A2.20: Family trip to the zoo

Viaje familiar al zoológico

Listening & reading materials

Practice vocabulary in context with real materials.

A2.20.1 Cultura

El desierto de Tabernas: el Hollywood español

The Tabernas Desert: the Spanish Hollywood


Vocabulary (17)

 El desierto: The Desert (Spanish)

El desierto

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The desert Show

 Admirar (to admire) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Admirar

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To admire Show

 Alejarse (to move away) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Alejarse

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To move away Show

 Fascinante: Fascinating (Spanish)

Fascinante

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Fascinating Show

 La selva: The jungle (Spanish)

La selva

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The jungle Show

 África: Africa (Spanish)

África

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Africa Show

 Salvaje: wild (Spanish)

Salvaje

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Wild Show

 El elefante: The elephant (Spanish)

El elefante

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The elephant Show

 El búho: The owl (Spanish)

El búho

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The owl Show

 La especie: The species (Spanish)

La especie

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The species Show

 El león: The lion (Spanish)

El león

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The lion Show

 La jirafa: The giraffe (Spanish)

La jirafa

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The giraffe Show

 El tigre: The tiger (Spanish)

El tigre

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The tiger Show

 El mono: The monkey (Spanish)

El mono

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The monkey Show

 El paisaje: The landscape (Spanish)

El paisaje

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The landscape Show

 La flora: The flora (Spanish)

La flora

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The flora Show

 La fauna: The wildlife (Spanish)

La fauna

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The wildlife Show

Exercises

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

Exercise 1: Dialogue Cards

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

Exercise 2: Match a word

Instruction: Match the translations

Vamos a admirar al elefante que está a la derecha (Let's admire the elephant on the right)
El león salvaje vive en la selva africana (The wild lion lives in the African jungle)
La jirafa come hojas de los árboles muy altos (The giraffe eats leaves from very tall trees)
En el desierto vimos un búho que descansaba bajo una piedra (In the desert we saw an owl resting under a rock)

Exercise 3: Cluster the words

Instruction: Arrastra cada palabra a la categoría que corresponda según su contexto en un viaje familiar al zoológico.

Animales que puedes ver en el zoológico

Tipos de paisajes naturales

Grammar

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Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Ser to be

Pretérito indefinido

Spanish English
(yo) fui I was
(tú) fuiste You were
(él/ella) fue he/she was
(nosotros/nosotras) fuimos we were
(vosotros/vosotras) fuisteis you were
(ellos/ellas) fueron they were

Exercises and examples phrases

Ver to see

Pretérito imperfecto

Spanish English
(yo) veía I saw
(tú) veías You saw
(él/ella) veía he/she saw
(nosotros/nosotras) veíamos we saw
(vosotros/vosotras) veíais You saw
(ellos/ellas) veían they saw

Exercises and examples phrases

Describir to describe

Pretérito indefinido

Spanish English
(yo) describí I described
(tú) describiste You described
(él/ella) describió he described/she described
(nosotros/nosotras) describimos we described
(vosotros/vosotras) describisteis You described
(ellos/ellas) describieron they described

Exercises and examples phrases

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