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		<title>Spain as a Travel Destination</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The History of Spain Spain has a long and distinctive past. This unique country has been occupied by many regimes including:  the Phoenicians; the Romans; the Suevi; the Vandals; the Alans; the Visigoths; and the Arab-Muslims. During the 1400s, Isabella &#8230; <a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/travel/spain-as-a-travel-destination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>The History of Spain</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/spain.jpg"><img class="alignright  wp-image-280" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/spain.jpg" alt="" width="349" height="278" /></a>Spain has a long and distinctive past. This unique country has been occupied by many regimes including:  the Phoenicians; the Romans; the Suevi; the Vandals; the Alans; the Visigoths; and the Arab-Muslims.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">During the 1400s, <strong>Isabella of Castile</strong> and <strong>Ferdinand of Aragon</strong>, whom were Catholic Monarchs, married, thus the reign began over the <em>Spanish Empire</em>.  However by the 1930s, the people of Spain no longer wanted a <em>Monarchy</em> and so <em>The Republic</em> was created on April 14, 1931.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><em>The Republic</em> was riddled with political, social and economic discord.  The country would fall into a world filled with war and dictatorship which lasted over forty years.  Once Dictator, <strong>General Francisco Franco </strong>died in 1975, the <em>Monarchy</em> government was reestablished giving way to a western-style democracy which has developed the country, and today, ranks twelfth in the world on its economy and commands the tenth highest quality of life index rating in the world.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">Spain is also a member of several global organizations including:  the United Nations, European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, World Trade Organization and others.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Climate of Spain</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/climate-spain.png"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-281" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/climate-spain.png" alt="" width="320" height="250" /></a>You can expect three main climate variations in Spain.  If you are along the peninsula or coastal regions, it is more prone to a Mediterranean climate, with dry and very warm summers, beautiful autumns and springs and mild winters.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">In the southeastern portion of the country where the Ebro valley and Murcia is located; the climate can be referred to as semiarid; a desert-like heat, with very hot summers and mild to warm winters.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">The north quarter of the country where Cantabria, Basque Country, Asturias and portions of Galicia are located, you can expect what is known as oceanic climate; where the summer, spring, autumn and winter seasons are determined by the ocean, though you can anticipate mostly warm summers and cool winters.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Your Visa to Spain</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify">If you are a citizen of the European Union (EU), which means the country that you maintain citizenship in, you <strong>will not</strong> be required to attain a visa to enter Spain.  You are allowed to stay up to 90 days within a six month period.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/spain-visa.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-282" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/spain-visa.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="221" /></a>If the country that you maintain citizenship in is not a part of the EU, <strong>you will</strong> be required to attain a visa to enter Spain unless there have been special arrangements made between Spain and your home country.   Your local consulate will have visa applications and can assist you with this process.  You’ll need to apply for and have in hand, your visa prior to travel.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>All travelers</strong> are required to carry a passport.  It is recommended that you have at least two full blank pages in the visa section prior to traveling.  Often times, you may have to travel through another country or region before arriving in Spain and this country may require the necessary stamps within your passport/visa section.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">Also, check with your airline to determine whether or not you’ll need a transit visa.  Countries that you may pass through on the way to Spain may require it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, always check with your local consulate prior to travel to inquire about any visa updates.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Currency of Spain</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/euro.jpg"><img class="alignright  wp-image-283" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/euro.jpg" alt="" width="392" height="255" /></a>The Euro is the currency of Spain.  Spain also accepts major credit cards such as your Visa, MasterCard or American Express in major stores and some restaurants – if using your credit card, there will be a surcharge, fee or rate comparable to what you would pay normally when purchasing with your card.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">Using your ATM card in Spain will work and the fees will be comparable to exchanging currency at a bank.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">If you need to exchange currency in Spain:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify">
<li>any major bank will work;</li>
<li>if you own an American Express card, seek out their local office; or</li>
<li>if you’re looking for the best currency exchange rate, seek out reputable exchange offices which handle most currencies and usually have a better rate of exchange.  The best ways to find these offices are, inquiring with your hotel concierge, or if you are traveling with a tour group reach out to your guide.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>The Language</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/espanol.gif"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-284" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/espanol.gif" alt="" width="300" height="181" /></a>The official language of Spain is Spanish.  If you’re not already familiar with the dialect, it’s always customary to familiarize yourself with the native language of any country you’re visiting; learning main words and phrases will help you adapt and feel more comfortable during your adventure.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">It is suggested that you take a basic on-line Spanish tutorial; pick up a “how to” book or, if you’re savvy you can pick of the language once you’re in Spain, as Spanish is considered one of the easier languages to grasp, and friendly natives of the region may assist you along.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Traveling to Spain</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify">Air travel is always the best and most economic way to travel to Spain.  Always try and book a few weeks or months in advance as you are pretty much guaranteed an awesome deal.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">Once you’re in Spain, you will have access to the country’s train system, buses, and taxis.  Renting a car is always an option – an expensive option but it may suit you if you plan on exploring some of Spain’s regions that aren’t easily accessible by train or bus.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">The largest airport in Spain is Barajas Airport in Madrid.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Cities to Visit While in Spain</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/madrid.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-285" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/madrid.jpg" alt="" width="411" height="300" /></a></p>
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<li>Madrid – diverse and very friendly</li>
<li>Barcelona – borders France with great beaches</li>
<li>Sevilla – stylish city with great cuisine and night life</li>
<li>Granada -  stunning gardens and Moorish palaces</li>
<li>Valencia – great festivals – i.e. <em>Las Fallas</em></li>
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		<title>Lesson 11: ¿Qué estás haciendo?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re going to find … Grammar: ESTAR + GERUNDIO Vocabulary: ROPA Diálogo: ¡REBAJAS! Ejercicios Something about Spain and South America and a little tip! Key GRAMMAR ESTAR + GERUNDIO (TO BE + &#8211; ING) We already know the verb ESTAR &#8230; <a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/learn-spanish/lesson-11-que-estas-haciendo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p lang="es-AR"><strong>You&#8217;re going to find …</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Grammar: ESTAR + GERUNDIO</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Vocabulary: ROPA</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Diálogo: ¡REBAJAS!</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Ejercicios</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Something about Spain and South America and a little tip!</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Key</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>GRAMMAR</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>ESTAR + GERUNDIO (TO BE + &#8211; ING)</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR">We already know the verb ESTAR (To stay): it&#8217;s an irregular Spanish verb. Do we remember how to conjugate it?</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Yo estoy</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Tú/Vos estás</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Él/Ella/Usted está</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Nosotros-as estamos</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Vosotros-as estáis</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes están</p>
<p lang="es-AR">If somebody asks you “what are you doing?”, you will probably answer “I&#8217;m &#8230;-ing”.</p>
<p lang="es-AR">How can we say that in Spanish? How can we say that we&#8217;re doing something RIGHT NOW?</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>What are you doing? = ¿Qué estás haciendo?</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>I&#8217;m &#8230;-ing” = Estoy … -ando/-iendo. </strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Examples: </strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR">A: ¿Qué estás haciendo?</p>
<p lang="es-AR">B: Estoy estudiando.</p>
<p lang="es-AR">A: ¿Qué estáis haciendo?</p>
<p lang="es-AR">B: Estamos saliendo.</p>
<p lang="es-AR">The Spanish verbs which end in -ndo belong to the so-called GERUNDIO, a tense which corresponds to the English verbs which end in -ing.</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>How can we form it?</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Root of the verb + -ando (for the verbs which end in -ar)</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Root of the verb + -iendo (for the verbs which end in -er and -ir)</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Examples: </strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR">Estar: Estando (est+ando)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Amar: Amando (am+ando)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Beber: Bebiendo (beb+iendo)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Salir: Saliendo (sal+iendo)</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>IRREGULAR VERBS</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR">- Verbs with the change of the vowel O&#8211;&gt;U</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p lang="it-IT">P<span style="text-decoration: underline;">o</span>der: P<span style="text-decoration: underline;">u</span>diendo</p>
<p lang="it-IT">D<span style="text-decoration: underline;">o</span>rmir: D<span style="text-decoration: underline;">u</span>rmiendo</p>
<p lang="it-IT">M<span style="text-decoration: underline;">o</span>rir: M<span style="text-decoration: underline;">u</span>riendo</p>
<p lang="it-IT">- Verbs with the change of the vowel E &#8211;&gt;I (only -ir verbs)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="it-IT">M<span style="text-decoration: underline;">e</span>ntir: M<span style="text-decoration: underline;">i</span>ntiendo</p>
<p lang="it-IT">R<span style="text-decoration: underline;">e</span>ir: R<span style="text-decoration: underline;">i</span>endo</p>
<p lang="it-IT">S<span style="text-decoration: underline;">e</span>rvir: S<span style="text-decoration: underline;">i</span>rviendo</p>
<p lang="it-IT">D<span style="text-decoration: underline;">e</span>cir: D<span style="text-decoration: underline;">i</span>ciendo</p>
<p lang="it-IT">S<span style="text-decoration: underline;">e</span>guir: S<span style="text-decoration: underline;">i</span>guiendo</p>
<p lang="it-IT">Pref<span style="text-decoration: underline;">e</span>rir: Pref<span style="text-decoration: underline;">i</span>riendo</p>
<p lang="it-IT">- Verbs with a I &#8211;&gt;Y change (-er and -ir verbs)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="es-AR">Leer: Leyendo</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Ir: Yendo</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Construir: Construyendo</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Traer: Trayendo</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Oir: Oyendo</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Exercise yourself, talk and you will learn them all!</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>VOCABULARY</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Ropa (Clothes)</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>What I&#8217;m wearing today?</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Lo que estoy llevando hoy …</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Tops</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR">… una sudadera (a sweater)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… una camiseta (a shirt, a t-shirt)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… una camisa (a shirt/blouse)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… una chaqueta (a jacket)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… un blazer (a blazer)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… un abrigo (a coat)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… un trench (a trench)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… una chaqueta de punto/una rebeca (a cardigan)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… un vestido (a dress)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… un traje (a suit)</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Low part of the body</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR">… unos pantalones (pants)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… unos vaqueros (jeans)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… una falda (skirt)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… unos shorts (shorts)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… unos leggings/jeggings (leggings/jeggings)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… un traje de baño (a swimsuit)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">… zapatos (shoes)</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>DIÁLOGO</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>¡Rebajas!</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><em>Michelle se va de compras &#8230;</em></p>
<p lang="es-AR">Alejandro: 1. ¿Qué estás haciendo?</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Michelle: 2. Me estoy yendo de compras. 3. Han empezado las rebajas.</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Alejandro: 4. ¿Qué quieres comprar?</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Michelle: 5. Un abrigo, una chaqueta de cuero, unos zapatos y ropa para todos los días.</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Alejandro: 6. ¡No gastes demasiado dinero!</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Ejercicio (key at the end of the lesson)</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>1. Translate the dialogue</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR">Respuestas correctas: … /12 (2 points for every right answer)</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>EJERCICIOS (key at the end of the lesson)</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>2. Write 10 sentences using the <em>gerundio</em></strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>3. Write the <em>gerundio </em>of the following verbs</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR">Escribir:</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Ir:</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Leer:</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Oir:</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Morir:</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Dormir:</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Salir:</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Poder:</p>
<p lang="es-AR"> Respuestas correctas: … /8</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>4. The following sentences have got some mistakes. Find them and correct them.</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR">a) Alicia está ollendo.</p>
<p lang="es-AR">b) Sara y Guillermo están llendo a la playa.</p>
<p lang="es-AR">c) Silvia está salendo de su casa.</p>
<p lang="es-AR">d) Tú estás dormiendo.</p>
<p lang="es-AR">e) Vosotros no estáis leendo.</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Respuestas correctas: …/5</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>5. Write a short text! (less than 100 words)</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>¿Qué lleva puesto esta chica?</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/images.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-265" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/images.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="250" /></a></strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>SOMETHING ABOUT SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA AND A LITTLE TIP!</strong></span></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Spanish school and university</strong></span></p>
<p lang="es-AR">Spanish school system:</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Educación infantil (0-6 years)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Educación primaria (6-12 years)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Educación secundaria (12-16 years)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Bachillerato (16-18 years)</p>
<p lang="es-AR">The new university system is the following:</p>
<p lang="es-AR">Grado (you get a degree after four years)</p>
<p lang="it-IT">Máster (it lasts two years and it&#8217;s a specialization course after the <em>grado</em>)</p>
<p lang="it-IT">Doctorado (it&#8217;s a specialization course after the <em>máster</em>).</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>SPEAK UP!</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR">Read out the things you&#8217;re studying: your brain will memorize faster and your pronunciation will get better.</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><em>Lee en voz alta lo que estás estudiando: tu cerebro va a memorizar todo más rápidamente y tu pronunciación va a mejorar también. </em></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>KEY</strong></p>
<p lang="zxx">1. 1. What are you doing? 2. I&#8217;m going shopping. 3. The sales are on. 4. What do you want to buy? 5. A coat, a leather jacket, shoes and daily clothes. 6. Don&#8217;t spend too much money!</p>
<p lang="zxx">3. Escribiendo, yendo, leyendo, oyendo, muriendo, durmiendo, saliendo, pudiendo</p>
<p lang="zxx">4. a) Alicia está oyendo/b) Sara y Guillermo están yendo a la playa/c) Silvia está saliendo de su cassa/d) Tú estás durmiendo/ e) Vosotros no estáis leyendo.</p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>Respuestas correctas: …/25</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><strong>If your right answers are 23-25, great job!</strong></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>If your right answers are 18-22, correct your mistakes. </strong></span></p>
<p lang="es-AR"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>If your right answers are less than 17, review the whole lesson and try again to succeed!</strong></span></p>
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		<title>Lesson 10: Tiendas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re going to find… Pretérito Imperfecto de Indicativo: Irregular Verbs Vocabulario: Tiendas (Shops) Diálogo Ejercicios Something About Spain and South America and a Little Tip! Key PRETÉRITO IMPERFECTO DE INDICATIVO: IRREGULAR VERBS We’re lucky! This tense has got only two &#8230; <a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/learn-spanish/lesson-10-tiendas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p><strong><em>Pretérito Imperfecto de Indicativo</em></strong><strong>: Irregular Verbs</strong></p>
<p><strong>Vocabulario: Tiendas (Shops)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Diálogo</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ejercicios</strong></p>
<p><strong>Something About Spain and South America and a Little Tip!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Key</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>PRETÉRITO IMPERFECTO DE INDICATIVO</em></strong><strong>: IRREGULAR VERBS</strong></p>
<p>We’re lucky!</p>
<p>This tense has got only two irregular verbs: <em>ser </em>and <em>ir</em>. We learnt the conjugation of <em>ser </em>in the last lesson. In this lesson we’re going to see the conjugation of <em>ir</em>.</p>
<p>In the next lesson we’re going to begin to learn the <em>pretérito indefinido</em> which is a little bit more difficult than the <em>pretérito imperfecto</em>. Anyway, I’m sure you won’t have any problem!</p>
<p><strong>IR</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yo iba</p>
<p>Tú ibas</p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted iba</p>
<p>Nosotros-as íbamos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as ibais</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes iban</p>
<p><strong>VOCABULARIO</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>TIENDAS* (SHOPS)</strong></p>
<p><strong>¡Vamos de compra! </strong>(Let’s go shopping!)</p>
<p><strong>Supermercado </strong>(Supermarket)</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Centro comercial </strong>or <strong>Shopping</strong>* (Shopping center)</p>
<p><strong>Verdulería </strong>(Fruit and vegetable store)</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Carnicería </strong>(Butcher’s shop)</p>
<p><strong>Mercado </strong>(Market)</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pescadería </strong>(Fish shop)</p>
<p><strong>Panadería </strong>(Baker&#8217;s shop)</p>
<p><strong>Tienda de ropa </strong>(Clothes shop)</p>
<p><strong>Tienda de zapatos </strong>(Shoes shop)</p>
<p><strong>Perfumería </strong>(Perfumery)</p>
<p>* In some South America’s countries, it’s more common the use of <em>negocio </em>instead of <em>tienda</em> and the use of <em>shopping </em>instead of <em>centro comercial</em>.</p>
<p><strong>DIÁLOGO</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Michelle y Sophie están en el centro comercial&#8230;</p>
<p>Michelle: 1. ¿Vamos a la tienda de ropa?</p>
<p>Sophie: 2. Vale.</p>
<p>Michelle: 3. Quiero comprar un vestido para la fiesta de esta noche.</p>
<p>Sophie: 4. ¿De qué color lo quieres?</p>
<p>Michelle: 5. Azul.</p>
<p>Sophie: 6. ¿Te gusta este?</p>
<p>Michelle: 7. Sí, voy al probador.</p>
<p>Sophie: 8. ¡Ya sé con qué tipo de zapatos lo puedes combinar!</p>
<p><strong>EJERCICIOS (KEY AT THE END OF THE LESSON)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>1. Translate the dialogue</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Respuestas correctas: &#8230;/16 (2 puntos por cada respuesta correcta)</p>
<p><strong>2.<em> Pretérito Imperfecto de Indicativo</em></strong><strong>: conjugate the verbs in the brackets</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ol>
<li>Mi abuelo se &#8230; Alfonso. (llamar)</li>
<li>En invierno yo siempre … a esquiar. (ir)</li>
<li>Todas las noches Miguel y Andrea siempre … la televisión. (mirar)</li>
<li>El perro de Sofía … marrón. (ser)</li>
<li>Vosotros … mis mejores amigos en el jardín. (ser)</li>
<li>Tú … siempre los deberes. (hacer)</li>
<li>Mis sobrinos … siempre cuando … pequeños. (hablar, ser)</li>
<li>Antes yo … un gato. (tener)</li>
<li>… mucha gente. (haber)</li>
<li>Cuando tú … tres años, siempre … helado en verano. (tener, comer)</li>
</ol>
<p>Respuestas correctas: …12</p>
<p><strong>3. Translate the following sentences</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>When I used to live alone, I went to the supermarket once a week.</li>
<li>I always went to the library when I was a student.</li>
<li>I had many toys when I was a child.</li>
<li>I always wanted a cup of coffee when I used to wake up early.</li>
<li>I used to buy new clothes every week.</li>
<li>We were very sensitive before.</li>
</ol>
<p>Respuestas correctas: &#8230;/6</p>
<p><strong>SOMETHING ABOUT SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA AND A LITTLE TIP!</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>URUGUAY</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Uruguay is a small country but it’s a very beautiful place. It has fancy beaches in Punta del Este (a lot of famous people go there on holidays), many historical places such as Colonia del Sacramento and great landscapes. People are very polite and doing shopping there is very cheap. This nation has many things in common with Argentina (they’re very very close and they share <em>La Plata River</em>) such as words, expressions and customes but it’s quieter than its neighbourhood.</p>
<p><em>Uruguay es un país pequeño pero es un lugar muy bonito. Tiene playas elegantes en Punta del Este (muchos famosos van allí de vacaciones), muchos lugares históricos como Colonia del Sacramento y paisajes hermosos. La gente es muy educada e ir de compras allí es muy barato. </em><em>Esta nación tiene mucho en común con Argentina (están muy muy cerca y comparten el Río de la Plata) como palabras, expresiones y costumbres pero es más tranquila que su vecina. </em></p>
<p><strong>READ! – ¡LEE!</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Read newspapers or magazines in Spanish. If you can’t find them at the newsstand, look for their Internet versions. You can also read blogs or books in Spanish. The choice depends on your interests: try to read about something entertaining for your tastes. Don’t worry if you don’t understand everything; it’s important to comprehend the general meaning. If you have time and patience, annotate the new words or the new expressions you learn.</p>
<p><em>Lee periódicos y revistas en español. Si no los consigues en el kiosco, busca sus versiones en Internet. También puedes leer blogs o libros en español. La elección depende de tus intereses: trata de leer sobre temas que llamen tu atención. No te preocupes si no lo entiendes todo; es importante comprender el sentido general. Si tienes tiempo y paciencia, anota las palabras y las expresiones nuevas que aprendes. </em></p>
<p><strong>KEY</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>1. Shall we go to the clothes shop?/Ok/I want to buy a dress for tonight’s party/What color do you want?/Blue/Do you like this one?/Yes, I do. I go to the fitting room/I already know which are the right shoes for it!</p>
<p>2.llamaba/iba/miraban/era/erais/hacías/hablaban/eran/tenía/había/tenías/comías</p>
<p>3. Cuando vivía solo, iba al supermercado una vez a la semana/Siempre iba a la biblioteca cuando era un estudiante/Tenía muchos juguetes cuando era pequeño/Siempre quería una taza de café cuando me despertaba temprano/Compraba ropa nueva todas las semanas/Antes éramos muy sensibles</p>
<p>Respuestas correctas: &#8230;/34</p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 30/34, great job!</strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 25/30, not bad but you can do better!</strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are less than 24, review the lesson and try again!</strong></p>
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		<title>Lesson 9: ¿Qué falta en la nevera?</title>
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<p><strong>You’re going to find…</strong></p>
<p><strong>How to Conjugate <em>Pretérito Imperfecto de Indicativo</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Vocabulario: Estaciones (Seasons)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Diálogo</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ejercicios</strong></p>
<p><strong>Something About Spain and South America and a Little Tip!</strong></p>
<p><strong>HOW TO CONJUGATE <em>PRÉTERITO IMPERFECTO DE INDICATIVO</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em> </em></strong></p>
<p><strong>First Conjugation (-ar)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Yo -aba</p>
<p>Tú -abas</p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted -aba</p>
<p>Nosotros-as -ábamos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as -abais</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes -aban</p>
<p><strong>Second Conjugation (-er) and Third Conjugation (-ir)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Yo -ía</p>
<p>Tú -ías</p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted -ía</p>
<p>Nosotros-as -íamos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as -iáis</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes –ían</p>
<p><strong>SER</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Yo era</p>
<p>Tú eras</p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted era</p>
<p>Nosotros-as éramos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as erais</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes eran</p>
<p>In the next lesson we’re going to learn the other irregular verbs.</p>
<p><strong>Main uses</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>This tense has got many rules. We’re going to learn them all after the explanations about the <em>pretérito indefinido</em> because we can understand perfectly the both tenses making a comparison between them.</p>
<p><strong>Something that was continuous in the past</strong></p>
<p><strong><em> </em></strong></p>
<p><em>Cuando <strong>era</strong> pequeña, <strong>jugaba</strong> con mis amigos todos los días. </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p>When I <strong>was</strong> younger, <strong>I used to play</strong> with my friends every day.</p>
<p><strong>Past Descriptions</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><em>Simona <strong>era</strong> la novia de Emanuel. <strong>Era</strong> alta, delgada y morena. </em></p>
<p>Simona <strong>was</strong> Emanuel’s girlfriend. She <strong>was</strong> tall, thin and dark-skinned.</p>
<p><strong>VOCABULARIO: ESTACIONES</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Es/Estamos en&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Primavera </strong>(Spring)</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Verano </strong>(Summer)</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Otoño </strong>(Autumn)</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Invierno </strong>(Winter)</p>
<p><strong>DIÁLOGO</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>¿Qué falta en la nevera?</strong></p>
<p>Sophie y Mark van al supermercado&#8230;</p>
<p>Mark: 1. ¿Qué falta en la nevera?</p>
<p>Sophie: 2. Leche, jugo, pan, huevos, yogures, harina, jabón y café.</p>
<p>Mark: 3. ¿Compramos verduras también?</p>
<p>Sophie: 4. Vale. Compremos (<em>imperative</em>) tomates, lechuga, berenjenas y patatas.</p>
<p>Mark: 5. Compremos (<em>imperative</em>) fruta también.</p>
<p><strong>EJERCICIOS (KEY AT THE END OF THE LESSON)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>1. Translate      the dialogue</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Respuestas correctas: …/10 (2 puntos por cada respuesta correcta)</p>
<p><strong>2. ¿Qué      falta en tu nevera? </strong><strong>Make a list!</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>3. Translate the following text in Spanish (be careful with the <em>pretérito imperfecto </em>of <em>ir</em>: we haven’t learnt it yet; try      to conjugate it and don’t worry if you’re wrong!)</strong></p>
<p>1. When I was 10, in winter, 2. I used to wake up at 7 am, 3. I had breakfast 4. and I went to school. 5. At 3 pm I went home 6. and I made my homework. 7. Then I ate a snack, 8. I drank tea 9. and I met with my friends to play together. 10. At 7 pm I had dinner, 11. I had a bath, 12. I read a book 13. and I went to sleep. 14. In summer, I always went to the seaside 15. and I used to visit my grandmother.</p>
<p>Respuestas correctas: &#8230;/15</p>
<p><strong>SOMETHING ABOUT SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA AND A LITTLE TIP!</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>OFFICIAL LANGUAGES IN SPAIN – IDIOMAS OFICIALES EN ESPAÑA</strong></p>
<p>Many Spanish people don’t talk only Spanish. In this country there are some regions where people are bilingual. The other official languages are <em>catalán </em>(spoken in Catalonia), <em>euskera </em>(spoken in <em>País Vasco</em>) and <em>gallego </em>(spoken in Galicia). These languages have been banned under Franco so, today, all the bilingual people are very proud to use them in public life and not only privately. These languages are used in the education, in the media, in the cinema and in the literature.</p>
<p><em>Muchos españoles no hablan sólo español. En este país hay gente bilingüe. Los otros idiomas oficiales son el catalán (que se habla en Cataluña), el euskera (que se habla en el País Vasco) y el gallego (que se habla en Galicia). </em><em>Esos idiomas fueron prohibidos por Franco entonces, hoy, la gente que es bilingüe es muy orgullosa de usar su segundo idioma en la vida pública y no sólo en privado. Esos idiomas se utilizan en la educación, en los medios, en el cine y en la literatura. </em></p>
<p><strong>SERIESYONKIS.COM</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Seriesyonkis.com is a website where you can find tv shows and movies, above all from the USA. They’re in English with Spanish subs or dubbed into Spanish. Watch something: it’s a great exercise; if you watch a movie or a tv show in English with Spanish subs, you can learn new words, you can understand how to use them and how to spell them. If you watch a dubbed movie or a dubbed tv show, you can learn more about the pronunciation.</p>
<p><em>Seriesyonkis.com es una página web donde puedes encontrar series y películas, sobre todo de Estados Unidos. Están en inglés con subtítulos en español o dobladas al español. Mira algo: es un ejercicio muy útil; si miras una película o una serie en inglés con los subtítulos en español, puedes aprender nuevas palabras, puedes entender el contexto de uso de las palabras y su ortografía. Si miras una película o una serie doblada, puedes aprender más sobre la pronunciación. </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><strong>KEY</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>1. What’s missing in the fridge?/Milk, juice, bread, eggs, yogurts, flour, soap and coffee/Shall we buy vegetables too?/Ok. Let’s buy tomatos, lettuce, eggplants and potatoes/Let’s buy fruit too</p>
<p>3. Cuando tenía 10 años, en invierno,/me levantaba a las 7 de la mañana/desayunaba/e iba a la escuela./A las 3 de la tarde volvía a casa/y hacía los deberes/Luego merendaba,/bebía té/y me encontraba con mis amigos para jugar juntos./A las 7 de la noche cenaba,/me bañaba,/leía un libro/y me acostaba./En verano, iba siempre al mar/y visitaba a mi abuela.</p>
<p>Respuestas correctas: …/25</p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 20/25, congratulations!</strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 16/19, good job but, if you’re not sure about some topics, review them. </strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are less than 15 maybe you’ve missed something!</strong></p>
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		<title>Lesson 8: ¡Me duele la cabeza!</title>
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<p><strong>You’re going to find…</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>¿Por o para? </em></strong><strong>Some explanations… (Second Part)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Something about <em>Pretérito Imperfecto de Indicativo</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em> </em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Vocabulario: El Cuerpo Humano (The Human Body)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Diálogo/Preguntas</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Ejercicios</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Something About Spain and South America and a Little Tip!</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Key</strong></p>
<p><strong>¿POR O PARA?</strong></p>
<p><strong>SOME EXPLANATIONS&#8230; (SECOND PART)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>When do we use <em>para</em>?</strong></p>
<p>-          it can be translated as “for” to indicate an intention or a purpose</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Examples: <em>Una carta <strong>para</strong> ti. </em>(A letter <strong>for</strong> you)</p>
<p><em> Champú <strong>para</strong> cabello seco. </em>(Shampoo <strong>for</strong> dry hair)</p>
<p>-          it’s used in order to express a point of view (“if you ask me&#8230;”)</p>
<p>Example: <strong><em>Para</em></strong><em> mi tienes razón. </em>(<strong>If you ask me</strong>, you’re right)</p>
<p>-          it’s used to indicate a direction</p>
<p>Example: <em>Voy <strong>para</strong> tu casa. </em>(I go <strong>to</strong> your house)</p>
<p>-          it’s used to mark a date</p>
<p>Example: <em>El trabajo estará listo <strong>para</strong> el lunes. </em>(The job will be ready <strong>by</strong> Monday)</p>
<p>These are the most common uses. We’re going to learn new rules about it in the future.</p>
<p><strong>SOMETHING ABOUT <em>PRETÉRITO IMPERFECTO DE INDICATIVO</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em> </em></strong></p>
<p>The <em>pretérito imperfecto de indicativo </em>is used in order to&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230; talk about something we used to do in the past, something that was habitual and regular in the past</p>
<p>&#8230;describe something continuous or progressive in the past</p>
<p>&#8230;describe an action that was happening at the same time something else was happening in the past</p>
<p>In the next lesson, we’re going to learn how to conjugate it.</p>
<p><strong>VOCABULARIO: EL CUERPO HUMANO (THE HUMAN BODY)</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000"><strong>Pelo </strong>- Hair</span></p>
<p><strong>Cara </strong>- Face</p>
<p><strong>Orejas </strong>- Ears</p>
<p><strong>Frente </strong>- Forehead</p>
<p><strong>Ojos </strong>- Eyes</p>
<p><strong>Cejas </strong>- Eyebrows</p>
<p><strong>Pestañas </strong>- Eyelashes</p>
<p><strong>Nariz </strong>- Nose</p>
<p><strong>Boca </strong>- Mouth</p>
<p><strong>Lengua </strong>- Tongue</p>
<p><strong>Labios </strong>- Lips</p>
<p><strong>Mejillas </strong>- Cheeks</p>
<p><strong>Dientes </strong>- Teeth</p>
<p><strong>Barbilla </strong>- Chin</p>
<p><strong>Cuello </strong>- Neck</p>
<p><strong>Espalda </strong>- Back</p>
<p><strong>Pecho </strong>- Breast</p>
<p><strong>Barriga </strong>- Belly</p>
<p><strong>Brazos </strong>- Arms</p>
<p><strong>Muñecas </strong>- Wrists</p>
<p><strong>Manos </strong>- Hands</p>
<p><strong>Uñas </strong>- Nails</p>
<p><strong>Piernas </strong>- Legs</p>
<p><strong>Rodillas </strong>- Knees</p>
<p><strong>Pies </strong>- Feet</p>
<p><strong>Piel </strong>- Skin</p>
<p><strong>DIÁLOGO</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Michelle has got a terrible headache and she goes to a doctor…</p>
<p><em>Michelle tiene un terrible dolor de cabeza y va a ver a un doctor&#8230;</em></p>
<p>Michelle: 1. Buenos días.</p>
<p>Doctor García: 2. Buenos días. 3. Cuénteme, 4. ¿cuál es su problema?</p>
<p>Michelle: 5. Me duele mucho la cabeza. 6. He tomado remedios 7. pero todavía me duele.</p>
<p>Doctor García: 8. ¿Qué tipo de remedios ha tomado?</p>
<p>Michelle: 9. Unos analgésicos.</p>
<p>Doctor García: 10. ¿Tiene otros síntomas?</p>
<p>Michelle: 11. Sí, también tengo gripe.</p>
<p>Doctor García: 12. Vale. Ahora le preparo una receta. 13. ¿Cómo se llama?</p>
<p>Michelle: Michelle Smith.</p>
<p>Doctor García: 14. ¿Cuál es su fecha de nacimiento?</p>
<p>Michelle: 15. 29 de agosto de 1991.</p>
<p><strong>Ejercicios</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>1. Translate      the dialogue (key at </strong><strong>the end of the lesson). Maybe      you will find something new. I’m sure you’ll figure it out! You don’t have      to translate literally, try to understand the general meaning</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Respuestas correctas: &#8230;/30 (2 puntos por cada respuesta correcta)</p>
<p><strong>2. Write the new expressions you’ve found in the dialogue and memorize them</strong></p>
<p><strong>EJERCICIOS (KEY AT THE END OF THE LESSON)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>3. ¿Por o para?</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<ol>
<li>¿ &#8230; qué sirve estudiar?</li>
<li>Mañana te llamo &#8230; teléfono.</li>
<li>Cada día escribo una carta &#8230; ti.</li>
<li>… mi es importante leer siempre el periódico.</li>
<li>… la nieve me tengo que quedar en casa.</li>
<li>Cinco … seis es treinta.</li>
<li>Este cuento fue escrito … mi hermana.</li>
<li>¿ … quién vas a votar?</li>
<li>Estos trabajos son … mañana.</li>
<li>¿ … dónde entramos?</li>
<li>Trabajáis … muchas horas.</li>
</ol>
<p>Respuestas correctas: &#8230;/22 (2 puntos por cada respuesta correcta)</p>
<p><strong>5. Write 5 sentences with <em>por </em>and      5 sentences with <em>para</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>SOMETHING ABOUT SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA AND A LITTLE TIP!</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>THE LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE – EL IDIOMA DEL FUTURO</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Spanish language is the third most spoken language in the world not only because it’s many people’s mothertongue. There are many immigrants who speak Spanish, so they spread their language throughout the world. Many people think it’s very charming and they want to learn it; other people have to study it because of business reasons. Many languages are dying but Spanish is alive and it’s one of the languages of the future.</p>
<p><em>El español es el tercer idioma más hablado en el mundo y eso no pasa sólo porque es la lengua materna de muchas personas. Hay muchos inmigrantes que hablan español y ellos difunden su idioma en todo el mundo. Muchas personas piensan que es un idioma encantador y por eso quieren aprenderlo; otras tienen que estudiarlo por razones de negocios. Muchos idiomas están muriendo pero el español sigue vivo y es uno de los idiomas del futuro. </em></p>
<p><strong>MUSIC HELPS! – ¡LA MÚSICA AYUDA!</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Listen to Spanish music. You can choose between many kinds of music and between different countries. Repeating the lyrics, you can learn many new words and expressions and you’ll use them automatically. Moreover, you can see how words and expressions change in the different countries since there are many variations of the language.</p>
<p><em>Escucha música española. Puedes elegir entre muchos géneros musicales y entre varios países. Repitiendo las letras, puedes aprender muchas palabras y expresiones nuevas que usarás automáticamente. Además, puedes ver como cambian las palabras y las expresiones en los varios estados ya que hay muchas variantes del idioma. </em></p>
<p><strong>KEY</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>1. 1. Good morning/2. Good      morning/3. Tell me/4. What’s your problem?/5. I’ve got a terrible      headache/6. I’ve taken some medications/7. but it still hurts/ 8. What      kind of medications have you taken?/9. Some analgesics/10. Do you have any      other symptoms?/11. Yes, I’ve also got the flu/12. Ok. Now I fill a      prescription/13. What’s your name?/14. When were you born?/15. August 29, 1991.</p>
<p>3. para/por/para/para/por/por/por/por/para/por/por</p>
<p>Respuestas correctas: …/52</p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 45/52, great job!</strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 38/44, try to understand where you made mistakes. </strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are less than 37, review the lesson and try again!</strong></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lesson 7: Mi Casa You’re going to find… ¿Por o para? Some explanations… (First Part) Irregular Verbs of This Lesson: Double Irregularity Verbs (Tener/Venir/Decir/Oír) Vocabulario: Casa Diálogo/Preguntas Ejercicios Something about Spain and South America and a little tip! Key ¿POR &#8230; <a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/learn-spanish/lesson-7-mi-casa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>You’re going to find…</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong><em>¿Por o para? </em></strong><strong>Some explanations… (First Part)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Irregular Verbs of This Lesson: Double Irregularity Verbs (<em>Tener/Venir/Decir/Oír</em>)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Vocabulario: Casa</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Diálogo/Preguntas</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Ejercicios</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Something about Spain and South America and a little tip!</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Key</strong></p>
<p><strong>¿POR O PARA?</strong></p>
<p><strong>SOME EXPLANATIONS&#8230; (FIRST PART)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Both <em>por </em>and <em>para </em>can be translated as <em>for</em>. In this lesson we’re going to learn how to use <em>por </em>and in the next lesson we’re going to understand when we should use <em>para</em>.</p>
<p><strong>When do we use <em>por</em>?</strong></p>
<p>-          to express the cause of something. Sometimes <em>por </em>is translated as <em>because of</em></p>
<p>Example: <em>No voy a dar un paseo <strong>por </strong>la lluvia. </em>(I won’t go out for a walk <strong>because of</strong> the rain.)</p>
<p>-          <em>por </em>indicates the means</p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p>Example: <em>Te llamo <strong>por </strong>teléfono. </em>(I call you <strong>over the</strong> phone.)</p>
<p>-          <em>por </em>is used for the multiplications</p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p>Example: <em>Dos <strong>por</strong> tres (es) seis. </em>(Two times three is six.)</p>
<p>-          <em>por </em>indicates the agent of an action (something or somebody) and it can be translated as <em>by</em></p>
<p>Example: <em>Música compuesta <strong>por</strong> Beethoven. </em>(Music composed <strong>by</strong> Beethoven.)</p>
<p>-          <em>por </em>expresses an objective</p>
<p>Example: <em>Lucho <strong>por</strong> mis ideales. </em>(I fight <strong>for</strong> my ideals.)</p>
<p>-          <em>por </em>indicates choices and feelings</p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p>Example: <em>Voy a votar <strong>por</strong> Luis. </em>(I’m going to vote <strong>for</strong> Luis).</p>
<p>-          <em>por </em>can be translated as <em>through</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p>Example: <em>Entro <strong>por</strong> la ventana. </em>(I come in <strong>through</strong> the window.)</p>
<p>-          <em>por </em>indicates a lapse of time</p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p>Example: <em>He estado trabajando en tu oficina <strong>por</strong> muchos años.</em> (I’ve been working in your office <strong>for</strong> many years.)</p>
<p>These are the most common rules: there are other uses but we’re going to learn them in the future.</p>
<p><strong>IRREGULAR VERBS OF THIS LESSON: DOUBLE IRREGULARITY VERBS (TENER/VENIR/DECIR/OÍR)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Tener (To Have</strong>, we already know this verb)</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Yo <strong>tengo</strong></p>
<p>Tú <strong>tienes</strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted <strong>tiene</strong></p>
<p>Nosotros-as tenemos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as tenéis</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes <strong>tienen</strong></p>
<p><strong>Venir (To Come)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Yo <strong>vengo</strong></p>
<p>Tú <strong>vienes</strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted <strong>viene</strong></p>
<p>Nosotros-as venimos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as venís</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes <strong>vienen</strong></p>
<p><strong>Decir (To Say)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Yo <strong>digo</strong></p>
<p>Tú <strong>dices</strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted <strong>dice</strong></p>
<p>Nosotros-as decimos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as decís</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes <strong>dicen</strong></p>
<p><strong>Oír (To Hear)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Yo <strong>oigo</strong></p>
<p>Tú <strong>oyes</strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted <strong>oye</strong></p>
<p>Nosotros-as oímos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as oíd</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes <strong>oyen</strong></p>
<p>The <strong>first irregularity </strong>affects the<strong> </strong>first-person singular and the <strong>second irregularity </strong>affects the second-person singular, the third-person singular and the third person plural.</p>
<p><strong>VOCABULARIO: CASA</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>¿Dónde vives?</p>
<p>(Where do you live?)</p>
<p>Vivo en una casa/Vivo en un piso/departamento</p>
<p>(I live in a house/I live in a flat/apartment)</p>
<p>En mi casa hay &#8230; habitaciones</p>
<p>(In my house there are … rooms)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images4.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-213" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images4.jpg" alt="" width="263" height="191" /></a></p>
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<p>Cocina</p>
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<p>(Cuarto de) baño</p>
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<p>Salón/Sala de estar</p>
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<p>Dormitorio</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Jardín</p>
<p><strong>DIÁLOGO</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Michelle, Luke, Mark y Sophie están buscando una nueva casa&#8230;</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><em>Michelle, Luke, Mark and Sophie are looking for a new house&#8230;</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p>Sophie: 1. Chicos, escuchad este anuncio: 2. “alquilo una casa en el centro de Madrid con cuatro dormitorios, cocina, cuarto de baño, salón y pequeño jardín”.</p>
<p>Mark: 3. Parece muy interesante. 4. ¿Cuánto sale el alquiler mensual?</p>
<p>Sophie: 5. Sale 1.000 euros.</p>
<p><strong>Ejercicios (key at the end of the lesson)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>1. Translate the dialogue</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Respuestas correctas: &#8230;/10 (2 puntos por cada respuesta correcta)</p>
<p>2. <strong>¿Y      tú dónde vives? ¿Cuántas habitaciones tiene tu casa?</strong></p>
<p><strong>EJERCICIOS (KEY AT THE END OF THE LESSON)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>3. Write 10 sentences using <em>por</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em> </em></strong><strong>4. Write the right form of <em>tener</em>,      <em>oír</em>, <em>venir</em>, <em>decir</em></strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<ol>
<li>No puedo &#8230; lo que estás diciendo.</li>
<li>¿Qué … en tu mano?</li>
<li>María y César … que están bien.</li>
<li>¿Por qué Mía no &#8230; conmigo?</li>
<li>Vosotros … muchos amigos.</li>
<li>¿Melissa y Alberto cuándo … a mi casa?</li>
<li>Nosotras … muchos ruidos.</li>
<li>Tú &#8230; cosas inteligentes.</li>
<li>Eliana no … ninguna teoría.</li>
<li>¿(Tú) me &#8230;?</li>
</ol>
<p>Respuestas correctas: …/10</p>
<p><strong>5. Write in Spanish the names of five objects you can find in each      room of your house. If you don’t know their names, imagine them, then look      for them in a dictionary: that’s a good exercise for your lexical skills!</strong></p>
<p><strong>SOMETHING ABOUT SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA AND A LITTLE TIP!</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>SPANISH BARS – LOS BARES ESPAÑOLES</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>In Spain there are many bars: there you can eat <em>tapas </em>and have a drink. You can also visit different bars in one night. In the bars people can smoke and the floors are often dirty but don’t worry: it’s the custom! It’s normal to throw everything on a bar floor!</p>
<p><em>En España hay muchos bares: allí puedes comer tapas y tomar algo. También puedes visitar diferentes bares en una sola noche. En los bares la gente puede fumar y muchas veces los suelos están sucios pero no te preocupes: ¡esa es una costumbre española! ¡Es normal tirar todo al suelo en un bar!</em></p>
<p><strong>READ COMICS! – ¡LEE CÓMICS!</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>You can read comics to improve your language skills. Comics are perfect for the new learners; they’re very helpful because they allow you to associate images and words so it will be so much easier to remember a word.</p>
<p><em>Puedes leer cómics para mejorar tus habilidades lingüísticas. Los cómics son perfectos para los nuevos estudiantes y ayudan bastante porque te permiten asociar imágenes y palabras: de esa manera va a ser mucho más simple acordarte de una palabra. </em></p>
<p><strong>KEY</strong></p>
<p>1. Guys, listen to this advertisement/I rent a house in the center of Madrid with four bedrooms, one kitchen, one bathroom, one living room and a small garden/It seems very interesting/How much does the monthly rental cost?/It’s 1.000 euros.</p>
<p>4. oír/tienes/dicen/viene/tenéis/vienen/oímos/dices/tiene/oyes</p>
<p>Respuestas correctas: …/20</p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 16/20, excellent!</strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 13/15, not bad but look carefully at your mistakes. </strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are less than 12, review the lesson and try again!</strong></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lesson 6: ¿Tienes mascotas? You’re going to find… Grammar Question: ¿Ser o estar? Some explanations… &#160; Irregular Verbs of This Lesson: Querer, Poder, Pedir, Incluir, Jugar, Dormir. Irregularities Which Affect the First-Person Singular, the Second-Person Singular, the Third-Person Singular and &#8230; <a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/learn-spanish/lesson-6-tienes-una-mascota/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Lesson 6: ¿Tienes mascotas?</strong></p>
<p><strong>You’re going to find…</strong></p>
<p><strong>Grammar Question: ¿Ser o estar? </strong><strong>Some explanations…</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Irregular Verbs of This Lesson: <em>Querer</em>,<em> Poder</em>,<em> Pedir, Incluir</em>,<em> Jugar</em>, <em>Dormir</em>. </strong><strong>Irregularities Which Affect the First-Person Singular, the Second-Person Singular, the Third-Person Singular and the Third-Person Plural</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Vocabulary: Mascotas (Pets)</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Dialogue/Questions</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Exercises</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Something about Spain and South America and a little tip!</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Key</strong></p>
<p><strong>GRAMMAR QUESTION: ¿SER O ESTAR?</strong></p>
<p><strong>SOME EXPLANATIONS…</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Probably you’ve already noticed that in Spanish we can translate the English verb <em>to be </em>as <em>ser </em>and as <em>estar</em>.</p>
<p>But how can we understand which one is the correct option in a sentence?</p>
<p>This is one of the most difficult Spanish grammar matters but with a little bit of exercise it will be easy to understand.</p>
<p>By and large, <em>ser </em>indicates something that doesn’t change, it describes the essential characteristics of somebody or of something (<em>soy alto</em>, <em>soy estadounidense</em>&#8230;) and <em>estar </em>indicates a state, something temporary, a condition (<em>estoy en España</em>, <em>estoy enfermo</em>&#8230;).</p>
<p>There are some exceptions but you’re going to learn them later because right now you don’t need them.</p>
<p>Let’s just say that <em>ser </em>is used to tell “what something/somebody is” and <em>estar </em>is used to tell “how something/somebody is”.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sometimes the choice between <em>ser </em>and <em>estar </em>depends on what we want to say; one example will explain it better: if I say <em>Juan es listo </em>I mean that Juan is a smart boy but if I say that <em>Juan está listo </em>I mean that he’se ready. You’re going to learn all these nuances only speaking and practicing.</p>
<p><strong>Estar</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yo estoy</p>
<p>Tú estás</p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted está</p>
<p>Nosotros-as estamos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as estáis</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes están</p>
<p><strong>IRREGULAR VERBS OF THIS LESSON: QUERER, PODER, PEDIR, INCLUIR, JUGAR, DORMIR. </strong><strong>IRREGULARITIES WHICH AFFECT THE FIRST-PERSON SINGULAR, THE SECOND-PERSON SINGULAR, THE THIRD-PERSON SINGULAR AND THE THIRD-PERSON PLURAL</strong></p>
<p><strong>QUERER (TO WANT/TO LOVE)</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yo <strong>quiero</strong></p>
<p>Tú <strong>quieres</strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted <strong>quiere</strong></p>
<p>Nosotros-as queremos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as queréis</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes <strong>quieren</strong></p>
<p><strong>PODER (TO BE ABLE/TO CAN)</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yo <strong>puedo</strong></p>
<p>Tú <strong>puedes</strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted <strong>puede</strong></p>
<p>Nosotros-as podemos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as podéis</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes <strong>pueden</strong></p>
<p><strong>PEDIR (TO ASK)</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yo <strong>pido</strong></p>
<p>Tú <strong>pides</strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted <strong>pide</strong></p>
<p>Nosotros-as pedimos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as pedís</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes <strong>piden</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>INCLUIR</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yo <strong>incluyo</strong></p>
<p>Tú <strong>incluyes</strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted <strong>incluye</strong></p>
<p>Nosotros-as incluimos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as incluís</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes <strong>incluyen</strong></p>
<p><strong>JUGAR</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yo <strong>juego</strong></p>
<p>Tú <strong>juegas</strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted <strong>juega</strong></p>
<p>Nosotros-as jugamos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as jugáis</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes <strong>juegan</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>DORMIR</strong></p>
<p>Yo <strong>duermo</strong></p>
<p>Tú <strong>duermes</strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted <strong>duerme</strong></p>
<p>Nosotros-as dormimos</p>
<p>Vosotros-as dormís</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes <strong>duermen</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Of course there are other verbs like these ones.</p>
<p><strong>VOCABULARY: MASCOTAS (PETS)</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>¿Tienes mascotas?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sí, tengo…</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>…un perro (dog)</p>
<p>…un gato (cat)</p>
<p>…un loro (parrot)</p>
<p>&#8230;un pez (fish)</p>
<p>&#8230;un hámster (hamster)</p>
<p>&#8230;una tortuga (turtle)</p>
<p>&#8230;un conejo (rabbit)</p>
<p><strong>Otros animales&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Rinoceronte</p>
<p>Elefante</p>
<p>Cocodrilo</p>
<p>Jirafa</p>
<p>León</p>
<p>Bisonte</p>
<p>Chancho (pig)</p>
<p>Cebra</p>
<p>Vaca (cow)</p>
<p>Gallina (chicken)</p>
<p>Oso (bear)</p>
<p>Panda</p>
<p><strong>DIALOGUE</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Alejandro, Sophie and Michelle are having launch and chatting at the university café&#8230;</p>
<p><em>Alejandro, Sophie y Michelle están almorzando y charlando en la cafetería de la universidad…</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sophie: Alejandro, hoy Michelle y yo vamos a comprar una mascota.</p>
<p>Alejandro: ¿Qué mascota queréis comprar?</p>
<p>Michelle: Un gato. Ya tenemos uno en nuestra casa. Lo encontramos hace un mes en la calle.</p>
<p>Sophie: ¿Tú tienes mascotas?</p>
<p>Alejandro: Sí, tengo un perro, unos peces, una tortuga y dos loros.</p>
<p><strong>Translation</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sophie: Alejandro, today Michelle and I are going to buy a new pet.</p>
<p>Alejandro: What pet do you want to buy?</p>
<p>Michelle: A cat. We already have one at home. We met it one month ago in the street.</p>
<p>Sophie: Do you have any pet?</p>
<p>Alejandro: Yes, I’ve got a dog, some fishes, a turtle and two parrots.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Preguntas (key at the end of the lesson)</strong></li>
</ol>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ol>
<li>¿Qué mascota quieren comprar Sophie y Michelle?</li>
<li>¿Qué mascotas tiene Alejandro?</li>
</ol>
<p>Respuestas correctas: …/4 (2 points for every right question)</p>
<p><strong>EXERCISES (KEY AT THE END OF THE LESSON)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>2. Answer the following questions:</strong></p>
<p><strong>- ¿Tienes mascotas?</strong></p>
<p><strong>- ¿Cómo se llama/n?</strong></p>
<p><strong>- ¿Cuál es tu animal favorito?</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>3. Choose between <em>ser </em>or <em>estar </em>(you can find some words’ translations: a little help!)</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ol>
<li>Hoy (today) yo … muy feliz (happy).</li>
<li>Sara … inglesa. <em> </em></li>
<li>Mi mejor amigo … alto (tall). <em> </em></li>
<li>El lunes mis colegas … todos nerviosos. <em> </em></li>
<li>La manzana (apple) … verde. <em> </em></li>
<li>Tú … un chico listo. <em> </em></li>
<li>Ellos siempre (always) … alegres. <em> </em></li>
<li>Vosotros … aburridos. <em> </em></li>
<li>¿Eleonor, cómo … hoy?<em> </em></li>
<li>Nosotras … listas para salir. <em> </em></li>
</ol>
<p>Respuestas correctas: …/10</p>
<p><strong>4. Write 5 sentences with <em>ser </em>and 5 sentences with <em>estar</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em> </em></strong><strong>5. Write the right form of <em>pedir</em>, <em>querer</em>, <em>jugar</em>, <em>dormir</em>, <em>incluir. </em>Then translate the sentences</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ol>
<li>Cada noche yo &#8230; ocho horas.</li>
<li>Mi novio … casarse conmigo.</li>
<li>Tus hijos … siempre y nunca estudian.</li>
<li>La tarifa … todo.</li>
<li>Nosotros te … ayuda.</li>
<li>Quiero … Estoy muy cansada.</li>
<li>Tú … la cuenta.</li>
</ol>
<p>(Verbs) Respuestas correctas: …/7</p>
<p>(Translation) Respuestas correctas: …/7</p>
<p><strong>SOMETHING ABOUT SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA AND A LITTLE TIP!</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>MATE</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>In Argentina, in Uruguay and in other countries in South America people drink <em>mate</em> all day long. <em>Mate </em>is an infused drink and it’s prepared from steeping dried leaves of <em>yerba mate </em>in hot water. It’s served with a metal straw from a shared container. Drinking <em>mate </em>has got a very strong social meaning: you share the container and the metal straw, called <em>bombilla</em>, with your family or with your friends and you chat and spend some time together. Drinking <em>mate </em>is healthy both physically and emotionally.</p>
<p><em>En Argentina, en Uruguay y en otros países latinoamericanos la gente toma mate todo el día. El mate es una bebida preparada con yerba mate y agua caliente. La bombilla y el recipiente para tomar esa bebida se comparten: tomar mate tiene un fuerte significado social; lo tomas con tu familia o con tus amigos y, mientras tanto, charláis y pasáis un rato juntos. Tomar mate es saludable para tu físico y para tu mente. </em></p>
<p><strong>DON’T BE AFRAID! &#8211; ¡NO TENGAS MIEDO!</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>When we learn a new language we’re afraid to make mistakes but it’s normal. You only have to try to understand and to be understood when you speak. Of course the more improve your skills the better, but you need time to do that and there’s no rush! Meanwhile ask if you have some doubts and smile about your mistakes!</p>
<p><em>Cuando aprendemos un nuevo idioma tenemos miedo de hacer errores pero eso es normal. Lo único que tienes que hacer es intentar entender y que los demás te entiendan cuando hables. Obviamente hay que mejorar tus capacidades pero necesitas tiempo para lograrlo y ¡no hay prisa! <em>Mientras tanto pregunta si tienes dudas y ¡ríete de tus errores!</em></em></p>
<p><strong>KEY</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>1. Sophie y Michelle quieren comprar un gato/Alejandro tiene un perro, unos peces, una tortuga y dos loros</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>3. estoy/es/es/están/es <em>or </em>está <em>because the apple can be green because of the color (that’s a feature that never changes) or because it’s not ripe yet (so it’s green temporarily)</em>/eres/están/sois/estás/estamos</p>
<p>5. (verbs) duermo/quiere/juegan/incluye/pedimos/dormir/pides (translation) I sleep eight hours every night/My boyfriend wants to marry me/Your children always play and never study/The fee includes everything/We ask for your help/I want to sleep. I’m very tired/You ask for the bill</p>
<p>Respuestas correctas: &#8230;/28</p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 24/28, congratulations!</strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 19/23, maybe you didn’t understand some topics or you’ve learnt something quickly. Try to understand why you made mistakes.</strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are less than 18, review the whole lesson: I’m sure that next time you’ll succeed!</strong></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Lesson 5: ¿Cuál es tu trabajo?</strong></p>
<p><strong>You’re going to find…</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Conjunctions: Y/E, O/U</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Números (21-100)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Irregular Verbs of This Lesson: Hacer (To do) and verbs which have only one irregularity</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Vocabulary: Trabajos (Jobs)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Dialogue/Questions</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Exercises</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Something about Spain and South America and a little tip!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Key</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>CONJUNCTIONS/CONJUCIONES: Y/E and O/U</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Y/E</strong></p>
<p>I’m sure you already know that Y means “and”. Maybe you’ve noticed that sometimes, instead of Y, you find E; for instance: <em>voy a casa e intento descansar </em>(“I go home and I try to rest”). Probably you’ve already understood that we should use E instead of Y when the following word begins with –i. Of course this change only has phonetical reasons.</p>
<p><strong>O/U</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>The same thing happens with O and U. We have to write U instead of O before the words which begin with –o. Example: <em>¿Quieres pescado u otra cosa?</em> (“Do you want fish or another thing?”).</p>
<p><strong>NÚMEROS (21-100)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>21-29</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>21 Veintiuno</p>
<p>22 Veintidós</p>
<p>23 Veintitrés</p>
<p>24 Veinticuatro</p>
<p>25 Veinticinco</p>
<p>26 Veintiséis</p>
<p>27 Veintisiete</p>
<p>28 Veintiocho</p>
<p>29 Veintinueve</p>
<p>TREINTA</p>
<p>31 Treinta y uno</p>
<p>32 Treinta y dos…</p>
<p>CUARENTA</p>
<p>41 Cuarenta y uno…</p>
<p>CINCUENTA</p>
<p>51 Cincuenta y uno…</p>
<p>SESENTA</p>
<p>61 Sesenta y uno…</p>
<p>SETENTA</p>
<p>71 Setenta y uno…</p>
<p>OCHENTA</p>
<p>81 Ochenta y uno…</p>
<p>NOVENTA</p>
<p>91 Noventa y uno…</p>
<p>CIEN</p>
<p><strong>IRREGULAR VERBS OF THIS LESSON: HACER (“TO DO”) AND VERBS WHICH HAVE ONLY ONE IRREGULARITY</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Yo hago</p>
<p>Tú haces</p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted hace</p>
<p>Nosotros hacemos</p>
<p>Vosotros hacéis</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes hacen</p>
<p>As you can easily notice, the only irregular part of the conjugation is “yo hago”; then it’s conjugated as usual. It’s the same thing with the following verbs (the most important ones):</p>
<p>-          SALIR (TO GO OUT), yo salgo</p>
<p>-          PONER (TO PUT), yo pongo</p>
<p>-          DAR (TO GIVE), yo doy</p>
<p>-          SABER (TO KNOW), yo sé</p>
<p>-          CAER (TO FALL), yo caigo</p>
<p>and –ZC Verbs:</p>
<p>-          CONDUCIR (TO DRIVE), yo conduzco</p>
<p>-          PRODUCIR (TO PRODUCE), yo produzco</p>
<p>-          TRADUCIR (TO TRANSLATE), yo traduzco</p>
<p>-          PARECER (TO LOOK LIKE), yo parezco</p>
<p><strong>VOCABULARY: TRABAJOS (JOBS)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>¿Qué trabajo haces?/¿A qué te dedicas?/¿Cuál es tu trabajo? (What is your job?)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Soy&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-11.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-158" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-11.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="249" /></a></strong></p>
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<p>Profesor/Maestro</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-22.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-160" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-22.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="242" /></a></p>
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<p>Traductor</p>
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<p>Periodista</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-41.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-163" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-41.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="180" /></a></p>
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<p>Arquitecto</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-5.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-164" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-5.jpg" alt="" width="132" height="382" /></a></p>
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<p>Enfermero</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-6.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-165" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-6.jpg" alt="" width="109" height="104" /></a></p>
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<p>Estudiante</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-7.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-166" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-7.jpg" alt="" width="216" height="234" /></a></p>
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<p>Artista</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-8.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-167" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-8.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="188" /></a></p>
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<p>Músico</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-91.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-169" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-91.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="183" /></a></p>
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<p>Empleado</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-10.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-170" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-10.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="256" /></a></p>
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<p>Ingeniero</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-111.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-171" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-111.jpg" alt="" width="256" height="188" /></a></p>
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<p>Psicólogo</p>
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<p>Abogado</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-13.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-173" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-13.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>
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<p>Fontanero (España)/Plomero (Latino América)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-14.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-174" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-14.jpg" alt="" width="69" height="82" /></a></p>
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<p>Gasista</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-15.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-175" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-15.jpg" alt="" width="221" height="228" /></a></p>
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<p>Comerciante</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-16.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-176" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-16.jpg" alt="" width="179" height="281" /></a></p>
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<p>Artesano</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-17.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-177" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-17.jpg" alt="" width="279" height="181" /></a></p>
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<p>Fotógrafo</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-18.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-178" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-18.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="263" /></a></p>
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<p>Obrero</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-19.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-179" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images-19.jpg" alt="" width="186" height="160" /></a></p>
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<p>Científico</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-180" src="http://www.yesspanish.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images1.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="240" /></a></p>
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<p>Médico</p>
<p><strong>DIALOGUE/QUESTIONS</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Mark, Sophie, Michelle and Luke are telling Alejandro about the jobs they’d like to do after their graduation…</p>
<p><em>Mark, Sophie, Michelle y Luke están contando a Alejandro de los trabajos que les gustaría hacer después del final de sus carreras…</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p>Alejandro: ¿Qué trabajos quieren hacer después de terminar sus carreras?</p>
<p>Mark: A mi me gustaría ser periodista.</p>
<p>Sophie: Yo también quiero ser periodista.</p>
<p>Michelle: A mi me gustaría trabajar cómo músico.</p>
<p>Luke: Y yo quiero ser médico. ¿Y tú Alejandro?</p>
<p>Alejandro: Yo quiero ser profesor de español.</p>
<p><strong>Translation</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Alejandro: Which jobs do you want to do after your graduation?</p>
<p>Mark: I’d like to be a journalist.</p>
<p>Sophie: I want to be a journalist too.</p>
<p>Michelle: I’d like to work as a musician.</p>
<p>Luke: I want to be a doctor. And you Alejandro?</p>
<p>Alejandro: I want to be a Spanish teacher.</p>
<p>1. <strong>Questions (key at the end of the lesson)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>1)      ¿Qué trabajo quiere hacer Alejandro?</p>
<p>2)      ¿Y los demás?</p>
<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/4 (2 points for every right answer)</p>
<p><strong>EXERCISES (KEY AT THE END OF THE LESSON)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>2. ¿A qué te dedicas? Cuenta también que      trabajo hacen tu familia y tus amigos. (max 150 words)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>3. Write in full the following numbers</strong></p>
<p>83</p>
<p>54</p>
<p>21</p>
<p>100</p>
<p>79</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/5</p>
<p><strong>4. There are 8 mistakes in the following      text. Find them!</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Me llamo Eleonor y teno 27 años. Trabajo como enfermera. Estoy casada con Alberto. Mi marido tiene 28 años i es profesor. Todas las mañanas salo de mi casa a las 7 e trabajo hasta las 4 de la tarde. Por la noche leo u salgo con mi marido o con mis amigas. En el tiempo libre me gusta cocinar: ¡lo sabo hacer muy bien! También me gusta estudia inglés así traduco las canciones que escucho.</p>
<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/8</p>
<p><strong>5. Write the right form of the following      verbs: <em>hacer, salir, poner, traducir </em>and <em>parecer</em></strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Ángela      … todas las noches.</li>
<li>Hoy      yo … mis tareas (homework).</li>
<li>Me …      a estudiar.</li>
<li>Sofía      … el texto en español.</li>
<li>Morena      … muchas cosas.</li>
<li>Tú …      tu ropa (clothes) en tu maleta (case).</li>
<li>¿Qué      trabajo … ellos?</li>
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<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/7</p>
<p><strong>6. Write the names of the jobs in the pictures</strong></p>
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<p><strong>SOMETHING ABOUT SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA AND A LITTLE TIP!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>SPANISH LAUNCH AND DINNER</strong></p>
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<p>Spanish people have launch at 3 pm and dinner at 10 pm. They love to eat outside their home; it’s very easy to find little places where you can eat very well at a low price: <em>tapas</em>, for instance, are very popular; they’re like “food sample” but if you eat two of them generally you’re ok. The most famous Spanish foods are <em>paella</em> and <em>tortilla</em>.</p>
<p><em>Los españoles almuerzan a las 3 de la tarde y cenan a las 10 de la noche. Les encanta comer fuera de su casa; es muy simple encontrar pequeños lugares donde se puede comer muy bien a un precio muy bajo: las tapas, por ejemplo, son muy populares; son como “muestras de comida” pero comiendo dos de ellas ya estás sin hambre. Las comidas españolas más famosas son la paella y la tortilla. </em></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000"><strong>PEN FRIENDS</strong></span></p>
<p>Do you like to talk with people? Well, look for Internet pen friends who can speak Spanish. I recommend you http://pen-friends.net/, http://esp.ipfpenfriends.com/ and http://www.europa-pages.co.uk/penpal_form.html.</p>
<p><em>¿Te gusta hablar con la gente? Pues, busca en Internet “pen friends” que sepan hablar en español. Te recomiendo http://pen-friends.net/, http://esp.ipfpenfriends.com/ y http://www.europa-pages.co.uk/penpal_form.html. </em></p>
<p><strong>KEY</strong></p>
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<p>1. Alejandro quiere ser profesor de español/Mark y Sophie quieren ser periodistas, Michelle quiere ser músico y Luke quiere ser médico.</p>
<p>3. ochenta y tres/cincuenta y cuatro/veinte y uno/cien/setenta y nueve</p>
<p>4. teno (tengo)/i (y)/salo (salgo)/e (y)/u (o)/sabo (sé)/estudia (estudiar)/traduco (traduzco)</p>
<p>5. sale/hago/pongo/traduce/hace/pones/hacen</p>
<p>6. ingeniero/traductor/obrero/empleada</p>
<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/29</p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 24/29, excellent job!</strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 19/23, I recommend you to review the topics you didn’t understand well. </strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are less than 18, review the lesson and try again!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>You’re going to find…</strong></p>
<p><strong>Prepositions</strong></p>
<p><strong>Uses of the <em>Presente de Indicativo</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>The Irregular Verb of This Lesson: <em>Ir </em>(To Go) – <em>Presente de Indicativo</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Vocabulary: ¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?)</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Dialogue/Questions</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Exercises</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Something about Spain and South America and a little tip!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Key</strong></p>
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<p><strong>PREPOSITIONS – PREPOSICIONES</strong></p>
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<p><strong>MAIN USES</strong></p>
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<p>These are the main uses of the Spanish prepositions. There are other uses but we’re going to learn them in the future.</p>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>A</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">It can be translated as TO, AT/WHEN (to say the hour or   the date, for instance <em>a las dos, </em>“at   2 o’clock” or the age, for instance <em>a los 20 años me fui de mi casa, </em>“when   I was 20 I went away from my house”), AT (position: <em>estamos sentados a la mesa, </em>“we’re sitting at the table”). <span style="color: #444444">It also indicates a distance, for example <em>a 3 kilometros de aquí, </em>“3 kilometers from   here”.</span></td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>ANTE</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">BEFORE</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>BAJO</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">UNDER</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>CON</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">WITH</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>CONTRA</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">AGAINST</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>DE</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">OF, ‘S (genitive case; <em>la   madre de María, </em>“María’s mother”), -EN (material; <em>de madera, </em>“wooden”), ABOUT (theme; <em>hablamos de historia, </em>“we talk about   history”).</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>DESDE</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">SINCE, FROM</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>DURANTE</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">DURING</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>EN</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">IN</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>ENTRE</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">AMONG/BETWEEN</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>HACIA</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">TOWARD</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>HASTA</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">UNTIL, TO, UP TO, AS FAR AS, DOWN TO, EVEN</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>PARA</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">FOR</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>POR</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">BECAUSE OF</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>SEGÚN</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">ACCORDING TO</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>SIN</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">WITHOUT</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>SOBRE</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">ON, OVER</td>
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<td width="288" valign="top"><strong>TRAS</strong></td>
<td width="288" valign="top">AFTER, BEHIND</td>
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<p><strong>USES OF THE <em>PRESENTE DE INDICATIVO</em></strong></p>
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<p>The <em>presente de indicativo </em>corresponds to the English Simple Present.</p>
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<p><strong>When do we use it?</strong></p>
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<p>-          To express actions which take place in the moment we’re talking. Example: <em>Yo estudio en mi casa </em>(I study at home)</p>
<p>-          To express frequent actions. Example: <em>Desayuno todas las mañanas </em>(I have breakfast every morning)</p>
<p>-          To express future actions. Example: <em>Mañana vamos a la escuela </em>(Tomorrow we go to school)</p>
<p>-          To talk about the past. Example: <em>Cervantes escribe el Don Quijote en 1600 </em>(Cervantes writes <em>Don Quijote </em>in 1600).</p>
<p>-          To talk about permanent things such as physical features, jobs etc. Example: <em>Yo soy rubia </em>(I’m blonde) or <em>Yo soy abogado </em>(I’m a lawyer).</p>
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<p><strong>IRREGULAR VERB OF THIS LESSON: IR (TO GO) – PRESENTE DE INDICATIVO</strong></p>
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<p>Yo voy</p>
<p>Tú vas</p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted va</p>
<p>Nosotros/Nosotras vamos</p>
<p>Vosotros/Vosotras vais</p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes van</p>
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<p><strong>VOCABULARY &#8211; ¿QUÉ HORA ES? – WHAT TIME IS IT?</strong></p>
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<p><strong>How to ask “what time is it?”</strong></p>
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<p>¿Qué hora es?</p>
<p><strong>How to answer</strong></p>
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<p>Es la una</p>
<p>Son las dos</p>
<p>Son las tres</p>
<p>Son las cuatro</p>
<p>Son las cinco</p>
<p>Son las seis</p>
<p>Son las siete</p>
<p>Son las ocho</p>
<p>Son las nueve</p>
<p>Son las diez</p>
<p>Son las once</p>
<p>Son las doce</p>
<p>As you can see, the only “irregular” hour is “es la una”.</p>
<p>If you want to say, for example, “it’s 2 am” you should say “son las 2 de la mañana” and if you want to say “it’s 2 pm” yo should say “son las 2 de la tarde”.</p>
<p>From midnight to midday (to express an “am hour”) we should say SON LAS … DE LA MAÑANA.</p>
<p>From midday to 7 pm we should say SON LAS … DE LA TARDE.</p>
<p>From 7 pm to midnight we should say SON LAS … DE LA NOCHE.</p>
<p>Of course you don’t have to be specific, you can just say the time without making any difference between <em>am</em> and <em>pm</em> and that’s enough.</p>
<p>To say “it’s 1:30/2:30” etc. you should say:</p>
<p>Es la una y media, son las dos y media, son las tres y media etc.</p>
<p>SON LAS … Y MEDIA</p>
<p>To say “it’s 2:05” or “it’s 3:36”: son las dos y cinco, son las tres y treinta y seis etc.</p>
<p>So you have to say HOUR+Y+MINUTES (We only know the numbers from 0 to 20, next lesson we’re going to learn the numbers from 21 to 100).</p>
<p>To say, for instance, &#8220;it&#8217;s 20 to 8&#8243; you should say <em>son las ocho menos veinte</em>, so</p>
<p>SON LAS &#8230; MENOS &#8230; (MINUTES)</p>
<p>From … to … : DESDE LAS … HASTA LAS …</p>
<p><strong>DIALOGUE</strong></p>
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<p>Mark and Luke are going to the university…</p>
<p><em>Mark y Luke van a la universidad…</em></p>
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<p>Mark: Sophie, Luke y yo <strong>vamos a</strong> la universidad.</p>
<p>Sophie: Bueno. ¿<strong>A qué hora</strong> vuelven*?</p>
<p>Luke: <strong>A las 8 de la noche</strong>.</p>
<p>Sophie: ¿Nos encontramos para cenar en lo de Alejandro?</p>
<p>Mark: Vale*. <strong>¿A qué hora?</strong></p>
<p>Sophie: <strong>A las 10.</strong></p>
<p>Luke: Bueno, entonces nos vemos después. ¡Chau!</p>
<p>Sophie: ¡Hasta luego!</p>
<p><strong>Translation</strong></p>
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<p>Mark: Sophie, Luke and I are going to the university.</p>
<p>Sophie: Ok. What time will you come back?</p>
<p>Luke: At 8 pm.</p>
<p>Sophie: Will we meet at Alejandro’s house to have dinner?</p>
<p>Mark: Ok. What time will we meet?</p>
<p>Sophie: At 10 pm.</p>
<p>Luke: Ok, so see you later. Bye!</p>
<p>Sophie: Bye!</p>
<p><em>*Vuelven </em>(<em>Volver</em>): it’s an irregular verb and it means “to come back”. We’re going to learn it next lesson. <em>Vale</em>, which means “ok”, is used above all in Spain. In other countries they say <em>bueno </em>or <em>ok.</em></p>
<p><em> </em><strong>1. Questions</strong></p>
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<li>¿Dónde      van Mark y Luke?</li>
<li>¿A      qué hora vuelven?</li>
<li>¿A      qué hora se encuentran en la casa de Alejandro?</li>
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<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/6 (2 points for every right answer)</p>
<p><strong>EXERCISES (KEY AT THE END OF THE LESSON)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>2. Prepositions</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Write the right preposition</strong></p>
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<li>Vamos      … Los Angeles … Mike.</li>
<li>Trabajo      (work) aquí (here) … 2006.</li>
<li>Vivo      (live) … España.</li>
<li>El      perro (dog) está (is) … el árbol y la casa.</li>
<li>Estudio      … las 8 … las 10.</li>
<li>Este      (this) regalo (gift) es … ti (you).</li>
<li>Estoy      (I am) … paraguas (umbrella); vuelvo a mi casa … la lluvia (rain).</li>
<li>Las      llaves (keys) están … la mesa (table).</li>
<li>… mi      opinión eres muy listo (smart).</li>
<li>Este      piso (floor) es … madera.</li>
<li>Esta      es la casa … Miguel.</li>
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<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/14</p>
<p><strong>3.<em> Presente      de Indicativo</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em> </em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Choose the right verb</strong></p>
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<p>Trabajar – Comer – Beber – Entrar – Amar – Intentar – Cubrir</p>
<p>1. Yo …      sólo (just) agua.</p>
<p>2. Mara      … trabajar.</p>
<p>3. Nosotros      … cereales todas las mañanas (every morning).</p>
<p>4. Sara      y Andreas … en mi casa.</p>
<p>5. Vosotros      … la cama (bed).</p>
<p>6. Tú …      demasiado (too much).</p>
<p>7. Nosotros      nos (each other) …</p>
<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/7</p>
<p><strong>4.<em> Ir</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Write the right form of <em>ir</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em> </em></strong></p>
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<li>Me …      de vacaciones (on holiday).</li>
<li>Emanuel      … a la pileta (swimming pool).</li>
<li>Nosotros      … a comer.</li>
<li>¿Dónde      … (tú)?</li>
<li>Ellos      … a dormir.</li>
<li>Vosotros      … a mirar (watch) una película (movie).</li>
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<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/6</p>
<p><strong>5.  ¿Qué hora es?</strong></p>
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<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/5</p>
<p><strong>SOMETHING ABOUT SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA AND A LITTLE TIP!</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>EL HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA</strong></p>
<p>The masterwork of the Spanish Literature is <em>El Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha </em>by Miguel de Cervantes. It was published at the beginning of the XVII century. It’s a very big book but it’s really interesting, above all because of its themes: the parody of the knight tales, the complementarity between dreams and reality and their conflict and many philosophical, political and historical issues. Moreover, it’s a funny book which tells wise things in a very original way.</p>
<p><em>La obra más importante de la literatura española es El Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha de Miguel de Cervantes. Se publicó al principio del siglo XVII. Es un libro muy grande pero también muy interesante, sobre todo por los temas que trata: la parodia de los cuentos de caballería, la complementariedad entre sueños y realidad y su conflicto y muchos asuntos filosóficos, políticos e  históricos. Además, es un libro divertido que cuenta cosas sabias de una manera muy original.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><strong>INSTITUTO CERVANTES</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>The <em>Instituto Cervantes </em>is a worldwide Spanish organization created in 1991. Its mission is to promote the Spanish language and culture. You can find it in the USA too. There you can learn more about Spain and its culture and you can also take the DELE, the official diploma in Spanish which facilitates the process of obtaining a student visa to Spain. You can find samples of exams on their web site.</p>
<p><em>El Instituto Cervantes es una organización mundial española fundada en 1991. Su misión es promocionar el idioma español y la cultura española. Puedes encontrarlo en EEUU también. Allí puedes aprender más sobre España y sobre su cultura y, además, puedes rendir el examen DELE, el diploma oficial en español que facilita el proceso de adquisición de una visa para estudiar en España. Puedes encontrar ejemplos de exámenes en su página web.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><strong>KEY</strong></p>
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<p>1. Mike y Luke van a la universidad/Vuelven a las 8 de la noche/Se encuentran en la casa de Alejandro a las 10 de la noche.</p>
<p>2.a/con/desde/en/entre/desde/hasta/para/sin/por/sobre/según/de/d</p>
<p>3. bebo/intenta/comemos/entran/cubrís/trabajas/amamos</p>
<p>4. voy/va/vamos/vas/van/vais</p>
<p>5. Son las tres/son las once y diez/son las once menos veinte/son las dos menos diez/son las doce y cinco</p>
<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/38</p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 34/38, great job! You will speak a perfect Spanish!</strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are 28/33, not bad! Maybe you’ve missed some details, try to review the lesson to learn better everything. </strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are less than 27, review the lesson and try again to succeed!</strong></p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>You’re going to find…</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Verb Conjugation (Conjugación de verbos españoles): Something about the Simple </strong><strong>Present and the Infinitive</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Definite and Indefinite Articles (Artículos Determinados e Indeterminados)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Vocabulary (Días de la semana/Days of the week, Meses/Months)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dialogue/Translation/Questions</strong></p>
<p><strong>Exercises</strong></p>
<p><strong>Some wonder about Spain and South America and a little tip!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Key</strong></p>
<p><strong>Verb Conjugation (Conjugación de verbos españoles): Something about the Simple Present and the Infinitive</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>In Spanish we have three way to express an infinitive verb: <em>-ar, -er,-ir</em>. The first tense we’re going to learn is the Simple Present (<em>Presente de Indicativo</em>) which describes above all present actions (for instance something that you’re doing in the exact moment you’re talking) or features of somebody or of something which are stable (physical features, job, etc.). Next lesson we’re going to learn how to use the <em>presente de indicativo. </em></p>
<p>Now, let’s focus on the infinitive:</p>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="242"><strong>First Conjugation</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="236"><em>-ar</em><em> </em>(<em>llamar</em>, “to call”, <em>amar</em>, “to love”)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="242"><strong>Second Conjugation</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="236"><em>-er</em><em> </em>(<em>beber</em>, “to drink”, <em>comer</em>, “to eat”)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="242"><strong>Third Conjugation</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="236"><em>-ir</em><em> </em>(<em>abrir</em>, “to open”, <em>descubrir</em>, “to discover”)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-AR </strong><strong>(ind.pres.)</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="159"><strong>-ER </strong><strong>(ind.pres.)</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-IR</strong><strong>(ind.pres.)</strong><strong> </strong></td>
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<tr>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-O</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="159"><strong>-O</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-O</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-AS</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="159"><strong>-ES</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-ES</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-A</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="159"><strong>-E</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-E</strong></td>
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<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-AMOS</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="159"><strong>-EMOS</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-IMOS</strong></td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-ÁIS</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="159"><strong>-ÉIS</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-ÍS</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-AN</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="159"><strong>-EN</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="159"><strong>-EN</strong></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><em>Examples</em></p>
<p><strong>LLAMAR (“TO CALL”)</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yo llam<strong>o</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Tú llam<strong>as</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted llam<strong>a</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Nosotros llam<strong>amos</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Vosotros llam<strong>áis</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes llam<strong>an</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>BEBER (“TO DRINK”)</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yo beb<strong>o</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Tú beb<strong>es</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted beb<strong>e</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Nosotros beb<strong>emos</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Vosotros beb<strong>éis</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Ellos beb<strong>en</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>ABRIR (“TO OPEN”)</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yo abr<strong>o</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Tú abr<strong>es</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Él/Ella/Usted abr<strong>e</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Nosotros abr<strong>imos</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Vosotros abr<strong>ís</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes abr<strong>en</strong></p>
<p>As you can see, the second and the third conjugation are very similar; we can only see changes for <em>vosotros </em>and for <em>ellas/ellos/ustedes</em>. There are many irregular verbs but we’re going to learn them gradually.</p>
<p><strong>Definite and Indefinite Articles (Artículos Determinados e Indeterminados) </strong></p>
<p><strong>Artículos Determinados</strong></p>
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<td valign="top" width="232"><strong>Definite Articles (Artículos Determinados)</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="246"><strong>Gender/Number (Género/Número)</strong></td>
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<td valign="top" width="232"><strong>EL</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="246">Masculine/Singular</td>
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<td valign="top" width="232"><strong>LO</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="246">Neutral/Singular. It’s used only with adjectives, adverbs and participles. Examples: <em>lo bueno es que estamos juntos </em>(“the good thing is that we are together”).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="232"><strong>LA</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="246">Feminine/Singular</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="232"><strong>LOS</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="246">Masculine/Plural</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="232"><strong>LAS</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="246">Feminine/Plural</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>They all can be translated as “the” in English.</p>
<p>Rememeber that the <strong>feminine words </strong>which begin with –a such as <em>agua </em>(“water”) or –ha for phonetical reasons need the article <em>el </em>before. It’s not difficult to understand when to use <em>el </em>instead of <em>la</em>: just choose what sounds better. Anyway there are some exceptions but you’re going to learn them in the future.</p>
<p>MOST IMPORTANT USES:</p>
<p>-         when we say the hour (<em>son las 2</em>, “it’s 2 o’clock”) or a day of the week (<em>el lunes voy al gimnasio</em>, “on Monday I go to the gym”);</p>
<p>-         with surnames (<em>la señora García vive en mi ciudad</em>, “Mrs García lives in my city”);</p>
<p>-         indefinite article+infinitive verb in order to use the verb as a noun <em>(el estudiar es interesante</em>: it literally means “to study is interesting”).</p>
<p><strong>ARTÍCULOS INDETERMINADOS</strong> <strong> </strong></p>
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<td valign="top" width="288"><strong>Indefinite Articles (Artículos Indeterminados)</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="288"><strong>Gender/Number</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(Género/Número)</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="288"><strong>UN</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="288">Masculine/Singular</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="288"><strong>UNA</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="288">Feminine/Singular</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="288"><strong>UNOS</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="288">Masculine/Plural</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="288"><strong>UNAS</strong></td>
<td valign="top" width="288">Feminine/Plural</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><em>Un </em>and <em>una </em>In English can be translated as <em>a</em>/<em>an</em>. <em>Unos </em>and <em>unas </em>correspond to <em>some, any</em> and <em>a few. </em></p>
<p><strong>USE OF THE ARTICLES</strong></p>
<p>The definite articles are used when we talk about something that we already know or we’ve already mentioned before (it’s the same thing in English). We use the indefinite articles to talk about something unknown, something we haven’t mentioned yet during a conversation.</p>
<p>Example: <em>Veo un coche. El coche está roto. </em>(“I see a car. The car is broken”).</p>
<p><em>Veo un coche </em>(I see a car in the street, I see it for the first time and I haven’t mentioned it before). <em>El coche está roto </em>(Now we know the car because it’s just entered in our conversation and I can use the definite article).</p>
<p>Anyway, in English we have the same rule.</p>
<p><strong>VOCABULARY</strong></p>
<p><strong>DÍAS DE LA SEMANA</strong></p>
<p><strong>SEMANA (WEEK)</strong></p>
<p>Lunes</p>
<p>Martes</p>
<p>Miércoles</p>
<p>Jueves</p>
<p>Viernes</p>
<p>Sábado</p>
<p>Domingo</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>MESES</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Enero</p>
<p>Febrero</p>
<p>Marzo</p>
<p>Abril</p>
<p>Mayo</p>
<p>Junio</p>
<p>Julio</p>
<p>Agosto</p>
<p>Septiembre</p>
<p>Octubre</p>
<p>Noviembre</p>
<p>Diciembre</p>
<p><strong>DIALOGUE</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Michelle and Sophie are talking with Alejandro…</p>
<p><em>Michelle y Sophie están hablando con Alejandro…</em></p>
<p>Alejandro: ¿En qué días vais a la facultad?</p>
<p>Michelle: Yo voy el lunes, el miércoles y el viernes.</p>
<p>Sophie: Yo voy todos los días. ¿Y tú?</p>
<p>Alejandro: Yo voy el lunes, el martes y el jueves.</p>
<p>Sophie: ¿Cuántos meses dura el año académico en España?</p>
<p>Alejandro: 9 meses. Desde septiembre hasta junio.</p>
<p><strong>Translation</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Alejandro: Which days do you go to the university?</p>
<p>Michelle: I go to the university on Monday, on Wednesday and on Friday.</p>
<p>Sophie: I go to the university every day What about you?</p>
<p>Alejandro: I go to the university on Monday, on Tuesday and on Thursday.</p>
<p>Sophie: How many months last the academic year in Spain?</p>
<p>Alejandro: 9 months. From September to June.</p>
<p>1. <strong>Questions (Key at the end of the lesson)</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ol>
<li>¿En qué días Michelle, Sophie y Alejandro van a la facultad?</li>
<li>¿Cuántos meses dura el año académico en España?</li>
</ol>
<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …/4 (2 points for every right question)</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Write the new words you’ve learnt reading the dialogue</strong></li>
</ol>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>EXERCISES (KEY AT THE END OF THE LESSON)</strong></p>
<p><strong>3. Presente de Indicativo</strong></p>
<p><em>Write the right form of the verbs in the brackets</em></p>
<ol>
<li>Mis amigos me ……………….. siempre. (llamar) <em>My friends always call me. </em></li>
<li>José ……………….. en Madrid. (vivir) <em>José lives in Madrid. </em></li>
<li>Lucas y yo ………… primos (ser) <em>Lucas and I are cousins </em></li>
<li>Hoy tú ……… todo. (ganar) <em>Today you win everything. </em></li>
<li><em>5. </em>Yo …….. todo bien. (ver)<em> I see everything well.</em><em> </em></li>
<li><em>Nicolás y Carla ………. la puerta. (abrir)</em> <em>Nicolás and Carla open the door. </em></li>
<li>A qué hora …………….. la clase? (terminar) <em>What time does the lesson finish?</em></li>
<li>Nosotros …………………….. en tu casa. (comer) <em>We eat in your house. </em></li>
</ol>
<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …../8</p>
<p><strong>4. Infinitivo</strong></p>
<p><em>Choose the right conjugation (first, second or third) of the following verbs and then conjugate them</em></p>
<ol>
<li>Cantar</li>
<li>Tomar</li>
<li>Comer</li>
<li>Partir</li>
<li>Hablar</li>
<li>Meter</li>
<li>Descubrir</li>
<li>Intentar</li>
</ol>
<p>Right Answers/Respuestas correctas: …../8</p>
<p><strong>5. Artículos Determinados</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Write the right article</em></strong><em> </em></p>
<ol>
<li>¿Leíste ….. revista que te di? <em>Did you read the magazine I gave to you?</em></li>
<li>……. libros que tienes no me gustan. <em>I don’t like the books you have. </em></li>
<li>…….. coches son amarillos. <em>The cars are yellow. </em></li>
<li>Estas son ….. camisetas de Ariel. <em>These are Ariel’s shirts. </em></li>
<li>…. hermana de mi amiga vive en Nueva York. <em>My friend’s sister lives in New York.</em></li>
<li>……. árbol es pequeño. <em>The tree is small.</em></li>
<li>…… chica es inteligente. <em>The girl is smart. </em></li>
<li>…….. día que prefiero es el miércoles. <em>My favourite day is Wednesday. </em></li>
</ol>
<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …../8</p>
<p><strong>6. Artículos Indeterminados</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Write the right article</em></strong><em> </em></p>
<ol>
<li>….. chico español. <em>A Spanish boy. </em></li>
<li>Tienes …… voz bonita. <em>You’ve got a nice voice. </em></li>
<li>Eres ….. escritora muy buena. <em>You’re a very good writer. </em></li>
<li>…… amigo de Sofía. <em>Sofía’s friend. </em></li>
<li>Tengo …… mesa muy antigua. <em>I’ve got a very old table. </em></li>
<li>Leí ….. libros ingleses. <em>I read some English books. </em></li>
<li>Compro ….. camisetas. <em>I buy some shorts. </em></li>
<li>Estoy tomando ….. taza de café. <em>I’m drinking a cup of coffee. </em></li>
</ol>
<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: …../8</p>
<p><strong>7. Write a short text about yourself with the sentences you’ve learnt during your Spanish lessons</strong></p>
<p><strong>SOMETHING ABOUT SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA AND A LITTLE TIP!</strong></p>
<p><strong>CURSO DANDALÚ</strong></p>
<p>Andalucía is a very interesting Spanish region. It’s in the South of the country and its main cities are Sevilla, Granada, Córdoba and Málaga. These cities feature an Arabic architecture mixed with Catholic monuments and traditions. People from Andalucía are very kind and friendly and there you can find a <em>street culture</em>; that means that people spend a lot of time outside, going to public places and enjoying the wonderful climate of this place. Their accent is very nice and funny (at the beginning it’s a little bit hard to understand it!); you can find a video on Youtube called <em>Curso Dandalú</em>: in this ironic video a man “teaches” how to talk as a person from Andalucía.</p>
<p><em>Andalucía es una región española muy interesante. Está en el sur del país y sus ciudades principales son Sevilla, Granada, Córdoba y Málaga. Estas ciudades tienen una arquitectura árabe mezclada con monumentos y tradiciones católicos. Los andaluces son muy amables y amigables y allí puedes encontrar una “cultura de calle” en el sentido que la gente pasa mucho tiempo fuera: va a lugares públicos y disfruta del clima maravilloso de este lugar. Su acento es muy bonito y divertido (¡al principio cuesta un poco entenderlo!); puedes encontrar un vídeo en Youtube llamado Curso Dandalú: en este vídeo irónico un hombre “enseña” como hablar como un andaluz. </em></p>
<p><strong>DAILY EXERCISE</strong></p>
<p>When you do daily things try to say in your mind the name of the things in Spanish; for instance, if you’re cleaning your house and you’re getting bored keep your mind busy repeating the Spanish names of the things you see.</p>
<p><em>Cuando haces cosas diarias intenta decir en tu mente el nombre de las cosas en español; por ejemplo, si estás limpiando tu casa y te estás aburriendo, mantén tu mente ocupada repitiendo los nombres en español de las cosas que ves. </em></p>
<p><strong>KEY</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>1. Michelle va a la facultad el lunes, el miércoles y el viernes. Sophie va a la facultad todos los días y Alejandro va a la facultad en lunes, el martes y el jueves./El año académico en España dura nueve meses.</p>
<p>3. llaman/vive/somos/ganas/veo/abren/termina/comemos</p>
<p>4. Primera conjugación: canto/cantas/canta/cantamos/cantáis/cantan/Primera Conjugación: tomo/tomas/toma/tomamos/tomáis/toman/Segunda conjugación: como/comes/come/comemos/coméis/comen/Tercera conjugación: parto/partes/parte/partimos/partís/parten/Primera conjugación: hablo/hablas/habla/hablamos/habláis/hablan/Segunda conjugación: meto/metes/mete/metemos/metéis/meten/Tercera conjugación: descubro/descubres/descubre/descubrimos/descubrís/descubren/Primera conjugación: intento/intentas/intenta/intentamos/intentáis/intentan</p>
<p>5. la/los/los/las/la/el/la/el</p>
<p>6. un/una/una/un/una/unos/unas/una</p>
<p>Right answers/Respuestas correctas: &#8230;/36</p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are between 30 and 36, congratulations!</strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are between 25 and 29, focus on the things you haven’t understood or you’ve learnt too quickly and try again to succeed!</strong></p>
<p><strong>If your right answers are less than 24, review the lesson and I’m sure that next time you will be great!</strong></p>
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