Spanish Key verbs present tensesoy I am

eres you are

es he/she/it is

somos we are

son they are

tengo I have

tienes you have

tiene he/she/it has

somos we have

son they have

Vivo I live

vives you live

vive he/she/it lives

vivimos we live

viven they live

como I eat

comes you eat

come he/she/it eats

comemos we eat

comen they eat

bebo I drink

bebes you drink

bebe he/she/it drinks

bebemos we drink

beben they drink

juego I play

juegas you play

juega he/she/it play

jugamos we play

juegan they play

Quiero … I want…

Necesito … I need..

Tengo que …I have to…

Me gustaría .. I would like ..

Me gustaba .. I used to like …

Hay … there is / there are

Opinions and justifications

Me gusta … I like

No me gusta … I don’t like

Me encanta … I love

Odio … I hate …

En mi opinión… In my opinion

Pienso que … I think that ..

Creo que .. I believe that ..

Según + name …According to ..

Adjectives. Remember! For feminine nouns, change –o to –a ending. For plurals add –s or –es !

interesante interesting aburrido boring divertido fun gracioso funny difícil hard fácil easy grande big

guapo good looking gordo fat delgado slim feo ugly tranquilo quiet pequeño small

bonito pretty viejo old joven young cómodo comfortable moderno modern fenomenal great

importante important útil useful guay cool caro expensive barato cheap serio serious hablador

porque because

aunque although

Connectives - making your sentences longer.

y – and o – or pero – but sin embargo – however además – furthermore por lo tanto – therefore también - also

muy very un poco a little bastante quite a veces sometimes nunca never siempre always normalmente normally a menudo often

en – in, at, by de - of, about a - to con – with sin - without

Singular Plural

mi my mis my

tu your tus your

su his/her sus his/her

Making comparisons.

más + adjective + que = more … than /// menos + adjective + que = less … than.

Odd ones: mejor que = better than peor que = worse than

Key vocabulary past tense

fui - I went / was fue - It/he/she went / was fuimos – we went/were

jugué – I played jugó – he/she played jugamos – we played

vi – I saw / watched vio – he/she saw vimos – we saw

leí – I read leyó – he/she read leímos – we read

Regular – er verbs: comí - I ate comió – he/she ate comimos – we ate

bebí - I drank bebió – he/she drank bebimos – we drank

Regular – ir verbs: escribí – I wrote escribío – he/she wrote escribimos – we wrote

Regular – ar verbs: nadé – I swam nadó – he/she swam nadamos –we swam

visité – I visited visitó – he/she visited visitamos – we visited

compré – I bought compró – he/she bought compramos – we bought

Easy future tense-Just add an infinitive

Voy a .. I’m going to …

Vas a .. You are going to ..

Va a .. He / she is going to …

Vamos a.. We are going to …

Van a … They are going to …

¡Lo pasé mal! I had a bad time ¡Lo pasé guay! I had a great time

¿Cuándo? When? ¿Dónde? Where? ¿Cómo? How? ¿Qué? What?

¿Por qué? Why? ¿Quién? Who? ¿Cuál? Which?

Getting the higher levelsInclude a range of verbs and vocabulary. Add opinions – check the adjectives agree with gender and pluralCheck the adjectives are after the nounInclude qualifiers such as muy, bastante when using adjectivesJustify your opinions – explain why (porque….)Use connectives to extend your sentencesMake at least one comparison Use different tenses: past, present and futureCheck spelling – accents are importantDon’t just talk about yourself – he/she/we/they also

The infinitiveis the version ofthe verb you find in the dictionary

Adjective goes after the noun

estoy I am

estás you are

está he/she/it is

estamos we are

están they are

Temporary or position