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Spanish A2.5.2 Travel by bicycle or by car?

A short story about a girl who rents a car for a weekend.

Cuento corto: ¿Viajar en bicicleta o en coche?

Un cuento corto sobre una chica que alquila un coche por un fin de semana.

Spanish A2.5.2 Travel by bicycle or by car?

A2 Spanish

Level: A2

Module 1: Viajar: ¡A lo desconocido! (Travelling: into the wild!)

Lesson 5: Alquila tu transporte (Rent your transportation)

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

Audio and video

Audio
Audio
Audio with translations
Audio with translations

Text and translation

1. María quiere visitar a su abuela pero no sabe cómo llegar. Maria wants to visit her grandmother but does not know how to get there.
2. Quiere ir en bicicleta pero su abuela vive en otra ciudad. She wants to go by bicycle but her grandmother lives in another city.
3. Llama a su amigo Juan para reservar un coche. She calls her friend Juan to book a car.
4. Juan le dice que el coche está reservado y confirmado. Juan tells her that the car is reserved and confirmed.
5. Cuando llega a la oficina le dicen que su reserva ha sido cancelada. When she arrives at the office they tell her that her reservation has been cancelled.
6. Le dan otro coche después de ver su carné de conducir. They give her another car after seeing her driving licence.
7. El nuevo coche también le gusta y no está roto. She also likes the new car, and it is not broken.
8. El lunes hace la devolución del coche. On Monday she makes the return of the car.
9. Está demasiado cansada para ir a casa en su bicicleta. She is too tired to go home on her bicycle.
10. Coge un autobús y llega rápido. She takes a bus and gets there quickly.

Exercise 1: Discussion questions

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

  1. ¿A quién va a visitar María el fin de semana?
    2. Who is María going to visit at the weekend?
  2. ¿Quién le ayuda a alquilar un coche?
    3. Who helps her rent a car?
  3. ¿Con qué medio de transporte María llega a casa?
    4. How does María get home?

Exercise 2:

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

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bicicleta, cancelada, sabe, devolución, demasiado, carné de conducir

1.
Le dan otro coche después de ver su ....
(They give her another car after seeing her driving licence.)
2.
Cuando llega a la oficina le dicen que su reserva ha sido ....
(When she arrives at the office, they tell her that her reservation has been cancelled.)
3.
Quiere ir en ... pero su abuela vive en otra ciudad.
(She wants to go by bicycle, but her grandmother lives in another city.)
4.
El lunes hace la ... del coche.
(On Monday she returns the car.)
5.
María quiere visitar a su abuela pero no ... cómo llegar.
(Maria wants to visit her grandmother but doesn't know how to get there.)
6.
Está ... cansada para ir a casa en su bicicleta.
(She is too tired to ride her bicycle home.)
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