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.
Listen out for their very different accents: Inma is from southern Andalusia, while Silvia is from the Basque Country in northern Spain.
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: A homemade costume 🎧
Today’s podcast is all about Halloween! Silvia explains how to make a homemade Halloween costume while practising useful Spanish structures such as the tú imperative, hay que, tienes que, necesitas and se.
After listening, check out our lessons and test yourself using the notebook we’ve put together, which you can find at the end of this page.
📚 Grammar: Giving instructions
As you listen, notice the different ways Silvia gives instructions and explains what you need to make the costume. Pay attention to how she uses the tú imperative, as well as expressions such as hay que, tienes que, necesitas and se + presente.
After listening, use the related lessons to explore any of these structures you’d like to practise in more detail.
Test yourself on the notebook below with all these lessons in one place.
Remember, you can test yourself on all the lessons in the notebook by clicking on Test your knowledge, or just choose the lessons you’re more interested in and add them to your notebooks individually (this is a Premium feature).
📕✏️ Practise More!
Try these great KwizIQ activities to keep practising some of these tricky grammar points or learn more about the theme itself:
Fill-in-the-blanks:
La receta del guacamole (A2 – giving instructions with the tú imperative)
Reading:
El Día de Muertos (B1)
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Author info
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.