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Vocab test

1. Me gusta – I like it
2. ¿Te gusta? – Do you like it?
3. Me encanta – I love it
4. Te encanta – You love it
5. Dibujar – To draw
6. Jugar – To play (a game)
7. Tocar – To play (an instrument)
8. Nadar – To swim
9. ¿Por qué? – Why?
10. Porque – Because

Verb of the day

Conjugate the verb JUGAR (to play) in the present tense.

Yo	Nosotros
Tú	Vosotros
Él/ Ella/ Usted	Ellos/ Ellas/ Ustedes

Questions to answer

Translation tool

1. ¿Te encanta jugar al fútbol?

2. ¿Por qué siempre comes chocolate?

3. ¿Quieres correr en el parque?

4. ¿Te gusta ese sombrero?

5. ¿La ropa de tu madre es elegante?

6. ¿Quieres comer algo ahora?

7. ¿Cuáles son tus chocolates favoritos?

8. ¿Tu amiga tiene una bicicleta bonita?

A simple dialogue

Use the Spanish phrases to translate the English dialogue.  Write it out and perform it.

• Do you want to go to the beach for a run with me this afternoon?
• I don’t like running, but I love swimming.
• Do you like my swimming costume?
• Oh, that is beautiful.
• I like running and I like swimming in the sea.
• Do you like playing football?
• Football is not my favourite sport.
• Why don’t you like football?
• It is too physical for me.  I prefer non-contact sports.
• I understand.  Football is too dangerous.  We can go swimming, then we can have a nice, safe cup of tea!
• That sounds good to me!

Use these phrases to translate the dialogue.

¡Eso me suena bien!

¿Por qué no te gusta el fútbol?

¿Quieres ir a la playa a correr conmigo esta tarde?

¿Te gusta jugar al fútbol?

¿Te gusta mi traje de baño?

El fútbol no es mi deporte favorito.

Entiendo. El fútbol es demasiado peligroso. ¡Podemos ir a nadar y luego tomar una taza de té tranquila!

Es demasiado físico para mí. Prefiero deportes sin contacto.

Me gusta correr y nadar en el mar.

No me gusta correr, pero me encanta nadar.

Oh, ¡qué bonito!

Choose from a range of voices to read your dialogue here.

Grammar notes

* Read this information, then use it to quiz a friend.

GUSTAR AND ENCANTAR

The verb gustar = to like, but its structure is a bit different from English.  Instead of saying:

• I like something, in Spanish you say:
• something pleases me.

Me or te is the indirect object and gustar agrees with the thing that is liked.  Verbs like this can be followed by a noun or an infinitive verb.  Notice that we usually use el or la with nouns, although we can also use words like mi and tu (my and your).

• Me gusta leer = I like reading
• Te gusta estudiar = You like studying

To make it negative, simply add no before me or te.

• No me gusta el café = I don’t like coffee
• No te gusta la música = You don’t like music

For questions, just change the word order and add question marks .

• ¿Te gusta leer? = Do you like reading?
• ¿Te gusta estudiar? = Do you like studying?

The verb encantar = to love (literally, to enchant), follows the same structure as gustar.

• Me encanta el chocolate = I love chocolate
• No te encanta la música = You don’t love music
• ¿Te encanta cocinar? = Do you love cooking?

POSSESSIVE DE

Spanish doesn’t use an apostrophe-s like English.  Instead, de is required to form possessive phrases.

In English:	John’s book
In Spanish:	El libro de Juan (literally, the book of John)

Suggested grammar lesson.

Journal prompts

Write short sentences.  Keep them as simple as you can.

Use a translation tool to put them into Spanish.

Write them out, then check them with your teacher.  Present them to a friend, teaching your friend any new Spanish, and making sure they learn it!

What are your favorite three activities? For each activity, say why you like it. What are your least favourite things? For each thing, say why you don’t like it.

¿Cuáles son tus tres actividades favoritas? Para cada actividad, di por qué te gusta. ¿Cuáles son las cosas que menos te gustan? Para cada cosa, di por qué no te gusta.

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