Spanish Grammar Concepts
By Level
Intro to Spanish
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Articles (defininte/indefinite)
Noun & Adj. Agreement
Subject Pronouns
Present Regular Verbs (-ar, -er, -ir)
Possessive Adjectives
Interrogatives
Gustar
Telling Time (24 hour clock)
Present Irregular Verbs (ir, tener, ser, estar, decir)
Present Stem-Changing Verbs (u-ue, o-ue, e-ie, e-i)
Present Irregular Yo Verbs (hacer, conocer, saber,
dar)
Tener Expressions
Adverbs (frequency) (i.e. hunger, thirst, hot, cold,
age)
Hacer expressions (i.e, weather)
Spanish I
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Articles (defininte/indefinite)
Noun & Adj. Agreement
Subject Pronouns
Present Regular Verbs (-ar, -er, -ir)
Possessive Adjectives
Interrogatives
Gustar
Telling Time (24 hour clock)
Present Irregular Verbs (ir, tener, ser, estar,
decir)
Present Stem-Changing Verbs (u-ue, o-ue, eie, e-i)
Present Irregular Yo Verbs (hacer, conocer,
saber, dar)
Hacer Expressions
Tener Expressions
Adverbs (frequency)
Spanish II
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Present Reflexive Verbs
Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
Possessive Adj and Pronouns
Direct Object Pronouns
Indirect Object Pronouns
Double Object Pronouns
Verbs like Gustar
Tú Commands (affirmative/negative and
pronoun placement)
Ud. Commands (affirmative/negative
and pronoun placement
Preterite (regular and all irregulars)
Imperfect (regular and all irregulars)
Rules for using Preterite v. Imperfect
Tener Expressions (expanded)
Cuánto tiempo hace que
Central America
Culture
Mexico
United States
Caribe
Nice to Know
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Preterite Regular (ar, er, ir)
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Reflexive Verbs-Present Tense
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Tú commands
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DOP
Mexico
United States
Caribe
6/24/2008
Spanish III
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Preterite v. Imperfect (expanded)
Por v. Para
Present Perfect
Future
Conditional
Pluscuam-Perfect Pluscamperfecto-Past Perfect
Subjunctive Present
Progressive (Present/Past)
Nice to Know
Impersonal “se”
South America
Spanish Grammar Concepts
By Level
Spanish IV
Spanish V
Grammar Structures
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Personal “A”
Object pronouns: direct, indirect, double
Possessive pronouns and adjectives
Relative pronouns
Time expressions (cuanto tiempo hace/hacia que…etc.)
Comparatives (equal, different) nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs
Demonstrate adjectives and pronouns
Uses and differences in the following groups
Tiempo/vez/hora
Por/para
Persona, gente, pueblo
Verbs
Present indicative: regular, irregular
Stem changing verbs
Present Progressive
Gerunds and irregular gerunds
Reflexive constructions
Preterit: regular, irregular
Verbs that change meaning in the preterit
Imperfect
Preterit and imperfect usage
Verbs that require special construction (quedar, faltar, etc.)
Imperative
Subjunctive mood with wishes, requests, doubt, emotion, impersonal expressions, denial, incredulity, to express
the insistent or indefinite.
Expressions that required subjunctive
Uses and differences of the following groups of verbs:
o Tomar/coger/agarrar
o Ser, estar
o Pedir/preguntar
o Saber/concocer
o Estar de acuerdo/quedar en/ponerse de acuerdo
o Perderse/perder/faltar/echar de menos
o Darse cuenta de/realizar
o Pensar/pensar en/pensar de
o Convertirse/ponerse/hacerse
Spain
6/24/2008
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Grammar Structures
Adjective position, adjectives that change meaning
Study of the gender of nouns and special gender cases
Special usage of some prepositions
Verbs that require special prepositions
Idiomatic expressions
Idiomatic expressions with certain verbs
Uses and differences in the following groups:
o De/sobre/acerca de/a eso de/unos
o Pasado/ultimo
o Picante/caliente/cálido
o Pequeňo/un poco de/poco
o Libre/gratis
o Letrero/cartel/signo/seňal
o A mediados de/mediano/medio
o Debajo de/bajo/abajo
Verbs
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Imperative
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Past participles, regular and irregular
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Past participles used as adjectives
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Verbs with two part participles and their usage
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Perfect and Pluperfect Indicative
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Future
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Future to express probability or conjecture
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Conditional
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Conditional to express probability or conjecture
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Future Perfect
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Conditional Perfect
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Imperfect Subjunctive
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Imperfect Subjunctive with Conditional Clauses
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Present Perfect Subjunctive
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Pluperfect Subjunctive
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Special usage of the infinitive
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Verbal expressional with infinitives
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Uses and differences in the following groups of verbs:
o Fracasar/dejar de/quedar suspendida/suspender
o Conseguir/recibir
United States