This unit overview describes a unit that teaches about holidays and festivals. Students will learn to describe festivals and celebrations from around the world. The unit provides vocabulary related to travel, camping, and festivals in both English and Spanish. It focuses on using "going to" to talk about future plans and "will" for predictions and expectations. Contractions of "will" and the informal term "gonna" are also discussed. The present continuous tense can also be used to discuss organized future plans and arrangements.

1. Unit Overview Nivel 5 Unidad 1
Días festivos y festivales
¿Cuál es la celebración más famosa en su país? En esta unidad aprenderá a describir festivales y celebraciones.
Vocabulario
Vocabulario Phonetic spelling Morfema Traducción / definición
art gallery noun
a building where paintings and other works of art
are shown to the public
backpack
UK [ˈbækpæk] US
[ˈbækpæk]
noun
a large bag, often supported on a light metal
frame, carried on the back and used especially by
people who go climbing or walking
bathing suit noun a piece of clothing that you wear for swimming
camping
UK [ˈkæmpɪŋ] US
[ˈkæmpɪŋ]
noun living in a tent, etc. on holiday/vacation
costume
UK [ˈkɒstjuːm] US
[ˈkɑːstuːm]
noun
the clothes worn by people from a particular place
or during a particular historical period
credit card noun
a small plastic card that you can use to buy goods
and services and pay for them later
crowd
UK [kraʊd] US
[kraʊd]
noun
a large number of people gathered together in a
public place, for example in the streets or at a
sports game
festival
UK [ˈfestɪvl] US
[ˈfestɪvl]
noun
a series of performances of music, plays,
films/movies, etc, usually organized in the same
place once a year; a series of public events
connected with a particular activity or idea
flashlight
UK [ˈflæʃlaɪt] US
[ˈflæʃlaɪt]
noun
a small electric lamp that uses batteries and that
you can hold in your hand
raincoat
UK [ˈreɪnkəʊt] US
[ˈreɪnkoʊt]
noun a long light coat that keeps you dry in the rain
sleeping bag noun
a thick warm bag that you use for sleeping in, for
example when you are camping
sunscreen
UK [ˈsʌnskriːn] US
[ˈsʌnskriːn]
noun
a cream or liquid that you put on your skin to
protect it from the harmful effects of the sun
tent UK [tent] US [tent] noun
a shelter made of a large sheet of canvas, nylon,
etc. that is supported by poles and ropes fixed to
the ground, and is used especially for camping
travel agent noun
a person or business whose job is to make
arrangements for people wanting to travel, for
example buying tickets or arranging hotel rooms
cheap
UK [tʃiːp] US
[tʃiːp]
adj.
costing little money or less money than you
expected
country
UK [ˈkʌntri] US
[ˈkʌntri]
noun
an area of land that has or used to have its own
government and laws
dangerous
UK [ˈdeɪndʒərəs] US
[ˈdeɪndʒərəs]
adj.
likely to injure or harm sb, or to damage or destroy
sth
go shopping to go buy things at a store
itinerary
UK [aɪˈtɪnərəri] US
[aɪˈtɪnəreri]
noun
a plan of a journey, including the route and the
places that you visit
carnival
UK [ˈkɑːnɪvl] US
[ˈkɑːrnɪvl]
noun
a public festival, usually one that happens at a
regular time each year, that involves music and
dancing in the streets, for which people wear
brightly coloured clothes
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2. make a plan
to think of sth you can do to solve a problem or
make sth happen
be/make
friends (with
sb)
to be/become a friend of sb
map
UK [mæp] US
[mæp]
noun
a drawing or plan of the earth's surface or part of
it, showing countries, towns, rivers, etc
safe UK [seɪf] US [seɪf] adj. protected from any danger or harm
sightseeing
UK [ˈsaɪtsiːɪŋ] US
[ˈsaɪtsiːɪŋ]
noun
the activity of visiting interesting buildings and
places as a tourist
stay UK [steɪ] US [steɪ] verb
to continue to be in a particular place for a period
of time without moving away
ticket UK [ˈtɪkɪt] US [ˈtɪkɪt] noun
a printed piece of paper that gives you the right to
travel on a particular bus, train, etc. or to go into
a theatre, etc
visit
UK [ˈvɪzɪt] US
[ˈvɪzɪt]
verb
to go to see a person or a place for a period of
time
spring
UK [sprɪŋ] US
[sprɪŋ]
noun
the season between winter and summer when
plants begin to grow
subway
UK [ˈsʌbweɪ] US
[ˈsʌbweɪ]
noun an underground railway/railroad system in a city
autumn
UK [ˈɔːtəm] US
[ˈɔːtəm]
noun
the season of the year between summer and
winter, when leaves change colour and the
weather becomes colder
summer
UK [ˈsʌmə(r)] US
[ˈsʌmər]
noun
the warmest season of the year, coming between
spring and autumn/fall
Enfoque de lenguaje
Going to para planes futuros
Going to se utiliza para expresar planes. Observa la estructura:
to be (am, are o is) + going to + el infinitivo del verbo
She’s going to visit the Louvre on Monday.
She’s going to walk in the gardens on Saturday.
He’s going to go to New Delhi.
They’re not going to stay in a hotel.
Para formular preguntas usando going to, colocamos el auxiliar (am, are o is) antes del sujeto:
Are we going to visit the Eiffel Tower?
Is she going to go to Paris?
Will para expectativas o predicciones futuras
Usamos will cuando deseamos predecir o adivinar lo que podría pasar en el futuro.
The trip will be fun.
It will be safe, too.
The tickets will be expensive.
En cada una de estas situaciones, el interlocutor no sabe lo que sucederá en el futuro, es sólo una conjetura o predicción.
Cuando formulamos preguntas sobre el futuro, invertimos el sujeto y el verbo:
What will I need?
Will it be expensive?
Observa cómo se contrae will:
Don’t worry. It’ll be fun.
She' ll be here this evening.
Observa que cuando se menciona un plan, el interlocutor usa going to:
I’m going to phone the travel agent’s this afternoon.
Esto implica que el interlocutor está hablando sobre un plan ya programado.
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3. Contracciones de will
En inglés oral o escrito informal, will generalmente se contrae con el sujeto.
It’ll rain this afternoon.
It’ll be expensive.
You’ll be tired tomorrow.
En la escritura formal, es poco frecuente el uso de contracciones.
Gonna
En inglés oral informal, going + to se unen para formar el término gonna.
I’m gonna play soccer.
W e’re gonna stay in a 5­star hotel.
I’m gonna study all night.
Gonna casi nunca se usa en inglés escrito.
Presente continuo con significado de futuro
El presente continuo se puede usar para hablar sobre planes o proyectos ya organizados.
Tomorrow we’re taking a train from France to Italy.
We’re spending two days in Rome.
On Saturday we’re taking a boat from Italy to Greece.
We’re staying in a small place just outside Athens.
Observa que aunque la forma (to be + verbo + ­ing) es la misma que el presente continuo utilizado para describir lo que
una persona está haciendo en este momento, el significado es diferente. En cada una de las oraciones de arriba ella
indica que el plan ya se organizó, quizás ya se compraron los boletos y se reservaron los hoteles o el camping.
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