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Using the imperfect tense to describe things in the past.
Oral questions doc - for you to update as you move through the course.
Introduce yourself
- some basic phrases and the verbs SER (to be) and TENER (to have)
Order food in a restaurant
- some basic food
Identify some animals
- animals, and how to make plural nouns
Describe what somebody is wearing
- clothes and possession (my, your, his, her)
Ask somebody about their life
- question words and the present tense or regular verbs
Describe your family
- colours, conjunctions and describing your family
Describe your daily routine
- your daily routine, telling the time, reflexive verbs
Describe and give opinions about your home
- your home, sizes, expressions to say whether you like something
Describe different jobs
- Jobs, adjectives and expressions to say you have to do something
Describe what you do at the weekend
- weekend activities, present tense stem-changing and irregular verbs, adverbs
Describe your town
- describe where you live, use ser and estar
Make more complicated sentences
- use object pronouns - it, them, him, her, me, you
Recount what happened
- telling The past tense (pretérito) - simple recounts about the past. Numbers.
Describe future plans
- future plans for the holidays - use 'ir' to talk about the future.
Describe your holidays
- putting the past, present and future tenses together. Countries, weather.
Survive as a tourist
- asking for direction and other information.
Describe things in the past
- using the imperfect tense as well as the pretérito.
Useful links:
Listening practice - Fuentes