B2 Spanish Course: Independent usage of language
At level B2 you can understand the main content of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics. In your own area of expertise, you also understand technical discussions. You can communicate spontaneously and fluently in Spanish so that a normal conversation with native speakers is possible without major problems on either side. You are able to express yourself clearly and in detail on a wide range of topics, to explain an opinion on a current issue and to present the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Our Spanish Courses are structured in 6 main teaching levels, in line with the curriculum plan of the Instituto Cervantes and the CEFR of the Council of Europe: from beginners level A1 up to the highest level C2.
Spanish B2 level syllabus
I. Grammar Contents for Level B2
Nouns
Irregulars in the gener and number of nouns.
Forming nouns.
Nominal syntagms
Agreement of collective nouns.
Adjectives
Approximate adjectives.
Adjectives based on a predictive object.
Appreciative suffixes.
Formation of absolute nouns.
Substantiation by the neutral pronoun lo.
Use of anaphoric sayings, el citado and tal.
Adjectival syntagms
Nominal and phrasal objects. Introduced by prepositions.
Articles
Substantive value of lo.
Alternating of the indefinite / definite values.
Pronouns
Pronouns OD and OI. Combination of pronouns: se lo.
Relative pronouns.
Relative constructions: quienes, aquellos que, todo aquel que…
Uses of se for expressing involuntariness and impersonality.
Use of pronouns for the anaphoric and cataphoric functions.
Possessive pronouns
Opposition of the unstressed and stressed forms.
Combination with other elements.
Demonstratives
Anaphoric linking between clauses.
The cataphoric neutral: esto.
Quantifiers
Partitives: mitad, tercio, doceavo.
Multiplications: doble, triple.
Universals: cada, cualquier, cualquiera.
Prepositions
Prepositional verb regime.
Nominal objects introduced by prepositions.
Por / para.
Adverbs and adverbial expressions
Adverbs and expressions of probability.
Connectors for situating events in time.
Discursive connectors.
Relative adverbs.
Time markers and temporal constructions: justo en ese momento, entonces...
Use of place adverbs and prepositional locutions with and without spatial reference: encima de / encima, fuera de / fuera
Interjections
Interjection expressions with a common use: ¡Cielo santo!, ¡Díos mío!, ¡Ay de mí!
Verbs
Present Indicative Values.
Contrast and combination of past tenses.
Present Subjunctive. Morphology and uses.
Imperfect Subjunctive. Morphology and uses.
Pluperfect Subjunctive. Morphology and uses.
Uses of the Subjunctive times in the indirect style.
Future perfect. Morphology and uses.
Uses of the Future to formulate hypotheses.
Review of Simple Conditional.
Compound Conditional. Morphology and uses.
Review of Imperative.
Uses of ser and estar.
Passive constructions. Use of passive clauses.
Reflective passive.
Verbal periphrasis.
Revision of aspectual and modal verbal periphrases.
Non-personal forms.
Compound infinitive. Morphology and uses.
Gerund: temporal and predictive values.
Participio as a predicative object.
Participio in the passive voice.
Simple clauses
Dubious clauses in the Indicative or Subjunctive introduced by quizás, probablemente…
Passive clauses.
Impersonal clauses.
Coordinated clauses
Links with sino and no obstante.
Consecutive: de manera que.
Explanatory: es decir, esto es, o sea…
Subordinate clauses
1. Substantive subordinate clauses
Substantive clauses with the Indicative or Subjunctive.
1.1. Substantive subordinate clauses with the Infinitive
– Prepositional object function.
– DO function
Expression of feelings with the Infinitive.
1.2. Substantive subordinate clauses (with two conjugated verbs)
– DO function
Expression of feelings with the Subjunctive.
Expression of opinion with the Indicative or Subjunctive.
Expression of worth with the Indicative or Subjunctive.
Expression of verification and worth with the Indicative or Subjunctive.
2. Relative clauses
Relative pronouns and adverbs.
Relative clauses with the Indicative or Subjunctive.
The relative clauses with indefinite pronominal antecedent.
Other relatives.
Relative Subjunctive clauses without antecedent.
Correlation of verbal times in relative phrases.
3. Adverbial subordinate clauses
3.1. Temporal clauses
Introduced with cuando + Indicative / Subjunctive.
Introduced with antes / después de + que + Indicative / Subjunctive.
Introduced with mientras + que + Indicative / Subjunctive.
Introduced with hasta + que + Subjunctive..
Introduced with una vez + que + Indicative / Subjunctive.
Introduced with al / nada más + Infinitive.
3.2. Location clauses
Introduced when combined with prepositions de, desde, hasta… in the Indicative and Subjunctive mode.
3.3. Clauses conveying mood
Introduced with como. In the Indicative and Subjunctive mode.
Introduced with según. In the Indicative and Subjunctive mode.
3.4. Causal clauses
Introduced with como, por, porque, debido a que… in the Indicative mode.
3.5. Consecutive clauses
Introduced with tan(to)…que.
Introduced with aunque + Indicative / Subjunctive.
Introduced with a pesar de + Indicative / Subjunctive.
Other linking phrases: tanto si…como si…, and eso que.
3.6. Concessive clauses
Introduced with aunque + Indicative / Subjunctive.
Introduced with a pesar de + Indicative / Subjunctive.
Other linking phrases: tanto si… como si…, y eso que…
3.7. Comparative clauses
Introduced with tan… como, lo mismo que, igual que…
Introduced with no más que, nada más que.
Differences between más que / más de.
3.8. Closing clauses
Introduced with para + que + Subjunctive.
Introduced with a + que + Subjunctive.
Introduced with a fin de + que + Subjunctive.
Introduced with a + Infinitive.
Other linking phrases: a efectos de, con motivo de, con el objeto de + Infinitivo.
3.9. Conditional clauses
Time correlation. Consecutio temporum.
Sí + Pluperfect Subjunctive + Compound Conditional.
Conditional links: siempre que, siempre y cuando, a condición de que…