Spanish A2.21: Family trip to the zoo

Viaje familiar al zoológico

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Vocabulary (12)

 El desierto: The desert (Spanish)

El desierto es calentísimo en verano.

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The desert is scorching hot in summer. Show

El desierto

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The desert Show

 Alejarse (to move away) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Yo me alejo del grupo para respirar.

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I move away from the group to breathe. Show

Alejarse

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To move away Show

 La selva: The jungle (Spanish)

Admiremos la selva con sus animales salvajes.

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Let's admire the jungle with its wild animals. Show

La selva

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The jungle Show

 Salvaje: wild (Spanish)

La jirafa es salvaje y elegante.

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The giraffe is wild and graceful. Show

Salvaje

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Wild Show

 El elefante: The elephant (Spanish)

El elefante es grandísimo en la selva.

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The elephant is enormous in the jungle. Show

El elefante

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The elephant Show

 El búho: The owl (Spanish)

Mira, el búho en silencio sobre el árbol.

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Look, the owl silently on the tree. Show

El búho

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The owl Show

 La especie: The species (Spanish)

La especie de elefante es grandísima.

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The species of elephant is enormous. Show

La especie

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The species Show

 El león: The lion (Spanish)

El león está descansando a la sombra.

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The lion is resting in the shade. Show

El león

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The lion Show

 La jirafa: The giraffe (Spanish)

Observamos cómo la jirafa se alimenta del árbol.

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We watch the giraffe feeding from the tree. Show

La jirafa

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The giraffe Show

 El tigre: The tiger (Spanish)

En la selva vimos al tigre fuerte.

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In the jungle we saw the strong tiger. Show

El tigre

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The tiger Show

 El mono: The monkey (Spanish)

El mono en la selva es muy travieso.

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The monkey in the jungle is very naughty. Show

El mono

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The monkey Show

Exercises

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

Exercise 1: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

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1.
es | La | de | elefante | grandísima. | especie
La especie de elefante es grandísima.
(The species of elephant is enormous.)
2.
es | salvaje | y | elegante. | La | jirafa
La jirafa es salvaje y elegante.
(The giraffe is wild and graceful.)
3.
en la | parecen salvajes | noche. | Los búhos
Los búhos parecen salvajes en la noche.
(The owls seem wild at night.)
4.
selva. | El elefante | en la | es grandísimo
El elefante es grandísimo en la selva.
(The elephant is enormous in the jungle.)
5.
del | Las | fascinantes. | son | zoo | especies
Las especies del zoo son fascinantes.
(The species at the zoo are fascinating.)
6.
son | África | fascinantes. | en | Las | selvas
Las selvas en África son fascinantes.
(The jungles in Africa are fascinating.)
7.
selva es | El mono | muy travieso. | en la
El mono en la selva es muy travieso.
(The monkey in the jungle is very naughty.)

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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El búho


The owl

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La especie


The species

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Salvaje


Wild

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El desierto


The desert

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El león


The lion

Exercise 3: Verb conjugation

Instruction: Choose the correct verb and tense.

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fui, fueron, veían, describieron, fuiste, veía, fuimos, fuisteis

1.
... a admirar las jirafas en la selva.
(We went to admire the giraffes in the jungle.)
2.
... a ver el león africano.
(You were to see the African lion.)
3.
... a explorar el desierto africano.
(You went to explore the African desert.)
4.
... el desierto al anochecer.
(They described the desert at dusk.)
5.
... a observar el águila salvaje.
(They went to observe the wild eagle.)
6.
... al zoológico con mi familia.
(I went to the zoo with my family.)
7.
... el tigre acercarse lentamente.
(They saw the tiger slowly approaching.)
8.
... la jirafa cada mañana.
(I saw the giraffe every morning.)

Exercise 4: Superlative absolute: -ísimo/-ísima

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Superlative absolute: -ísimo/-ísima

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guísimas, ísimo, ísimos, ísima

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La jirafa es alt... más que cualquier otro animal.
(The giraffe is extremely tall, more than any other animal.)
2.
El león de África es famos... en los documentales.
(The African lion is very famous in documentaries.)
3.
Los elefantes y leones son grand... comparados con otros
(Elephants and lions are very large compared to others)
4.
En la expedición, yo vi un elefante grand... en la selva.
(On the expedition, I saw a gigantic elephant in the jungle.)
5.
Los días en el desierto fueron calent....
(The days in the desert were extremely hot.)
6.
Ese águila es salvaj... cuando vuela y caza.
(That eagle is extremely wild when it flies and hunts.)
7.
Este libro sobre animales es interesant... para niños
(This book about animals is extremely interesting for children)
8.
Las aventuras con mi familia fueron lar... e intensas.
(The adventures with my family were really long and intense.)

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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 was
nosotros/nosotras fuimos we were
vosotros/vosotras fuisteis You all were
ellos/ellas fueron They were

Exercises and examples phrases

Ver to see

Pretérito imperfecto

Spanish English
yo veía I used to see
tú veías You saw
él/ella veía he saw
nosotros/nosotras veíamos we saw
vosotros/vosotras veíais you (plural) used to see
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/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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