I love to travel and talking about trips is one of the best ways to practise Spanish verbs. Travel stories naturally mix completed actions, repeated visits, background information, and ongoing states—perfect for learning the difference between the preterit and the imperfect. Below you’ll find clear explanations, useful example sentences in Spanish and English, a short […]
Planning your year in Spanish is a great way to practise the future tense and make the language feel useful and personal. Below you will find clear explanations of the two main ways to express future actions, common irregular verbs, plenty of example sentences (based on typical yearly plans), and practice tasks so you can
Teaching prepositions in a foreign language can feel like the final frontier for many learners. These small words carry big meaning and often reveal whether someone learned a language instinctively or studied it. When students struggle with phrases like “get married to” versus “get married with” or with location words such as “next to” and
Using travel as a springboard transforms routine exercises into high interest, high impact language teaching activities. Whether you teach beginners or intermediate learners, travel themes give students authentic contexts for using past, present and future tenses, practising vocabulary for food, transport and daily life, and engaging with real cultural material. Why travel works as a
Describing your home is a practical, everyday use of present tense verbs in Spanish. Below you will find clear examples, useful vocabulary, and focused grammar notes — all centred on talking about a house using the present tense and common irregular verbs like tener, ser, and estar. At the end there are targeted practice tasks
Hopes, wishes and desires are some of the most natural reasons to use the Spanish subjunctive. When you want something to happen but it is not certain, Spanish speakers often use verbs like esperar, desear, querer or expressions like ojalá followed by the subjunctive. Why the subjunctive for hopes and wishes? The subjunctive signals uncertainty,