Apagar: turn off a light or device
Learn apagar for switching off lights and devices and notice the past spelling apagué.
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Spanish: Verbs and their patterns
Spanish: Connect verb meanings to their forms and complements through original sentences and explained practice.
Adventure journal
Spanish: Verbs and their patterns
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Returning an item in Spanish
A borrowed book or a purchase: say what goes back, where it goes, and practise the changing present stem.
Read and practiseEncender: turn on a light or device
Learn encender for switching on lights and devices, including the stem change in enciendo.
Read and practisePensar: think, consider and intend
Learn pensar en for having someone in mind and pensar plus an infinitive for intention.
Read and practiseRenting rooms and vehicles
A room near the station or a car for a journey: describe a rental and identify who pays for the use.
Read and practiseCortar: cut food and paper
Learn cortar to divide food or paper and describe the tool or size of the pieces.
Read and practiseLavar: wash objects and hands
Learn lavar for washing dishes, clothes and vegetables, and lavarse las manos for washing hands.
Read and practiseSecar: dry objects and hands
Learn secar for drying dishes and secarse for drying hands or things becoming dry.
Read and practiseCharging a price or receiving pay in Spanish
A delivery fee or a monthly salary: Spanish distinguishes the person receiving money from the person paying it.
Read and practiseDecidir: make a decision
Learn decidir plus an infinitive and decidirse a for making up one’s mind to act.
Read and practiseSentir: feel and describe feelings
Learn sentir for sensations and emotions and sentirse for describing how someone feels.
Read and practiseWeighing ingredients and objects
A suitcase on a scale or flour for a recipe: describe an object’s weight and the action of weighing it.
Read and practiseDejar: leave and stop doing
Learn dejar for leaving an object or condition and dejar de plus an infinitive for stopping an action.
Read and practisePreguntar: ask a question
Learn preguntar to ask a question, identify the person addressed and ask about a topic.
Read and practiseMeasuring length with medir
A table, a wall or a person’s height: describe measurements in Spanish and practise the first-person form.
Read and practiseExplicar: make something clear
Learn explicar to explain an idea or route to someone and notice the past spelling expliqué.
Read and practiseVisitar: visit places and people
Learn visitar for visiting a place or person and the personal a before a specific person.
Read and practiseRecordar: remember and recall
Learn recordar for remembering people and things, including recuerdo and recordamos.
Read and practiseSigning documents in Spanish
A contract, a letter or a petition can all carry a signature: practise the Spanish verb for signing documents.
Read and practiseOlvidar: forget and leave behind
Learn olvidar and olvidarse de to discuss forgotten appointments, objects and actions.
Read and practiseEmpezar: start an action
Learn empezar and empezar a plus an infinitive for starting a task, class or activity.
Read and practiseTerminar: finish an action
Learn terminar and terminar de plus an infinitive for ending a task or activity.
Read and practiseRellenar in Spanish: filling in a form
Forms and applications call for personal details: express who fills them in and practise the present tense of rellenar.
Read and practiseConducir: drive a vehicle
Learn conducir to describe driving and its irregular present form conduzco.
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