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Grammar Intensive Bootcamp

Nail the tenses, moods and structures that trip everyone up — including the subjunctive — in one intensive month of focused drills.

Intermediate★ 4.5 rating21 21 lessons1 month
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About the Course

The Grammar Intensive Bootcamp attacks the structures learners get wrong most often. Each module isolates one problem area, explains the logic simply, and drills it until it becomes automatic. By the end the past tenses, ser/estar and the subjunctive stop being guesswork.

What you’ll learn

  • Choose correctly between ser and estar every time.
  • Use the preterite and imperfect with the right nuance.
  • Understand and produce the present subjunctive.
  • Handle por vs para and other classic prepositions.
  • Form and place object pronouns naturally.
  • Build conditional sentences and the 'if' structures.
  • Self-correct the errors that mark you as a learner.

Course program

6 modules · 21 lessons

Module 1 El sistema verbal / Verb system

4 lessons
  • Present tenseRegular and irregular forms.
  • Ser vs estarMastering the classic contrast.
  • Reflexive verbsPronominal patterns explained.
  • Gustar-type verbsIndirect objects made clear.

Module 2 El pasado / Past tenses

4 lessons
  • Completed past actions.Completed past actions.
  • Description and habits.Description and habits.
  • The big contrast, solved.The big contrast, solved.
  • Compound pastsPerfecto and pluscuamperfecto.

Module 3 Futuro y condicional

3 lessons
  • Future tenseForms and everyday uses.
  • ConditionalWould, politeness and advice.
  • ProbabilityConjecture with future and conditional.

Module 4 El subjuntivo / Subjunctive

4 lessons
  • Present subjunctiveHow to form it reliably.
  • Wishes & emotionThe triggers you must know.
  • Doubt & denialSubjunctive in noun clauses.
  • Imperfect subjunctiveSi clauses and hypotheticals.

Module 5 Pronombres / Pronouns

3 lessons
  • Object pronounsLo, la and le in context.
  • Combining pronounsSe lo and me la.
  • Relative pronounsQue, quien and cuyo.

Module 6 Estructuras avanzadas

3 lessons
  • Passive & seImpersonal structures.
  • PrepositionsPor vs para and beyond.
  • ConnectorsBuilding complex sentences.

Your teacher

Teresa Ocaña Ruiz

Teresa Ocaña Ruiz

Grammar specialist who makes the subjunctive finally click

Teresa is the grammar teacher students wish they’d had at school. With a gift for clear diagrams and memorable rules, she finally makes the subjunctive click. Fifteen years in the classroom have taught her that every tricky structure has a simple explanation.

Student reviews

★★★★★

“The subjunctive finally makes sense. I wish I’d found Teresa years ago.”

★★★★★

“Her diagrams for pretérito vs imperfecto are pure genius. Everything clicked.”

★★★★★

“Dense in the best way — I filled every gap in my grammar.”

Who is this for

  • Intermediate learners whose grammar is holding back their speaking.
  • Self-taught speakers with fluent but error-prone Spanish.
  • Anyone dreading the subjunctive who wants it to finally click.

Frequently asked questions

No — it is short, drill-based and practical, with lots of quick exercises rather than long lectures.
Yes, a full module. The present subjunctive is explained from the logic up, then drilled hard.
A2/B1. You should know the present tense already; the bootcamp fixes everything after that.

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