Grammar

__**Grammar**__ __**Spanish**__
 * [|Spanish Grammar Online] (C oncise outline of essential grammar structures based on John Turner's //All the Spanish Grammar You Really Need to Know)//
 * [|Spanish - Songs that Teach Grammar] (Spanish music from YouTube with cloze activities; answers available)
 * [|Spanish Grammar Listening Activities] (Categories of grammar concepts; cloze activities; categorized by levels)
 * [|Todoele]
 * [|Study Spanish]
 * Spanish Accents
 * [|Por y Para] (Examples for using "por" or "para" - Spanish audio with English translations - You Tube: 6:04)
 * [|Por and Para Rap]
 * [|Por y Para (Uses and Reasons)] (You Tube; in Spanish; tildeMadrid)
 * [|Ser and Estar Rap]
 * [|Preterit vs Imperfect Rap]
 * [|Preterit and Imperfect Forms]
 * [|Zachary Jones and Grammar Activities]
 * [|Subjunctive - Part 1]
 * [|El Subjuntivo - Part 2: Los usos] (You Tube; Advanced - in Spanish)

__ **Grammar Mnemonic Devices** __
 * **__Estar__** || **__Ser__** ||
 * **P** - Position || **T** - Time, Trait ||
 * **L** - Location || **O** - Origin ||
 * **A** - Action || **P** - Profession, Possession ||
 * **C** - Condition || **I** - Identification  ||
 * **E** - Emotion || **C** - Classification  ||


 * D - Description, Date ||
 * O - Occupation ||
 * C - Characteristics ||
 * T - Time and Place of Event ||
 * O - Origin ||
 * R - Relationship ||

Este & Ese "This" and "these" have "t's" - "Este, Esta, Estos, Estas "That" and "those," don't - "Ese, Esa, Esos, Esas


 * **Subjunctive** || **Subjunctive** || **Adverbial Clauses that Use Subjunctive** || **VOCES - __DON'T__ Use Subjunctive** ||
 * W- Wish, Want || W- Wish, Want || **E** - En caso de que || **V** - Verdad que ||
 * E- Emotion || E- Emotion || **S** - Sin que || **O** - Obvio que ||
 * I- Impersonal Expressions || **D** - Doubt || **C** - Con tal (de) que || **C** - Cierto/Claro que ||
 * R- Requests, Recommendations || **D** - Denial || **A** - Antes (de) que || **E** - Espero que ||
 * D- Doubt, Denial || I- Impersonal Expressions || **P** - Para que || **S** - Seguro que ||
 * O- Ojalá || **N** - Negation || **A** - A menos que ||  ||
 * || **G** - God (Ojalá) / Guess ||  ||   ||

__**Irregular Present Subjunctive Verbs**__
 * **D** - Decir || dé ||
 * **I** - Ir || vaya ||
 * **S** - Ser || sea ||
 * **H** - Haber || haya ||
 * **E** - Ester || esté ||
 * **S** - Saber || sepa ||

__**Preterit - Imperfect (**__**SIMBA - CHEATED)**
 * S - Single Action || C - Characteristics (Description) ||
 * I - Interrupted Action || H - Health ||
 * M - Main Event || E - Emotion ||
 * B - Beginning Action || A - Age ||
 * A - Arrivals/Departures || T - Time ||
 * E - Endless Activities ||
 * D - Date ||
 * IMPERFECT**
 * D - Description ||
 * U - Used to ||
 * W - Was, Were ||
 * I - Impersonal Expressions ||
 * T - Time ||

__**Affirmative Tú Commands**__ __**Affirmative commands with Object Pronouns - 4 A's**__ A - Affirmative A - After A - Attached A - Accent For "affirmative commands," the object pronouns go "after" the verb, are "attached" to it, and usually have a written accent.
 * Victor || Ven (Venir) ||
 * Please || Pon (Poner) ||
 * Set || Sal (Salir) ||
 * Down || Di (Decir) ||
 * The || Ten (Tener) ||
 * V || Ve (Ver) ||
 * H || Haz (Hacer) ||
 * S || Sé (Ser) ||

__**PARA is PERFECT**__
 * P - P**urpose- Lo hizo para ganar dinero.
 * E - E**ffect- Estudia para maestro.
 * R - R**ecipient – El regalo es para mi amigo.
 * F - F**uture- La tarea es para mañana.
 * E -E**mployment- Juan trabaja para una escuela secundaria.
 * C - C**omparison- Para un gato, es inteligente.
 * T - T**oward- Paula camina para el museo.

__**Irregular Past Participles (REV MAC has a PHD)**__
 * R** - Roto
 * E** - Escrito
 * V** - Vuelto, Visto
 * M** - Muerto
 * A** - Abierto
 * C** - Cubierto
 * P** - Puesto
 * H** - Hecho
 * D** - Dicho/Descubierto

__Preterit Practice__ - Students create and illustrate a timeline of their lives, a year in their lives or a historical period of the target culture.