Grade 9 structures Flashcards
To be thirsty/hungry/sleep
Tener sed/hambre/sueño
To feel like doing something
Tener ganas de + infinitivo
To be lucky
Tener suerte
To be scared of
Tener miedo a/de
To be in a hurry
Tener prisa
To have to do something
Tener que + infinitivo
Before doing something
Antes de + infinitivo
At the moment of/When
Al + infinitivo
Despite doing something
A pesar de + infinitivo
After doing something
Después de + infinitivo
Whilst doing something
Mientas + imperfecto/gerund
In order to do something
Para + infinitivo
Without doing something
Sin + infinitivo
To have just done something
Acabar de + infinitivo
To learn to do something
Aprender a + infinitivo
To learn something/from someone
Aprender algo/de alguien
To help someone
Ayudar a + alguien
To get tired of doing something
Cansarse de + infinitivo
To be good/bad at something
Darse bien/mal
To realise
Darse cuenta de (que)
Should do something
Deber + infinitivo
To start doing something
Empezar a + infinitivo
To teach to do something
Enseñar a + infinitivo
To teach something/to someone
Enseñar algo/a alguien
To hope to do something
Esperar + infinitivo
To be about to do something
Estar a punto de + infinitivo
Must do something
Haber que + infinitivo
To try to do something
Intentar + infinitivo
Going to do something
Ir a + infinitivo
To have been doing something (for certain time)
Llevar + gerundio (+ tiempo)
To get on well/badly with someone
Llevarse bien/mal con
To have a good/bad time
Pasarlo bien/mal
To fit/look well/badly
Quedar bien/mal
To complain about something/someone
Quejarse de + algo/alguien
To usually do something
Soler + infinitivo
To dream of/about something/someone
Soñar con + algo/alguien
To try to do something
Tratar de + infinitivo
To do something again
Volver a + infinitivo
As…as/so much
Tan/tanto + adjetivo/adverbio…como/que
More…than
más + adj/adv…que
Less…than
menos + adj/adv…que
Better/worse…than
Mejor/peor…que
Younger/older
Menor/mayor
Too much/quite…for
Demasiado/bastante + adj/adv…para
The most
El/la/los/las más + adj
The best/worst/most/least
Lo mejor/peor/más/menos
Really
Adj + -ísim@
I think that
Pienso que
I think/believe that
Creo que
It seems to me that
Me parece que
I think that
Opino que
I guess that
Supongo que
In my opinion
En mi opinión
From my point of view
Desde mi punto de vista
From my viewpoint
A mi modo de ver
According to + someone
Según + alguien
I am surprised
Me soprende
I find it
Me resulta
I would say that
Diría que
I would prefer
Preferiría + infinitivo
I would like
Me gustaría
I can’t stand
No soporto
What I like the most/least is
Lo que más/menos me gusta es/son
Firstly,secondly,thirdly
Primero,segundo,tercero
In the first/second/third place
En primer/segundo/tercer lugar
On one hand…on the other hand
Por un lado/una parte…por otro lado/otra parte
Because
Porque/ya que
Since
Puesto que
Therefore/so
Así que
Therefore/so
Por lo tanto
If
Si
While
Mientras
However
Sin embargo/no obstante
Although
Aunque
Anyway
De cualquier manera/de todas formas
In fact/actually
De hecho
Currently
Actualmente
That is to say
O sea
In a different way
De otro modo/otra manera
(Un)Fortunately
(Des)Afortunadamente
At least
Al menos
Suddenly
De pronto/repente
Instead of
En vez/lugar de
Finally
Finalmente/Por último
To finish off
Para terminar/finalizar
Uses of SER
- Date
- Occupation
- Characteristic
- Time
- Origin
- Relation
Uses of ESTAR
- Position
- Location
- Action
- Condition
- Emotion
To be good
Ser + bueno
To be good/well
Estar + bien
To be good/tasty/fit
Estar + bueno
To wish that
Desear que
To want that
Querer que
To prefer that
Preferir que
To hope that
Esperar que
To beg that
Rogar que
To dream that
Soñar con que
To feel like/want that
Tener ganas de que
I would like that
Me gustaría que + imperfecto subjunctivo
I wish/hope that
Ojalá que
It is possible/impossible that
Es posible/imposible que
It is likely/unlikely that
Es probable/improbable
Maybe
Puede que/Quizá(s)/Tal vez
Possibly
Posiblemente
Probably
Probablemente/Seguramente
To doubt that
Dudar que
I like that
Me gusta que
It annoys me that
Me molesta que
It makes me happy that
Me alegra que
It surprises me that
Me sorprende que
I think it’s good that
Me parece bien que
I think it’s a shame that
Me parece una lástima que
I think it’s embarrassing that
Me parece una vergüenza que
I’m fed up that
Estoy harto a/de que
Unless
A menos que
Before
Antes de que
Even thought
Aunque
Provided that
Con tal de que
When
Cuando
After
Después de que
In case
En caso de que
As soon as
En cuanto/Tan pronto como
Until
Hasta que
For as long as
Mientras que
So that
Para que
Without
Sin que
