A2: Lower Intermediate
A2: Adjectives & Adverbs
- Difference between este, ese and aquel (demonstrative adjectives)
- Use [verb] más [adjective/noun] que / menos [adjective/noun] que = more...than / less... than (comparatives)
- Using tan ... como = as ... as (comparatives with adjectives and adverbs)
- Using tanto como with verbs and nouns to say as much/many ... as (comparatives)
- Using demasiado, bastante, suficiente, poco, tanto and mucho to express quantity in Spanish (quantitative adjectives)
- Demonstrative adjectives: aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas = that/those in Spanish [over there] (Adjetivos demostrativos)
- Using aquí, ahí and allí = here and there in Spanish
- Using algún (a, as, os) to say some or any in Spanish
- Using the negative ningún (a, os, as) = not any
- Forming comparative adjectives in Spanish: mayor/menor/mejor/peor
- Forming the singular of masculine and feminine adjectives ending in -z and -l
- Forming the plural of masculine and feminine Spanish adjectives ending in -z and -l
- Forming the singular and plural of adjectives ending in -án, ón, -or
- Ningún, ninguna + noun + verb = No [noun] + verb (negation)
- Using demasiado, bastante, un poco, mucho, tan, tanto and muy for too, quite, a bit, so, so much and very in Spanish (quantitative adverbs)
- Using todo, toda, todos and todas to say all, every and the whole (indefinite adjectives)
- Using otro, otra, otros, otras to say another, other (indefinite adjectives)
- Más que/Menos que vs Más de/Menos de (More/Less than)
- Cada uno/a de [noun/pronoun] for each one of [something/someone]
- Using varios/varias to say some (indefinite adjectives and pronouns)
- Yo también/yo tampoco/a mí también/a mí tampoco for me too, me neither
- Spanish adjectives used as nouns
- Using cuánto/-a/-os/-as in interrogative, exclamative and indirect questions
- Numbers from 1,000 to 1,000,000
- Using aquí, acá, ahí, allí, allá = here and there in Spanish
- How to say "both" in Spanish
- Using "recién" with actions that just happened
A2: Idioms, Idiomatic Usage, and Structures
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using estar (and not ser) to express relationship statuses
- Using gustar to say you like something (he likes, she likes, we like, you like, they like)
- "There was"/"there were" in Spanish: había
- "There was"/"there were": hubo
- Use "hace" for "ago" with the preterite tense (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Expressing instructions and general statements in Spanish with the impersonal se = one
- Using the perfect tense in Spanish (not the preterite) to talk about experiences
- Using todavía no with El Pretérito Perfecto = not yet (negative expression)
- Using todavía no with El Pretérito Indefinido = not yet (negative expression)
- Using desde (hace) with the present instead of the perfect tense to express since/for
- When to use the perfect tense versus the simple past (Perfecto vs Indefinido)
- When to use the perfect tense versus the simple past (Perfecto vs Indefinido)
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using estar (not ser) when talking about feelings and emotions
- How to say "to love something/doing something" in Spanish
- How to say "something bores/annoys/saddens you" in Spanish
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using estar (not ser) when talking about physical condition of something, someone or a place
- Using ser+preposition para (not estar) to indicate a recipient
- Using ser (not estar) with the preposition para, to indicate a purpose
- Forming Spanish exclamatory sentences with qué [noun] or qué [adjective]
- Hay que in Spanish (expressing obligation)
- Using es bueno/malo or está bien/mal in Spanish
- Acabar de + [infinitive] = to have just done / just did something in Spanish (perífrasis verbal)
- Spanish personal "a" verbs (ver, visitar, buscar, conocer)
- Using definite articles + mismo to say "the same" in Spanish
- Sentir vs Sentirse (to feel) in Spanish
- Using the infinitive (not the gerund) as the subject/object of the verb
- How to use Spanish question tags: ¿no? ¿verdad?
- Spanish perception verbs: Most verbs of perception usually use the present, not the modal poder
- Spanish verbs Traer vs Llevar (to take/to bring)
- Using the verb tomar for having food/drink
- Using todavía/aún for "still"
- Talking about measurements and distances in Spanish
- Difference between hay, ahí and ay
- Verbs jugar and tocar: differences
- Using the preterite tense in Spanish to talk about experiences
- Talking about measurements and distances in Spanish
- Talking about decades in Spanish
- Using gustar to say you like doing something (he likes, she likes, we like, you like, they like)
A2: Verbs Tenses & Conjugation
- Spanish present tense consonant change c > zc in -cer/-cir verbs
- Conjugate recordar, acordar and acordarse (o > ue) stem-changing -ar verbs in the present tense (El Presente)
- Conjugate regular -ar verbs in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate and recognise ir and ser in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate estar in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate hacer in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate dar in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate ver in the preterite tense in Spanish ( El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate regular -ar verbs in the imperfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Imperfecto)
- Conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in the imperfect tense in Spanish (El Imperfecto)
- Conjugate huir and construir in present tense in Spanish (El Presente)
- Conjugate tener in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate leer, creer and proveer in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate poder in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate-car verbs in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate -gar verbs in the Spanish Preterite tense (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate-zar verbs in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate poner in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate stem-changing-ir verbs (e > i) in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate venir in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate andar in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Using the preterite tense in Spanish for completed actions in the past
- Conjugate querer in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate decir in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate oír in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate dormir and morir in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate traer in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate -ducir verbs in the preterite tense in Spanish: introducir, producir, traducir, conducir
- Conjugate ser in the imperfect tense in Spanish (El Imperfecto)
- Conjugate ver in the imperfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Imperfecto)
- Conjugate ir in the imperfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Imperfecto)
- Using the imperfect tense in Spanish to express habits or repeated actions in the past (El Pretérito Imperfecto)
- Conjugate caber and saber in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Using the imperfect tense in Spanish to "describe" a situation in the past
- Conjugate verb hacer in the imperfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Imperfecto)
- Conjugate tener in the imperfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Imperfecto)
- Conjugate stem-changing verb pedir in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Conjugate -uir verbs in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Forming the imperative of tú for most verbs (affirmative commands)
- Forming the imperative of tú for all irregular verbs (irregular affirmative commands)
- Forming the Spanish imperative of vosotros for all verbs (affirmative commands)
- Conjugate regular -ar verbs in the present perfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Perfecto)
- Conjugate regular -er, -ir verbs in the present perfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Perfecto)
- Spanish irregular past participles ending in -to/-cho
- Use of ya in Spanish with the present perfect tense (El Pretérito Perfecto)
- Using ya with the Spanish preterite tense
- Conjugate ver in the present perfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Perfecto)
- Conjugate estar in the imperfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Imperfecto)
- Forming irregular gerunds in Spanish (-ing form)
- Forming the progressive imperfect with estar + present participle (El Imperfecto progresivo/continuo)
- Spanish present tense consonant change c>z in -cer/-cir verbs
- Conjugate hacer in the present perfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Perfecto)
- Conjugate caber in the present tense in Spanish (El Presente)
- Conjugate soler in the imperfect tense (El Imperfecto)
- Conjugate decir in the present perfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Perfecto)
- Conjugate deber in the imperfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Imperfecto)
- Conjugate poder in the imperfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Imperfecto)
- Conjugate querer in the imperfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Imperfecto)
- Conjugate poner in the present perfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Perfecto)
- Conjugate ser in the present perfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Perfecto)
A2: Pronouns
- Using lo, la, los, las = him, her, it, them (direct object pronouns)
- Using le and les = [to] it,him, her, them (indirect object pronouns)
- Using me, te, le, nos, os, les (indirect object pronouns)
- Using esto, este, esta, estos, estas to say "this", "this one" and "these ones" (demonstrative pronouns)
- Using ese, esa, esos, esas, eso for that one, those ones and that (demonstrative pronouns)
- Using aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas for that one (over there), those ones (over there) and that (over there) (demonstrative pronouns)
- Using algo to say something or anything in Spanish
- Using alguien to say someone or anyone in Spanish
- Using nada to say nothing or not anything
- Using nadie to say no one, nobody and not anyone
- Using demasiado, bastante, suficiente, poco, tanto and mucho to express quantity in Spanish (quantitative pronouns)
- Possessive pronouns in Spanish: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours and theirs
- Using todo to say everything or all (of it) (indefinite pronoun)
- Using alguno, alguna, algunos and algunas to say some, one or any in Spanish (pronouns)
- Using the negative ninguno, ninguna, ningunos and ningunas to say not any (indefinite pronoun)
- Using otro, otra, otros, otras to say another/another one, other, others (indefinite pronouns)
- Using numbers as pronouns in Spanish
- Difference between mi and mí in Spanish (with or without an accent)
- Difference between sé and se (with and without an accent)
- Using me, te, nos, os = me, you, us, you plural (direct object pronouns)
A2: Prepositions & Conjunctions
- Using para (not por) for a deadline/time limit
- Using para (not por) for a destination
- Using antes de /después de [noun/infinitive] for before/after [something/doing something]
- Using preposition con followed by a pronoun to say with me, you, him, her, us, you (plural), them
- Using por (not para) to express the originating cause or reason
- Using por (not para) to express "through/along" (a place)
- Using por (not para) to express approximate location
- 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 prepositions a, para, por, de, en, sin, hacia, sobre followed by a pronoun
- Using porque, como and es que to express cause (subordinate causal clauses)
- Difference between pero, sino and sino que in Spanish (but)
- Por vs Para in Spanish: Using para (and not por) to say who you work for
- Expressing duration in Spanish with durante/por/no preposition
- Using prepositions entre and según followed by a pronoun
- Using desde/de/hasta/a for from/to in Spanish
- Preposition "según" in Spanish (according to)
- Using antes de /después de/luego de [noun/infinitive] for before/after [something/doing something]
- How to say "not only but" in Spanish
A2: Nouns & Articles
- Spanish nouns ending in -or are masculine
- Gender of Spanish nouns ending in -umbre, -ión, -dad, -tad, -itis and -sis and their plural
- Using the diminutive suffix -ito, -ita, -itos and -itas with words ending in -o/-a/-io/-ia
- Using the diminutive suffix -illo, -cillo, -ecillo, -ececillo
- Using plural definite article + number + noun
- Using unos, unas + number = about/approximately
- Gender and plural of Spanish nouns ending in -ma (Greek origin)
- Gender and plural of Spanish nouns ending in -esa, -triz, -ina, -isa
- Some Spanish nouns ending in -o (shortened from a feminine noun) are feminine
- Nouns that are plural in English but singular in Spanish, and vice versa (collective nouns)
- Surnames in Spanish don't turn into plurals
- Most Spanish nouns ending in -ía/-ia are feminine
A2: Negative Words & Constructions
A2: Numbers, Time & Date
- Doing arithmetic in Spanish (numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
- Forming ordinal numbers in Spanish (1st, 2nd, 10th...)
- Expressing large numbers in Spanish: hundreds, thousands, millions and billions
- How to express centuries in Spanish with Roman numerals
- How to talk about percentages in Spanish
