A1.9: Days of the week and parts of the day

Días de la semana y partes del día

Listening & reading materials

Practice vocabulary in context with real materials.

A1.9.1 Lectura

El diario de Ana

Anne's diary


A1.9.2 Cultura

Descubre el arte de Sorolla

Discover the Art of Sorolla


Vocabulary (21)

 El lunes: Monday (Spanish)

El lunes

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Monday Show

 El martes: Tuesday (Spanish)

El martes

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Tuesday Show

 El miércoles: Wednesday (Spanish)

El miércoles

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Wednesday Show

 El jueves: Thursday (Spanish)

El jueves

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Thursday Show

 El viernes: Friday (Spanish)

El viernes

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Friday Show

 El sábado: Saturday (Spanish)

El sábado

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Saturday Show

 El domingo: Sunday (Spanish)

El domingo

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Sunday Show

 El amanecer: The dawn (Spanish)

El amanecer

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The dawn Show

 El atardecer: The sunset (Spanish)

El atardecer

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The sunset Show

 La mañana: The morning (Spanish)

La mañana

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The morning Show

 La tarde: The afternoon (Spanish)

La tarde

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The afternoon Show

 La noche: The night (Spanish)

La noche

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The night Show

 Organizar (to organize) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Organizar

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To organize Show

 Ayer: Yesterday (Spanish)

Ayer

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Yesterday Show

 Hoy: Today (Spanish)

Hoy

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Today Show

 Mañana: tomorrow (Spanish)

Mañana

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Tomorrow Show

 El mediodía: noon (Spanish)

El mediodía

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Noon Show

 La medianoche: midnight (Spanish)

La medianoche

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Midnight Show

 La madrugada: the early hours (Spanish)

La madrugada

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The early hours Show

 Quedar (to meet) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Quedar

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To meet Show

 Ver (to see) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Ver

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To see Show

Exercises

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

Exercise 1: Conversation exercise

Instruction:

  1. Nombra el día y la hora. (Name the day and the time.)
  2. Describe la actividad de cada persona. (Describe the activity of each person.)

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Example phrases:

Es miércoles por la mañana.

It is Wednesday morning.

Es sábado por la noche.

It is Saturday night.

Es martes por la tarde.

It is Tuesday afternoon.

El jueves María estudia por la mañana.

On Thursday Maria studies in the morning.

El sábado por la tarde prepara un pastel.

On Saturday he prepares cake in the afternoon.

El viernes los amigos celebran por la noche.

On Friday the friends celebrate at night.

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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

El lunes


Monday

2

Hoy


Today

3

La mañana


The morning

4

La tarde


The afternoon

5

El jueves


Thursday

Exercise 4: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

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1.
conmigo el | se1bado por | la tarde? | 1Quieres quedar
1Quieres quedar conmigo el se1bado por la tarde?
(Do you want to meet with me on Saturday afternoon?)
2.
descansa el | noche los | viernes y | domingo. | Trabajo de
Trabajo de noche los viernes y descansa el domingo.
(I work nights on Fridays and rest on Sunday.)
3.
organizar mis | Me gusta | la maf1ana | actividades por | atardecer. | y al
Me gusta organizar mis actividades por la maf1ana y al atardecer.
(I like to organise my activities in the morning and in the evening.)
4.
parque. | ver a mis | amigos en el | maf1ana, voy a | Hoy, por la
Hoy, por la maf1ana, voy a ver a mis amigos en el parque.
(Today, in the morning, I am going to see my friends in the park.)
5.
cita con | tengo una | el me9dico. | al mediodeda | El mie9rcoles
El mie9rcoles al mediodeda tengo una cita con el me9dico.
(On Wednesday at midday I have a doctor's appointment.)
6.
deda. | durante el | espaf1ol en | Ayer estudie9 | y descanse9 | la madrugada
Ayer estudie9 espaf1ol en la madrugada y descanse9 durante el deda.
(Yesterday I studied Spanish in the early morning and rested during the day.)

Exercise 5: Match a word

Instruction: Match the translations

Quedamos el jueves por la tarde para tomar un café. (We agreed to meet on Thursday afternoon for a coffee.)
Trabajo por la mañana y descanso por la noche. (I work in the morning and rest at night.)
Veo la televisión al atardecer. (I watch television at dusk.)
El sábado organizo una fiesta en la madrugada. (On Saturday, I am organising a party at dawn.)

Exercise 6: Cluster the words

Instruction: Arrastra cada palabra a la categoría que corresponde a una parte del día o a un día de la semana, para organizar el vocabulario según su contexto temporal.

Partes del día

Días de la semana

Exercise 7: Preposiciones: indicar momentos del día

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Prepositions: indicating times of the day

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por, En, del, de, Por, a

1.
Son las dos ... la tarde.
(It is two o'clock in the afternoon.)
2.
El viernes ... la tarde hay una comida familiar.
(On Friday afternoon there is a family lunch.)
3.
Trabajo ... la mañana.
(I work in the morning.)
4.
Hoy a las diez ... la noche voy a Portugal.
(Today at ten o'clock at night I am going to Portugal.)
5.
Hoy ... la medianoche celebro mi cumpleaños.
(Tonight at midnight I celebrate my birthday.)
6.
Mañana a las cinco ... mediodía vamos a una fiesta.
(Tomorrow at five in the afternoon we are going to a party.)
7.
... la mañana del lunes organizo mi semana.
(On Monday morning I organise my week.)
8.
... la tarde visito a mi abuela.
(In the afternoon I visit my grandmother.)

Grammar

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A1.9.3 Gramática

Preposiciones: indicar momentos del día

Prepositions: indicating times of the day


Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Ver to see

Presente

Spanish English
(yo) veo I see
(tú) ves you see
(él/ella) ve he/she sees
(nosotros/nosotras) vemos we see
(vosotros/vosotras) veis You see
(ellos/ellas) ven they see

Exercises and examples phrases

Quedar to meet

Presente

Spanish English
(yo) quedo I meet
(tú) quedas You meet
(él/ella) queda he/she meets
(nosotros/nosotras) quedamos we meet
(vosotros/vosotras) quedáis You meet
(ellos/ellas) quedan they meet

Exercises and examples phrases

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