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Hello and welcome to my Spanish Grammar Help website. This is the place to find helpful resources for your Spanish class or to tune up your Spanish!
This is not another list of resources! I chose from many websites what I consider the best exercises and grammar explanations hoping you got the best shot for each grammar point! If you have any comments, questions, or concerns please feel free to contact me. Manuel Gómez-Navarro e-mail: gomez@roanoke.edu Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish Modern Languages Department Roanoke College 1. Pronunciation -5 vowels/5 sounds-A "Ah" as in "Father" E "E" as in "Red" I "Ee" as in "Cheese"
O "Oh" as in "Old" U "Oo" as in "Boo" Try/Prueba:
http://videoele.com/A1_Pronunciacion_marcas.html
http://www.rocketlanguages.com/spanish/learn/pronunciation/
2. Gender and Number of Nouns -matching nouns and adjectives-
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Interactive learning!/¡Aprendizaje interactivo!:
Games!/¡Juegos!:
More games!/¡Más juegos!:
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3. Definite and Indefinite Articles
VideoEle
Grammar
Game
http://videoele.com/A1_los-articulos.html
4. Subject Pronouns
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SINGULAR
Yo como fruta / I eat fruit Tú estudias español / You study Spanish *Usted lee un libro / You read a book Él bebe agua / He drinks water Ella va a clase / She goes to class PLURAL Nosotros/Nosotras corremos un maratón / We run a marathon **Vosotros/Vosotras tomáis el tren / You'l take the train ***Ustedes compran en el mercado / You'l buy in the market Ellos bailan salsa / They dance salsa Ellas viajan a España / They travel to Spain *Usted and ustedes are used in formal contexts in Spain, and in both formal and informal contexts in other Spanish speaking countries **Vosotros is currently used in Spain ***The form you´l in Latinoamérica is ustedes but is conjugated like the ellos/ellas form. |
5. Direct Object Pronouns
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http://videoele.com/A2_Pronombres_atonosI.html
6. Indirect Object Pronouns
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7. Ser/Estar
Test: Ser/Estar
Ser and estar (contrasting uses)
When a noun follows the verb, use ser
When an adjective follows the verb, decide between "essence" (ser) and "condition" (estar)
To tell where something is from, use ser
To tell where something is located right now, use estar
To tell where an event is taking place, use ser
When a noun follows the verb, use ser
When an adjective follows the verb, decide between "essence" (ser) and "condition" (estar)
To tell where something is from, use ser
To tell where something is located right now, use estar
To tell where an event is taking place, use ser
http://videoele.com/A1_Saber_ser_saber_estar.html
8. Present Tense Regular Verbs
http://videoele.com/A1_En-el-presente.html
9. Present Tense Irregular Verbs
10. Stem-Changing Verbs
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http://videoele.com/A2_Presente-irregular.html
11. "Gustar" and similar verbs (fascinar, encantar, molestar, etc.)
http://videoele.com/A1_Las_cosas_que_me_gustan.html
12. Reflexive Verbs
http://videoele.com/A2_Verbos-reflexivos.html
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SOME REFLEXIVE VERBS
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13. Regular Preterite Verbs
14. Irregular Preterite Verbs
Test
Preterite review -ar, -car, -gar, -zar (reminder: only with yo)
SACAR saqué
PAGAR pagué
ABRAZAR abracé
15. Imperfect tense
There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect!: SER (yo era, etc), VER (yo veía, etc), IR (yo iba, etc).
16. Preterite vs Imperfect
http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/pretimp4.htm
http://videoele.com/B1_Algo_inesperado.html
17. Future Tense
18. Subjunctive
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HOW TO FORM THE PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE:
-ar verbs: -e yo cante, tú cantes, él/ella/usted cante, nosotros cantemos, vosotros cantéis, ellos canten -er/-ir verbs: -a yo coma, tú comas, él/ella/él coma, nosotros comamos, vosotros comáis, ellos/ellas coman yo viva, tú vivas, él/ella/usted viva, nosotros vivamos, vosotros viváis, ellos vivan |
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http://personal.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/chart_pres-subj.php
http://videoele.com/B1_Hacer_un_regalo.html
19. Commands/Mandatos
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AFIRMATIVE
SINGULAR COMMANDS *tú > canta, come, decide **usted > cante, coma, decida PLURAL COMMANDS *vosotros > cantad, comed, decidid **ustedes > canten, coman, decidan *Those forms are mostly used in informal contexts in Spain. **Usted and Ustedes can be used in both formal and informal contexts, but only in formal contexts in Spain. |
NEGATIVE
SINGULAR COMMANDS *tú > no cantes, no comas, no decidas **usted > no cante, no coma, no decida PLURAL COMMANDS *vosotros > no cantéis, no comáis, no decidáis **ustedes > no canten, no coman, no decidan |
20. Por/Para
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http://www.alwaysspanish.com/2013/07/the-cause-effect-trick-to-remember-your.html?m=1
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