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Grammar points explained in a clear grid or list, so that everything is organised, and ready to assist you. The perfect cheat sheets for your practice!

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The time in Spanish
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The time in Spanish

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  • 14 December 2016
  • on Infographic, vocab, listsandgrids
Conditional tense in Spanish (I would...)
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Conditional tense in Spanish (I would...)

In today's video you'll learn: - How to create the conditional tense with both regular and irregular verbs. You'll have access to a grid to use in your practice and the option to do some translations which I'll »

  • 10 November 2016
  • on Tenses, listsandgrids, Explanations, Grammar, Videotutorial
Simple future (I will...)
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Simple future (I will...)

In today's video I'll explain how to create the simple future with regular verbs and irregular verbs (only 12, we're lucky!). Also, I'll give some examples and suggest some practice. Finally, here you can download a cheat sheet »

  • 09 November 2016
  • on Explanations, Grammar, listsandgrids, Tenses, Videotutorial
Preterite tense
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Preterite tense

In today's video I'll include: - When to use it. - Regular verbs. - The most common irregular verbs. You can download the grid for the regular verbs and most common irregular ones: ¡Hasta luego! :) »

  • 27 October 2016
  • on Tenses, Videotutorial, Explanations, vocab, listsandgrids, Grammar, Practice
Present subjunctive. I hope...
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Present subjunctive. I hope...

Think of the subjunctive as another reality, where we talk about the hypothetical things that could happen or the things we wished were different. Today we talk about the first one, the things that could or could not »

  • 24 October 2016
  • on Tenses, Explanations, listsandgrids, Practice, Videotutorial
25 common false friends in Spanish
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25 common false friends in Spanish

These are the most helfpul 25 false friends to know in Spanish ...in my opinion! We've all heard about them, right? It's so easy to get confused! But not anymore :) Diversión - fun Desviación - diversion Actualmente - »

  • 06 September 2016
  • on listsandgrids, vocab
Describing yourself and others II. Personality.
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Describing yourself and others II. Personality.

¡Hola! A couple of weeks ago we learnt to describe people physically on this post and today we're going to learn how to describe personalities! Just like in the other post, the only difference describing yourself or other »

  • 29 August 2016
  • on Situations, vocab, listsandgrids
The 5 most important reasons to learn Spanish
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The 5 most important reasons to learn Spanish

You must have read and heard million times what are the benefits of learning a new language. From improving your communication and organisation skills to reducing the chances of developing dementia. And let's not forget the amazing personal »

  • 18 July 2016
  • on Cultural, listsandgrids, Advices, Recommendations
Organising your text  and expose arguments in Spanish
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Organising your text and expose arguments in Spanish

As you know, organization is very important when you want to make a point, or explain something, specially if it's a speech or an essay of any length. We want to convince and we want our ideas to »

  • 11 July 2016
  • on listsandgrids, Tips, Grammar, Situations, Verbs
How to recommend or give advice in Spanish.
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How to recommend or give advice in Spanish.

We've learnt how to give our opinion in Spanish but let's go a little further. You may be in the situation of wanting to give advice or recommend something to someone, maybe a place in your city, maybe »

  • 05 July 2016
  • on Grammar, listsandgrids, Situations, Verbs
Spanish connectives and time expressions.
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Spanish connectives and time expressions.

Apart from the basic y (and) and o (or) sometimes students can struggle to use linking words that give their speech flow. I've put together the most useful connectors and time expressions so this doesn't happen to you. »

  • 30 June 2016
  • on Grammar, listsandgrids, Tips
Pronouns after preposition
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Pronouns after preposition

Hola! Today I wanted to clear up a grammatical point that is on the mind on every advanced student. What are those "mí, ti, sí" pronouns? Are they used after any preposition? Here you have a grid and »

  • 22 June 2016
  • on Grammar, listsandgrids, Explanations
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