18 Sep
Below you will find a good review of the Gustar Type Verbs from studyspanish.com. There are also a few practice quizzes on the menu on the left:
spanishdict.com – verbs like Gustar
Read the review then do the practice quizzes on the left
Study Spanish – Gustar
A simpler review with some practice quizzes in the column on the left. You’ll need to create an account to see your score.
More practice here.
This is trickier as it’s entirely in Spanish.
9 Ene
These verbs can be challenging for students as there are a lot of them and there’s no real way of knowing which verbs take stem-changes and which don’t. What is required is lots of regular practice to drill them to memory.
*** Remember The Boot with stem-changing verbs. ***
Stem Changing Verb Explanation and Practice
Another Practice Quiz with a good list of common stem changers
20 Mar
In Spanish we’ve seen how there are to ways to say ‘to be’ – Ser and Estar.
In the same way there are two ways to say ‘to know’ – Conocer and Saber, as we saw in class though both mean ‘to know’ in different ways.
We use Saber to talk about how we ‘know’ knowledge or skills for example to know how to swim (Saber nadar) or to know how to speak Spanish (Saber hablar el español). You could also know facts, for example (Saber la historia de Irlanda).
Conocer is used to talk about how we know someone, as in to know Mark (Conocer a Mark). Yet it is also used to talk about how you know a country, city or town (conocer Irlanda, conocer Dublín, conocer Stillorgan) ….. BUT BE CAREFUL…. it does not mean that you know about the history of the town or facts about the town but more about where things are in the town and what you can do to spend time there. Click on the link below for a review of Saber v Conocer.
SpanishDict.com Conocer v Saber
YOU CAN ALSO PRACTICE HERE. IT MIGHT BE A BIT MORE DIFFICULT BUT HAVE A GO.
16 Oct
Click here to practice with some flashcards on the school subjects. Don’t forget to do some of the practice games by clicking here and here.
Here are a few activities and games from the BBC website. It’s aimed at older primary school kids in the UK but it’s worth having a look at. Try out some of the games which can be accessed by clicking in the small window on the right.
20 Sep
Click on the links below to practice the vocabulary associated with describing your school life. This includes describing the school itself but also the subject (asignaturas) that you study. Be sure to try them all:
Quizlet – Mi Instituto: Las Instalaciones
Profedeele – Objetos de la clase
6 May
Following on from this afternoon’s class I would like you to group the irregular verbs by their different types in your hardbacks, as I did on the board and learn them.
To help you click on the link below. It’s a great help and breaks the verbs up nicely. You’ll notice that there are a few extra verbs at the bottom but you can ignore these for now if you like.
Remember to focus on the verbs that I ticked, they’re the most important and you will need them.
QUIZLET GAMES TO PRACTICE VERBS
BK NELSON – THE PRETERITE TENSE GUIDE
You can start practicing the irregular verbs on the same site by clicking this link:
Remember practicing regularly is very important with this tense, so keep at it.
5 May
The Past Tense in Spanish can be challenging so it’s important to break it up into manageable pieces and study it and practice it well and often.
As we progress through the different verbs I will add new links for you to practice with but for now we will start with the Regular Verbs and some key vocabulary.
Below you will find a few exercises to help you revise the Regular verbs in the Pretérito Indefinido (the past tense).
Here is a multiple choice exercise.
And here is some VERY VERY IMPORTANT vocabulary. These words are ‘trigger‘ words for the Preterite Tense. That means that whenever we see them or use them we know we also need to use the Preterite.
16 Abr
Below are a few links to help you understand and practice the Demonstrative adjectives (this/these, that/those, that/those over there)
A review of the demonstratives
Bk Nelson – Los Demonstrativos
Review the rules then practice by clicking on the blue ‘Quiz’ button
15 Mar
Here are a few links for you to practice the DOP’s with. Although they might seem a little tricky in class, the more practice you do the easier they get. Before long you won’t even have to think about them.
StudySpanish.com – Try each of the following links in order. They might look the same at first but continue reading to the bottom of each to note the differences:
1. DOP’s
2. Negative Sentences with DOP’s
3. Infinitive Verbs with DOP’s
Each of the links above have free Practice Quizzes that go with them so be sure to have a go.
Some more exercises:
1. Replace the underlined noun with a pronoun
23 Feb
This is probably the easiest tense to learn and use in Spanish as you only need to know how to conjugate one verb ‘Ir’ and there are no irregulars.
Remember our 3 steps to forming the Immediate Futre:
Step 1: Conjugate the verb ‘Ir’ depending on WHO is doing the action
Voy – I am going …..
Vas – you are going ……
Va – He/she is going …….
Vamos – We are going …..
Vais – You (pl) are going ……
Van – They are going ……
Step 2: Add an ‘a’.
Step 3: Add the infinitive of the verb that is going to be done.
Voy a bailar – I am going to dance
Vas a comer – You are going to eat
*** Remember to learn the Trigger Words that go with this tense ***
Click here to take a practice quiz.
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