Learn Spanish: Holidays and Continuing Actions in the Past

Every culture and country has important festivals and celebrations. Thus, learning holiday vocabulary helps people from diverse cultures communicate and bond. This course will introduce you to some of the most widely celebrated holidays around the world. Learn the most important words and phrases for describing and discussing holidays, customs, and vacations in general, so that you can better communicate with others about your own experiences.

Next, you will move on to the grammar lessons after learning about the various holidays and events. The first lesson will concentrate on constructing sentences and questions using the simple and imperfect forms of the pretérito perfecto tense. Learn how to construct questions about the past and be familiar with the distinctions among the phrases ‘cuál,’ ‘qué,’ ‘quien,’ and ‘de quién.’ The second grammar lesson will concentrate on the pretérito 'perfecto simple' and 'pretérito imperfecto', which are used in interrupted actions or two continuous actions happening simultaneously.

The final component of the course is focused on helping you apply what you've learned about grammar. Using what you've learned in this unit about holidays, celebrations, and the past simple and past continuous tenses, you'll engage in a variety of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities. This course aims to facilitate the sharing of holiday stories, customs, and understanding between families, fostering cultural understanding and appreciation. Enroll now and continue your journey to speak Spanish fluently with this free course.