Animals at the zoo: Spanish A1 for kids
Learn Spanish words about wild animals at the zoo. A1 level text for kids. Read the fun story with translation.
Un día en el zoológico
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What you'll learn
Wild animals (elefante, león, mono, jirafa), size (grande, pequeño), animal body parts (trompa, cuello).
The article tells the story of a family trip to the zoo and meeting wild animals. The text is suitable for children at the A1 level. You will learn animal names, their body parts, and adjectives describing size.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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Me encantan los animales
newI love animals
Encantar is used to express love for something. Structure: A mí me encantan...
useful for expressing enthusiasm about animals
Es hora de regresar
newIt's time to go back
Es hora de means it is time to do something. Standard structure for indicating time.
useful for indicating when it is time for an action
Estamos muy cansados, pero también estamos muy felices
newWe are very tired, but also very happy
Pero (but) connects two opposite feelings. This is a typical contrast structure.
useful for expressing contrasting emotions
Quiero volver a visitar el zoológico
newI want to visit the zoo again
Volver a + infinitive means to do something again. This is a useful structure.
useful for expressing desire to repeat an action
Al final del día
newAt the end of the day
Al final de means at the end of. Used to indicate the completion of a time period.
useful for indicating time
A mediodía
newAt noon
A mediodía means at noon. A simple way to indicate time of day.
useful for indicating time of day
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
elephant
elefante
elephant
Elefante is the largest animal in the zoo. It has big ears and a long trunk.
important word for learning animal names
giraffe
jirafa
giraffe
Giraffe is a tall animal with a long neck and spots. It eats leaves from trees.
useful for describing animals
lion
león
lion
Lion is the king of beasts. It has a mane and roars loudly.
important word to learn
monkey
mono
monkey
Monkeys live in trees, love to jump and play. They eat fruits.
fun word for children
penguin
pingüino
penguin
Penguins are white and black birds. They cannot fly but swim very well.
useful for learning bird names
zebra
cebra
zebra
Zebra is like a horse with stripes. Each zebra has unique stripes.
fun word to learn
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present tense of -AR verbs
vemos
vemos - we see
Verb "ver" in present tense: yo veo, tú ves, él ve, nosotros vemos.
useful for understanding present tense
Superlative form
el animal más grande
el animal más grande - the biggest animal
Más + adjective means most. El más grande = the biggest.
useful for describing the biggest/smallest
Possessive adjectives
mi familia
mi familia - my family
Mi = my. Possessive adjectives agree with nouns: mi familia, tu perro.
useful for expressing possession
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