Spanish Grammar Podcast
In our “Punto y coma” podcast series, you’ll listen to Kwiziq teachers Inma and Silvia‘s light-hearted chats in Spanish about fun topics that are focused on very interesting grammar. To help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will often be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons and interesting links to go further! We encourage you to try our related exercises to have the whole experience.
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🎧 Today’s podcast: Si clauses & Routine 🎧
Today’s podcast is about paying attention to hypothetical si clauses in Spanish (aka type 2 conditional clauses) while we chat about routine and if it is a good or a bad idea to stick to your routine everyday. As you listen to our relaxed and natural conversation, pay attention to how we use si clauses. Check our lessons and test yourself on the notebook that we put together and share with you at the end of this page.
📚 Grammar: Si clauses (type 2)
Here are all the si clauses sentences from the episode. To really understand si clauses (type 2); listen to the podcast and pay attention to the context in which they appear:
- Si me acostara antes, tendría más energía durante el día. = If I went to bed earlier, I’d have more energy during the day.
- Yo también cambiaría algunas cosas de mi rutina si pudiera. = I’d also change some things in my routine if I could.
- Si utilizáramos menos el móvil, tendríamos más tiempo para otras actividades. = If we used our phones less, we’d have more time for other activities.
- Si yo no tuviera una rutina, sería mucho más difícil concentrarme. = If I didn’t have a routine, it’d be a lot more difficult for me to concentrate.
- Si tuviera más tiempo, haría unos cursitos de cocina. = If I had more time, I’d do some short cooking courses.
- Si dedicáramos solo treinta minutos al día a nuestras metas, podríamos mejorar mucho. = If we dedicated just thirty minutes per day to our goals, we could improve a lot.
Test yourself on this notebook with lessons about the use of si clauses type 2, the conditional and the imperfect subjunctive:
📕✏️ Practise More!
Try these awesome Kwiziq activities to practise more with si clauses, not only type 2 but also type 1 and 3:
Lessons:
Si + present indicative, main clause present tense/future tense (B1)
Si + present indicative, main clause imperative (B1)
Si + imperfect subjunctive, main clause conditional (B2)
Si + pluperfect subjunctive, main clause perfect conditional (C1)
Fill-in-the-blanks:
Los sabores del mar en O Grove (C1)
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Author info
After working in the travel industry for ten years in Seville, Inma moved to the UK to give a little twist to her life. Since then she's been teaching Spanish as a foreign language to adults for over 15 years in different settings, private lessons, secondary schools and online. Inma is a coffee lover and also loves exploring new places with her family in beautiful Warwickshire, where she lives.
Silvia is a multilingual educator with expertise in English, French, and Spanish, and a passion for helping students excel in language learning. After gaining extensive international teaching experience in the UK and other countries, Silvia returned to her hometown of Vitoria in 2019. Since then, she has been sharing her knowledge and love for languages with learners of all levels. With over a decade of experience, Silvia’s creative and dynamic teaching methods make language acquisition both fun and accessible.