Partnership

  1. Vocabulary Building: This section will require a sound understanding of Spanish vocabulary associated with personal relationships and interactions. Concentrate on expanding your vocabulary around the theme of ‘partnership’. For instance, adjust well with terms like pareja (partner), matrimonio (marriage), novio/novia (boyfriend/girlfriend), amistad (friendship), rompimiento (break up), etc.

  2. Verb Conjugation: Practice conjugating verbs that are related to partnership. Include common verbs like gustar (to like), amar (to love), romper (to break-up), conocer (to know/meet), comprometer (to get engaged), salir (to go out/date), etc.

  3. Expressing Personal Feelings: Learn and practice phrases that express feelings. Spanish sentences like ‘Me siento feliz con mi pareja’ (I feel happy with my partner), ‘Estoy enamorado/a de mi novio/novia’ (I am in love with my boyfriend/girlfriend) could be extremely useful.

  4. Tenses Use: Master the use of present tense to express current situations, preterite and imperfect tenses for past relationships and the future tense for aspirations. For example, you should be comfortable with sentences like ‘Quiero casarme en el futuro’ (I want to get married in the future).

  5. Adjectives: Familiarize with Spanish adjectives that describe personal qualities and characteristics, for instance, confiable (reliable), amoroso (loving), divertido (fun), celoso (jealous), etc.

  6. Grammar: A good understanding of direct and indirect object pronouns will be useful in this section. For example, ‘Lo/la amo’ (I love him/her), ‘Quiero verla’ (I want to see her).

  7. Comparison and Contrast: Revise how to form comparatives and superlatives for comparisons, for example, ‘Mi novio es más amable que mi ex’ (My boyfriend is kinder than my ex).

  8. Conversation Practice: Lastly, practice speaking about your relationships and feelings toward others. Try and include a range of relationships and feelings within your conversation to show a breadth of understanding.

Remember that revision is not about memorising everything, but understanding and being able to use phrases and sentence structures in your own words. It’s important to practice consistently and review vocabulary regularly.