Spanish A1.37: Your pets
Tus mascotas
- Aprende los animales básicos (mascotas) (Learn the basic animals (pets))
- Describe las rutinas de tu mascota. (Describe the routines of your pet.)
- El amor por las mascotas en España (Love for pets in Spain)
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Uno vs.otro (Uno vs. otro)
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Listening & reading materials
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Conversation exercise Share Copied!
- Nombra a cada mascota en la imagen. (Name each pet in the picture.)
- Pregunta a los demás si tienen una mascota. (Ask the others if they have a pet.)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Puedo ver un perro y un gato. I can see a dog and a cat. |
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El perro está corriendo. The dog is running. |
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Este perro está sentado. This dog is sitting down. |
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¿Qué mascotas tienes? What pets do you have? |
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¿Con qué frecuencia alimentas a tu gato? How often do you feed your cat? |
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Cada mañana salgo a caminar con mi perro. Every morning I go walking with my dog. |
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Exercises Share Copied!
These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Reorder sentences
Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.
Exercise 2: Translate and use in a sentence
Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.
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Sentarse
To sit down
2
Rápido
Quick
3
El ratón
The mouse
4
Lento
Slow
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El pez
The fish
Exercise 3: Verb conjugation
Instruction: Choose the correct verb and tense.
me cepillo, cuidas, os cepilláis, cuidamos, cuida, se cepilla, cuidáis, cuido
Exercise 4: Uno vs. otro
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Estos, uno, Unos, Una, otros, Esta, otra, otro
Additional learning materials Share Copied!
Appendix 1: Extended vocabulary table Share Copied!
Core vocabulary
(16):
Verbs: 4,
Adjectives: 3,
Nouns: 9,
Context vocabulary:
7
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| Animales | Animals |
| Cepillar | To brush |
| Correas | Leashes |
| Cuidar | To take care of |
| Despacio | Slow |
| El conejo | The rabbit |
| El gato | The cat |
| El paseo | The walk |
| El perro | The dog |
| El pez | The fish |
| El pájaro | The bird |
| El ratón | The mouse |
| Festivales | Festivals |
| Gatos | Cats |
| La correa | The lead |
| La tortuga | The turtle |
| Lento | Slow |
| Mascotas | Pets |
| Paseando | Walking |
| Pasear | To walk |
| Perros | Dogs |
| Rápido | Quick |
| Sentarse | To sit down |
Appendix 2: Verb conjugation tables for this lesson Share Copied!
Cuidar to take care of Share Copied!
Presente
| Spanish | English |
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| yo cuido | I take care of |
| tú cuidas | You take care of |
| él/ella cuida | he/she takes care of |
| nosotros/nosotras cuidamos | We take care of |
| vosotros/vosotras cuidáis | you take care of |
| ellos/ellas cuidan | they take care of |
Cepillar to brush Share Copied!
Presente
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| yo me cepillo | I brush |
| tú te cepillas | You brush |
| él/ella se cepilla | he/she brushes |
| nosotros/nosotras nos cepillamos | We brush ourselves |
| vosotros/vosotras os cepilláis | You all brush yourselves |
| ellos/ellas se cepillan | They brush |
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