A1.15: Daily food

Alimentación diaria

Listening & reading materials

Practice vocabulary in context with real materials.

A1.15.1 Lectura

Plan de mis desayunos

My breakfast plan


A1.15.2 Cultura

¿Qué es la Dieta Mediterránea?

What is the Mediterranean Diet?


Vocabulary (15)

 Los huevos: The eggs (Spanish)

Los huevos

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The eggs Show

 La sal: The salt (Spanish)

La sal

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The salt Show

 La leche: The milk (Spanish)

La leche

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The milk Show

 El pan: The bread (Spanish)

El pan

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The bread Show

 El queso: The cheese (Spanish)

El queso

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The cheese Show

 El agua: The water (Spanish)

El agua

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The water Show

 El café: The coffee (Spanish)

El café

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The coffee Show

 El té: The tea (Spanish)

El té

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The tea Show

 Beber (to drink) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Beber

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To drink Show

 Hornear (to bake) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Hornear

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To bake Show

 Comer (to eat) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Comer

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To eat Show

 La manzana: The apple (Spanish)

La manzana

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The apple Show

 La naranja: The orange (Spanish)

La naranja

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The orange Show

 La tostada: The toast (Spanish)

La tostada

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The toast Show

 Favorito: Favourite (Spanish)

Favorito

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Favourite Show

Exercises

These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.

Exercise 1: Conversation exercise

Instruction:

  1. Di lo que hacen las personas en la imagen. (Say what the people in the picture do.)
  2. Di el nombre de los platos en las imágenes. (Say the name of the dishes in the pictures.)
  3. ¿Qué comes o bebes? (What do you eat or drink? )

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Example phrases:

La chica come un bocadillo.

The girl eats a sandwich.

El hombre bebe agua.

The man drinks water.

El niño come huevos.

The boy eats eggs.

La mujer toma un café.

The woman drinks a coffee.

Me gusta el té para el desayuno.

I like tea for breakfast.

Bebo agua.

I drink water.

Como pan con queso.

I eat bread with cheese.

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Exercise 2: Dialogue Cards

Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.

Exercise 3: Translate and use in a sentence

Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.

1

La tostada


The toast

2

El café


The coffee

3

La sal


The salt

4

Favorito


Favourite

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El queso


The cheese

Exercise 4: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

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1.
con café. | Para desayunar, | y huevos | como pan
Para desayunar, como pan y huevos con café.
(For breakfast, I eat bread and eggs with coffee.)
2.
la mañana? | ¿Prefieres beber | agua o | té por
¿Prefieres beber agua o té por la mañana?
(Do you prefer to drink water or tea in the morning?)
3.
y un | sal. | poco de | la tostada | con queso | Me gusta
Me gusta la tostada con queso y un poco de sal.
(I like toast with cheese and a little salt.)
4.
me gusta | saludable y | Bebo leche | su sabor. | porque es
Bebo leche porque es saludable y me gusta su sabor.
(I drink milk because it is healthy and I like its taste.)
5.
merienda? | manzana o | una naranja | para la | ¿Quieres una
¿Quieres una manzana o una naranja para la merienda?
(Do you want an apple or an orange for your snack?)
6.
temprano, ya | como mi | desayuno favorito. | Aunque es
Aunque es temprano, ya como mi desayuno favorito.
(Although it is early, I am already eating my favourite breakfast.)

Exercise 5: Match a word

Instruction: Match the translations

Yo bebo café con leche por la mañana (I drink coffee with milk in the morning)
Prefiero comer pan y queso en el desayuno (I prefer to eat bread and cheese for breakfast)
¿Quieres tomar agua o prefieres té? (Do you want to have some water or would you prefer tea?)
Los huevos son sanos pero no como muchos (Eggs are healthy but not as much)

Exercise 6: Cluster the words

Instruction: Arrastra cada palabra a la categoría correcta según si es una bebida o un alimento sólido que consumes en tu alimentación diaria.

Bebidas

Alimentos sólidos

Exercise 7: Las conjunciones: "Y, e, o, ..."

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: The conjunctions: "Y, e, o, ..."

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o, y, u, porque, pero, Si, e

1.
No es bueno comer ... ir a dormir directamente.
(It is not good to eat and go to sleep immediately.)
2.
... compras pan, compra queso también, por favor.
(If you buy bread, buy cheese too, please.)
3.
¿Prefieres manzanas ... naranjas?
(Do you prefer apples or oranges?)
4.
Prefiero la tostada sin sal ... es más saludable.
(I prefer toast without salt because it is healthier.)
5.
¿Quieres café ... agua?
(Do you want coffee or water?)
6.
Ella bebe café ... come pan.
(She drinks coffee and eats bread.)
7.
Puedes beber té ... otra bebida.
(You can drink tea or another drink.)
8.
Me gusta la leche en el café ... no en el té.
(I like milk in coffee but not in tea.)

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A1.15.3 Gramática

Las conjunciones: "Y, e, o, ..."

The conjunctions: "Y, e, o, ..."


Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Beber to drink

Presente

Spanish English
(yo) bebo I drink
(tú) bebes You drink
(él/ella) bebe he drinks/she drinks
(nosotros/nosotras) bebemos we drink
(vosotros/vosotras) bebéis You drink
(ellos/ellas) beben they drink

Exercises and examples phrases

Comer to eat

Presente

Spanish English
(yo) como I eat
(tú) comes You eat
(él/ella) come he eats/she eats
(nosotros/nosotras) comemos we eat
(vosotros/vosotras) coméis You eat
(ellos/ellas) comen they eat

Exercises and examples phrases

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