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IB Spanish ab initio SL

25 lessons in one SL course: Spanish ab initio is offered at SL only. Five-minute lessons, exam-style questions and timed mock papers.

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Units
7
SL lessons
25
Questions
150
Key terms
84

What you will study

Every lesson follows the current IB guide. The first unit is free.

Identities (Identidades)4 lessons · free
  1. IdentitiesIntroducing yourself: ser and tener
  2. IdentitiesFamily: articles, gender and possessives
  3. IdentitiesEating and drinking: gustar
  4. IdentitiesPhysical well-being: estar and me duele
Experiences (Experiencias)4 lessons
  1. ExperiencesLeisure: the present tense
  2. ExperiencesDaily routine: reflexive verbs and the time
  3. ExperiencesHolidays: ir a + infinitive
  4. ExperiencesFestivals and celebrations: dates and the preterite
Human ingenuity (Ingenio humano)3 lessons
  1. Human ingenuityTransport: irregular and stem-changing verbs
  2. Human ingenuityEntertainment and media: asking questions
  3. Human ingenuityTechnology: comparing things
Social organization (Organización social)4 lessons
  1. Social organizationAt home: hay and prepositions of place
  2. Social organizationThe neighbourhood: places and directions
  3. Social organizationShopping: numbers and prices
  4. Social organizationSchool and work: tener que
Sharing the planet (Compartir el planeta)3 lessons
  1. Sharing the planetClimate and weather
  2. Sharing the planetPhysical geography: landscapes and the superlative
  3. Sharing the planetThe environment and global issues: hay que
Text types: emails, postcards, blogs and notices3 lessons
  1. Text typesInformal texts: emails and postcards
  2. Text typesBlogs and diary entries
  3. Text typesNotices and the formal register
Assessment: papers and the individual oral4 lessons
  1. Paper 1Paper 1: productive writing
  2. Paper 2Paper 2: listening
  3. Paper 2Paper 2: reading
  4. Individual oralThe individual oral

Try a question

From “Introducing yourself: ser and tener”.

Questions are in Spanish, like the exam. Every answer comes with an explanation.

¿Cómo se dice «I am fifteen years old» en español?

  1. ATengo quince años
  2. BSoy quince años
  3. CEstoy quince años
  4. DTengo cincuenta años
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A. Tengo quince años

Age uses tener: Tengo quince años. Cincuenta is fifty, not fifteen.

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The first unit is free. No card needed.

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