B1.36: Becoming parents

Convertirse en padres

Listening & reading materials

Practice vocabulary in context with real materials.

B1.36.1 Diálogo

Formar una familia

Starting a family


B1.36.2 Cuento corto

Familias más allá del modelo tradicional

Families Beyond the Traditional Model


Vocabulary (11)

 Adoptar (to adopt) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Adoptar

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To adopt Show

 Obedecer (to obey) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Obedecer

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To obey Show

 La pareja de hecho: The civil partnership (Spanish)

La pareja de hecho

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The civil partnership Show

 Masculino: Masculine (Spanish)

Masculino

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Masculine Show

 Femenino: Feminine (Spanish)

Femenino

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Feminine Show

 El recién nacido: The newborn (Spanish)

El recién nacido

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The newborn Show

 El niño adoptado: The adopted child (Spanish)

El niño adoptado

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The adopted child Show

 Educar (to educate) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Educar

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To educate Show

 El padre soltero: The single father (Spanish)

El padre soltero

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The single father Show

 El matrimonio: Marriage (Spanish)

El matrimonio

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Marriage Show

 Evolucionar (to evolve) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Evolucionar

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To evolve Show

Exercises

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

Exercise 1: Verbos "estar" y "ser" : usos avanzados

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Verbs "estar" and "ser": advanced uses

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Están, Estoy, Es, Estás, Estamos, Sois, Eres, Estáis

1. Ser (él/ella/usted):
... un padre soltero que educa a su hijo con mucho esfuerzo.
(He is a single father who raises his son with a lot of effort.)
2. Ser (tú):
... una persona comprensiva con los niños adoptados.
(You are a compassionate person towards adopted children.)
3. Estar (yo):
... feliz porque adopté a un recién nacido.
(I am happy because I adopted a newborn.)
4. Estar (tú):
... orgulloso de haber formado una familia con niños adoptados.
(You are proud to have formed a family with adopted children.)
5. Ser (vosotros/-as):
... una pareja que siempre ayuda a los niños en situaciones complicadas.
(Be a couple who always helps children in difficult situations.)
6. Estar (ellos/-as/ustedes):
... cansados después de educar a tres niños adoptados.
(They are tired after raising three adopted children.)
7. Estar (vosotros/-as):
... felices porque habéis adoptado a un niño recién nacido.
(You are happy because you have adopted a newborn baby.)
8. Estar (nosotros/-as):
... emocionados porque seremos pareja de hecho muy pronto.
(We are excited because we will soon be a civil partnership.)

Grammar

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B1.36.3 Gramática

Verbos "estar" y "ser" : usos avanzados

Verbs "estar" and "ser": advanced uses


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