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¿Dónde vives? Describing your town

Describing a place needs there is/there are, location words and a few opinions — a package that reappears constantly.

Part of your national curriculum
  • Reading: Read and understand the main points and some detail from a range of authentic and adapted materials, including some longer texts

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Read and understand the main points and some detail from a range of authentic and adapted materials, including some longer texts

Key learning points

  • • Hay
  • • Places in town
  • • Position words

This lesson at a glance

  • 20 minutes
  • 15 parts to scroll through
  • 4 quick checks
  • Marked quiz at the end
  • Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

Words to know

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¿Dónde vives? Describing your town

An English teaching video on this topic from Mundo Divertido de Niños. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Read and understand the main points and some detail from a range of authentic and adapted materials, including some longer texts

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 1 of 2

Part 1 · Hay

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Explore the idea

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Learn

Hay

Hay means both 'there is' and 'there are': hay un parque, hay tres museos. It never changes. To say what is missing: no hay cine.

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Explore the idea

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Learn

Places in town

el ayuntamiento (town hall), la plaza, la biblioteca, el mercado, la estación, el polideportivo, las tiendas, el casco antiguo (old town).

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Quick check

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Quick check

How do you say 'there are three museums'?

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Quick check

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Quick check

What is 'enfrente del mercado'?

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Reset break

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Pause

That's sitting 1 of 2 done

Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.

Stop here for now
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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 2 of 2

Part 2 · Position words

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Explore the idea

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Learn

Position words

al lado de, enfrente de, detrás de, cerca de, lejos de, entre. Remember de + el = del: enfrente del mercado.

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Quick check

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Quick check

What does 'el casco antiguo' mean?

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Quick check

Part 11 of 15

Quick check

What does 'lo peor es que' introduce?

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Explore the idea

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Worked example

Model paragraph

Vivo en un pueblo pequeño en el suroeste de Inglaterra. Hay una biblioteca, dos supermercados y un polideportivo bastante nuevo, pero no hay cine. Lo mejor es el parque, que está al lado del río. Lo peor es que no hay mucho para los jóvenes. — 'Lo mejor / lo peor' is a neat way to structure an evaluation.

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Challenge round

Part 13 of 15

Game · Sort it

Which of these are true?

Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.

True

Not true

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Mastery quiz

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Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: ¿Dónde vives? Describing your town

4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.

  1. 1. How do you say 'there are three museums'?

  2. 2. What is 'enfrente del mercado'?

  3. 3. What does 'el casco antiguo' mean?

  4. 4. What does 'lo peor es que' introduce?

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Lesson round-up

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Lesson round-up

Ready when you are

Quiz score

Not sat

Games

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Points this lesson

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Best run

0 in a row

Luna: 0 out of 4 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?

Ask Luna

Do the work

Your written work for this lesson

This is the part you'd do in your book at school. Pick the pieces below, write here or on paper, and photograph anything you draw or work out.

Extract

Une journée à Lyon

Samedi matin, je me lève à sept heures et demie. Je prends le petit déjeuner avec ma sœur — du pain, du beurre et un chocolat chaud. Ensuite, nous prenons le bus jusqu'au centre-ville.

J'aime beaucoup Lyon parce qu'il y a un grand marché près du fleuve. Ma sœur préfère les magasins, mais moi, je préfère le marché : c'est moins cher et c'est plus intéressant. À midi, nous mangeons un sandwich au parc.

L'après-midi, il commence à pleuvoir, alors nous rentrons à la maison en tram. Le soir, je fais mes devoirs et je regarde un film avec mes parents.

Original text written for Good Learning Co.

Reading questions

  1. In English, say what the writer does in the morning, at midday and in the evening.
  2. Find the phrases that give an opinion and a reason, and copy them out.
  3. Write 8–10 sentences about your own Saturday, using at least three phrases from the text.

  • Written practice

    Writing

    Write the sentences out in the language, then translate them back into English.

    8–10 sentences

  • Vocabulary page

    Working out

    Copy the new words, cover them, and test yourself. Note the ones you keep missing.

    15 words

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