
una casa
Roberto?
 
trabajar
mañana
María?
 
tomar
la cena
Carlos?
 
hablar
por teléfono
Alicia?
 
estacionar
el auto
el doctor?
 
estudiar
la leccion
su mamá?
 
preparar
el radio
su papá?
 
instalar
un taxi
Marta?
    B
1
2
3
4
María
va a
exportar
café
Carlas
(
is going to
)
importar
perfume
Alicia
 
recitar
un poema
Marta
 
votar
mañana
Roberto
 
copiar
la lección
El doctor
 
visitar
al paciente
Mi mamá
 
aceptar
la invitación
Mi papá
 
trabajar
esta tarde
 
 
tomar
la cena
 
 
 
un taxi
EXERCISE IN TRANSLATION
    Translate the following sentences into Spanish. Write out each sentence in Spanish, using the columns above as a guide. Check your sentences with the correct translations below this exercise.
Is Robert going to buy a house?
Is Mary going to work tomorrow?
Is Charles going to park the car?
Is your father going to take a taxi?
Is your mother going to prepare dinner?
Is the doctor going to buy the car?
Is Charles going to prepare the lesson?
Is Martha going to have (take) dinner?
Charles is going to import coffee.
Martha is going to vote tomorrow.
The doctor is going to visit the patient.
My mother is going to accept the invitation.
My father is going to have (take) dinner.
Alice is going to take a taxi.
Mary is going to recite a poem.
    Check your sentences with the correct translations below.
¿ Va a comprar una casa Roberto?
¿ Va a trabajar mañana María?
¿ Va a estacionar el auto Carlos?
¿ Va a tomar un taxi su papá?
¿ Va a preparar la cena su mamá?
¿ Va a comprar el auto el doctor?
¿ Va a preparar la lección Carlos?
¿ Va tomar la cena Marta?
Carlos va a importar café.
Marta va a votar mañana.
El doctor va a visitar al paciente.
Mi mamá va a aceptar la invitación.
Mi papá va a tomar la cena.
Alicia va a tomar un taxi.
María va a red tar un poema.
    The plural of “voy a” and “va a” is “vamos a” (
we are going to
) and “van a” (
they are going to
).
    IR,
to go

    Notice that there are two third man figures before the plural third man form. The plural third man form of the verbs will be indicated by two third man figures throughout the book.
SINGULAR
PLURAL
Voy a trabajar.
I’m going to work.
Vamos a trabajar.
We are going to work.
Va a trabajar.
You are going to work.
Van a trabajar.
They are going to work.
    Fill in the blanks below with the following words:
trabajar
visitar a María
estudiar
invitar a Carlos
votar
tomar la cena
hablar por teléfono
comprar una casa
Voy a ________________________
 (
I’m going to
)
Va a ________________________
 (
You are going to
)
Vamos a ________________________
 (
We are going to
)
Van a ________________________
 (
They are going to
)
Carlos va a ________________________
 (
Charles is going to
)
    “Vamos a” means
“we are going to”
and also
“let’s”
or
“let’s go”
(to a place).
    Vamos al cine.
Let’s go to the movies.
    Vamos al parque.
Let’s go to the park.
    Vamos a la fiesta.
Let’s go to the party.
    Vamos a terminar.
Let’s finish.
REMINDER CARD 9
      Voy a
tomar la cena
(
I’m going to
)
tomar un taxi
 
hablar por teléfono
Va a
comprar una blusa
(
You are going to
)
trabajar mañana
   Vamos a
votar
(
We are going to,
)
a la fiesta
(
let’s go let’s
)
al cine
 
a la clase
Van a
(
They are going to
)
EXTRA WORDS
    el sábado,
Saturday, on Saturday
    el domingo,
Sunday, on Sunday
    el lunes,
Monday, on Monday
    el martes,
Tuesday, on Tuesday
    el miércoles,
Wednesday, on Wednesday
    el jueves,
Thursday, on Thursday
    el viernes,
Friday, on Friday
    I’m going to a party on Saturday.
Voy a una fiesta el sábado.
    In Spanish you NEVER say “on Saturday”