B2 Graduation Treasure in Spanish

What you'll learn

• Express complex possibilities using conditional structures (Konjunktiv II equivalent).
• Identify and use passive constructions to discuss school rules and updates.
• Formulate detailed questions and explanations using relative clauses and connectors.
• Communicate nuanced choices and arrangements involving third parties.

Spanish phrases for b2 graduation treasure

• ¿Esperas ser elegido para el equipo de lectura, aunque todavía no se hayan decidido las plazas?

  Are you hoping to be chosen for the reading team, even though the places haven't been decided yet?

  Uses 'ser' passive ('ser elegido') and the passive 'se' ('se hayan decidido') to discuss school selection.

• ¿Has metido en la mochila todo lo que necesitas, incluida la tarjeta con tu nombre?

  Have you packed everything that you need, including the card with your name on it?

  Uses 'todo lo que' as a relative pronoun for 'everything that'.

• Puedes explicarle tu idea al nuevo alumno en vez de que yo hable por ti.

  You can explain your idea to the new pupil instead of me speaking for you.

  Uses 'en vez de que' followed by the subjunctive to show a preference for the child's autonomy.

• Preguntemos a un adulto del club, sobre todo porque han cambiado los arreglos para la recogida.

  Let's ask an adult from the club, especially since the pickup arrangements have changed.

  Uses 'sobre todo porque' (especially since) to provide reasoning for an action.

• El contrato de préstamo dice que tenemos que devolver la tableta mañana, pero la tarea de lectura se puede terminar en papel.

  The loan agreement says that we have to return the tablet tomorrow, but the reading task can be finished on paper.

  Demonstrates the passive 'se' ('se puede terminar') for general instructions.

• Si se cancelara nuestro autobús, podríamos pedirle al vecino, cuyo hijo está en tu clase, que nos lleve juntos.

  Should our bus be cancelled, we could ask our neighbour, whose child is in your class, for a lift together.

  Features the relative pronoun 'cuyo' (whose) and conditional 'podríamos'.

• Dependiendo de lo cansado que te sientas tras los deberes, ¿preferirías leer conmigo o jugar tranquilo?

  Depending on how tired you feel after homework, would you rather read with me or play quietly?

  Uses 'lo + adjective + que' to express 'how [adjective]'.

• Si estás demasiado disgustado para escribir una respuesta amable, podríamos esperar y hablar primero de todo lo que te ha preocupado.

  If you're too upset to write a kind reply, we could wait and talk about everything that worried you first.

  Uses the conditional 'podríamos' to offer a gentle alternative.

Key words

Passive Forms and Alternatives

In B2 Spanish, we move between the 'ser' passive and the 'pasiva refleja' (se) depending on focus.

Relative Clauses with 'Cuyo'

'Cuyo' functions like 'whose' and must agree in gender and number with the noun it precedes (the thing possessed).

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