Spanish grammar lessons for beginners are a fundamental aspect of Spanish classes.
Generally, Spanish teachers like to teach grammar in a way that is as attractive and as much useful as possible for you. This way, you can enjoy doing the activities and, from the beginning, you can use it to communicate in Spanish.
In this article we are going to look at four Spanish grammar classes for beginners at the A2 level of Spanish that you need to know and feel comfortable with before taking the leap to the next level.
These topics are:
We start with the first of four Spanish grammar lessons for beginners: irregular participles.
The present perfect is formed with the present of the verb “haber” and the participle of the main verb:
In Spanish, we have regular participles (ending in -ado, -ido) and irregular participles.
As always, when it comes to irregular forms of the verbs, you have to memorise a few things.
To make this memorization task easier, in grammar manuals and in your classes with a teacher, you will probably find groups of participles that share similarities.
In the case of irregular participles, in Spanish grammar lessons for beginners, you can find these five groups:
In this video you can see the most common irregular participles in Spanish ending in -erto and examples to use them correctly.
If you want to learn more about the present perfect tense, I recommend joining the Your Spanish Hub Membership Programme series of three courses:
In the second of the four Spanish grammar lessons for beginners you will learn irregular gerunds.
To express actions that are happening right now we use the structure of the verb “estar” + gerund:
In Spanish, we have regular gerunds (ending in -ando, -iendo) and irregular gerunds.
Just like we’ve seen before with participles, when it comes to irregular forms, you have to memorise a few things.
In the case of irregular gerunds, in Spanish grammar lessons for beginners, you can find these three groups:
In this video you can see the most common irregular gerunds in Spanish ending in -yendo and examples to use them correctly.
If you want to learn more about the grammar structure of the verb “estar” + gerund, I recommend this course from the Your Spanish Hub Membership Programme: Estar + gerundio.
We continue with the third of the four Spanish grammar lessons for beginners where you will learn the eight irregular forms of the affirmative imperative in Spanish.
We use the imperative to give instructions, advice, recommendations, to ask for and give objects or permission…
The good news with the affirmative imperative is that it only has eight irregular forms in Spanish. You can see them in this video:
If you want to learn more about the regular forms of the affirmative imperative and how to use personal pronouns with it, I recommend this course from the Your Spanish Hub Membership Programme: El imperativo afirmativo.
In the last of these four Spanish grammar lessons for beginners we are going to explore one of the many uses of the pronoun “se”: the impersonal form.
There are three grammar structures for the impersonal form with “se”:
The three uses of the impersonal form with “se” are:
In this video you can see an example of use number three of the impersonal form with “se”:
If you want to learn more about this grammar structure and practise with self-correcting activities, I recommend this course from the Your Spanish Hub Membership Programme: El imperativo afirmativo.
Spanish grammar lessons for beginners are a fundamental part of learning Spanish. And many students give them great importance because Spanish grammar is more complex , having a large number of rules that they have to memorise and concepts such as the subjunctive or the imperfect tense that may not exist in their native languages.
It is understandable that these classes are necessary to learn and consolidate specific aspects of the language. But grammar isn’t everything! In addition, there are several ways to learn grammar (and above all, to learn to use it).
Reading in Spanish (books adapted to your level) is an activity that will help you a lot to integrate language structures, new words and colloquial expressions. In addition to reading, you can practise other entertaining and relaxing activities such as listening to podcasts in Spanish, or watching television series and movies. This will continue to help you improve your fluency with the language.
If you liked these four Spanish grammar lessons for beginners, I encourage you to visit the Your Spanish Hub Membership Programme, where, in addition to having grammar courses, you can also access vocabulary, pronunciation and conversation courses.
Enjoy the courses!
