Getting Dressed for School. Spanish A1
Read an A1 Spanish scenario about choosing clothes for a rainy morning.
Me visto para ir al colegio
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A student chooses clothes for the weather, names colors and puts on rain boots.
Primero me visto. Me pongo una camiseta blanca y unos pantalones azules. Después me pongo un suéter rojo porque hace frío. En el espejo miro mi ropa: la camiseta es blanca, los pantalones son azules y el suéter es rojo.
Busco mis calcetines. Tengo unos grises y unos negros. Elijo los grises. También tengo dos pares de zapatos: unas zapatillas blancas y unas botas de agua amarillas. Como llueve, me pongo las botas de agua.
Mi hermana pregunta: «¿Por qué no llevas las zapatillas?» Yo respondo: «Porque hay agua en la calle. Prefiero las botas de agua».
Antes de salir, guardo las zapatillas en el armario y tomo mi paraguas. Ya puedo ir al colegio.
¿Qué te pones cuando hace frío?
¿Qué color eliges para una camiseta?
¿Qué botas te pones cuando llueve?
About this article
What you'll learn
Vestirse and ponerse, choosing clothes, color agreement and weather vocabulary.
A student chooses clothes for the weather, names colors and puts on rain boots.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
Esta mañana hace frío y llueve
newIt is cold and rainy this morning.
Hace frío describes cold weather and llueve says that it is raining.
Use this phrase to explain why you choose certain clothes.
Hoy no quiero ponerme pantalones cortos
newI do not want to wear shorts today.
No quiero plus an infinitive expresses that you do not want to do something.
Use it to say which item of clothing you do not want to wear.
En el espejo miro mi ropa
newI look at my clothes in the mirror.
En el espejo names the place where you look.
Use this phrase to describe a simple action while getting dressed.
Elijo los grises
newI choose the gray socks.
Los grises stands for los calcetines grises in the text.
Use it to choose an item without repeating its full name.
Prefiero las botas de agua
newI prefer rain boots.
Prefiero expresses a choice between options.
Use it when you choose one item of clothing over another.
Ya puedo ir al colegio
newNow I can go to school.
Ya shows that the preparation is finished, and puedo expresses possibility.
Use it to say that you are ready to leave.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
T-shirt
camiseta
A short-sleeved top.
Camiseta is feminine: una camiseta blanca.
Use it to name a basic item of clothing.
pants or trousers
pantalones
A garment for the legs.
In the text, pantalones is plural. Spanish also uses un pantalón for one garment.
Use it to talk about a garment worn on the legs.
socks
calcetines
Clothes worn on the feet.
El calcetín is singular and los calcetines is plural.
Use it to name clothing worn inside shoes.
sneakers
zapatillas
Comfortable shoes for walking or sport.
La zapatilla is singular and las zapatillas is plural.
Use it to talk about comfortable footwear.
sweater
suéter
A warm item of clothing for cold weather.
Suéter is masculine: un suéter rojo.
Use it to talk about clothes for cold weather.
rain boots
botas de agua
Boots used when it rains.
In the text, they are yellow and the student chooses them because it is raining.
Use this phrase to talk about footwear for rain.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Vestirse: me visto
me visto
I get dressed.
Me is the reflexive pronoun. Me visto means that I put clothes on myself.
Use it to talk about your getting-dressed routine.
Ponerse: me pongo
me pongo las botas de agua
I put on the rain boots.
Me pongo is used to say that you put on a specific item of clothing.
Use it to name the clothes you choose at that moment.
A white T-shirt
una camiseta blanca
A white T-shirt.
Camiseta is feminine, so the color is blanca.
Use this pattern to match a color with a feminine item of clothing.
The pants are blue
los pantalones son azules
The pants are blue.
Pantalones is plural, so azul changes to azules.
Use this pattern to describe the color of a plural item of clothing.
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