El texto: A bordo
Following is the content of the chapters we cover in the course.
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| Número del capítulo | Práctica del vocabulario: | Práctica e información en cuanto a la estructura: |
| Repaso A | Friends, courses in school | present tense: -ar verbs, ir
(to go), dar (to give), estar (to be/characteristics) |
| Repaso B | Activities after school | present tense: -er/-ir verbs articles & nouns; adjective agreement |
| Repaso C | Sports, travel | present tense: stem-changing verbs, "-go" verbs |
| Repaso D | Summer and winter activities |
preterite tense: regular verbs |
| Repaso E | Vacations and cultural activities | preterite tense: irregular verbs verbs like "gustar"; reflexive verbs; see photocopy of Bienvenidos ch. 16, reflexive verbs |
| Repaso F |
Camping; see photocopy of Bienvenidos ch. 16 |
present tense: stem-changing verbs from e>i |
| 1 | Telephones and calling | imperfect tense: regular verbs, ir & ser; uses of the imperfect |
| 2 | Markets and supermarkets | when to use imperfect vs. preterite; two past actions in the same sentence; verbs like wanted/believed |
| 3 | Palabras 1: Mail
and correspondence Palabras 2: The post office |
future tense: regular verbs comparative and superlative (the most of something), regular |
| 4 | Accidents and hospitals | future
tense: irregular verbs comparative and superlative, irregular forms |
| 5 | Cars and the gas station | conditional
tense: regular verbs, irregular verbs double object pronouns (not both in 3d person) |
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6 |
present
perfect tense |
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| 7 | Planes and airports | progressive tenses; comparisons of equality with adjectives & adverbs; comparisons of equality with nouns |
| 8 | Hairdressing & hairstyles | location of object pronouns; acabar de + infinitive |
| 9 | Cooking and the kitchen | formal commands: regular and irregular passive voice using "se" |
| 10 |
Driving, directions, roads |
informal commands: regular and irregular, negative |
| 11 | Manners, customs and courtesy | present subjunctive: description, forming the subjunctive, some uses of the subjunctive, impersonal expressions |
| 12 | Family celebrations | present subjunctive: stem changing verbs, verbs like pedir/aconsejar; doubt, emotion |
| 13 | Nature and the environment | when to use present subjunctive vs. infinitive; review of verbs irregular in the preterite |
| 14 | Money and banking | imperfect
subjunctive; uses of imperfect subjunctive; "if" clauses |
| 15 | Friends, romantic relationships and marriage |
subjunctive in adverbial clauses; subjunctive with "even though" |
| 16 | Careers and jobs | subjunctive with relative clauses;
subjunctive with ojalá (hopefully) and tal vez/quizá(s) (perhaps) |
| Other contexts/otros contextos: numbers, colors, weather, parts of body, "tener/estar" emotions, subject pronouns, verbs, months & seasons, |
General structure practice/práctica general de la
estructura: |