edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.
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“Si tuviera tiempo…”Building the three conditional patterns, and above all the unreal one: “si” plus…“Es aburrido” is not “está aburrido”The adjectives whose meaning changes with the verb: “aburrido”, “listo”, “rico”…False friends: “embarazada” is not embarrassedThe words that look like an English word and mean something else: “embarazada”…“Dijo que…”: reporting what somebody saidTurning direct speech into “dijo que…”, moving the tense, the person, the possessives…“Busco a alguien que hable inglés”Choosing indicative or subjunctive after “que” depending on whether the person or thing…Unequal comparisonsUse “más” or “menos” before an adjective, and “que” before the comparison. To compare…
Another oneKeep practising: SpanishThe rule, in three lines
Tan goes with an adjective or an adverb and never changes: tan alto, tan despacio. Tanto goes with a verb or a noun, and with a noun it agrees: trabaja tanto, tanta gente, tantos libros. Tal goes with a noun in fixed expressions: de tal manera, tal vez.
The usual slip. Mapping the English so onto tan everywhere: tan gente, trabajo tan.
Why it catches you out. It is the same split you already met with “muy” and “mucho”, one level up and with a third piece added. If those two are automatic by now this costs you ten minutes; if they are not, this is the sentence telling you to go back.