Vocab test
- Toda la tarde – All afternoon
- Luego – Then
- Después – After
- Bailamos – We danced
- Nadamos – We swam
- Comimos – We ate
- Corrimos – We ran
- Salimos – We went out
- Dormimos – We slept
- Fuimos – We went
Verb of the day
Conjugate the verb VIVIR (To live) in the preterite tense.
| Yo | Nosotros |
| Tú | Vosotros |
| Él/ Ella/ Usted | Ellos/ Ellas/ Ustedes |
Questions to answer
¿Visitaste a tu hermana ayer?
¿En qué ciudad estuvimos cuándo lo conocimos a Carlos?
¿Hablaste con ella del viaje?
¿Qué música escuchamos ayer?
¿Fuiste al concierto con Óscar?
¿Con quién cenamos anoche?
¿Cuándo abriste esta botella de vino?
¿Adónde fuiste después?
A simple dialogue
Use the Spanish phrases to translate the English dialogue. Write it out and perform it.
- Do you get on well with your daughter?
- Yes. We live together at home and we get on well. Last night we ate together.
- What did you have?
- I made a pizza and she bought chips from the takeaway. Unfortuately, I burned the pizzas, so we just had chips!
- What did you do after dinner?
- I read the newspapers and she was in the living room for a while watching telly.
- Later on, she went out to her boyfriend’s for the night, but she came and chatted with me before she went.
- What did you talk about?
- I don’t remember. Music, I think.
Use these phrases to translate the dialogue.
¿De qué hablaste?
¿Qué cenaron?
¿Te llevas bien con tu hija?
¿Y qué hicieron después de cenar?
La verdad, no me acuerdo bien… creo que de música.
Leí los periódicos y ella estuvo un rato en la sala viendo la tele.
Más tarde, salió a pasar la noche con su novio, pero vino y platicó conmigo antes de irse.
Sí. Vivimos juntos en casa y nos llevamos bien. Anoche cenamos juntos.
Yo hice una pizza y ella compró papas fritas para llevar. Desafortunadamente, quemé las pizzas, ¡así que solo comimos papas fritas!
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Grammar notes
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In Spanish, there are many words with more than one meaning.
Banco
- Bank (place where money is kept)
- Bench (a seating structure)
Papa
- Pope (religious leader)
- Potato (also patata in many countries)
Words can also change meaning with just the addition of an accent.
Papá
- Dad (informal alternative to padre)
Llama
- Flame (fire)
- Llama (the animal)
- He or she calls. El bebé llama a su madre = The baby calls its mother.
- He or she is called. Ella se llama Pamela = She is called Pamela.
You may have noticed some words with more than one meaning in your recent studies. Take notice of these words, and try to put both alternative meanings in one sentence.
Vino
- Wine
- Past tense of venir (he/she/it came).
Fui
- Past tense of ir (I went)
- Past tense of ser (I was)
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!
| Where did you go last weekend? Who did you go with? What did you (all) do? Who did you talk to? What did you (all) eat? What did you like? What didn’t you like? | ¿A dónde fuiste el fin de semana pasado? ¿Con quién fuiste? ¿Qué hicieron? ¿Con quién hablaste? ¿Qué comieron? ¿Qué te gustó? ¿Qué no te gustó? |
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