GCSE Spanish

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en mi opinin a mi juicio creo que pienso que me parece que yo dira que personalmente prefiero OPINIONS in my opinion in my opinion I think that I think that It seems to me that I would say that personally I prefer
LIKES me gusta(n) me gusta(n) mucho me encanta(n) me chifla(n) I like it (them) I really like it (them) I love it (them) I love it (them) no me gusta(n) no me gusta(n) nada no aguanto no soporto odio detesto

porque es porque son

GIVING REASONS because it is because they are because it was because they were because it will be because they will be

porque era porque eran porque ser porque sern -

DISLIKES I like it (them) I dont like it (them) at all I cant stand I cant stand I hate I hate

CONNECTIVES to join two short sentences together y and pero but tambin also / as well / too porque because que which / that / who cuando when donde where QUANTIFIERS / INTENSIFIERS un poco a little bastante quite muy very demasiado too mucho(s) + noun lots of + noun

CONNECTIVES to link sentences within a paragraph luego next / then ms tarde later despus afterwards entonces then / therefore por eso therefore por esta razn for this reason sin embargo however donde where ADJECTIVES TO IMPRESS guay boss / cool genial brilliant impresionante impressive fenomenal great increble unbelievable

rpidamente lentamente fcilmente con cuidado

ADVERBS quickly slowly easily carefully

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY & TIME generalmente generally normalmente normally

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY & TIME a menudo often siempre always nunca never a veces sometimes de vez en cuando from time to time una vez once dos veces por semanatwice a week todos los das every day

COMPARISONS es ms + adjective + que = is ............er than Torres es ms rpido que Gerrard Beyonce es ms guapa que Shakira Torres is faster than Gerrard Beyonce is prettier than Shakira

es tan + adjective + como = is as + adjective as Torres es tan rpido como Gerrard Beyonce es tan guapa como Shakira Torres is as fast as Gerrard Beyonce is as pretty as Shakira

Torres es el ms rpido Beyonce es la ms guapa

SUPERLATIVES Torres is the fastest Beyonce is the prettiest

de mi familia - in my family de la clase - in the class del instituto in the school del mundo in the world

you can also add simo(a) to the end of most adjectives: grande + simo(a) grandsimo pequeo(a) + simo(a) pequesimo(a) interesante + simo(a) interesantsimo(a)

= = =

very big very small very interesting

EXCLAMATIONS Qu! + adj OR / Qu! + noun = How + adj! OR What a + noun! Qu bueno(a)! How good! Qu feo(a)! Qu interesante! How interesting! Qu aburrido(a)! Qu vergenza! How embarrassing! Qu guay! Qu ridculo! How ridiculous! Qu lstima! HIGHER LEVEL STRUCTURES before + -ing before going out after + -ing after eating after having + past participle after having played football on + -ing on leaving the room To have just + past participle I have just finished my homework To do something again I made the bed again

How ugly! How boring! How cool! What a pity!

antes de + INFINITIVE e.g. antes de salir despus de + INFINITIVE e.g. despus de comer

despus de haber + past participle e.g. despus de haber jugado al ftbol al + INFINITIVE e.g. al salir del cuarto acabar de + INFINITIVE e.g. acabo de terminar los deberes volver a + INFINITIVE e.g. volv a hacer la cama deber/querer/poder + INFINITIVE e.g. debo hacer los deberes e.g. quiero escuchar msica e.g. puedo ir al cine lo + adjective + es que e.g. lo interesante es que e.g. lo bueno es que e.g. lo ms + adjective + es que e.g. lo ms interesante es que e.g. lo ms importante es que

to must / to want to / to be able to do something I must do my homework I want to listen to music I can go to the cinema the + adjective + thing is that the interesting thing is that the good thing is that the most + adjective + thing is that the most interesting thing is that the most important thing is that

EXPRESSIONS WITH TENER

Tener calor Tener sed Tener celos Tener xito Tener razn To be hot To be thirsty To be jealous To be successful To be right Tener fro Tener suerte Tener hambre Tener miedo de To be cold To be lucky To be hungry To be frightened of

Tener ganas de + INFINITIVE e.g. Tengo ganas de ir al bolero Tener que + INFINITIVE e.g. Tengo que sacar la basura

To feel like doing something I feel like going to the bowling alley To have to do something I have to take out the rubbish To have to do with..... It has to do with public transport

Tener que ver con.... e.g. tiene que ver con el transporte pblico -

PRESENT TENSE INDICATORS Ahora - Now Ahora mismo - Right now Hoy - Today Esta maana - This morning Esta tarde - This afternoon / - This evening Esta noche - Tonight

PAST TENSE INDICATORS Ayer -yesterday Anteayer - the day before yesterday Hace dos dasTwo days ago Hace dos aos-Two years ago El ao pasado last year La semana pasada last week

FUTURE TENSE INDICATORS Maana -Tomorrow Maana por la maana - tomorrow morning Maana por la tarde - tomorrow afternoon - tomorrow evening Maana por la noche - tomorrow night

COMMON VERBS INFINTIVE

Ir - To go Hacer - To do/make Estar - To be Ser - To be Tener - To have Comer - To eat Cenar -To dine Tomar - To have Escuchar-To listen to Jugar al- To play Hablar -To speak Comprar-To buy Cantar - To sing Trabajar-To work Llegar - To arrive Bailar - To dance Cocinar- To cook Leer - To read Ver - To see/watch Poner - To put Escribir -To write Vivir - To live Salir - To go out

PRESENT
Voy - I go /am going Hago - I do/ make Estoy - I am Soy - I am Tengo - I have Como - I eat Ceno - I dine Tomo - I have Escucho-I listen to Juego al- I play Hablo - I speak Compro- I buy Canto - I sing Trabajo - I work Llego - I arrive Bailo - I dance Cocino - I cook Leo - I read Veo - I see/watch Pongo - I put Escribo - I write Vivo - I live Salgo - I go out

PAST
Fui - I went Hice - I did / made Estuve - I was Fui - I was Tuve - I had Com - I ate Cen - I dined Tom - I had Escuch-I listened to Jugu al-I played Habl - I spoke Compr -I bought Cant - I sang Trabaj - I worked Llegu - I arrived Bail - I danced Cocin - I cooked Le - I read V - I saw/watched Puse - I put Escrib - I wrote Viv - I lived Sal - I went out

FUTURE
Ir - I will go Har - I will do/make Estar - I will be Ser - I will be Tendr - I will have Comer- I will eat Cenar - I will dine Tomar - I will have Escuchar-I will listen to Jugar al-I will play Hablar - I will speak Comprar-I will buy Cantar -I will sing Trabajar-I will work Llegar - I will arrive Bailar - I will dance Cocinar-I will cook Leer - I will read Ver - I will see/watch Pondr - I will put Escribir-I will write Vivir - I will live Saldr - I will go out

NEGATIVES To make a negative sentence in Spanish, simply put no in front of the verb e.g. voy a Espaa I go no voy a Espaa I do not go/I am not going to Spain tengo un perro I have a dog no tengo un perro I do not have a dog no................nadie no...............nunca OTHER NEGATIVES nobody............ no..............nada never............... ni...............ni....... nothing........... not........or......