B1.13: The social media era

La era de las redes sociales

Listening & reading materials

Practice vocabulary in context with real materials.

B1.13.1 Cuento corto

Viviendo en la era de las redes sociales

Living in the Age of Social Media


B1.13.2 Cultura

El fenómeno de los influencers en España y Andorra

The phenomenon of influencers in Spain and Andorra


Vocabulary (12)

 Las redes sociales: The social networks (Spanish)

Las redes sociales

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The social networks Show

 El seguidor: The follower (Spanish)

El seguidor

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The follower Show

 La privacidad: The privacy (Spanish)

La privacidad

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The privacy Show

 La influencia: The influence (Spanish)

La influencia

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The influence Show

 Adictivo: Addictive (Spanish)

Adictivo

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Addictive Show

 La publicación: The post (Spanish)

La publicación

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The post Show

 Privado: Private (Spanish)

Privado

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Private Show

 Público: The public (Spanish)

Público

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The public Show

 Comentar (to comment) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Comentar

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To comment Show

 Afectar (to affect) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Afectar

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To affect Show

 La aplicación: The application (Spanish)

La aplicación

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The application Show

 El comentario: The comment (Spanish)

El comentario

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The comment Show

Exercises

These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.

Exercise 1: Pretérito perfecto de indicativo: morfología y usos

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Present perfect indicative: morphology and uses

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han afectado, ha comentado, han comentado, hemos subido, habéis afectado, he subido, he comentado, ha afectado

1. Comentar:
Hoy yo ... varias publicaciones en las redes sociales.
(Today I have commented on several posts on social media.)
2. Comentar:
Ana nunca ... las publicaciones de Juan.
(Ana has never commented on Juan's posts.)
3. Comentar:
Los seguidores más activo de la página ... cada publicación de la semana.
(The most active followers of the page have commented on every post of the week.)
4. Afectar:
El usuario ... la visibilidad de la publicación con sus comentarios negativos.
(The user has affected the visibility of the post with their negative comments.)
5. Afectar:
Los comentarios negativos ... la reputación de la publicación más reciente.
(Negative comments have affected the reputation of the most recent publication.)
6. Afectar:
Vosotros ... la opinión de muchos seguidores.
(You have influenced the opinion of many followers.)
7. Subir:
Hoy yo ... una publicación sobre la privacidad en las redes sociales.
(Today I have posted about privacy on social networks.)
8. Subir:
Esta semana nosotros ... una publicación en la aplicación para hablar sobre los riesgos de la privacidad en línea.
(This week we have posted a publication on the app to talk about the risks of online privacy.)

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B1.13.3 Gramática

Pretérito perfecto de indicativo: morfología y usos

Present perfect indicative: morphology and uses


Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Subir to climb

Pretérito imperfecto

Spanish English
(yo) subía I was climbing
(tú) subías You were climbing
(él/ella) subía he/she was climbing
(nosotros/nosotras) subíamos we were climbing
(vosotros/vosotras) subíais you climbed
(ellos/ellas) subían they were climbing

Exercises and examples phrases

Comentar to comment

Pretérito imperfecto

Spanish English
(yo) comentaba I was commenting
(tú) comentabas You were commenting
(él/ella) comentaba he/she commented
(nosotros/nosotras) comentábamos we commented
(vosotros/vosotras) comentabais You were commenting
(ellos/ellas) comentaban They commented

Exercises and examples phrases

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