Preparing orals (Key structures)
Beb I drank
Time phrases
Normalmente normally
Generalmente generally
El fin de semana on the weekend
Durante la semana during the week
Durante el da in the day
Por la maana in the morning
Por la tarde in the evening
Siempre always
Esta tarde this evening
Esta maana this morning
Hoy today
Maana tomorrow
En 2 das in two days
El ao prximo / que viene next year
Hace una semana A week ago
Ayer yesterday
Anteayer the day before yesterday
Anoche last night
El ao pasado last year
La semana pasada last week
Verbs (Present tense)
Voy I go
Salgo I go out
Hago I do
Juego al ftbol I play football
Tengo I have
Tiene he/she/it has
Soy I am (description)
Es he/she/it is (description)
Estoy I am (state/temporary)
Est It is (position)
Hay there is / are
Practico I practise
Toco I play (instrument)
Paso I spend
Compro I buy
Veo I watch
Trabajo I work
Escucho I listen to
Como I eat
Bebo I drink
Escribo I write
Prefiero I prefer
Llego a las.. I arrive at ..
Salgo a las.. I leave at...
Me gusta Espaa I like Spain
Present tense with infinitives
Puedo comprar I can buy
Se puede ir one can go
Prefiero ir I prefer going
Me gusta salir I like to go out
Me interesa ir Im interested in going
Me encanta ver I love seeing
Suelo ir I usually go
Perfect past
He trabajado I have worked
He ido I have been
He estudiado I have studied
Verbs (Past tense)
Fui I went
Hizo sol it was sunny
Fue estupendo it was great
Fue un desastre it was a disaster
Compr I bought
Pas 2 semanas I spent 2 weeks
Jugu I played (sport)
Escuch I listened to
Tom el sol I sunbathed
Nad I swam
Com I ate Lo compr I bought it
La v I watched it (film)
V I saw Las conoc I met them (girls)
Le I read Quiero verla I want to see it (film)
Verbs (Imperfect past) Opinions
Estudiaba I used to study Fue excelente it was excellent
Trabajaba I used to work Ser estupendo it will be great
Jugaba I used to play Es terrible it is terrible
Tocaba I used to play (instrument)
Me divert mucho I had lots of fun
Viva I used to live Lo pas bomba I had a ball
Tena I used to have Lo pasar bien I will have a good time
Sala con I used to go out with
Haca fro It was cold Aburrido boring
Era I used to be / was Difcil difficult
Era he/ she/ it was (description in past) Fcil easy
Iba I used to go Largo long
Fatal dreadful
Haba there was / were Interesante interesting
Estaba I was
Llevaba he/she was wearing Qualifying opinions
Verbs (future & Conditional) Me encanta el espaol porque es fcil I
love Spanish because it is easy
Quiero ir I want to go Me gust Mlaga porque haca sol I liked
Quiero ser I want to be Malaga because it was sunny
Voy a ir I am going to go
Voy a ser I am going to be Intensifiers
Vamos a jugar we are going to play
Muy very
Ir I will go Bastante quite
Comer I will eat Grandsimo Huge
Beber I will drink Tanto so much
Ser I will be Tan so
Costar it will cost Exremadamente - extremely
Habr there will be
Me gustara ser I would like to be Comparisons & Superlatives
Me interesara ir I would be interested in
going En Espaa hace ms calor que en
Inglaterra it is hotter in Spain than in
England
Reflexive verbs
Manchester es ms grande que Sevilla
Manchester is bigger than Seville
Me lavo I have a wash Nadar es mejor que jugar al ftbol
Me lave I had a wash
Swimming is better than playing footy
Me levanto I get up Tan..como as . As
Me acuesto I go to bed
Me quedo I stay
Lo mejor the best thing
Me qued / me aloj I stayed Lo peor the worst thing
Lo que ms me gusta es what I like most
Link words is
Tengo el dormitorio ms pequeo I have
Y and the smallest bedroom
Tambin also
Adems also Asking a question to the examiner
Adems de as well as
Pero but Te gusta el clima en Espaa? do you
Sin embargo however like the climate in Spain?
Mientras que whilst / whereas Te gustara..? Would you like to..?
Que that/who Te interesa..? Does..interest you?
Despu de after
Antes de before
Using idiomatic phrases
Dado que given that
Aunque although
Acabo de ir I have just been
Tengo un hermano que se llama Mark I Acabo de ver I have just seen
have a brother who is called Mark Estudio espaol desde hace 3 aos I
have studied Spanish for 3 years.
Sigo estudiando I keep studying
Negatives Me llevo bien con I get on well with
No voy I dont go Little words
No fui I didnt go
Nunca salgo I never go out
A to De from Con with
Nadie quiere no one wants
Sin without Desde since
No soy nini - I am not or .
Del / de la from the Por by
No tengo ningn animal I dont have any
Cerca de near to Sobre on
pets
En in A las at (time)
No me gusta nada I dont like at all
Durante during Para for
All there Aqu here
Pronouns Este/a this En casa at home
Me compr I bought myself
A mi padre le compr.. I bought my dad ..