C1: Advanced
C1: Idioms, Idiomatic Usage, and Structures
- Darle a alguien por [hacer] algo = to take up something/to feel like doing something (perífrasis verbal)
- Using ir + [gerund] to emphasise the progression of an action (perífrasis verbal)
- Using modal verbs in the passive voice
- Using El Pluscuamperfecto Subjuntivo in hypothetical clauses (si) followed by El Condicional Perfecto/ El Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo
- Using tener + participio to express the completion of an action (perífrasis verbal)
- Using que at the beginning of a question to express disbelief (without a written accent)
- Using poner/poner(se) + a + infinitive = to start to carry out an action (perífrasis verbal)
- Using El Presente to order, advise or make a request
- Using lo de que + conjugated verb / lo de + noun / infinitive / adverb to refer to something already mentioned
- A + [time] + de + infinitive for within + [time] of + gerund
- Using con lo que + indicativo for despite
- Using ir por to express what point/stage someone has reached
- Using dar de + infinitive with eating and drinking related verbs
- Using El Condicional simple or El Condicional Perfecto to express objection/disbelief to a statement said before
- Si + Imperfect subjunctive for "if only/I wish"
- Using Estar por + infinitive to express feeling tempted/having the intention to do something (perífrasis verbal)
- Using the Formal Pronominal Passive Imperative in orders/instructions
- Tocar + infinitive for "it is time for someone to do something"
- Using El Futuro Simple and El Futuro Perfecto to express surprise or rejection
- Using llevar + participio to express the completion of an action so far (perífrasis verbal)
- Using venir + gerundio (perífrasis verbal)
- How to say to remind someone of something with the verb recordar
- Using "cómo no" to say "of course"
- Using Cómo/dónde/quién/qué + ir a + infinitive to state the obvious/impossible
- Estar para + infinitive to say someone/something is ready for something
- Using El Condicional/El Futuro Simple to narrate past actions
- Introducing a causal clause with "por eso/aquello de..." (causal subordinate clause)
- Using ser de un (adjective) que
- La de + noun + que + verb to intensify
- Using ¿a que...? to seek confirmation / threaten / predict
- Using "y eso que" for despite/even though
- Tratar/ Tratar de and Tratarse de
- Using andar + gerundio to express "going around" [doing something] (perífrasis verbal)
- Using the gerund as a command
- How to say to have something done with a sentence using the verb in the 3rd person plural
- Tal como/cual = Just as... (subordinate manner clauses)
- Using ser fácil/difícil + infinitive vs ser fácil/difícil de + infinitive
- El/la/los/las + noun + que + verbo to indicate quantity/intensity (exclamations)
- Using gustar de [algo/hacer algo] to formally express liking
- Forming the passive with "estar" (pasiva de estado)
- Cuando + El Imperfecto de Subjuntivo (When + the imperfect subjunctive)
- Using "como si" + El Imperfecto de Subjuntivo for an ironic reproach
- Using ir + y / agarrar + y to introduce something unexpected and sudden
- Using hacer/mandar + infinitive for "to have something done"
- Por mucho / más / muy que for no matter how much
- Using ser or no ser + mucho de/ muy de/ tanto de/ más de + infinitive
- Subjuntivo + relative pronoun or adverb + subjuntivo = whatever/wherever/whenever/whoever
- Haber de + infinitive to express formal obligation or future action (perífrasis verbal)
- Using Ni que + subjuntivo
- Using "no salirle algo a alguien"
- Using the imperative of mirar/oír with specific meanings -irony, attention, supposition
- Using ir + y / coger + y to introduce something unexpected and sudden
- Using haber + participle for you should/shouldn't have done something
- A tan solo + [length of time] + de for just [some time] before
- Using El Presente to narrate past events
- Using como si with indicative to express indifference
- Using venir a + infinitive to indicate approximation/end of a process (perífrasis verbal)
- Using El Futuro simple or El Futuro Perfecto to express objection/disbelief to a statement said before
- Using con lo cual / por lo cual to mean therefore (connectives)
- Using verse + past participle (perífrasis verbal)
- Using dar algo por + participle/adjective
- Using "cómo es que/cómo que" for "how come/what do you mean?"
- Using "anda, anda que, anda que no" for surprise, encouragement, emphasis (interjections)
- Repetition of a word to give emphasis
- Pensar + infinitive to express intention
- Using "ya" with the Spanish Future to mean soon/at some point in the future
- Using Qué + noun/adjective/adverb + que + present subjunctive to express feelings
- Lo que + verb + subject for emphasis
- Using El Pretérito Imperfecto to refer to a present action/future action
- Using "a ver" for "let's see"
C1: Pronouns
- Se aspectual
- Using el que, la que, los que, las que = the one/ones who/that (relative pronouns)
- Using cuyo, cuya, cuyos, cuyas to say whose + noun (relative adjective)
- Hay/tengo/quiero vs lo hay/lo tengo/lo quiero (presence/absence of the direct object pronoun)
- Jugar vs Jugarse (pronominal verbs)
- Aprovechar vs Aprovecharse (pronominal verbs)
- No sé vs No lo sé = I don't know
- Lo + possessive pronouns
- Dativo de interés - specific use of Spanish indirect object pronouns
- Lo + possessive pronouns
- Encontrar vs Encontrarse (pronominal verbs)
C1: Prepositions & Conjunctions
- Difference between porqué and por que (noun vs preposition + conjunction)
- Using conque to express therefore/so
- Using de tan/tanto + que/como to express a cause (subordinate causal clause)
- Using preposition "a" to indicate how/in which style something is done
- De + infinitive (subordinate conditional clause)
- Preferir a vs Preferir que
- Difference between por mí que and para mí que
- Using que + El Presente de Subjuntivo to express a wish/command
- Ya sea/ya fuera... o... to express whether... or...
- Use of preposition a with verbs ir, salir, venir
- Con tal de que / Con tal de (subordinate purpose and conditional clause)
- Using salvo que/a menos que/ a no ser que for except/unless
- Using the pluperfect subjunctive after the conjunction como si (subordinate manner clauses)
- Using como as "if" (subordinate conditional clause)
- Using "por si/por si acaso" for "in case" (subordinate conditional clause)
