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Put your Spanish grammar skills to the test with this advanced crossword on the concordance of tenses. At C1 level, mastering how tenses align in complex sentences — across indicative, subjunctive, and conditional moods — is essential for fluency. Can you crack every clue and demonstrate true command of Spanish temporal harmony?
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. Always, at all times without exception
- 6. To follow or continue doing something
- 8. Soon
- 9. someone, indefinite person pronoun
- 10. To speak or talk
- 12. Conditional tense expressing hypothetical actions
- 13. After, indicating a later time
Down
- 2. Action occurring after another reference point
- 3. Agreement between tenses in complex sentences
- 4. Concept of time reference in grammar
- 5. Two actions happening at the same time
- 7. when indicating a time
- 8. Parents
- 11. Furthermore, adding more information
Answers
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Across
- 1. Always, at all times without exception → siempre
- 6. To follow or continue doing something → seguir
- 8. Soon → pronto
- 9. someone, indefinite person pronoun → alguien
- 10. To speak or talk → hablar
- 12. Conditional tense expressing hypothetical actions → condicional
- 13. After, indicating a later time → despues
Down
- 2. Action occurring after another reference point → posterioridad
- 3. Agreement between tenses in complex sentences → concordancia
- 4. Concept of time reference in grammar → temporalidad
- 5. Two actions happening at the same time → simultaneidad
- 7. when indicating a time → cuando
- 8. Parents → padres
- 11. Furthermore, adding more information → ademas
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