B1.7: Let's debate!

¡Debatamos!

Vocabulary (10)

 Debatir (to debate) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Debatir

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To debate Show

 Defender (to defend) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Defender

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To defend Show

 La opinión: The opinion (Spanish)

La opinión

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The opinion Show

 El debate: The Debate (Spanish)

El debate

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The debate Show

 El argumento: The argument (Spanish)

El argumento

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The argument Show

 El punto de vista: The point of view (Spanish)

El punto de vista

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The point of view Show

 La perspectiva: The perspective (Spanish)

La perspectiva

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The perspective Show

 La prueba: The test (Spanish)

La prueba

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The test Show

 Relevante: Relevant (Spanish)

Relevante

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Relevant Show

 Controversial: Controversial (Spanish)

Controversial

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Controversial Show

Exercises

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

Exercise 1: Verbos para expresar sentimientos con el indicativo y subjuntivo

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Verbs to express feelings with the indicative and subjunctive

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defienda, tengas, debatan, participe, escuchen, participes

1. Escuchar:
Me alegra que ... las opiniones de los participantes
(I'm glad that they listen to the participants' opinions)
2. Debatir:
Me entristece que ustedes no ... de forma cordial.
(It saddens me that you do not debate in a cordial manner.)
3. Escuchar:
Nos alegra que ... nuestros puntos de vista.
(We are glad that you listen to our points of view.)
4. Participar:
Es intolerable que ... en debates sin tener argumentos relevantes.
(It is intolerable that you participate in debates without having relevant arguments.)
5. Defender:
Me da vergüenza que mi novio no me ... durante el debate.
(I am ashamed that my boyfriend doesn’t stand up for me during the debate.)
6. Participar:
Me molesta que Juan no ... en el debate mañana.
(It bothers me that Juan does not participate in the debate tomorrow.)
7. Tener:
Me irrita que no tú ... suficientes pruebas relevantes.
(It annoys me that you don't have enough relevant evidence.)
8. Debatir:
Me molesta que ... sin argumentos claros en un tema tan controversial.
(It annoys me that they argue without clear arguments on such a controversial topic.)

Grammar

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B1.7.1 Gramática

Verbos para expresar sentimientos con el indicativo y subjuntivo

Verbs to express feelings with the indicative and subjunctive


Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Llegar to arrive

Subjuntivo presente

Spanish English
(yo) llegue I arrive
(tú) llegues you arrive
(él/ella) llegue he/she arrives
(nosotros/nosotras) lleguemos we arrive
(vosotros/vosotras) lleguéis You arrive
(ellos/ellas) lleguen they arrive

Exercises and examples phrases

Venir to come

Subjuntivo presente

Spanish English
(yo) venga I come
(tú) vengas You come
(él/ella) venga he/she comes
(nosotros/nosotras) vengamos we come
(vosotros/vosotras) vengáis You come
(ellos/ellas) vengan they come

Exercises and examples phrases

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