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Spanish A1.11.2 Celebrations and Anniversaries

Learn the ordinal numbers through the annual celebrations of everyday life.

Cuento corto: Celebraciones y aniversarios

Aprende los números ordinales a través de celebraciones anuales de la vida cotidiana.

Spanish A1.11.2 Celebrations and Anniversaries

A1 Spanish

Level: A1

Module 2: De horas a estaciones (From hours to seasons)

Lesson 11: Números ordinales (Ordinal numbers)

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

Audio and video

Audio
Audio
Audio with translations
Audio with translations

Text and translation

1. Es abril, el cuarto mes del año. It is April, the fourth month of the year.
2. Ana y Marco celebran su aniversario con una cena. Ana and Marco celebrate their anniversary with a dinner.
3. Es su quinto año como pareja. It's their fifth year as a couple.
4. Ana recuerda el primer día en el que se conocen. Ana remembers the first day they met.
5. Marco recuerda esa primera noche cuando conoce a Ana. Marco remembers that first night when he meets Ana.
6. En dos meses es junio, el sexto mes del año. In two months it's June, the sixth month of the year.
7. En junio es el aniversario de los padres de Ana. In June it is Ana's parents' anniversary.
8. Ellos lo celebran con una fiesta de tres días. They celebrate it with a three-day party.
9. El tercer día descansan. On the third day they rest.

Exercise 1: Discussion questions

Instruction: Discuss the questions after listening to the audio or reading through the text.

  1. ¿Qué día recuerda Ana?
    2. What day does Ana remember?
  2. ¿Qué aniversario celebran en noviembre Ana y Marco?
    3. What anniversary do Ana and Marco celebrate in November?
  3. ¿En qué mes es el aniversario de los padres de Ana?
    4. In which month is Ana's parents' anniversary?
  4. ¿Cómo se celebra un aniversario en tu familia?
    5. How do you celebrate an anniversary in your family?

Exercise 2:

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

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cuarto, aniversario, quinto, primer, sexto, tercer

1.
Es abril, el ... mes del año.
(It is April, the fourth month of the year.)
2.
Es su ... año como pareja.
(It's their fifth year as a couple.)
3.
Ana y Marco celebran su ... con una cena.
(Ana and Marco celebrate their anniversary with a dinner.)
4.
Ana recuerda el ... día en el que se conocen.
(Ana remembers the first day they met.)
5.
El ... día descansan.
(On the third day they rest.)
6.
En dos meses es junio, el ... mes del año.
(In two months it is June, the sixth month of the year.)
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