Spanish GCSE Reading and Grammar — Constance e Imran Episode 2 (learn through a novel) Spanish GCSE Reading and Grammar — Constance e Imran Episode 2 (learn through a novel) Topic: Spanish GCSE Grammar – Definite and Indefinite Articles (the, a, some) Welcome In every blog you will always find the same format: The story...Read More

Spanish GCSE Reading and Grammar — Constance e Imran Episode 1 (learn through a novel) Spanish GCSE Reading and Grammar — Constance e Imran Episode 1 (learn through a novel) Topic: TOPIC: Spanish GCSE Grammar – Nouns, Gender (masculine and feminine), singular and plural Welcome In every blog you will always find the same format:...Read More

Welcome to the Contents GCSE page. Here you will find all the episodes of the Constance and Imran GCSE Spanish Story. This index helps you revise Grammar, Vocabulary and Exam Topics for your GCSE Spanish preparation. Every episode includes: -GCSE Spanish Grammar Explanations (present tense, past tense, irregular verbs, etc.) -Vocabulary lists (travel, family, school,...Read More

This is a very frequent verb that you will be using constantly, so pay attention because it has three different meanings. 1. Parecerse a: it is used to compare two real persons or two real things. You know them and you can say that they are similar. So, it is a real comparison. In this...Read More

This tense is called in Spanish “pretérito perfecto compuesto”. I explained all about the forms and how to use them in the two videos below, but I will clarify a few aspects that will be very useful for you to understand this and other tenses. Let’s start with the name. In grammar, when we say...Read More

If you already know all the regular and irregular forms of the Simple Present (I speak: yo hablo), it’s time to learn the Present Continuous (I am speaking: yo estoy hablando). Let’s see the regular forms. As you can see in the chart below, you need the verb “estar” followed by a form ending with...Read More

‘Hacer’ is very special, because it works as a personal and as an impersonal verb. A personal verb is what you know so far, when somebody is performing the action, as in yo camino, tú trabajas, él come. In this way, we have: Yo hago mis deberes. Tú haces tus deberes. Él hace sus deberes....Read More

 What’s the weather like? is ¿Qué tiempo hace? The word tiempo means ‘time’, but it is used differently in English and Spanish. Compare this: No tengo tiempo. I don’t have time. ¿Qué tiempo hace? What’s the weather like? Lo hice tres veces. I did it three times. Estudio los tiempos verbales. I study the verbal...Read More

El peso is the weight and pesar is to weigh. Heavy is pesado.  How much do you weigh? is ¿Cuánto pesas? and the answer could be peso 60 kilos. You will find this word spelled like kilo or quilo, both are considered correct. Half a kilo is medio kilo, so you can buy medio kilo...Read More

If you are a total beginner, this is for you. Here are some useful phrases that you can use without knowing how to speak the language. I don’t know. No sé. I don’t remember. No recuerdo. I have a doubt. Tengo una duda. I have a question. Tengo una pregunta. What does it mean? ¿Qué...Read More