Click HERE and you will have access to a couple of activities to practice with sentence structure and verbs of routine. Click on SOLUTIONS to check once you try the exercises.… CONTINUE READING
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Simple present: uses, some irregular verbs & practice
Click HERE for some very useful information and some practice.
Talking about your family, descriptions and personal information
Talking about your family (real or imaginary, it is up to you!), will give you an opportunity to apply what you have been learning recently into practice. Finding a topic such as describing your family, is a useful way to test yourselves on whether you are becoming more confident in using all the vocabulary and grammar that you have been studying so far.… CONTINUE READING
Comparatives 1
There are three main types of comparatives. Below you have each type together with the “formula” that synthesizes the structure of the phrase in which they occur, with all the necessary and the optional elements:
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Equality
(Subject) + verb + TAN + adjective/adverb + COMO + noun/pronoun/verb/adverb
- María y Félix trabajan TAN rápido COMO Elvira.
Qué or Cuál
Qué or Cuál, an opportunity to test yourself again… (If you do not quite remember the difference check THIS post. You will then be well equipped to tackle the activity).… CONTINUE READING
HAY, SER, ESTAR
Hay, ser and estar are very important verbs in Spanish. They are also a bit peculiar, and you have to learn why.
We use HAY (the infinitive form is HABER), to refer to the existence or no-existence of people, animals, places, objects… We use it always in the third person singular, even when a plural word follows:
- There isn’t any milk in the fridge = No hay leche en la nevera.
CUÁL/CUÁLES and QUÉ
In order to help you to decide between ¿QUÉ? and ¿CUÁL? or ¿CUÁLES? I am giving you some criteria you can use to guide your choice:
¿QUÉ?
1. If you are asking for information, in the sense of a definition or the meaning of something:
- What is the St.
