Hace and desde hace: elapsed time
Say how long a situation has continued or how long ago an event happened with Spanish hace and desde hace.
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Materials and contents with de
A wooden spoon or a cup of tea: connect an object to its material or contents with a short Spanish preposition.
Read and practiseGran and grande before and after nouns
Choose gran or grande in Spanish according to its position and the noun’s number, with common exceptions.
Read and practiseClock times with the Spanish preposition
One o’clock or six o’clock: express when an event happens using the right article in Spanish.
Read and practiseSi and sí: if and yes
Distinguish unaccented Spanish si for a condition or indirect question from accented sí for affirmation.
Read and practisePresent stem change o to ue
Practise the Spanish present-tense o-to-ue stem change with poder, volver and dormir across different persons.
Read and practiseStarting points with desde
A journey or a period can begin at a place or moment; mark that starting point in Spanish.
Read and practisePresent stem change e to i
Conjugate Spanish e-to-i stem-changing verbs in the present using pedir, servir and repetir in context.
Read and practiseEndpoints with hasta
A destination or closing time sets a limit. Express where or when an action reaches its endpoint in Spanish.
Read and practiseRegular simple future in Spanish
Build the Spanish simple future with regular infinitives and endings, and describe future actions in context.
Read and practiseIrregular future stems in Spanish
Learn the irregular future stems tendr-, podr- and vendr- and add regular future endings in Spanish.
Read and practiseSomeone and nobody in Spanish
An unknown person or nobody at all: refer to people and place the negative word correctly in Spanish.
Read and practiseStressed possessives: mío, tuyo and suyo
Use Spanish stressed possessives such as mío and tuya to say whom an already identified object belongs to.
Read and practiseRegular affirmative tú commands
Give simple affirmative instructions to one person you address as tú using regular Spanish command forms.
Read and practiseInteresar and molestar: agreement with what affects someone
Use Spanish interesar and molestar to describe what interests or bothers someone, with singular and plural agreement.
Read and practiseSomething and nothing in Spanish
An unknown thing or no thing at all: express both ideas and place the negative word correctly in Spanish.
Read and practiseSpanish preterite of ser and ir: the same forms
Learn the shared preterite forms fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos and fueron and use context to distinguish ser from ir.
Read and practiseDejar de plus infinitive: stopping an action in Spanish
Learn to describe stopping an activity with dejar de followed by an infinitive, using six contextual Spanish examples.
Read and practiseIr, ser and ver in the Spanish imperfect
Learn the imperfect forms of ir, ser and ver to describe past habits and background with six contextual examples.
Read and practiseOtro and otra for another
Ask for another item in Spanish and match the form to the noun, whether you need one more thing or several.
Read and practiseSpanish preterite stems tuv-, estuv- and anduv-
Learn the irregular preterite of tener, estar and andar through contextual forms such as tuve, estuvimos and anduvo.
Read and practiseSpanish gerunds leyendo, cayendo, oyendo and trayendo
Learn the -yendo gerunds of leer, caer, oír and traer in contextual present-progressive sentences.
Read and practiseSpanish preterite of dar and ver
Practise preterite forms of dar and ver, including di, vio and dimos, through six contextual sentences.
Read and practiseCada for each and every
A single word can refer to each person or every occasion: see how cada works with singular nouns and verbs.
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