Lesson 1 · 3 skills
Assertive verbs and mood
Choose indicative or subjunctive according to whether an assertive expression presents information as established, attributes a claim, or explicitly withholds commitment.
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Assertive verbs and mood
Choose indicative or subjunctive according to whether an assertive expression presents information as established, attributes a claim, or explicitly withholds commitment.
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Unit 1: Express speaker stance through mood
Move beyond trigger lists by using mood to assert, withhold, presuppose, evaluate, background, and recalibrate propositions.
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Lesson 2 · 3 skills
Negation, questions, and mood
Interpret the scope and pragmatic force of negation and questions instead of treating either one as an automatic subjunctive trigger.
Lesson 3 · 3 skills
Factive and evaluative clauses
Separate knowledge and recognition from emotional or value judgments so factual acceptance does not incorrectly force one mood in every clause.
Lesson 4 · 3 skills
Meaning changes through mood choice
Use indicative and subjunctive as discourse choices that assert, background, reject, or soften the speaker's commitment to the same underlying proposition.
Extra practice
Mixed sentence building
Build ten Spanish sentences using grammar from across C1.