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Spanish classroom activities | Teach reflexive verbs with a daily routine

Spanish Grammar Series

Spanish classroom activities that focus on reflexive verbs become simple and memorable when you use a short, realistic daily routine. Below you will find a compact Spanish routine followed by clear, practical English explanations and classroom-ready activity ideas to help learners practise present-tense reflexives. A short daily routine in Spanish Hola, ¿cómo estás? Yo bien. […]

The Subjunctive in Adjective and Adverbial Clauses

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(El Subjuntivo en Cláusulas Adjetivales y Adverbiales) The subjunctive mood is used in Spanish to express doubt, uncertainty, desire, emotion, purpose, or nonexistence — situations that are not yet real or guaranteed. In this guide, we’ll look at two common contexts where the subjunctive appears:Adjective Clauses and Adverbial Clauses 1) Review: What Is a Clause?

The Preterite Tense (El Pretérito Indefinido)

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The preterite narrates completed actions in the past—events with a clear beginning and end, a finished sequence, or a specific number of times. 1) Core Uses (When to choose the preterite) Contrast with imperfect (ongoing/background/habitual).Era de noche y llovía (background) cuando apagué la luz (completed action). 2) Regular Conjugations & Accent Pattern Accent rule: Regular

The Present Subjunctive (El Presente del Subjuntivo)

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The subjunctive mood is used to express wishes, emotions, doubts, uncertainty, recommendations, or hypothetical situations — anything not yet real or confirmed. Unlike the indicative (used for facts), the subjunctive expresses what someone wants, hopes, or feels should happen. 1) The Subjunctive Mood vs. the Indicative Mood Mood Used For Example Indicative Facts, certainty, what

The Perfect Tenses in Spanish

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(Los Tiempos Perfectos del Español) The perfect tenses are used to talk about completed actions — things that have happened, had happened, will have happened, or would have happened. They all use a form of the auxiliary verb haber + a past participle. Formula for all perfect tenses: haber + past participle 1) Review: The

The Imperfect Subjunctive (El Imperfecto del Subjuntivo)

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(Also called “El Pretérito Imperfecto del Subjuntivo”) The imperfect subjunctive is used to talk about hypothetical, uncertain, or emotional actions in the past — or to express “if” situations that are not real. It’s the past form of the subjunctive mood, used when the main clause is in the past or the situation is contrary

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