Carolina teaches about the apocopation, or shortening, of a small group of masculine singular adjectives in Spanish.

Having noticed a lot of confusion among her students regarding the usage and meaning of reflexive verbs and pronouns, Venezuelan Spanish teacher, Carolina Graterol, clarifies these topics with some useful examples.

Carolina gives us an in depth explanation of the verb "dar" (to give) in various contexts and sentences.

Teacher Carolina shares this lesson to help us differentiate between three Spanish verbs that have a very similar meaning.

Carolina teaches us the difference between the Spanish verbs "saber" and "conocer" [to know], which are similar but not interchangeable and used in different contexts.

Carolina, a Venezuelan Spanish teacher, teaches us the difference between the Spanish verbs, "mirar" (to look at/watch), "ver" (to see) and "buscar" (to look for) and gives us examples of sentences in which they might be found.

Because the Spanish words/expressions "haber" and "a ver" and "si" and "sí" sound exactly the same, their very different meanings are often confused. Spanish teacher Carolina enlightens us as to their differences.

Carolina teaches us how to correctly express "tonight" (esta noche) and "last night" (anoche) in Spanish and cautions us against some commonly used but erroneous expressions for these concepts.

Carolina teaches us about a few copulative conjunctions in Spanish and gives us examples.

Carolina teaches us about disjunctive and copulative conjunctions- ways to express "or" and "or else"- in Spanish.

Carolina explains some common errors she has noticed among her students in order to preclude us from making them ourselves.

Carolina shares with us more common mistakes made by students learning Spanish.

Carolina explains the particular contexts in which one should use either "personaje" or "carácter" as a translation for the English word, "character," the difference between the Spanish words "de" and "dé," and, some different ways of expressing the date in Spanish depending upon the situation.

Carolina explains when to use the Spanish verb "deber" vs. "deber de" as well as the difference between the oft confused "demás" and "de más."

Carolina explains cases in which Spanish students tend to confuse when to use the Spanish forms of "to be," "ser" y "estar," as well as the difference between the prepositions "a" and "de" with respect to verbs of movement.

Although the majority of masculine nouns in Spanish end in "o" while the feminine ones end in "a," Carolina explains some exceptions to these rules, which tend to confuse Spanish students.

Carolina points out some common pluralization errors among Spanish students as well as a case in which many of them attempt to translate literally from English.

A participle is a personal form of a verb in which the verb becomes an adjective without totally losing its verb characteristics or nature. Carolina explains more about them.

In contrast with regular participles, irregular participles are those whose endings don't follow a specific pattern. Carolina explains more.

Carolina concludes her lessons on participles by discussing double participles, which are those that have two different accepted conjugations.

Carolina explains some common mistakes her students make when forming certain verb participles.

Carolina explains to us about the gerund, the form of a verb which expresses an action in progress.

Carolina explains about the gerund verb form in Spanish and some mistakes that native English speakers commonly make when employing it.

Carolina gives us an introduction to the passive voice in Spanish.

Carolina teaches us how to transform sentences from the active to the passive voice in Spanish with several accessible examples.

Carolina explains in greater detail how the passive voice is expressed in different verb tenses.

Carolina explains how the press and social media often use an abbreviated form of the passive voice to save space as well as how the pronoun "se" can be used to formulate sentences in the passive voice that emphasize what is sold or offered as opposed to the person selling or offering the service or merchandise.