C1: Advanced
C1: Idioms, Idiomatic Usage, and Structures
- 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
- 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
- Using ir + [gerund] to emphasise the progression of an action
- 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
- Using con lo cual / por lo cual to mean therefore (connectives)
- Using El Pretérito Imperfecto to refer to a present action/future action
- Using con lo que + indicativo for despite
- Using llevar + participio to express the completion of an action so far
- Using El Condicional/El Futuro Simple to narrate past actions
- Using ¿a que...? to seek confirmation/ to threat/ to predict
- Using andar + gerundio to express "going around" [doing something]
- Estar para + infinitive to say someone/something is ready for something
- Tocar + infinitive for "it is time for someone to do something"
- Using gustar de [algo/hacer algo] to express likes formally
- Tal como/cual = Just as... (subordinate manner clauses)
- Using ser or no ser + mucho de/ muy de/ tanto de/ más de + infinitive
- Haber de + infinitive to express formal obligation or future action
- Using El Presente to narrate past events
C1: Prepositions & Conjunctions
- Difference between porqué and por que (noun vs preposition + conjunction)
- Using como as "if" (subordinate conditional clause)
- Using conque to express therefore/so
- De + infinitive (subordinate conditional clause)
- Difference between por mí que and para mí que
- Using que + El Presente de Subjuntivo to express a wish/command
- Con tal de que / Con tal de (subordinate purpose and conditional clause)
C1: Pronouns
- 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 pronoun)
- Lo + possessive pronouns
- Encontrar vs Encontrarse (pronominal verbs)
- Hay/tengo/quiero vs lo hay/lo tengo/lo quiero (presence/absence of the direct object pronoun)
- Jugar vs Jugarse (pronominal verbs)
- No sé vs No lo sé = I don't know
- Aprovechar vs Aprovecharse (pronominal verbs)
