Word classes, spelling, syntax and sentence types
Revise Spanish grammar from word classes to sentence syntax. The exam covers: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, pronouns, sentence types, stress rules, spelling (b/v, hay/ahí/ay, sino/si no) and syntactic analysis (subject, direct object, indirect object).
Spanish Language · Primary, Secondary
Rather than memorising individual words, the exam explains the rule behind each spelling choice. One rule is worth a hundred memorised words.
Identify the subject, predicate, direct object and indirect object in real sentences — using the substitution trick: if replaceable by lo/la it's a DO; if by le, it's an IO.
Primary focuses on basic word classes, sentence types and irregular plurals. Secondary adds adverbs, pronouns, passive sentences and full syntactic analysis.
"A Year 9 student who confused "sino" and "si no" learns the rule — "sino" links opposites; "si no" introduces a negative condition — and never confuses them again."
Tricks and techniques to master this topic faster:
Word classes: noun (thing/person), adjective (describes), verb (action), adverb (how/when/where), pronoun (replaces noun).
Stress rules: words stressed on last syllable take an accent if they end in a vowel, -n or -s. Words stressed on second-to-last don't take one if they end in those. Third-to-last: always.
Hay (verb haber) / Ahí (place) / Ay (pain). Sino (adversative: not A but B) / Si no (negative condition: if it doesn't).
Direct object: answers ¿qué? or ¿a quién? — replaced by lo/la/los/las. Indirect object: answers ¿a quién? or ¿para quién? — replaced by le/les.
If you are studying Spanish Grammar — Language Exam, these curriculum topics complement each other:
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