Learning module 1: Travelling: into the wild!
Spanish A2.8: Holiday disaster?
¿Desastre en las vacaciones?
- Reporta los artículos robados o perdidos en la comisaría de policía. (Report stolen or lost items at the police station.)
- Pedir ayuda con los documentos en la embajada o el consulado. (Asking for help with documents at the embassy or consulate.)
- Contacta con los servicios de emergencia. (Contact emergency services.)
- El turismo en masa (Mass tourism)
- El imperativo negativo: los verbos irregulares (The negative imperative: irregular verbs)
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Listening & reading materials
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Grammar
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A2.8.4 Gramática
El imperativo negativo: los verbos irregulares
The negative imperative: irregular verbs
Conversation exercise Share Copied!
- ¿Qué cosas malas pueden pasar en un viaje? (What bad things can happen on a trip? )
- ¿Qué puedes hacer cuando te sucede? (What can you do when it happens to you?)
- ¿Te ha sucedido alguna vez una de esas situaciones? (Has one of those situations ever happened to you?)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Tu dinero puede ser robado. Your money can get stolen. |
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Alguien puede robarte la bolsa. Somebody can steal your bag. |
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Puedes perderte en una caminata. You can get lost on a hike. |
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Siempre puedes pedir ayuda a las personas. You can always ask people for help. |
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Es importante tener un seguro de viaje. It is important to have a travel insurance. |
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Ya he perdido mi teléfono una vez. I have already lost my phone once. |
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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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El teléfono
The telephone
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Comprobar
To check
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La página web
The website
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Perderse
To get lost
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Pedir ayuda
Ask for help
Exercise 3: Verb conjugation
Instruction: Choose the correct verb and tense.
no sean, no os perdáis, no nos perdamos, no seáis, no se pierda, no seamos, no sea, no se pierdan
Exercise 4: El imperativo negativo: los verbos irregulares
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
perdamos, te pierdas, vayas, ponga, os sintáis, seáis, sean, piensen
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Appendix 1: Extended vocabulary table Share Copied!
Core vocabulary
(15):
Verbs: 3,
Adjectives: 2,
Nouns: 5,
Sentences / word combination: 5
Context vocabulary:
12
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| Comprobar | To check |
| El seguro de viaje | The travel insurance |
| El socorro | The help |
| El teléfono | The telephone |
| El teléfono de emergencia | The emergency telephone number |
| Gastado todo el dinero | Spent all the money |
| Gastan dinero | They spend money |
| Gastar dinero | Spend money |
| Gastes mucho dinero | You don't spend much money |
| La comisaría de policía | The police station |
| La dirección | The address |
| La página web | The website |
| Me he perdido | I'm lost |
| Mira un plano | Look at a map |
| Mirar el plano | Look at the map |
| Mirar un plano | To look at a map |
| Pedido ayuda | Have you asked for help |
| Pedir ayuda | Ask for help |
| Pedirle ayuda | Ask him for help |
| Perderse | To get lost |
| Perdido | Lost |
| Problema | Problem |
| Páginas web | Websites |
| Robado | Stolen |
| Robar | To steal |
| Se ha perdido | He has got lost |
| Útil | Useful |
Appendix 2: Verb conjugation tables for this lesson Share Copied!
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Imperativo negativo
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¡no seas! | don't be |
| ¡no sea! | He/she not be |
| ¡no seamos! | let's not be |
| ¡no seáis! | you all do not be |
| ¡no sean! | They should not be |
Perderse to get lost Share Copied!
Imperativo negativo
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¡no te pierdas! | You don't get lost! |
| ¡no se pierda! | he/she does not get lost |
| ¡no nos perdamos! | let's not get lost |
| ¡no os perdáis! | Do not get lost! |
| ¡no se pierdan! | They do not get lost! |
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