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Spanish from zero to A1

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European Spanish from zero to A1, taught in English: letters and sounds, introductions and ser, family and time with tener, the present tense and daily routine, home and town with hay/está, food and likes with gustar, shopping, estar + gerund and your first story about the past (the preterite), dates, weather and real-life scenes — café, hotel, travel.

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Módulo 0. Letters and sounds

Lesson 1. The alphabet and the five pure vowels

10 exercises · I can name any letter of the Spanish alphabet in Spanish, spell a word aloud letter by letter, and pronounce the five Spanish vowels clearly and the same way, stressed or unstressed.

Lesson 2. Consonants that don't sound the way they look

10 exercises · I can read aloud an unfamiliar Spanish word with c, z, g, j, h, ll, ñ, qu, or gu without reading these letters the English way.

Lesson 3. Stress, the accent mark, and ¿ ¡

11 exercises · I can find the stressed syllable of an unfamiliar Spanish word by the rule and the accent mark, read the word aloud, and remember the upside-down ¿ and ¡ at the start of a question or exclamation.

Módulo 1. Meeting people

Lesson 1. The verb ser: building your first conversation

15 exercises · I can say hello and goodbye in Spanish at any time of day, introduce myself, and use any form of ser to say who is who.

Lesson 2. Where you're from: countries and nationalities

15 exercises · I can ask anyone where they're from and say where I'm from, naming both the country and the nationality in the right form for a man or a woman.

Lesson 3. Professions and forms of address: tú and usted

16 exercises · I can name a man's or a woman's profession without a mistake in the ending, and choose the right way to address anyone — tú or usted.

Lesson 4. Numbers up to twenty and question words

17 exercises · I can say and write out any number from zero to twenty, read out my phone number digit by digit, and ask the four key questions for getting to know someone.

Lesson 5. Module 1 review

15 exercises · I can say hello and introduce myself, say where I'm from and what I do, choose tú or usted, and name any number up to twenty.

Módulo 2. Family and time

Lesson 1. Family and the verb tener

14 exercises · I can name all my relatives in Spanish, say who is in my family, and ask how old someone is.

Lesson 2. One and many: the plural and the articles el/la/los/las

14 exercises · I can make the plural of any Spanish noun and put the right article in front of it — el, la, los, or las.

Lesson 3. Whose: mi, tu, su, and their plurals

12 exercises · I can say whose person or thing it is — mi, tu, su, nuestro, vuestro — and make the possessive agree with what I name, not with the owner.

Lesson 4. This, that, that over there: este / ese / aquel and aquí / ahí / allí

13 exercises · I can point to any thing or person — near me, not far, or far away — and name the place with aquí, ahí, or allí.

Lesson 5. What time is it: la hora and numbers 21–5000

15 exercises · I can ask and tell the time, say what time something starts, and read any number from 21 to 5000.

Lesson 6. Module 2 review

15 exercises · I can talk about family and age, put words in the plural, say whose something is, point to things near and far, and tell the time.

Módulo 3. My day

Lesson 1. Present tense: -ar verbs and days of the week

14 exercises · I can talk about my usual week: conjugate -ar verbs and say the days of the week without a preposition (los lunes — on Mondays).

Lesson 2. Present tense: -er and -ir verbs. Breakfast

13 exercises · I can conjugate -er and -ir verbs and say what I eat and drink for breakfast.

Lesson 3. Reflexive verbs: my daily routine

15 exercises · I can say what I do in the morning and in the evening — get up, take a shower, go to bed — putting the pronouns me, te, se, nos, os before the verb.

Lesson 4. Stem-changing verbs: e→ie and o→ue

13 exercises · I can talk about my day with verbs whose stem changes under stress — empiezo, vuelvo, duermo, me despierto — and keep the stem unchanged in the nosotros and vosotros forms.

Lesson 5. ir, salir, hacer, and the daily schedule

15 exercises · I can say where I'm going and what time I leave, arrive, and come back: voy, salgo, hago, conozco plus the prepositions of time a las…, de … a …, desde … hasta…

Lesson 6. Module review

14 exercises · I can put together everything about my day: the three groups of endings, reflexive verbs, stem changes, ir/salir/hacer, and prepositions of time.

Módulo 4. Home and town

Lesson 1. Home and the articles un, una, unos, unas. Floors

16 exercises · I can name the rooms and furniture in my apartment, choose between el/la and un/una, and say what floor I live on.

Lesson 2. Hay or está: what there is and where it is

14 exercises · I can say what there is in a room and where exactly each thing is: en el salón hay un sofá — el sofá está delante de la ventana; and where I am myself — the verb estar in all persons.

Lesson 3. My neighborhood: what's nearby and what's over there

14 exercises · I can say what there is in my neighborhood and where things are, and point to the right place: esta calle, ese parque, aquella plaza.

Lesson 4. How to get there: gira / gire

15 exercises · I can give directions with tú and with usted — gira a la derecha, siga todo recto — and make a polite request with ¿Puede…?

Lesson 5. Module review

16 exercises · I can describe my home and neighborhood — where things are, what floor I live on, what's nearby — and give directions.

Módulo 5. Food, likes, and shopping

Lesson 1. At the restaurant: the menu and ordering

15 exercises · I can read a menu and order in a Spanish restaurant: name the first course, the main course, and dessert, and ask for the check.

Lesson 2. What I like: gustar and free time

18 exercises · I can say what I and others like and don't like — me gusta el cine, no nos gustan las fiestas — agree with a mí también and a mí tampoco, and invite a friend to the movies, agreeing on a time.

Lesson 3. Clothes and colors: the adjective agrees

14 exercises · I can say what someone is wearing and what color it is — una camisa blanca, los pantalones negros — making the adjective agree with the noun.

Lesson 4. Shopping: lo, la, los, las

17 exercises · I can ask the price and avoid naming a thing twice: — ¿Compras el jersey? — Sí, lo compro.

Lesson 5. Module review

14 exercises · I can review the whole module: ordering food, saying what I like, naming the colors of clothes, and asking the price.

Módulo 6. Now — and the past for the first time

Lesson 1. Now, this very minute: estar + gerundio

14 exercises · I can say what someone is doing right now — estoy hablando, están comiendo — and tell it apart from a habit in the present tense.

Lesson 2. What's he like? Appearance and personality

14 exercises · I can describe a person: what they're like in general (es alto, es simpática) and how they are today (está cansado, está contenta).

Lesson 3. Pretérito indefinido (the preterite): regular verbs

13 exercises · I can talk about completed events in the past — ayer trabajé, la semana pasada comimos — and recognize past-tense time expressions.

Lesson 4. Pretérito indefinido (the preterite): ir, ser, estar

14 exercises · I can say where I went and where I was — fui al cine, estuve en casa — and not confuse fui from ir with fui from ser.

Lesson 5. Module review

15 exercises · I can review everything in the module: what's happening now, what people are like, and what happened in the past.

Módulo 7. A1 extras: dates, digital life, weather

Lesson 1. Dates and birthdays

14 exercises · I can say the date and the month, ask what the date is today and when someone's birthday is, and wish someone a happy birthday: el quince de abril, ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?, ¡Feliz cumpleaños!

Lesson 2. Digital life and paying

13 exercises · I can spell out my email address, ask for the Wi-Fi password, find out how much it is, pay in cash or by card, and, if I don't understand, ask someone to repeat more slowly.

Lesson 3. Weather and seasons

12 exercises · I can say what the weather is like today and name the season: Hace sol, llueve, está nublado, en invierno hace mucho frío.

Módulo 8. A1 practice

Lesson 1. In cafés and restaurants

16 exercises · I can get a table in a Spanish café, ask for the menu, order a first course, a main course, a drink, and dessert, and at the end ask for the check and understand that the tip isn't included.

Lesson 2. At the hotel: reservation and check-in

14 exercises · I can book a room by phone, check in at the front desk of a Spanish hotel, give the room type and the number of nights, get the key, and ask what time breakfast is and where the elevator is.

Lesson 3. Directions and transportation

14 exercises · I can stop a passerby and ask for directions, understand an answer that gives directions, find the stop, and buy a round-trip ticket for the right train at the station.