OVERVIEW

To develop your confidence in Spanish, it’s essential that you practise building your own sentences from the beginning.

I’m going to take you step by step. You’re going to start by building sentences that are very similar to the ones in this lesson’s conversations.

By the time you reach the bottom of this page, you’ll have built some everyday Spanish sentences.

EXERCISE: BUILDING SENTENCES

STEP 1: say these sentences out loud in Spanish.

To see the Spanish sentences, flip the flashcards. Flipping them also allows you to hear the sentences said by native speakers.

Do you have a table for two?

¿Tiene una mesa para dos?

Can you come back in three hours?

¿Pueden volver dentro de tres horas?

What are you going to see?

¿Qué van a ver?

Can you tell me where the beach is?

¿Me puede decir dónde está la playa?

We have a room.

Tenemos una habitación.

I recommend the chicken soup (to you).

Les recomiendo la sopa de pollo.

Do you have sparkling mineral water?

¿Tienen agua mineral con gas?

We have a table in the room.

Tenemos una mesa en la habitación.

We’re going to drink red wine.

Vamos a beber vino tinto.

STEP 2: have another go! Play those flashcards again until you can come up with all the sentences without hesitation!

HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN SENTENCES

Playing with the Spanish words you’ve heard in your lessons helps you build sentences with confidence.

Practice always pays off. Come back to this exercise from time to time, and you’ll soon be building plenty of sentences on your own!

CONGRATULATIONS!

You’ve done Lesson 4 Building Sentences. Don’t forget to mark this page as Complete.

Now you’re going to move on to Drill 1.