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Understand where you are and what to focus on at each level.
A1BeginnerSurvive basic interactions: greetings, ordering food, asking where things are, expressing simple needs.
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Survive basic interactions: greetings, ordering food, asking where things are, expressing simple needs.
What you can do at A1
- -Introduce yourself and say where you're from
- -Order food and drinks at a restaurant
- -Ask for directions and understand simple answers
- -Express basic needs: I need, I want, I'm looking for
- -Ask and answer simple yes/no questions
- -Tell the time and talk about prices
Key grammar
- -Present tense of ser, estar, tener, ir, querer
- -Hay (there is/there are) — never changes form
- -Gender and articles: el/la, un/una
- -Basic question words: dónde, cuánto, qué, cómo
Tenses used:Present
A2ElementaryHandle everyday situations: shopping, travel, describing your routine, talking about the past and future.
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Handle everyday situations: shopping, travel, describing your routine, talking about the past and future.
What you can do at A2
- -Describe your daily routine and habits
- -Talk about likes/dislikes using gustar
- -Shop for things, ask about sizes and colors
- -Check into a hotel and handle basic travel
- -Talk about what happened using the preterite
- -Talk about plans using ir a + infinitive
- -Express ability with poder and saber
- -Describe feelings and states
Key grammar
- -Preterite tense for completed past actions
- -Ir a + infinitive for near future plans
- -Gustar construction — the thing liked is the subject, 'le' is required: 'a él le gusta'
- -Indirect object pronouns: me, te, le, nos, os, les (used with gustar, encantar, interesar, doler, etc.)
- -Reflexive verbs: me despierto, me ducho, me acuesto
- -Poder (can) and saber (know how to) + infinitive
- -Tener que + infinitive for obligations
- -Weather with hacer: hace frío, hace calor, hace sol
- -Stem-changing verbs: querer → quiero, poder → puedo
Tenses used:PresentPreterite
B1IntermediateExpress opinions, give advice, tell stories about the past, and handle most travel situations independently.
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Express opinions, give advice, tell stories about the past, and handle most travel situations independently.
What you can do at B1
- -Describe past habits and ongoing situations (imperfect)
- -Give opinions and agree/disagree
- -Make suggestions and give advice
- -Express obligation and necessity
- -Make comparisons
- -Explain reasons and causes
- -Make polite requests using the conditional
- -Use basic subjunctive with wishes and emotions
Key grammar
- -Imperfect tense for descriptions and habits
- -Preterite vs imperfect — when to use each
- -Conditional for polite requests and hypotheticals
- -Present perfect: he comido, ha salido
- -Introduction to present subjunctive
- -Comparatives: más que, menos que, tan como
- -Connectors: porque, por eso, ya que, aunque
Tenses used:PresentPreteriteImperfectConditionalSubjunctive Present
B2Upper IntermediateDebate, tell complex stories, express nuanced emotions, and use formal/professional Spanish.
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Debate, tell complex stories, express nuanced emotions, and use formal/professional Spanish.
What you can do at B2
- -Construct if/would hypothetical sentences
- -Tell detailed stories with proper connectors
- -Express wishes, regrets, and complex emotions
- -Report what others said (reported speech)
- -Debate and argue a point of view
- -Use formal register for professional contexts
- -Explain complex ideas with multiple clauses
Key grammar
- -Si clauses: si + imperfect subjunctive + conditional
- -Pluperfect: había + past participle
- -Impersonal se: aquí se habla español
- -Advanced subjunctive triggers
- -Reported speech with tense backshift
- -Formal usted forms
- -Discourse markers: sin embargo, no obstante, al contrario
Tenses used:PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditionalSubjunctive Present
Tense Reference
Study conjugation patterns before you practice.