Online Skype & Google Hangout Lessons

As important as it is to read and write and look things up on the internet, likely no one will ever say ‘¿puede escribir español?’  (can you write Spanish?) or ‘can you write English?’ (¿puede escribir inglés?)- the question will usually be – ‘puede hablar español?’ or ‘can you speak English?’. So in our premium … Read more

The Present Simple Exercise Answers (Eng)

  Answers to ‘The Present Simple Exercise’ (English)   1. I usually begin my holiday at the beach in February. 2. It is a great holiday so far. 3. I travel around New Zealand when I get time off work. 4. In the evenings we usually go to a pub for dinner. 5. Every Friday the boys take  English lessons. 6. We are very happy that the … Read more

Present Simple Tense Exercise (Eng)

THE PRESENT SIMPLE   Click here to revise our lesson on the present simple tense     Copy and paste the following exercise into your own post below then fill the gaps with the present simple form of the verb.     1.  I usually (begin) ___________ my holiday at the beach in February.   … Read more

Present Simple Tense (Eng)

The Present Simple   When to use the present simple:     1.   To to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual.   I eat cereal for breakfast every day. I usually visit my parents every weekend. She usually forgets to bring her wallet. Every day they meet at the bus stop.       1b)  Or in the negative … Read more

An introduction to the subjunctive mood

  At this stage of your learning you are probably very familiar with the word ‘tense’ when it comes to a language.  This is a grammatical term that locates a situation in time, it indicates when the situation takes place. You have many tenses in Spanish including the following: The present tense:   I am eating. … Read more

Learn your Spanish vowels

PRACTISE YOUR SPANISH VOWELS       I have recently posted a couple of oral practice threads and I have noticed that the Spanish vowels often pose quite a problem for learners. If you feel that this describes you I would suggest putting in a bit of groundwork and this site ‘Study Spanish’ has some … Read more

Sopa de Espinaca / Spinach Soup

Hi Kids It’s great to see you here!  Are you ready to learn some Spanish? This lesson is about ‘spinach soup’ – click the link below to find out if Lola likes spinach soup or not? When you’ve finished watching the video come back and see if you can answer the questions below 😉 Sopa … Read more