Kathleen Bulger-Barnett, Ph.D.
Welcome to the Virginia Military Institute online Spanish language drills. The Spanish grammar exercises that follow are intended for use by students and faculty alike. My goal is to write informative, useful, and practical language drills applicable to all levels, specifically secondary school and university. I have tried to write grammar explanations in the most direct and practical manner possible, without bogging down explanations with exceptions to the rule. These exercises are in traditional conceptual-learning order. If you are looking for a specific grammar point, please use the FIND ON THIS PAGE key.
These free interactive Spanish exercises are written with the Hot Potatoes Half-Baked Software program produced by the University of Victoria CALL laboratory. You can learn more about this software by going to: http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
For more information about VMI and its Modern Language Department, click on the VMI website. If you would like to send comments regarding these drills, please email Kathleen Bulger-Barnett
A few things about nouns and genderSingular and plural forms of nounsDefinite articlesIndefinite articlesAdjectivesA review of definite and indefinite articlesVerbs 101: The concept of personsPersons and NumberVerbs 101: What's an infinitive?Adjective reviewMore practice going from singular to plural The verb SERTelling timeMore practice with timeThe verb ESTARAR verbsPractice with AR verbsPractice with AR vocabularyER VerbsPractice with ER present tense verbsPractice with ER vocabularyPresent Tense IR verbsPractice with IR verbsPractice with IR verb vocabulary O-UE stem change verbsE-IE Stem change verbsE-I Stem change verbsRecognizing stem change verbsPractice with stem change verbsGo Verbs: verbs with Irregular YoStem change Go VerbsUses of TENERWeather statementsPractice with present tense verbsMore practice with present tense verbs Lower Level Reading Comprehension PracticeThe Present ProgressivePractice with the present progressivePresent progressive with double-stem change verbs, etc.Additional Present Progressive PracticeHace +time: How to express how long you've been doing somethingThe Present PerfectIrregular Present PerfectsThe Past PerfectIrregular Past Perfects Preterit I: AR VerbsPreterit II: AR verbs with spelling changesPreterit III: ER verbsPreterit IV: IR verbsPreterit V: IR Stem Change PreteritsPreterit VI: Preterits with Spelling changesPreterit VII: Irregular preteritsPractice with Irregular PreteritsPreterit vs. imperfect Imperfect formsImperfect formation practiceImperfect: When to use itImperfect vs. Preterit Ago: How to express the concept of AGOPractice with AGOIndirect object pronouns IIndirect Object Pronouns IIDirect Object pronouns IDirect Object pronouns II: Placement choiceReflexive verbs IReflexive verbs IIReflexive Verbs IIIReflexives IVReflexives V: Perfect TensesReflexives VI: Placement choiceReflexive VII: Preterits Subjunctive 101: Three major usesSubjunctive I: General ConceptSubjunctive II: FormationSubjunctive 101: The 4th useSubjunctive III: Practice using subjunctiveSubjunctive IV: Short answer subjunctivesSubjunctive 101: The final use (adverbial clauses)Subjunctive V: Practice with adverbial clausesSubjunctive VI: Practice with all 5 reasonsSubjunctive VII: Formation practicePresent Perfect Subjunctive IPresent Perfect Subjunctive IICombo Subjunctive DeluxeInformal commands I: Indirect to direct commandsFormal commands Future IFuture IIFuture IIIConditionalsVerbomania I: Conjugation drillLate elementary review ILate elementary review IILate Elementary Review IIIVerbomania II: Low IntermediateVerbomaia III: Late Intermediate
A few things about nouns and genderSingular and plural forms of nounsDefinite articlesIndefinite articlesAdjectivesA review of definite and indefinite articlesVerbs 101: The concept of personsPersons and NumberVerbs 101: What's an infinitive?Adjective reviewMore practice going from singular to plural
The verb SERTelling timeMore practice with timeThe verb ESTARAR verbsPractice with AR verbsPractice with AR vocabularyER VerbsPractice with ER present tense verbsPractice with ER vocabularyPresent Tense IR verbsPractice with IR verbsPractice with IR verb vocabulary
O-UE stem change verbsE-IE Stem change verbsE-I Stem change verbsRecognizing stem change verbsPractice with stem change verbsGo Verbs: verbs with Irregular YoStem change Go VerbsUses of TENERWeather statementsPractice with present tense verbsMore practice with present tense verbs
Lower Level Reading Comprehension PracticeThe Present ProgressivePractice with the present progressivePresent progressive with double-stem change verbs, etc.Additional Present Progressive PracticeHace +time: How to express how long you've been doing somethingThe Present PerfectIrregular Present PerfectsThe Past PerfectIrregular Past Perfects
Preterit I: AR VerbsPreterit II: AR verbs with spelling changesPreterit III: ER verbsPreterit IV: IR verbsPreterit V: IR Stem Change PreteritsPreterit VI: Preterits with Spelling changesPreterit VII: Irregular preteritsPractice with Irregular PreteritsPreterit vs. imperfect
Imperfect formsImperfect formation practiceImperfect: When to use itImperfect vs. Preterit
Ago: How to express the concept of AGOPractice with AGOIndirect object pronouns IIndirect Object Pronouns IIDirect Object pronouns IDirect Object pronouns II: Placement choiceReflexive verbs IReflexive verbs IIReflexive Verbs IIIReflexives IVReflexives V: Perfect TensesReflexives VI: Placement choiceReflexive VII: Preterits
Subjunctive 101: Three major usesSubjunctive I: General ConceptSubjunctive II: FormationSubjunctive 101: The 4th useSubjunctive III: Practice using subjunctiveSubjunctive IV: Short answer subjunctivesSubjunctive 101: The final use (adverbial clauses)Subjunctive V: Practice with adverbial clausesSubjunctive VI: Practice with all 5 reasonsSubjunctive VII: Formation practicePresent Perfect Subjunctive IPresent Perfect Subjunctive IICombo Subjunctive DeluxeInformal commands I: Indirect to direct commandsFormal commands
Future IFuture IIFuture IIIConditionalsVerbomania I: Conjugation drillLate elementary review ILate elementary review IILate Elementary Review IIIVerbomania II: Low IntermediateVerbomaia III: Late Intermediate