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Reading comprehension: a letter to Susana

three people reading and writing at a table

Reading comprehension. The more you read the more you understand. Although it does help to do some revision first. In any case, even if you have not revised yet, a reading comprehension activity makes you consider your strategy, your aim and allows you to check for your level of understanding.… CONTINUE READING

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Ana y sus planes

Lee sobre los los planes de Ana y responde a las preguntas.

  1. ¿Por qué va a visitar Ana el País Vasco la semana que viene?
  2. ¿Por qué quiere viajar en tren?
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Verbs of routine: revision and practice

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

Screen shot 2015-01-23 at 00.24.01Click HERE for some very useful information and some practice.

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Gente nueva

In this little movie try to spot the missing graphic accents in some of the words, read out the dialogue, look up for any words you do not understand, and post any questions regarding the grammar in the comments’ section of this post.… CONTINUE READING

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En la frutería

Test yourself: how many of the items below you can name? Check after you have given it a try! & LISTEN if you want to practice your pronunciation.IMG_7755

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Giving directions

HERE you will find a map, a starting point (we are facing north), and a number of examples of how simple can be to give some directions in Spanish!

Once you have studied the examples, and practiced the pronunciation HERE, you can give a go at following some directions to locate the missing streets in your map that are listed at the bottom of the page.CONTINUE READING

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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:

  1. Equality

    (Subject) + verb + TAN + adjective/adverb + COMO + noun/pronoun/verb/adverb

  • María y Félix trabajan TAN rápido COMO Elvira.
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Qué or Cuál

Qué CuálQué 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

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HAY, SER, ESTAR

soy estoy tengo hayHay, 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.
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