Making Plans (AQA GCSE Spanish): Revision Note
Exam code: 8692
Making plans
To make plans with someone in Spanish, you need to be able to:
understand and respond to invitations and suggestions
invite others to do something
use conversational words such as ‘OK’, ‘thank you’ and ‘maybe’
give and understand days and times
use the present perfect to say what you have done
Making plans: vocabulary
Some useful words and phrases for the topic of making plans are:
¿Quieres … ?
Do you want to … ?
¿Puedes … ?
Can you … ?
¿Tienes ganas de … ?
Do you feel like ... ?
¿A qué hora?
At what time?
(No) quiero …
I (don‘t) want to …
(No) puedo …
I can(‘t) …
(No) tengo ganas de …
I (don't) feel like ...
Tengo que …
I have to / must …
Me gustaría …
I would like (to) …
Lo siento
(I am) sorry
Category | Spanish | Part of speech | English |
Key verbs | ir | v | to go |
salir | v | to go out | |
venir | v | to come | |
Conversational words and phrases | de acuerdo, vale | intj | OK |
no | adv | no | |
sí | adv | yes | |
gracias | intj | thank you | |
quizás | adv | maybe, perhaps | |
Days of the week | lunes | n (m) | Monday |
martes | n (m) | Tuesday | |
miércoles | n (m) | Wednesday | |
jueves | n (m) | Thursday | |
viernes | n (m) | Friday | |
sábado | n (m) | Saturday | |
domingo | n (m) | Sunday | |
Times | mañana | n (m) | morning |
tarde | n (m) | afternoon, evening | |
fin de semana | n (m) | weekend |
Remember that days of the week (and months) don’t have capital letters in Spanish
Giving times
To respond to the question ¿A qué hora? (At what time?), use a to say ‘at’ + a time in Spanish
Say las + number, e.g. las tres, except for one, which is la una
You don’t need a word for o’clock, AM or PM
Add the words for ‘quarter past’, ‘quarter to’ and ‘half past’ after the number
a | la una | |
at one o’clock | ||
a | las tres | y cuarto |
at quarter past three | ||
a | las cuatro | menos cuarto |
at quarter to four | ||
a | las cinco | y media |
at half past five | ||
A conversation to make plans might look something like this:
¡Hola, Emma! ¿Qué haces este fin de semana?
¡Hola, Lena! No lo sé. Y tu?
Me gustaría ver un espectáculo de música el sábado por la tarde. ¿Quieres venir?
¡Si, buena idea! ¿A qué hora?
A las ocho.
¡Vale! Hasta luego!
Here’s another conversation, but this time the invitation isn’t accepted:
¡Hola, Marcus! ¿Quieres ir al cine el domingo por la tarde? Quiero ver una película a las cuatro.
Lo siento, Sam, pero no puedo.
¡Qué pena! ¿Qué vas a hacer?
Tengo que hacer mis deberes porque tengo un examen la semana que viene.
¡Vale! ¡Buena suerte!
¡Muchas gracias!
Examiner Tips and Tricks
In this conversation, you can see two phrases which are very useful for a variety of topics - ¡Qué pena! (What a shame!) and ¡Buena suerte! (Good luck!).
Phrases like this are a great way to add more fluency to your speaking.
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