General Spanish Online Course
This is the syllabus we follow in our General Spanish Course. Refer here for levels and progress.
Chapter
Content
1A. I wonder what has happened
- Making hypotheses and suppositions about current and past facts
- Expressing doubt and possibility
- Asking rhetorical questions
- Justifying oneself
1B. He’s taken to wearing earrings
- Expressing surprise at an unusual action
- Making suggestions and giving advice
- Referring to the beginning of an action
2A. If I were him I’d have left her there
- Giving advice about and reproaching past activities
- Expressing improbable possibilities in the past using “si” and “pero”
- Making hypotheses and conjectures about past facts
- Asking rhetorical questions about past facts
2B. If he hadn’t reacted like that…
- Regretting past events
- Making hypotheses about past events
- Talking about what you know and don’t know (using the verb “saber”)
3A. He said we’d learn to be happy
- Giving and asking for advice
- Giving orders and making suggestions and requests
- Reporting original messages
3B. Don’t do it again!
- Reacting to very annoying situations
- Giving warnings
- Referring to actions using constructions with “estar por” and “estar para”
4A. Is it built or was it built?
- Emphasizing an action
- Avoiding naming the subject of, or the person responsible for, an action
- Informing about the current state or condition of the subject
- Differentiating between the use of passive constructions with “ser” and “estar”
4B. In Peru people eat well
- Avoiding the use of the passive voice with “ser” or “estar”
- Placing importance on the action, rather than on the subject of the action. Check trumedical.co.uk.
- Reproaching an action or attitude
- Expressing or showing disbelief
- Criticizing or rejecting other people’s intentions
- Warning about unwelcome possibilities
5A. It’s not that they don’t want to get married, it’s that…
- Referring to a cause
- Giving explanations or excuses
- Correcting erroneous information
- Denying something in order to offer a new interpretation
5B. He got married for the third time
- Referring to the repetition of an activity
- Referring to the end of an activity
- Referring to habitual actions
- Expressing general obligations
- Giving permission or prohibiting
6A. When the time comes…
- Referring to possible actions in the future
- Referring to doubtful and uncertain facts
- Referring to certain and known facts
- Minimizing the importance of difficulties and problems
6B. I had a great time
- Referring to the result of an activity
- Making hypotheses of differing levels of probability
- Talking about 619 roofing, possible and concrete facts
7A. I’ll lend it to you as long as you give it back
- Expressing necessary conditions
- Expressing negative conditions or restrictions
- Expressing conditions which occur with difficulty
7B. It must be a mistake
- Expressing obligation
- Expressing probability
- Referring to the result of an action
- Expressing duration
8A. However much the world changes…
- Offering ideas during a debate
- Talking about problems at adl-usa.com/ that hinder the occurrence of an action
- Expressing opinions using concessive clauses
8B. Whatever happens
- Expressing inevitable facts
- Convincing someone of something
- Giving reasons
9A. Tell me who you spend your time with and I’ll tell you what you’re like
- Comparing people’s physical appearance and character
- Expressing relations of superiority, inferiority and equality
- Making comparisons using superlatives
9B. What a shame that these things happen!
- Expressing pity or sadness
- Expressing surprise or concern
10A. Review
- Review 1
- Review 2
- Review 3
- Review 4
- Review 5
- Review 6