A Rainy Day Plan in Spanish: A1
Read a short Spanish A1 rainy-day plan and practise weather, clothing, library and activity language.
Un día de lluvia
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Alba and Leo change their plan when it rains. The story models practical weather phrases and ends with three questions for the reader.
Alba pregunta: «¿Llueve mucho?» Leo escucha las gotas en el cristal y responde: «Sí, llueve. Hoy llevamos el paraguas». En español usamos «llueve» para hablar de la lluvia.
Alba prepara una mochila pequeña. Guarda un libro y una bolsa para el paraguas. Se pone botas y un chubasquero. Leo lleva una chaqueta con capucha.
En la puerta, Alba dice: «No vamos al parque, pero podemos ir a la biblioteca». La biblioteca está cerca. Caminan despacio bajo el paraguas. Las botas pisan los charcos, pero Alba no salta en ellos.
En la biblioteca, leen un cuento y hacen un dibujo. Después juegan a un juego de mesa en una mesa pequeña. Afuera todavía llueve, pero dentro están tranquilos.
Al salir, la lluvia es suave. Alba pregunta: «¿Llevas el paraguas?» Leo responde: «Sí, lo llevo». Van a casa y cuentan a su familia su plan para un día de lluvia.
¿Llueve hoy donde tú vives?
Si llueve, ¿qué llevas contigo?
¿Adónde vas cuando no puedes ir al parque?
About this article
What you'll learn
The verb «llueve», rainy-day vocabulary, ponerse for clothing, and simple plans with poder + infinitive.
Alba and Leo change their plan when it rains. The story models practical weather phrases and ends with three questions for the reader.
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.
Hay nubes grises y empieza a llover.
newThere are grey clouds and it starts to rain.
«Hay» introduces what is present, and «empieza a llover» says that rain begins.
It describes the first sign of a rainy day.
¿Llueve mucho?
newIs it raining a lot?
Use «llueve» to ask whether it is raining.
It is a direct question for a rainy day.
Hoy llevamos el paraguas.
newToday we are taking the umbrella.
«Llevamos» means «we take» or «we carry» in this situation.
It helps make a practical plan for rain.
Se pone botas y un chubasquero.
newShe puts on boots and a raincoat.
«Se pone» is used when someone puts on clothing.
It connects weather with a clothing choice.
No vamos al parque, pero podemos ir a la biblioteca.
newWe are not going to the park, but we can go to the library.
«Pero» adds a contrast, and «podemos ir» gives another possible plan.
It shows how to change plans politely.
¿Llevas el paraguas?
newAre you carrying the umbrella?
«Llevas» asks one person if they have or carry something.
It is useful before leaving in the rain.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Clouds
las nubes
clouds
«Las nubes» is a feminine plural noun for clouds.
It is a basic word for describing the sky.
A raincoat
el chubasquero
a raincoat
«El chubasquero» is a raincoat.
It names clothing for a rainy day.
An umbrella
el paraguas
an umbrella
«El paraguas» is an umbrella.
It is an important word for a rainy-day plan.
Puddles
los charcos
puddles
«Los charcos» are puddles on the ground.
It helps describe what people see after rain.
A backpack
una mochila
a backpack
«Una mochila» is a bag that you carry on your back.
It appears in many everyday plans.
A hood
la capucha
a hood
«La capucha» is the hood of a jacket.
It adds a useful detail about clothing.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Weather verb llover
llueve
llueve: it is raining
For weather, «llover» normally has no personal subject. «Llueve» means «it is raining».
It gives a core form for talking about rain.
Empezar a plus infinitive
empieza a llover
It starts to rain.
Use «empezar a» plus an infinitive to say that an action begins.
It helps tell the first change in the weather.
Poder plus infinitive
podemos ir a la biblioteca
We can go to the library.
«Podemos» means «we can», and «ir» is the following infinitive.
It lets you offer another possible plan.
The object pronoun lo
lo llevo
Yes, I am carrying it.
«Lo» replaces «el paraguas», a masculine noun, so the speaker does not repeat it.
It makes a short answer sound natural.
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