Level 5 Study Guide

See this page for a separate discussion of the subjunctive mood.

All of the subjunctive exercise sets follow this pattern regarding their subjunctive verbs.

Exercise SetsPresent Subjunctive 1 & 2

The Present Subjunctive 1 and Present Subjunctive 2 sets introduce the different persons of the present subjunctive in a consistent format. The exercises are grouped according to common reasons for using the subjunctive, such as requests and suggestions, judgments, doubt and uncertainty. There are two exercises per type so more phrases can be included without making any single exercise too long.

Exercise SetImperfect Subjunctive

The Imperfect Subjunctive exercises introduce the past form of the subjunctive using the same consistent person-based format. This tense commonly appears in hypothetical situations, wishes, requests, emotional responses, and other subjunctive contexts involving a past point of view. It is also frequently used with the conditional to express what someone would do or what would happen under imagined circumstances.

Exercise SetPresent Subjunctive haber

The present subjunctive of haber combines haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, or hayan with a past participle to form the present perfect subjunctive: Espero que hayas comido (I hope you have eaten). It is used when a completed action is viewed through a subjunctive context such as emotion, doubt, judgment, desire, or uncertainty.

Exercise SetImperfect Subjunctive haber

The imperfect subjunctive of haber combines hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, or hubieran with a past participle to form the past perfect subjunctive: Ojalá hubiera estudiado (I wish I had studied). It is used for completed past actions viewed through a subjunctive context and commonly appears in regrets, doubts, past reactions, and hypothetical situations that did not occur.

Exercise SetStories with Dialogue

The Stories with Dialogue exercises bring together all the verb tenses introduced throughout the course. Each exercise contains 50 phrases and includes conversational fixed expressions whose meanings cannot be understood word for word. Practicing these in dialogue will help you become more comfortable with the shortened, idiomatic, and context-dependent language used by native speakers.

When the phrases are played in order, they form a complete story rather than a collection of unrelated examples. The developing characters, situations, and conversations provide context that makes individual phrases easier to understand and remember. These exercises offer an opportunity to practice listening to natural dialogue while reviewing vocabulary and grammar from across the course.