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Vocabulary
Connectives
Noun
Gender
Masculine
Feminine
Singular
Plural
Verb
Subject
Pronoun
Connectives
Opinions
Pienso que = I
pero = but
sin embargo = however think that
por eso = therefore Creo que = I
entonces = so
believe that
y = and
En mi opinión = in
porque = because
my opinion
o = or
Me gusta = I like
también= also
No me gusta = I
con= with
sin=without
don’t like
Me encanta = I
love
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
JUGUÉ
I played
JUEGO
I play / I am
playing
Detesto/odio = I
hate
¡Es genial! = it’s
great!
Infinitive
First verb plus
infinitive
HICE
I did
Time Frame
Tense
Past
Present
Future
Adjective
FUI
I went
TUVE
I had
HAGO
I do / I am doing
VOY
I go / I am going
TENGO
I have
Openings
Punctuation
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OPINIONS
CONNECTIVES
Conjugate
Verb ending
P
Look for the
following in your written
work:
Spanish
Key words
O
TENSES
VOY A JUGAR
I am going to
play
OTHER PEOPLE
VOY A HACER I
am going to do
QUESTIONS
VOY A IR
I am going to go
VOY A TENER
I am going to
have
REASONS
Full stop
.
These are used at the end of every sentence.
Comma
,
Commas are used 1) to separate the items in a list 2) to mark the
boundaries between main and subordinate clauses.
Speech Marks/Quotation Marks “ ” or << >>
These surround words actually spoken or exact quotations from a
text.
Exclamation Marks
¡!
Used to emphasise something. An upside down one at the start
and a normal one at the end. ¡estupendo!
Question Marks
¿?
Used at the beginning and end of a sentence that is a question.
¿vale?
Apostrophe
’
Apostrophes are not used in Spanish. Say ‘the house of my friend’
(la casa de mi amigo) not ‘my friend’s house’
Brackets
()
These are used to indicate extra information within a sentence.
Accents
There is only one direction for accents in Spanish, they all go up
from left to right á é í ó ú. The only other accent is called a tilde and
goes over the ñ, it changes the sound to enye.
To improve your writing you must ensure:
Try these Spelling Strategies:
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Spanish spelling is easy because it is phonetic.
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You check your work using D-O-C-T-O-R – Q
Your verbs are accurate.
Sentences always start with a capital letter.
Sentences always end with a full stop or a question or exclamation mark; don’t forget the
upside down question or exclamation mark at the beginning.
Vocabulary is accurate, use a text book or dictionary.
Names, places and titles have capital letters e.g. Pedro, Madrid, Señoras Thomas y Craig.
In Spanish, days of the week, months and nationalities don’t have a capital letter.
A variety of sentences are used – simple, compound and complex.
Simple – Tengo un gato.
Compound – Tengo un gato negro que detesta los perros.
Complex – Tengo un gato negro que detesta los perros porque es muy tímido.
Write about other people as well as yourself (nosotros fuimos al cine / él fue a Nueva York).
Proof read your work aloud to ensure it makes sense.
Break words into syllables (mat-e-mát-i-cas).
Break words into affixes (im-posible).
Look out for cognates (familia, teatro).
Remember CAROLINA ! The only consonants that are ever double in
Spanish are c,r,l,n.
The letter h at the beginning of a word is silent, but don’t forget to write
it down (hotel, hermano).
The letter v sounds like a b (Vivo en York).
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What do marking codes mean?
sp – spelling
T – check verb tense
op – give an opinion
// -- new paragraph
pp – poor presentation
u – underline
adj ag – check adjective agreement
Watch out for Common
Spelling Mistakes!
In Spanish
trece
quince
dieciséis
veinte
treinta
madre
padre
ojos
SAY
COVER
Mix-ups
me/mi
cuanto/cuando
dos/doce
bien/buen
es/está
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CHECK