Duolingo Spanish: Family, Clothes and Verbs

I am delighted to be making a new series of Spanish lessons based on the Spanish we can learn from Duolingo. The lessons explain the grammar and show you how you can used what you are learning. Enjoy.

Please download your free PDF of my notes on the units of Spanish Duolingo about family, clothes and the present tense verbs (singular persons), as studied in September 2023.

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The first lessons in the course are here.

Use Spanish Duolingo sentences about FAMILY
Use Spanish Duolingo sentences about CLOTHES
Understand Spanish Duolingo grammar about PRESENT TENSE VERBS

Duolingo Spanish Notes

I am delighted to be making a new series of Spanish lessons. These ones are based on the Spanish we can learn from Duolingo. The lessons will explain the grammar and show you how you can used what you are learning. Enjoy.

Please download your free PDF of my notes on the first three units of Spanish Duolingo, as studied in September 2023.

Enjoy learning Spanish with these Spanish lessons based around jokes. Easy, cheesy and fun! Get your copy here.

Spanish talk about DRIVING

Intermediate level B1+

Learn vocab for parts of a car, driving, hiring a car, breaking down and getting a car fixed …There is so much here to practice, so download the free PDF and let me know what your driving stories in the comments box to the video!


Enjoy the video, and try doing the exercises. Remember, to gain the most confidence in Spanish, you have to practice recall!

Thank you for your support.

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Easy Spanish reader to build your confidence and fluency in spoken Spanish. Get your copy here.

Lots in this lesson, so get your notepad ready!

I would love to hear your driving stories. Please tell me all about it, in English, en español or in Spanglish por favor

Spanish Passive Structures using “Se”

Intermediate level A2+

Get to grips with the passive structures that tell you parking is forbidden, you can’t walk on the grass, and smoking is not allowed! There is a lot to practice, so download the free PDF and let me know what rules govern your domain!


Enjoy the video, and try doing the exercises. Remember, to gain the most confidence in Spanish, you have to practice recall!

Thank you for your support.

Easy Spanish Reader
Easy Spanish reader to build your confidence and fluency in spoken Spanish. Get your copy here.

¿No se puede? Yo digo, ¡Sí se puede!

Spanish Conversation: What is the weather like, what are you doing, and what did you do on holiday?

Elementary level A2

This lesson will refresh a lot of weather words, and introduce a few new ones. You will revise and practice using the present continuous, and you will also revise and get comfortable with the preterite (the past simple tense).


Enjoy the video, and try doing the exercises. Remember, to gain the most confidence in Spanish, you have to practice recall!

Thank you for your support.

Easy Spanish Reader
Easy Spanish reader to build your confidence and fluency in spoken Spanish. Get your copy here.

El Día de Los Reyes. A Spanish celebration.

Intermediate level B1 – B2

In the U.K. 17 and 18 year old students may take A-level Spanish. This is Spanish at CEFR level B1 – B2.

Find out about:

  • Where and when it is celebrated.
  • The symbols and traditions.
  • The religious and cultural significance.
  • How it compares with a British or American Christmas.
  • A personal opinion of the celebration.

Get into this lesson and enjoy. If you have a favourites Spanish festival, I would love to hear about it.

Muchas gracias 🙂

Find out all about El Día de Los Reyes
Easy Spanish Reader
Easy Spanish reader to build your confidence and fluency in spoken Spanish. Get your copy here.

Spanish lesson about hotels.

Elementary level A1+

Do you know the words for all the things you might want and need in your hotel room?

  • Air conditioning?
  • Sheets?
  • Filtered drinking water?

Get into this lesson and enjoy. Write your answers with humour and send them off to me to enjoy!

Muchas gracias 🙂

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Exercises to practice my and mine in Spanish

The goals here are:

  • my, your, his, her, our, their
  • mine, yours, his, her, ours, theirs
  • practice using these words well in sentences
  • learn vocabulary that relates to smart-homes
  • learn vocab about technology, it’s benefits and its costs

Download your free, 5 page PDF. I usually sell this lesson for £30, so be sure to take full advantage and enjoy working through the exercises.

Relax and enjoy the video presentation of this lesson. Be sure to complete the tasks. If you would like to share your work, I would love to read what you have to say. Email me!

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Gracias.

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A Spanish Phrasebook for Educators Phrases and activities for people working with young children

Spanglish Fantastico The ultimate easy reader to improve confidence and fluency

Jokes to help you learn Spanish Have fun and learn some Spanish set pieces

Learn Spanish in a Week Kick start your Spanish with this achievable challenge

Spanglish for your Holiday Story, puzzles and activities

Pedro Rabbit The classic story with a term’s worth of activities for kindergartens and primary schools

Thank you for learning español conmigo.

Spanish Vocabulary Describing Apartments

The goal here is to learn words for:

  • Rooms in a house
  • Describing a house (cosy, little, etc.)
  • Features of a house (insulation, tiled floors)
  • Kitchen fittings (dishwasher, sink)

Download your free, 6 page PDF. I usually sell this lesson for £30, so be sure to take full advantage and enjoy working through the exercises.

Relax and enjoy the video presentation of this lesson. Be sure to complete the tasks. If you would like to share your work, I would love to read what you have to say. Email me!

If you have compliments or suggestions about my lessons, pop them in the comments on YouTube. It all helps me.

Gracias.

Support my work by buying and sharing my books.

Positive reviews are very valuable to me.

Gracias.

A Spanish Phrasebook for Educators Phrases and activities for people working with young children

Spanglish Fantastico The ultimate easy reader to improve confidence and fluency

Jokes to help you learn Spanish Have fun and learn some Spanish set pieces

Learn Spanish in a Week Kick start your Spanish with this achievable challenge

Spanglish for your Holiday Story, puzzles and activities

Pedro Rabbit The classic story with a term’s worth of activities for kindergartens and primary schools

Thank you for learning español conmigo.

Persuade me in Spanish! Two examples

I’d like you to come on holiday with me. I fancy a road trip to take in some beautiful countryside, a steam railway and finish it off with a day at the spa. Can you persuade me to do something even better than that? Let’s look at the vocab and the language, and study together to raise our nivel de español. ¿Vamos?

Your challenge, should you choose to acceptarlo, es escribirme sobre lo que vamos a hacer de vacaciones juntos. Use plenty of future tenses, and remember! Make it persuasive, or I won’t come!

La idea es aumentar nuestro nivel de español. Do you have any favourite phrases from today’s lesson? Make a note, and share the best ones in the comments.

Hasta la próxima,

Ruth 🙂

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