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Coffee Break Spanish Level 2

This is Season 2 of our free Spanish podcast, for learners who’ve finished Level 1. Over 40 lessons you’ll build on the basics, learn the main past tenses and find out when to use ser or estar, and por or para.

Level 2A2–B140 lessonsWith teacher Mark and learner Kara

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Part 1 · Lessons 1 to 10

The present tense

Use regular, reflexive and radical-changing verbs, make arrangements, describe people and find out when to use ser or estar.

  1. 1The present tense
  2. 2More on the present tense
  3. 3Reflexive verbs
  4. 4Making arrangements
  5. 5Making more arrangements
  6. 6Using the correct version of the verb “to be”
  7. 7Radical-changing verbs
  8. 8Agreement of adjectives
  9. 9Describing people
  10. 10End-of-unit language quiz

Part 2 · Lessons 11 to 20

Talking about the past

Talk about the future, then learn the preterite and its irregular verbs, and use the imperfect to describe the past.

  1. 11Talking about the future
  2. 12Review of present tense verbs
  3. 13Introducing the preterite tense
  4. 14Preterite tense of -er and -ir verbs
  5. 15Preterite tense of irregular verbs
  6. 16Spelling changes in the preterite tense
  7. 17Identity quiz
  8. 18Talking more about the past: the imperfect tense
  9. 19Describing the past
  10. 20End-of-unit test

Part 3 · Lessons 21 to 30

Saying “for”, and getting around

Learn when to use por and para, meet the perfect tense, then take public transport or a taxi, hire a car and make a phone call.

  1. 21Using “for” in Spanish
  2. 22Expressing purpose using para
  3. 23Various uses of por
  4. 24Introducing the perfect tense
  5. 25When to use the perfect tense and irregular verbs
  6. 26More on the perfect tense
  7. 27Travelling by public transport
  8. 28Travelling by taxi
  9. 29Hiring a car
  10. 30Making a phone call in Spanish

Part 4 · Lessons 31 to 40

Socialising, and the subjunctive

Get to know people and talk about birthdays, then learn the conditional, the imperative, the continuous tenses and the subjunctive.

  1. 31Getting to know someone in Spain
  2. 32Review of the weather and other language
  3. 33Talking about birthdays
  4. 34Conditional tense in a café setting
  5. 35The imperative
  6. 36Continuous tenses
  7. 37Review of tenses
  8. 38Introduction to the subjunctive in a tapas bar
  9. 39When to use the subjunctive
  10. 40More subjunctives, and saying goodbye

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