The Past Tenses in Spanish: learn how to use them

The Past Tenses in Spanish: learn how to use them, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.71, with 15 lectures, 2 quizzes, based on 7 reviews, and has 66 subscribers.

You will learn about The students will learn how to talk about past actions using the simple past. They will learn how to describe past periods in their lives by using the past imperfect. They will be able to distinguish when to use both tenses in the same sentence. They will know how these tenses are used in the different Spanish speaking countries. This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is addressed to students that need clarification and help to learn how to use the past tenses correctly and with confidence when speaking and writing. It is particularly useful for This course is addressed to students that need clarification and help to learn how to use the past tenses correctly and with confidence when speaking and writing.

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Title: The Past Tenses in Spanish: learn how to use them

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.71

Number of Lectures: 15

Number of Quizzes: 2

Number of Published Lectures: 15

Number of Published Quizzes: 2

Number of Curriculum Items: 17

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 17

Original Price: $24.99

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What You Will Learn

The students will learn how to talk about past actions using the simple past.
They will learn how to describe past periods in their lives by using the past imperfect.
They will be able to distinguish when to use both tenses in the same sentence.
They will know how these tenses are used in the different Spanish speaking countries.

Who Should Attend

This course is addressed to students that need clarification and help to learn how to use the past tenses correctly and with confidence when speaking and writing.

Target Audiences

This course is addressed to students that need clarification and help to learn how to use the past tenses correctly and with confidence when speaking and writing.

This is my course The Past Tenses in Spanish.

The past tenses that are covered in this course are three of the most used ones in Spanish: the Pretérito Perfecto (similar to the Present Perfect) the Pretérito Indefinido and the Pretérito Imperfecto. These two tenses are Simple Pasts, and for them there are no exact equivalents in English or many of other languages, since in many languages only one simple past exists.

If you enroll in this course you will learn how each of these past tenses have to be used and you will be able to use them with no mistakes and with confidence when you speak to Spanish speakers. It is important to know when to use each of these tenses when you want to share your life experiences with other people, the things you liked or used to do when you were younger or in your childhood or if you want to tell stories or describe past events. This is what these tenses are for.

The course includes video lessons, audio samples and tests that will help you understand clearly in which cases you have to use each tense. You will also get used to the conjugation and the sound of each of them in the speech.

Enjoy!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: El Pretérito Perfecto: the Present Perfect in Spanish. When to use it.

Lecture 1: El Pretérito Perfecto: The Present Perfect in Spanish – part 1

Lecture 2: El Pretérito Perfecto: the Present Perfect in Spanish – part 2

Lecture 3: El Pretérito Perfecto: The Present Perfect in Spanish – Spain and Latin America

Lecture 4: Audio example: ¿Qué has hecho hoy? What did you do today?

Chapter 2: El Pretérito Indefinido: one of the Simple Pasts

Lecture 1: El Pretérito Indefinido: the simple past for the 'one time' actions

Lecture 2: Audio example: ¿Qué hiciste ayer? What did you do yesterday?

Chapter 3: El Pretérito Imperfecto: the other Simple Past.

Lecture 1: El Pretérito Imperfecto: the simple past for habits and descriptions in the past

Lecture 2: An equivalent to the Imperfecto: the past continuous (Gerundio)

Lecture 3: Habits in the past: Cuando eras pequeño/a. How was it when you were a kid?

Chapter 4: Contrast between Pretérito Indefinido and Imperfecto

Lecture 1: Indefinido e Imperfecto: How to tell stories

Lecture 2: Indefinido e Imperfecto: one time actions and their circumstances

Lecture 3: Present and Past: How to talk about the past and the present

Chapter 5: Revision of the Conjugation: The Pretérito Perfecto

Lecture 1: The form of the Pretérito Perfecto

Chapter 6: Practice verbs and listening

Lecture 1: El año pasado me mudé a Japón: Last year I moved to Japan.

Lecture 2: Biografía de Federico García Lorca: One of the most famous Spanish writers.

Instructors

Margarita Cuadros
Spanish Teacher

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