3.4.1

University

Test yourself

La Universidad - University

Illustrative background for Key wordsIllustrative background for Key words ?? "content

Key words

  • El aprendizaje - apprenticeship.
  • Las residencias estudiantiles - halls of residence.
  • Un título universitario, una carrera, una licenciatura - university degree.
  • Vale la pena - it is worth it.
  • Tomar un año sabático - to take a gap year.
  • Pedir dinero prestado - to borrow money.
  • Deber dinero - to owe money.
Illustrative background for Quiero ir a la universidadIllustrative background for Quiero ir a la universidad ?? "content

Quiero ir a la universidad

  • A mi modo de ver, vale la pena ir a la universidad porque te puedes convertir en un experto en lo que quieres.
    • In my opinion it is worth going to university, because you can become an expert in whatever you want.
  • Un título universitario te ayudará a buscar un empleo.
    • A university degree will help you find a job.
  • Vives en las residencias estudiantiles dónde se encontrarás amigos por vida.
    • You live in halls of residence where you will find friends for life.
Illustrative background for Cuando tengas dieciocho añosIllustrative background for Cuando tengas dieciocho años ?? "content

Cuando tengas dieciocho años

  • ¿Qué vas a hacer cuando tengas dieciocho años?
    • What are you going to do when you are 18?
  • Me gustaría ir a la universidad porque ofrece muchas oportunidades. Hay clubs, fiestas y deportes.
    • I would like to go to university, because it offers a lot of opportunities. There are clubs, parties and sports.
Illustrative background for No quiero ir a la universidadIllustrative background for No quiero ir a la universidad ?? "content

No quiero ir a la universidad

  • No creo que vaya a la universidad principalmente por razones financieras. Tendría que pedir dinero prestado, y no quiero deber dinero (💸) al gobierno.
    • I don't think that I will go to university mainly due to financial reasons. I would have to borrow money, and I don't want to owe the government money.
  • Cuando termine el instituto voy a tomar un año sabático, para que pueda viajar por el mundo.
    • When I finish school I am going to take a gap year, so that I can travel the world.
Illustrative background for Cuando termines el colegioIllustrative background for Cuando termines el colegio ?? "content

Cuando termines el colegio

  • ¿Vas a la universidad cuando termines el colegio?
    • Are you going to go to university when you finish school?
  • No, en lugar de la universidad quiero trabajar, hay muchos programas de aprendizaje que me interesan mucho.
    • No, instead of university I want to work, there are a lot of apprenticeship schemes that interest me a lot.

La Universidad - University

Illustrative background for Key vocabIllustrative background for Key vocab ?? "content

Key vocab

  • El derecho - law (at university).
  • El objetivo - aim, objective.
  • La academia - academy, school post-16 (for certain careers).
  • La formación (profesional) - vocational training.
  • La perspectiva -prospects, outlook, future developments.
  • Lograr - to achieve.
  • Obtenir - to obtain.
Illustrative background for Key vocab 2Illustrative background for Key vocab 2 ?? "content

Key vocab 2

  • El comercio - business studies.
  • La carrera - career, profession.
  • Los conocimientos - knowledge.
  • Las ciencias económicas - economics.
  • Calificado(a) - competent, skilled, qualified.
  • Conseguir - to get, to achieve.
Illustrative background for Después del colegioIllustrative background for Después del colegio ?? "content

Después del colegio

  • Quiero ir a la universidad para que pueda tener buenas perspectivas.
    • I want to go to university so that I can have good prospects.
  • Tengo el objetivo de mejorar mis concoimientos en la universidad.
    • I have the aim of improving my knowledge at university.
  • Tengo que estar calificado para mi trabajo ideal.
    • I have to be qualified for my ideal job.
Illustrative background for Mi objetivoIllustrative background for Mi objetivo ?? "content

Mi objetivo

  • ¿Qué es tu objetivo?
    • What is your aim?
  • Mi objetivo sigue siendo conseguir un trabajo en el extranjero, así que voy a estudiar las lenguas modernas.
    • My aim continues being to get a job abroad, so I am going to study modern languages.

Jump to other topics

1The Basics

1.1Pronouns

1.1.1Personal Pronouns

1.2Verbs

1.2.13 Types of Verbs

1.3Nouns

1.3.1Noun Endings

1.4Adjectives

1.4.1Gender

1.4.2Position

1.5Abbreviations

1.5.1Common Abbreviations

1.6Time

1.6.1Time Expressions (1/2)

1.6.2Time Expressions (2/2)

1.6.3Time

1.6.4Telling the Time

1.6.5Seasons

1.6.6Sometimes

1.6.7A While

2Home & Abroad

2.1Town & Region

2.1.1Shops

2.1.2Places

2.1.3Town & Region

2.1.4Town & Countryside

2.1.5Weather

2.2Holiday

2.2.1Countries

2.2.2Holidays

2.2.3Opinions

2.2.4Accomodation

2.2.5Eating Out

2.2.6Tourism

2.2.7Directions

2.2.8Near, There

2.3Customs

2.3.1Customs & Festivals

2.3.2Customs & Festivals 2

2.4Everyday Life, Traditions & Communities

2.4.1Greetings

3Education & Employment

3.1School Life

3.1.1School

3.1.2Subjects

3.1.3A Good Student

3.1.4Life at School

3.2School Trips

3.2.1School Trips

3.3Work

3.3.1Types of Jobs

3.3.2Work

3.3.3Languages

3.3.4Charity

3.4Future Plans

3.4.1University

3.4.2Future Study

4Personal Life & Relationships

4.1House & Home

4.1.1Home

4.1.2What is in Your House?

4.1.3Near Your Home

4.1.4Common Prepositions

4.1.5Greetings

4.2Daily Routines & Helping at Home

4.2.1Daily Routine

4.2.2Helping at Home

4.3Family & Friends

4.3.1Age & Name: Introduction

4.3.2Age & Name

4.3.3Personality

4.3.4Physical Appearance

4.3.5Family: Relationships

4.3.6Family

4.3.7Friends (1/2)

4.3.8Friends (2/2)

4.3.9Describing Family

4.3.10Describing People

4.3.11Relationships

4.3.12Relationships: Important Verbs

4.3.13Role Model

4.3.14Childhood

5The World Around Us

5.1Environmental Issues

5.1.1Environment

5.1.2Climate Change

5.2Weather

5.2.1The Weather

5.3Travel & Transport

5.3.1Going on Holiday

5.4The Media

5.4.1Social Media

5.4.2Opinions on Social Media

5.4.3Opinions on Social Media 2

5.5Information & Communication

5.5.1Mobile Technology

5.5.2Using our Devices

6Social Activities, Fitness & Health

6.1Special Occasions

6.1.1Numbers (1 - 20)

6.1.2Numbers (21 - 100)

6.1.3Parties

6.2Hobbies & Interests

6.2.1What I Like: Gustar

6.2.2Music

6.2.3Cinema & TV

6.2.4Sport (1/2)

6.2.5Sport (2/2)

6.2.6Fashion

6.3Shopping & Money Matters

6.3.1Food & Clothes Shopping

6.3.2Food & Clothes Shopping 2

6.3.3Money Matters

6.4Injuries, Illness & Health

6.4.1Healthy Lifestyle

6.4.2The Body

6.4.3Illness

6.5Food & Drink

6.5.1Meat

6.5.2Fish

6.5.3Other Food

6.5.4Fruit & Veg

6.5.5Drinks & Snacks

6.5.6Dairy & Other

7Listening

7.1Town & Region

7.1.1My Neighbourhood

7.1.2Poverty & Homelessness

7.2Holiday

7.2.1Tourism

7.3Customs

7.3.1Day of the Dead

7.4Education

7.4.1Life at School

7.4.2Education Post-16

7.4.3Jobs, Careers, & Ambition

7.4.4Charity & Voluntary Work

7.5Personal Life & Relationships

7.5.1Family & Friends

7.5.2Marriage & Partnerships

7.6The Media & Technology

7.6.1Social Media

7.6.2Mobile Technology

7.7Social Activities

7.7.1Music

7.7.2Cinema & TV

7.7.3Food & Eating Out

7.7.4Sport

7.8The Environment

7.8.1The Environment

7.9Fitness & Health

7.9.1Healthy & Unhealthy Living

8Common Tenses

8.1Present Tense

8.1.1Regular AR Verbs

8.1.2Negative Verbs

8.1.3Irregular AR Verbs

8.1.4Irregular AR Verbs: Exceptions

8.1.5Regular ER Verbs

8.1.6Irregular ER Verbs

8.1.7Irregular ER Verbs 2

8.1.8Regular IR Verbs

8.1.9Irregular IR Verbs

8.1.10Irregular IR Verbs 2

8.1.11Irregular IR Verbs 3

8.1.12Irregular IR Verbs 4

8.1.13Verb Phrases

8.1.14The Use of 'Se'

8.2Preterite Tense

8.2.1Regular AR Verbs

8.2.2Irregular AR Verbs (1/4)

8.2.3Irregular AR Verbs (2/4)

8.2.4Irregular AR Verbs (3/4)

8.2.5Irregular AR Verbs (4/4)

8.2.6Regular ER Verbs

8.2.7Irregular ER Verbs (1/5)

8.2.8Irregular ER Verbs (2/5)

8.2.9Irregular ER Verbs (3/5)

8.2.10Irregular ER Verbs (4/5)

8.2.11Irregular ER Verbs (5/5)

8.2.12Regular IR Verbs

8.2.13Irregular IR Verbs (1/6)

8.2.14Irregular IR Verbs (2/6)

8.2.15Irregular IR Verbs (3/6)

8.2.16Irregular IR Verbs (4/6)

8.2.17Irregular IR Verbs (5/6)

8.2.18Irregular IR Verbs (6/6)

8.3Imperfect Tense

8.3.1Regular Verbs (1/2)

8.3.2Regular Verbs (2/2)

8.3.3Irregular Verbs - Ir & Ver

8.3.4Irregular Verbs - Ser

8.4Preterite vs Imperfect Tenses

8.4.1Uses

8.4.2Preterite vs Imperfect

8.5Future Tense

8.5.1The Future with 'Ir'

9Important Verbs

9.1To Be - 'Ser' & 'Estar'

9.1.1Conjugation

9.1.2Uses of 'Ser'

9.1.3Expressions Using 'Ser'

9.1.4Uses of 'Estar'

9.1.5Expressions Using 'Estar' (1/2)

9.1.6Expressions Using 'Estar' (2/2)

9.2To Like - 'Gustar'

9.2.1How to Use 'Gustar'

9.3To Have - 'Tener'

9.3.1How to Use 'Tener'

9.3.2Phrases Using 'Tener'

10Advanced Tenses

10.1The Simple Future

10.1.1Regular Verbs

10.1.2Regular Verbs 2

10.1.3Irregular Verbs

10.1.4Irregular Verbs 2

10.2Conditional Tense

10.2.1Regular Verbs

10.2.2Regular IR Verbs

10.2.3'Hacer' & 'Decir'

10.2.4Irregular Verbs

10.2.5Uses of the Conditional

10.3Continuous Tenses

10.3.1Forming the Gerund

10.3.2Changes to the Stem

10.3.3Present Continuous

10.3.4Uses of the Present Continuous

10.3.5Imperfect Continuous

10.4Perfect Tense

10.4.1Past Participles

10.4.2Irregular Past Participles

10.4.3Present Perfect

10.4.4Uses of the Present Perfect

10.4.5Pluperfect

10.4.6Passive Voice

10.5Present Subjunctive

10.5.1Present Subjunctive: AR Verbs

10.5.2Present Subjunctive: ER Verbs

10.5.3Present Subjunctive: IR Verbs

10.5.4Irregular AR Verbs (1/3)

10.5.5Irregular AR Verbs (2/3)

10.5.6Irregular AR Verbs (3/3)

10.5.7Irregular ER Verbs (1/2)

10.5.8Irregular ER Verbs (2/2)

10.5.9Irregular IR Verbs (1/3)

10.5.10Irregular IR Verbs (2/3)

10.5.11Irregular IR Verbs (3/3)

10.5.12The Verb 'Ir'

10.5.13Subjunctive Uses

10.6Imperfect Subjunctive

10.6.1AR Verbs

10.6.2ER Verbs

10.6.3ER Verbs: Strong Preterites

10.6.4IR Verbs

10.6.5IR Verbs: Strong Preterites

10.7Imperative

10.7.1The Imperative

10.7.2Negative Imperative

10.7.3Irregular Imperatives

11Extra Grammar

11.1Articles

11.1.1Definite Article

11.1.2Indefinite Article

11.1.3Lo + Adjective

11.2Negatives

11.2.1Just the 'Nada' Bit

11.2.2Negatives

11.3Nouns

11.3.1People & Animals (1/2)

11.3.2People & Animals (2/2)

11.3.3Masculine & Feminine Nouns

11.3.4Masculine & Feminine Exceptions

11.3.5Masculine & Feminine

11.3.6Masculine & Feminine 2

11.3.7Forming the Plural

11.4Asking Questions

11.4.1How to Ask a Question

11.4.2Question Words 2

11.4.3Common Questions

11.5Adjectives

11.5.1Other Adjectives

11.5.2Adjectives that Remain the Same

11.5.3'Grande' & 'Bueno'

11.5.4Plural

11.5.5The Best, The Worst

11.5.6This, These, That and Those

11.5.7Possession

11.5.8Posession (2/2)

11.5.9Whose

11.5.10Indefinite

11.6Adverbs

11.6.1Adding 'Mente'

11.6.2Common Phrases with Adverbs

11.6.3Common Phrases with Adverbs 2

11.6.4Still & Yet

11.7Conjunctions

11.7.1What are Conjunctions?

11.7.2Connectors

11.8Pronouns

11.8.1This, These, That & Those

11.8.2Possession

11.8.3Someone, Something

11.8.4Reflexive Pronouns

11.8.5Direct Object

11.8.6After Prepositions

11.8.7Que and Quien

11.8.8'El Que' and 'El Cual'

11.9By, With, From, Of

11.9.1By, With, From, Of

11.9.2'Por' & 'Para' (1/2)

11.9.3'Por' & 'Para' (2/2)

11.10Verbs

11.10.1Derivatives

11.10.2Derivatives 2

11.10.3Reflexives

11.10.4Common Reflexive Verbs

11.10.5Common Reflexive Verbs 2

11.11Comparisons

11.11.1Comparisons (1/2)

11.11.2Comparisons (2/2)

Unlock your full potential with Seneca Premium

  • Unlimited access to 10,000+ open-ended exam questions

  • Mini-mock exams based on your study history

  • Unlock 800+ premium courses & e-books

Get started with Seneca Premium

Charity

Future Study