B1: Intermediate
B1: Adjectives & Adverbs
- Forming singular and plural of adjectives ending in -ar
- How to say the most / the least + adjective (superlatives)
- How to say the best/the worst/the oldest/the youngest (irregular superlatives)
- Bueno, malo, grande become buen, mal, gran before a noun (apócope)
- Primero and tercero become primer and tercer before a noun (apócope)
- Superlatives -ísimo with adjectives ending in -o, -io, -l and -ar
- Superlatives -ísimo with adjectives ending in -co, -go, -ble, and -z
- Using junto, junta, juntos and juntas = together
- Past participles as adjectives
- Difference between "poco" and "un poco"
- Igual de ... que = as ... as (comparatives with adjectives and adverbs)
- Long form possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, our, their)
- Using unos cuantos/unas cuantas + noun (quantitative adjectives)
- Using yo sí/yo no/a mí sí/a mí no (I do/I don't): contrasting answers
- Using cierto, cierta, ciertos, ciertas for certain (indefinite adjectives)
- Using the adverb bien as an intensifier (very)
- Alguno/-a/-os/-as de for "one/some of" (partitives)
- Difference between cuánto and cuanto (with and without accent)
- Using tampoco for either/neither
- Using apenas/casi for hardly
B1: Pronouns
- Que/ el cual/ la cual/ los cuales/ quien/ quienes = who, that, which (relative pronouns)
- Pronouns le / les become se when used with lo, la, los, las (indirect with direct pronouns)
- Using lo que = what, which, that which, the thing that (relative pronouns)
- Position of pronouns with conjugated verbs
- Position of direct and indirect object pronouns with infinitive/gerund and affirmative commands
- Reciprocal verbs in Spanish and position of the reflexive pronoun
- Repetition of indirect object pronouns with verbs like gustar
- Difference between quién and quien (with and without an accent)
- Costar vs Costar a alguien algo
B1: Verbs Tenses & Conjugation
- Conjugate regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in El Pluscuamperfecto de Indicativo (pluperfect)
- Conjugate hacer, escribir, ver, decir, poner in El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto (pluperfect)
- Using ya with El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto
- Conjugate regular -ar verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate irregular verb ir in El Presente de Subjuntivo.
- Conjugate ser in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate yo-go verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo
- Querer que is always followed by El Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Conjugate tener in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Conjugate irregular verb decir in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Conjugate irregular verb salir in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Cuando + El Presente de Subjuntivo vs Cuando + El Presente de Indicativo
- Using El Futuro Simple (simple future) to express probabilities or predictions in the future
- Using El Futuro Simple (simple future) for prediction, speculation and probability in the present
- Conjugate in El Imperativo with reflexive pronouns (affirmative commands)
- Using double pronouns with El Imperativo
- Conjugate irregular verb poder in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Conjugate irregular verb querer in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Conjugate irregular verb hacer in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Conjugate irregular verb poner in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Conjugate irregular verbs caber and saber in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Conjugate valer in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Conjugate irregular verb venir in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Conjugate regular verbs in El Condicional Simple (conditional)
- Conjugate hacer in El Condicional Simple (conditional)
- Conjugate tener in El Condicional Simple (conditional)
- Conjugate poder in El Condicional Simple (conditional)
- Conjugate querer in El Condicional Simple (conditional)
- Conjugate poner in El Condicional Simple
- Conjugate decir in El Condicional Simple
- Conjugate salir in El Condicional Simple
- Conjugate valer in El Condicional Simple (conditional)
- Conjugate stem-changing -car verbs (c > qu) in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate -gar verbs where g > gu in all forms in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Verbs ending in -zar change z > c in all forms in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate venir in El Condicional Simple (conditional)
- Using El Subjuntivo or El Indicativo after tal vez and quizás to express doubt
- Conjugate irregular estar in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate irregular verb dar in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate irregular verb saber in El Presente de Subjuntivo
- Conjugate e > i verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate -ar verbs with o > ue change in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate -er verbs with o > ue change in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate 1st and 2nd person plural verbs with vowel change o > u in El Presente de Subjuntivo
- Conjugate -ger and -gir verbs with g > j change in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Using deber to say should
- Conjugate tener que (would have to) in El Condicional Simple
- Conjugate irregular -er verbs caber and saber in El Condicional Simple (conditional)
- Spanish -uir verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate irregular verb haber in El Futuro Simple (simple future)
- Conjugate haber in El Condicional Simple (conditional)
- Some -zar verbs change z > c and e > ie in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Using El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto with aún no/todavía no
- Forming El Pretérito Indefinido progresivo with estar + gerundio (past progressive)
- Conjugate deber in El Condicional Simple (conditional)
- Conjugate c>zc verbs -cer/-cir in El presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate poder [o > ue change] in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate stem changing -ar verbs (e > ie) in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate stem changing -er verbs (e > ie) in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate stem-changing verb querer (e > ie) in El presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Forming the imperative of tú/ vosotros/vosotras (negative commands)
- Forming the imperative for usted/ustedes/nosotros/nosotras (affirmative and negative commands)
- Conjugate -ir verbs with e > ie change in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate (e > i) and (gu > g) verbs: seguir, conseguir, perseguir in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Conjugate haber in El Presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
- Forming El Pretérito Perfecto Progresivo with estar + gerund (present perfect progressive)
- Forming El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto Progresivo with estar + gerund (pluperfect progressive)
- Conjugate ser in El Condicional Simple (conditional tense)
- Conjugate estar in El Condicional Simple (conditional tense)
- -uar verbs in El Presente (actuar, continuar)
- Some -iar verbs in El Presente take an accent (liar, enviar, criar)
B1: Idioms, Idiomatic Usage, and Structures
- Using El Pluscuamperfecto to indicate that a past action happens before another past action (pluperfect)
- Using esperar que + El Presente de Subjuntivo to express hope
- Using ojalá + El Presente de Subjuntivo to express hope (present subjunctive)
- Mientras with El Presente de Indicativo or El Presente de Subjuntivo
- Difference between saber and conocer (to know)
- Using ser (not estar) + de to indicate ownership
- Using estar (not ser) + de for a temporary job
- Using estar (not ser) + preposition a with fluctuating quantities and prices
- Using estar hecho de or ser de to indicate what something is made of
- Using ir in El Pretérito Imperfecto to express was/were going to [do something]
- Using el Preterito Indefinido combined with cuando + Preterito Imperfecto
- Using El Presente in order to refer to a future action (only future time indications)
- Forming passive sentences with "se" (la pasiva refleja)
- Si [if] followed by present indicative + main clause (present tense/future tense)
- Si [if] followed by present indicative + main clause [command/request/advise]
- Using dejar de + [infinitive] = to stop doing something/to give up something
- Using Hace + length of time + que + present tense to say how long one has done something
- Using the gerund to say by [doing something]
- Using Estar a punto de + [infinitive] = to be about to do something (perífrasis verbal)
- Using acabar/terminar + [infinitive/gerund] = to end up doing something (perífrasis verbal)
- Using volver a + [infinitive] to express repetition of an action (perífrasis verbal)
- Using poder to say could [do something] for polite requests and suggestions (conditional simple)
- Using se debe/n and se puede/n + infinitive to say you must / you can (passive)
- Using El Imperfecto vs El indefinido (time markers)
- Había vs Hubo (Imperfect vs Preterite)
- Empezar/comenzar + a + [infinitivo] = to begin/start doing something (perífrasis verbal)
- Using the verb "tardar" = to take time
- Using Cuánto + noun in exclamations about quantities
- Using gustar in El condicional = would like [to do something]
- Use Hace + length of time + que + El Indefinido to say how long ago something happened
- Quedar, Quedarse and Quedarle (Different meanings of verb quedar)
- Using "menos" to say except
- Use El Futuro Próximo (not El Presente Progresivo) for future arrangements
- Using llevar + gerund to express duration of an action (perífrasis verbal)
- Use estar to talk about dates, days of the week and seasons (colloquial)
- Using "o sea/es decir" to clarify, explain and express a consequence
- Forming exclamatory sentences with qué + noun + más/tan + adjective
- How to say "to be looking forward" with tener ganas and estar deseando
- Using terminar de+ [infinitive] = to finish doing something (perífrasis verbal)
- Using El Condicional to express hypothesis/wish/suggestion in the present or future
- How to say I think so/I guess so /I hope so
- Gustar and similar verbs in past tenses
- How to say to lend/to borrow with prestar/pedir prestado
- Different meanings of the verb contar
- Expressing the beginning and end of a period or space
- How to say "on the one hand, on the other hand, in addition" (connectives)
- Using por qué no/y si/ qué tal si for suggestions
- Using El Presente for making suggestions
B1: Negative Words & Constructions
B1: Questions & Interrogatives
- Asking questions about people with preposition + quién
- Difference between dónde and donde (with and without a written accent)
- Difference between cómo and como (with and without an accent)
- Using cuál/cuáles = which/what (interrogative pronouns)
- Difference between cuándo and cuando (with and without an accent)
- Using qué before a noun in indirect questions
B1: Prepositions & Conjunctions
- Using por (and not para) in exchange for something
- Using por (not para) to express medium
- Using por (and not para) to communicate price
- Using por (and not para) to express distribution or sharing
- 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)
- 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 (subordinate result clauses)
- When the conjunction y becomes e
- When the conjunction o becomes u
- Using por (and not para) to say "by" [whom/what]
- Using mientras que/en cambio for comparison/contrast
- Asking questions with prepositions + qué
B1: Nouns & Articles
- Using the diminutive suffix -cito, -cita, -citos and -citas with words ending in -e, -n, and -r
- Nouns ending in -aje are masculine
- Gender of nouns ending in -ista and -crata
- Some nouns have both genders without a change of meaning
- Using neuter article Lo + adjective + ser in Spanish
- Presence of the definite articles el/la/los/las
- Using the augmentative suffixes -azo, -ote, -ón
- Gender of nouns ending in -ez/-eza in Spanish
- Using the definite article or not with titles