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A2.16 (Spanish lesson): What a surprise

Qué sorpresa

A2.16 (Spanish lesson): What a surprise

Learning goals:

  • Situation: Describe el pasado muy reciente (Describe very recent past)
  • Situation: Habla sobre eventos sorprendentes (Talk about surprising events)
  • Verb: Terminar (to finish) - Presente, indicativo (Present, indicative)
  • Verb: Salir (to leave / to go out) - Presente, indicativo (Present, indicative)
  • Grammar: "Acabar de" + infinitivo: expresar una acción recién completada (Acabar de + infinitivo: expresar una acción recién completada)
  • Culture: "El Orfanato": ¿te atreves a entrar? ("The Orphanage": do you dare to enter?)

Learning module 3 (A2): El buen pasado (The good old past)

Teaching guidelines +/- 60 minutes

Core vocabulary (10)

 Acabar (to finish) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Tú acabas de comprar un billete.

(You have just bought a ticket.)

Acabar

(To finish)

 Enterarse (to find out) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Tú te enteras de la salida al bosque.

(You find out about the outing to the forest.)

Enterarse

(To find out)

 Notar (to notice) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Yo noto que ahorrar es importante.

(I notice that saving is important.)

Notar

(To notice)

 Descubrir (to discover) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Yo descubro la naturaleza cuando camino por el bosque.

(I discover nature when I walk through the forest.)

Descubrir

(To discover)

 Terminar (to finish) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Él termina de caminar por el bosque.

(He finishes walking through the forest.)

Terminar

(To finish)

 Sorprendente: Surprising (Spanish)

Las vistas más sorprendentes estaban en el sur.

(The most surprising views were in the south.)

Sorprendente

(Surprising)

 La sorpresa: The surprise (Spanish)

Acabo de descubrir la sorpresa en la caja.

(I just discovered the surprise in the box.)

La sorpresa

(The surprise)

 Increíble: Incredible (Spanish)

El animal salvaje es increíbleísimo.

(The wild animal is incredibly amazing.)

Increíble

(Incredible)

 Inesperado: Unexpected (Spanish)

La sorpresa fue más inesperada de lo que esperaba.

(The surprise was more unexpected than I expected.)

Inesperado

(Unexpected)

 El susto: The fright (Spanish)

¡Qué susto me dio esa película!

(What a fright that movie gave me!)

El susto

(The fright)

Word list (15)

Core vocabulary (10): Verbs: 5, Adjectives: 3, Nouns: 2,
Context vocabulary: 5

Spanish English
Acabar To finish
Descubrir To discover
El susto The fright
Enterarse To find out
Increíble Incredible
Inesperadas Unexpected
Inesperado Unexpected
La sorpresa The surprise
Mudarse Move
Notar To notice
Orfanato Orphanage
Sorprendente Surprising
Suspenso Suspense
Sustos Frights
Terminar To finish