Unit 11: The Subjunctive Mood in Relative Clauses with the article: An ideal travel partner
Unit 11: The Present Subjuntive in Relative Clauses. El Presente de Subjuntivo de relativo: Un compañero de viaje ideal
Objectives:
- To remember the vocabulary related to traveling, and means of transportation.
- To understand how to find an ideal travel companion and to analyze the structure involving a main and subordinate sentence.
- to analyze the formation and the uses of the Present Subjunctive to describe a noun that is unknown by the speaker.
Las 8 características que debe cumplir tu compañero / compañera de viaje ideal
PACE activity
A. Presentation:
Pre-reading questions:
- Te gusta viajar?
- Adonde has viajado?
- Te gusta viajar por los Estados Unidos o al extranjero?
- Te gusta viajar por coche, por avión, por tren, por bus?
- De vacaciones, prefieres la playa o la montaña? La ciudad o el campo?
- Prefieres viajar sola/solo o acompañada/ acompañado? Con quien viajas normalmente? Con tu familia? Con tus amigas y amigos? En un grupo turístico?
- Has pensado en un/a compañero / compañera de viaje ideal?
Vocabulario:
Nouns:
El presupuesto = the budget
La iglesia = the church
El paisaje = the scenery
La soledad = the solitude
La piedra = the stone
El chiste = the joke
La sonrisa = the smile
Verbs:
Prescindir = to do without
Contar = to count, to tell a story, to have
quedarse solo = to be alone
Tomar una copa = to have a drink
Elegir = to choose, to elect
Meterse = to delve, to become immersed
Adjectives:
resolutivo / resolutiva = resolute
imprescindible = indispensable, essential
divertido / divertida = fun
mismo / misma = same
Vamos a leer un articulo sobre las características de un compañero de viaje ideal. Abre este enlace:
Las 8 características que debe cumplir tu compañero de viaje ideal
B. Attention to the Form:
Where do you see the structure : Main Verb in Present Indicative + unknown antecedent + que + Relative Clause with Subordinate Verb in Present Subjunctive.
What is a Relative Clause? It is a phrase that refers to a noun. If the noun is known to the speaker, the person uses the Present Indicative in the relative clause. If the noun is unknown to the speaker, the speaker switches to the Subjunctive Mood.
Notice how in this article, the ideal companion is unknown, uncertain, so the speaker is using Present Subjunctive after the conjunction “que”/ who”
In groups of four, review two of the eight characteristics:
Can you find the relative clause that describes a perfect travel companion?
Can you explain it to your classmates? Some possible answers:
- Una persona que comparta tus gustos
- Una persona que tenga un presupuesto de viaje mayor al tuyo
- Alguien que aguante todo el día y luego pueda salir a cenar y a tomar una copa
- Una persona que sea flexible
- Una persona persona ala que no le importe estar solo
- Una persona que sea respetuosa
- Una persona que no tenga problemas en hacer nuevas amistades
- Alguien que vea la vida como tú, que se ría de tus chistes, y que sepa también sacar una sonrisa.
C.Co-Construction:
The formula is: Persona + que + Present Subjunctive
We see the main verb as: Quiero (I want) una persona que + Present Subjunctive
Can you write the present subjunctive and the Infinitive and the meaning of each of the verbs:
| Main sentence: Verb + unknown noun | + Conjunction | + Relative Clause in Present Subjunctive because person is unknown | Infinitive of Verb | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiero una persona | que | comparta mis aficiones | compartir | I want a person who shares my interests. |
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D.Extension:
Now it is your turn to decide which characteristics you agree with and which you disagree with. Ask each other why you think these qualities are important in a travel companion.
¿Prefieres una persona que comparta tus gustos?
¿Prefieres una persona que tenga tu mismo presupuesto?
¿Prefieres una persona que cuente con tu misma vitalidad y ritmo?
¿Conoces a una persona que sea así? ¿Quién es?
