Outline Grammar Syllabus
- Word formation: prefixes and suffixes. Relative sentences with preposition (en, con, sobre el/la/los/las que...). Comparative constructions. Special pronominal constructions (recordarle, venirle a la memoria). Expressions of location (enfrente de, frente a, cerca de). Revision of ser, estar, haber. Reflexive verbs. Temporal expressions (en ese momento, de repente, al mismo tiempo).
- Adjectives, verbs and adverbs interacting. Present subjunctive. Use of preterites (indefinido vs imperfecto). Temporal expressions and constructions in the past (durante, al cabo de, poco después).
- Verbs of change (hacerse, quedarse, ponerse). Periphrastic verbs. Comparative constructions (no tan... como/mucho más... que). Final constructions (para + infinitive, para que + subjunctive, por si + indicative, no vaya a ser que + subjunctive).
- Expressing probability (quizás/probablemente + Indicative /subjunctive). Temporal constructions with subjunctive (cuando, en cuanto, tan pronto como). Use and formation of mperfect subjunctive.
- Conditional sentences (si + Present indicative, si + imperfect subjunctive, siempre y cuando / a no ser que + Present subjunctive). Use of lo: lo más + adjective. Use of conditional (habría que / deberíamos + Infinitive). Subordinated sentences. Connectors.
- Sentences with verbs of affection or emotions (Indignar, estar harto de, no aguantar. Me gustaría + infinitive / Me gustaría que + imperfective subjunctive). Intensifiers: enormemente, tremendamente. Future tense using verb prometer. Use of adjectives before nouns.
- Adverbs ending in –mente. Causal constructions.
- Concessive constructions (a pesar de/ aunque).
- Discourse markers (en cuanto a, por el contrario, a pesar de ello).
- Use of special verbs (pasar/pasarlo, quedar/quedarse, parecer/parecerse, soler).
- Pronominal verbs. Passive voice (se). Imperative negative.
- Compound conditional. Pluperfect subjunctive.
- Conditional constructions (Si + Pluperfect subjunctive).
- Compound conditional / Pluperfect subjunctive. Tendría que + compound infinitive.
- Perfect subjunctive.