Spanish Week 7 — Silver 1 Passed! My day, Past events, Time markers 💰 Earn & learn

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🧾 Intro / Reflection

I passed Silver 1! This is about the point I had reached before when I was learning Spanish, before I restarted with my new system. This week was all about past tense, time markers, and sequence words. Past tense gave me some trouble at first, but this time around my learning method made it smoother.
The test itself was easier than I expected, even though I wasn’t 100% on all the conjugations. I’ll keep practicing past tense as I move into Silver 2 to get more confident with it. There’s still more memorization ahead with conjugations for each pronoun, but that will come with time.
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📚 What I Learned This Rank
✅ Silver 1

Category	Covered
Preferences	✅
Comparisons	✅
Emotions	✅
Basic agreements / disagreements	✅
I think / I feel	✅
Comparatives	✅
Because / So	✅

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📅 Scenario:

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📝My Spanish notes

Grammar requirements:
1️⃣ The Past Tense (Two Main Forms)

For basic storytelling, you need pretérito indefinido (preterite) first, because it’s used for completed actions in the past. Later you’ll mix in imperfecto (imperfect) for background details.

Regular Preterite Conjugations

Ending	-AR Example: hablar (to speak)	-ER Example: comer (to eat)	-IR Example: vivir (to live)
yo	hablé	comí	viví
tú	hablaste	comiste	viviste
él/ella/usted	habló	comió	vivió
nosotros/as	hablamos	comimos	vivimos
vosotros/as	hablasteis	comisteis	vivisteis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	hablaron	comieron	vivieron

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Common Irregular Preterites You’ll Use A Lot

These break the regular rules — you just have to memorize them.

Infinitive	Meaning	yo form	tú form	él/ella form	nosotros	ellos
ir / ser	to go / to be	fui	fuiste	fue	fuimos	fueron
tener	to have	tuve	tuviste	tuvo	tuvimos	tuvieron
hacer	to do/make	hice	hiciste	hizo	hicimos	hicieron
estar	to be	estuve	estuviste	estuvo	estuvimos	estuvieron
poder	to be able	pude	pudiste	pudo	pudimos	pudieron
decir	to say/tell	dije	dijiste	dijo	dijimos	dijeron
ver	to see	vi	viste	vio	vimos	vieron

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2️⃣ Time Markers (When Things Happened)

These help anchor your story in time.

Spanish	English
ayer	yesterday
anteayer	the day before yesterday
anoche	last night
la semana pasada	last week
el mes pasado	last month
hace dos días	two days ago
el sábado pasado	last Saturday
en 2010	in 2010
esta mañana	this morning

3️⃣ Sequencing Words (Telling Events in Order)

These let you chain events so your story flows.

Spanish	English
primero	first
después / luego	then
más tarde	later
entonces	so / then
al final	in the end
finalmente	finally
mientras	while
antes de	before
después de	after

4️⃣ Sentence-Building Formula

[Time marker] + [subject] + [verb in past tense] + [details] + [sequencing word if continuing]
Example:
Ayer me levanté temprano. Después desayuné con mi familia. Luego fuimos al centro comercial y compramos ropa. Finalmente volvimos a casa.

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✅ Silver Spanish Test Results

Part 1: Daily Event Retelling

Describe what you did yesterday, including at least 3 events in sequence. Try to use past tense verbs and time markers.

Prompt:
“Cuéntame qué hiciste ayer desde que te despertaste hasta que te fuiste a dormir.”

ayer, yo me desperté a las ocho y media. yo me cepillé los dientes, luego comí huevos para desayuno. a la una, estudié los lenguas, luego practiué el piano. A las tres comí arroz con pollo para el almuerzo. Despues, yo me duché, luego jugar los videojuegos. finalmente yo me voy a dormí.

Feedback:

• ✅ Good use of past tense and sequencing words (“luego”, “después”, “finalmente”).
• Small corrections:
  • “para desayuno” → para el desayuno (need the article).
  • “estudié los lenguas” → estudié las lenguas (feminine plural).
  • “practiué” → practiqué (spelling).
  • “jugar los videojuegos” → jugué los videojuegos (past tense).
  • “yo me voy a dormí” → me fui a dormir (past tense, reflexive).

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Part 2: Weekend Plans / Past Weekend

Talk about something you did last weekend. Include at least 2 activities and describe briefly how it went.

Prompt:
“¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana pasado? Describe un poco cómo estuvo.”

la semana pasada, fui a la tienda. Compré huevos, pollo, tomates, queso, y arroz. Luego yo me concontré a mi amigo.

Feedback:

• ✅ Past tense verbs are used well.
• Small corrections:
  • “la semana pasada” is correct.
  • “yo me concontré a mi amigo” → me encontré con mi amigo (“encontrarse con” is the correct expression).
  • No need for “yo” unless emphasizing.

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Part 3: Sequencing Practice

Put these actions in a short story. Use sequencing words like luego, después, primero.

• Comer desayuno
• Ir al parque
• Comprar frutas
• Leer un libro

Prompt:
“Cuenta la historia de tu día usando estas acciones en orden. Usa palabras como ‘primero’, ‘después’, ‘luego’.”

Primero Jerry comió el desayuno, despues el cepilló los dientes, luego el fue a la tienda y compró los verduras y carne. Finalmente el leyó un libro.

Feedback:

• Good sequencing words: “primero, después, luego, finalmente”.
• Corrections:
  • “despues el cepilló los dientes” → después se cepilló los dientes (reflexive).
  • “los verduras y carne” → las verduras y la carne (agreement + article).

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Part 4: Irregular Verb Check

Translate and use the following sentences in Spanish (past tense). Make sure you conjugate irregulars correctly:

1. I went to the store yesterday.
2. She made lunch in the morning.
3. We saw a movie on Saturday.

yo fui a la tienda ayer. ella hiza el almuerzo en la manana nosotros vimos una pelicula en sabado

Feedback:

• “yo fui a la tienda ayer” → ✅ correct.
• “ella hiza el almuerzo en la manana” → ella hizo el almuerzo en la mañana (“hacer” is irregular: hizo).
• “nosotros vimos una pelicula en sabado” → nosotros vimos una película el sábado (add accent, article).

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Part 5: Reflection

Talk about a short situation from last week where something interesting or unusual happened. Include at least one past tense verb and one time marker.

Prompt:
“Cuenta algo interesante o diferente que pasó la semana pasada.”

la semana pasada, vi un algo ineresante. un perro fue astustado de un gato y el corrió.

Feedback:

• Corrections:
  • “vi un algo ineresante” → vi algo interesante (“algo” is already “something”, no need “un”, and spelling).
  • “fue astustado de un gato” → se asustó por un gato (correct reflexive + preposition).
  • “y el corrió” → ✅ correct, just add accent: él corrió.

Overall Assessment

• You understand past tense verbs (regular & common irregulars).
• You use time markers (“ayer”, “la semana pasada”) correctly.
• You can sequence events using “primero, luego, después, finalmente”.
• Minor errors are mostly spelling, accents, and small reflexive mistakes.

Silver 1 Pass Confidence: Very high. With these small fixes, you could comfortably pass.

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🎯 Next Steps / Goals
Onto silver 2! Expressing opinions, simple emotions, preference comparisons, basic agreement and disagreements.

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📚 Resources I Used

• ChatGPT (for sentence practice + explanations + tests)
• YouTube (for pronunciation + listening)
• Google Translate (for fast checks)
• My language language learning structure (coming soon)

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