A Racket and Carolina Marín: One Shuttlecock
A Spanish A1 story. In Huelva, Lola wants one shuttlecock over the net. A photo of Carolina Marín, an Olympic badminton champion from Huelva, hangs on the wall. No score is given.
Una raqueta y Carolina Marín
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What you'll learn
Present tense, the verb querer, and simple words for a racket, a shuttlecock, and a net.
Lola wants one white shuttlecock to cross the net and land on the other side. Her racket feels a little big. On the gym wall is a photo of Carolina Marín, from Huelva, an Olympic badminton champion. The story gives no score. Sara's first shuttlecock hits the net. The second lands beside Sara, in the court. Lola touches the net tape, zips her racket cover, and looks at the photo once more.
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.
una ciudad de España
newa city in Spain
Ciudad means city, and de España names the country.
It identifies Huelva in the opening.
juega al bádminton
newplays badminton
Jugar al plus a sport names the sport that a person plays.
It says what Lola does in class.
por encima de la red
newover the net
Por encima de shows that something goes above something else.
It describes the shuttlecock in the game.
pone la raqueta en una funda
newputs the racket in a case
Pone is the present form of poner for one person.
It shows what Lola does after class.
una medalla de oro
newa gold medal
Medalla de oro names a prize for first place.
It names Carolina Marín's Olympic prize.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
racket
raqueta
racket
A raqueta is the object used to hit the shuttlecock.
It is the main object in Lola's game.
shuttlecock
volante
shuttlecock
In badminton, the volante is the object a player hits.
It appears in the equipment list and the game.
net
red
net
In the story, the net is on the court.
It helps you understand where the shuttlecock goes.
case
funda
case
A funda is a cover or case that protects an object.
Lola uses one for her racket.
athlete
deportista
athlete
Deportista can name a woman or a man who does sport.
It names Carolina Marín in the first paragraph.
titles
títulos
titles
A title is a top result in a competition.
It names Carolina Marín's three world titles.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
juega: plays
Lola juega
Lola plays
Jugar changes u to ue in the present: juego, juegas, juega.
It gives the form used for Lola.
tiene: has
Carolina Marín tiene
Carolina has
Tiene is the present form of tener for one person.
It appears with Carolina and the medal.
hay: there is
hay una red
there is a net
Hay says that something exists in a place. It stays hay with one or many things.
It introduces the net on the court.
miran: they look
Las dos miran
the two look
Miran is the third-person plural present form of mirar.
It shows what Lola and Sara do together.
Do you like badminton?
¿Te gusta el bádminton?
Do you like badminton?
Te gusta is used with one thing that pleases you, here el bádminton.
It asks the reader a personal question.
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