In English “to like” is a regular verb that takes a direct object: I like running, do you like go to the gym?… To say what you like and don’t like in Spanish you have to use the verb gustar, which literally means “to be pleasing”. It can sound a bit odd, but in the … Read more
We have organized the grammatical requirements for GCSE Spanish into 40 grammar lessons (click on the links to see the grammar syllabus). You will need to acquire extensive knowledge and understanding of Spanish grammar, gradually over the duration of the year, since this requires not only theory but a lot of practice. In the exam, … Read more
The imperfect tense is used, in Spanish, to describe things in the past. It helps you to say what “was happening” and what “you used to do“. Let see how it works and how to form it, first with the video below. THE IMPERFECT TENSE IN SPANISH I was going/I used to go: THE IMPERFECT … Read more
In today’s lesson, we are going to learn some negative words such as nadie, nada, ninguno…, but, more important we will see that, unlike English, Spanish uses double negative. In the video below you will learn everything you need about negation in Spanish.
Do you know what reflexive verbs are? Sometimes you will have to talk about things you do to yourself – Like “washing yourself” or “getting yourself up” in the morning. It sounds weird in English but in Spanish, we do it all the time and this is what we call a reflexive verb. Watch the … Read more
In this lesson, we are going to learn about nouns in Spanish. Nouns are like the building blocks of a language, so it is really important to know how to use them. Especially, because every Spanish noun is masculine or feminine, it doesn’t matter if it is referred to people or objects. In the video … Read more
In this lesson, we are going to speak about adjectives in Spanish. More specifically, descriptive adjectives (adjetivos calificativos), words that we use to describe things, people, places… There is a big difference in how adjectives work in Spanish and in English that you need to learn. Let’s start with a video. There are two fundamental … Read more