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Vocabulary (16)

 Bajo: short (Spanish)

Mi primo es muy bajo, como un niño pequeño.

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My cousin is very short, like a small child. Show

Bajo

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Short Show

 Alto: Tall (Spanish)

La mujer alta lleva gafas.

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The tall woman wears glasses. Show

Alto

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Tall Show

 Largo: Long (Spanish)

El pelo de Juan es largo y rubio.

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Juan's hair is long and blonde. Show

Largo

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Long Show

 Corto: Short (Spanish)

Él tiene el cabello corto y castaño.

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He has short brown hair. Show

Corto

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Short Show

 Gordo: Fat (Spanish)

Mi perro está gordo este invierno.

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My dog is fat this winter. Show

Gordo

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Fat Show

 Delgado: Slim (Spanish)

Ella está más delgada que antes.

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She is slimmer than before. Show

Delgado

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Slim Show

 Moreno: Dark-skinned (Spanish)

La chica morena es muy simpática.

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The brunette girl is very nice. Show

Moreno

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Dark-skinned Show

 Rubio: fair-haired (Spanish)

Mi amigo es rubio como el sol.

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My friend is blond like the sun. Show

Rubio

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Fair-haired Show

 Pelirrojo: red-haired (Spanish)

El chico es pelirrojo y muy guapo.

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The boy is ginger-haired and very handsome. Show

Pelirrojo

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Red-haired Show

 Castaño: Brown (Spanish)

Mi hermano tiene el pelo castaño.

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My brother has brown hair. Show

Castaño

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Brown Show

 Guapo: handsome (Spanish)

El niño es guapo.

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The boy is handsome. Show

Guapo

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Handsome Show

 Feo: Ugly (Spanish)

La casa es fea pero acogedora.

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The house is unattractive but cosy. Show

Feo

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Ugly Show

 Afeitarse (to shave) - Verb conjugation and exercises

¿Cuántas veces a la semana te afeitas?

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How many times a week do you shave? Show

Afeitarse

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To shave Show

 Secarse (to dry oneself) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Vosotros os secáis rápido.

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You dry yourselves quickly. Show

Secarse

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To dry oneself Show

 La gente: The people (Spanish)

La gente delgada corre cada mañana.

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Slim people run every morning. Show

La gente

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The people Show

 Igual: same (Spanish)

El chico es igual a su hermano.

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The boy looks like his brother. Show

Igual

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Same Show

Exercises

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

Exercise 1: Conversation exercise

Instruction:

  1. Describe a las personas y los animales en las imágenes. (Describe the people and animals in the pictures.)
  2. Describe a la persona sentada a tu lado. (Describe the person sitting next to you.)

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Example phrases:

La mujer tiene el pelo largo y castaño.

The woman has long brown hair.

Tiene el pelo negro y corto. Se afeita.

He has short black hair. He shaves himself.

El perro es alto y gordo.

The dog is tall and fat.

Claire es alta y tiene el pelo largo y rubio.

Claire is tall and has long blond hair.

Tiene el pelo corto y oscuro.

He has short dark hair.

Él es muy alto.

He is very tall.

...

Exercise 2: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

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1.
son | Los | de | Juan | delgados. | hermanos
Los hermanos de Juan son delgados.
(Juan's brothers are slim.)
2.
son | guapas | y | seguras. | Las | mujeres
Las mujeres son guapas y seguras.
(Women are attractive and confident.)
3.
en la | altos destacan | multitud. | Los hombres
Los hombres altos destacan en la multitud.
(Tall men stand out in the crowd.)
4.
castaños. | Él es | tiene ojos | moreno y
Él es moreno y tiene ojos castaños.
(He is dark-skinned and has brown eyes.)
5.
guapo. | niño | El | es
El niño es guapo.
(The boy is handsome.)
6.
peinan | juntas. | amigas | rubias | Las | se
Las amigas rubias se peinan juntas.
(The blonde friends do each other's hair.)
7.
juegan baloncesto. | Mis hermanos | y siempre | son bajos
Mis hermanos son bajos y siempre juegan baloncesto.
(My brothers are short and always play basketball.)

Exercise 3: Translate and use in a sentence

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

1

Feo


Ugly

2

Delgado


Slim

3

Rubio


Fair-haired

4

Secarse


To dry oneself

5

Bajo


Short

Exercise 4: Verb conjugation

Instruction: Choose the correct verb and tense.

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os afeitáis, se seca, se afeita, me afeito, se afeitan, te secas, se secan, nos secamos

1.
Ellos ... las manos.
(They dry their hands.)
2.
Ellos ... todos los días.
(They shave every day.)
3.
Él ... antes de trabajar.
(He shaves before working.)
4.
Nosotros ... al sol.
(We dry off in the sun.)
5.
Yo ... por la mañana.
(I shave in the morning.)
6.
Vosotros ... en el baño.
(You shave in the bathroom.)
7.
Él ... el pelo con un secador.
(He dries his hair with a hairdryer.)
8.
¿Tú ... con una toalla?
(Do you dry yourself with a towel?)

Exercise 5: La concordancia de los adjetivos

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: The agreement of adjectives

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pelirrojo, alta, corto, castaños, larga, bajo, morena, guapa

1.
Él tiene el pelo ....
(He has short hair.)
2.
Él se afeita la barba ....
(He shaves his long beard.)
3.
Ella es ..., mide casi dos metros.
(She is tall, she is almost two metres tall.)
4.
Mi hermano es más ... que yo. Yo soy más alta.
(My brother is shorter than me. I am taller.)
5.
La niña es muy ....
(The girl is very pretty.)
6.
Ella tiene el pelo de color ....
(She has red hair.)
7.
La chica ... es muy simpática.
(The dark-haired girl is very nice.)
8.
Mis ojos son ... como mi pelo.
(My eyes are brown like my hair.)

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Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Afeitarse to shave

Presente

Spanish English
yo me afeito I shave
tú te afeitas You shave
él/ella se afeita He shaves
nosotros/nosotras nos afeitamos We shave
vosotros/vosotras os afeitáis You shave
ellos/ellas se afeitan they shave

Exercises and examples phrases

Secarse to dry oneself

Presente

Spanish English
yo me seco I dry myself
tú te secas you dry yourself
él/ella se seca He dries himself
nosotros/nosotras nos secamos We dry ourselves
vosotros/vosotras os secáis You all dry yourselves
ellos/ellas se secan They dry themselves

Exercises and examples phrases

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