Prepositions & Conjunctions
A2: Lower Intermediate
- Expressing duration with durante/por/no preposition
- Using prepositions entre and según followed by a pronoun
- Using por (not para) to express the originating cause or reason
- Using por (not para) to express "through" (a place)
- Using desde/de/hasta/a for from/to
- Using por (not para) to express approximate location
- Using para (not por) for a destination
- Using para (not por) for a deadline/time limit
- Using para (not por) to express opinion
- Using para (not por) to express the recipient of an action
- Using the conjunction que to say that
- Using preposition con followed by a pronoun to say with me, you, him, her, us, you (plural), them
- Using antes de /después de [noun/infinitive] for before/after [something/doing something]
- Using prepositions a, para, por, de, en, sin, hacia followed by a pronoun
- Using porque, como and es que to express cause (causal clauses)
- Difference between pero, sino and sino que (but)
- Using para (and not por) to say who you work for
B1: Intermediate
- Using debido a / debido a que for because of / due to
- Difference between Más and Mas (with or without a written accent)
- Using así que/ por lo tanto (Adverbial result clauses)
- Using por (not para) to express medium
- Using por (and not para) to say "by" [whom/what]
- Using por (and not para) in exchange of something
- Using por (and not para) to communicate price
- When conjunction y becomes e
- Using por (and not para) to express distribution or sharing
- When the conjunction o becomes u
- Using por (and not para) to talk about speed
- Using para (and not por) for precise time location
- Difference between Sí and Si (with or without accent)
- Difference between qué and que (with and without an accent)
B2: Upper Intermediate
- Aunque + El Imperfecto de Subjuntivo
- Ya que/ Puesto que/ Porque/No porque followed by indicative/subjunctive (causal clauses)
- Mientras with past tenses in the indicative and subjunctive (subordinate time/conditional clauses)
- Using por (not para) to express "on behalf of"
- Using para (not por) to express unequal relations/surprising facts
- Si [if] followed by past tenses in the indicative
- Use the infinitive after prepositions (not gerund)
C1: Advanced
- Difference between por mí que and para mí que
- Using conque to express therefore/so
- Con tal de que / Con tal de (subordinate purpose and conditional clause)
- Using que + El Presente de Subjuntivo to express a wish/command
- De + infinitive (conditional clause)
- Difference between porqué and por que (noun vs preposition + conjunction)