Free Written Grammar Lessons:


Intermediate I

This proficiency level is aligned with the guidelines from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and includes the following grammar topics and subject matter. Estimated number of one-hour, one-on-one lessons required to complete each topic are listed in the right column.

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Grammar Topics

Subject Matter

Estimated Lessons

8.

Preterit Tense Formation
(Formación del Pretérito)

Travel/Vacations
(Viaje/Vacaciones)
Occupations/Professions (Ocupaciones/profesiones)

4

9.

Preterit Tense - Regular, Irregular, and Stem-Changing Verbs
(Formación del Pretérito - Verbos Regulares, Irregulares y de Cambio de raiz)

Holidays/Celebrations (Feriados/Celebraciones)

12

10.

Expressions of the Preterit Tense (Expresiones de Tiempo del Pretérito)

Simple narratives
(Narraciones simples)
Transportation
(Transporte)

3

11.

Direct Object Pronouns
(Pronombres de Objeto Directo)

Health
(Salud)
Invitations and Announcements
(Invitaciones y Anuncios)

3

12.

Common Reflexive Verbs
(Verbos Reflexivos Comunes)

Letters and Postcards
(Cartas y Tarjetas Postales)
Aphorisms and proverbs
(Dichos y proverbios)

3

Total Estimated Lessons

25

Intermediate II

This proficiency level is aligned with the guidelines from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and includes the following grammar topics and subject matter. Estimated number of one-hour, one-on-one lessons required to complete each topic are listed in the right column.

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Grammar Topics

Subject Matter

Estimated Lessons

8.

Uses of the Verbs dar, hacer, poner, echar, etc.
(Usos de los Verbos dar, hacer, poner, echar, etc.)

Culture / Contemporary Issues {Current events, Economics, Culture, Literature, Science, Social Science, History, etc.}
(Cultura / Cuestiones contemporáneas {Actualidad,
Economía, Cultura, Literatura, Ciencia, Ciencias Sociales, Historia, etc})

5

9.

Ordinal Numbers
(Números Ordinales)

Simple poems
(Poemas Simples )

2

10.

Imperfect Tense Formation
(Formación del tiempo Imperfecto)

Simple magazine and newspaper articles
(Artículos simples de revistas y periódicos)

4

11.

Imperfect Tense - Regular and Irregular Verbs
(Formación del Imperfecto - Verbos Regulares e Irregulares)

Simple literary texts
(Textos literarios simples)

5

12.

Expressions of the Imperfect Tense
(Expresiones de Tiempo del Imperfecto)

History
(Historia)

3

13.

Difference between Preterit and Imperfect Tenses
(Diferencia entre Pretérito e Imperfecto)

Literature
(Literatura)

3

14.

Synonyms and Antonyms
(Sinónimos y Antónimos)

Simple non-fiction texts
(Textos Simples no de ficción)

3

Total Estimated Lessons

25

Intermediate III

This proficiency level is aligned with the guidelines from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and includes the following grammar topics and subject matter. Estimated number of one-hour, one-on-one lessons required to complete each topic are listed in the right column.

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Grammar Topics

Subject Matter

Estimated Lessons

8.

Indirect Object Pronouns
(Pronombres de Objeto Indirecto)

Culture / Contemporary Issues {Current events, Economics, Culture, Literature, Science, Social Science, History, etc.}
(Cultura / Cuestiones contemporáneas {Actualidad,
Economía, Cultura, Literatura, Ciencia, Ciencias Sociales, Historia, etc})

2

9.

Grammatical Future Tense Formation (Formación del Futuro Gramatical)

Future plans
(Planes para el futuro)

4

10.

Regular and Irregular Verbs in the Future.
(Verbos Regulares e Irregulares en el Futuro)

Science
(Ciencia )

5

11.

Expressions of the Future Tense (Expresiones de Tiempo del Futuro)

Common literary texts
(Textos literarios Comunes)

3

12.

Uses of the Grammatical Future Tense
(Usos del Futuro Gramatical)

Non-fiction texts
(Textos no de ficción)

2

13.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
(Adjetivos Comparativos y Superlativos)

Full-length magazine and newspaper articles
(Revistas de extensión completa y artículos de periódicos)

3

14.

Adverbs of Place, Time, Method and Quantity
(Adverbios de Lugar, Tiempo, Modo y Cantidad)

Poems
(Poemas)

3

15.

Adverb Formation with the Ending -mente, and with the Preposition "con"
(Formación de Adverbios con la Terminación – mente, y con la Preposición “con”)

Official correspondence (Correspondencia Oficial)

3

Total Estimated Lessons

25