Jumping Rope in Spanish: A1 Reading
Read a short A1 Spanish story about jumping rope, taking turns, and counting from one to ten.
Saltar la cuerda
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A concrete A1 Spanish playground story about three friends jumping rope. It models counting, turns, simple rope movements, present tense, and three tú commands.
Yo entro en el centro. Salto una vez, dos veces, tres veces. Luis cuenta en voz alta: «Uno, dos, tres». Yo salgo cuando la cuerda toca mis pies.
Ahora Ana entra. Yo tomo un mango con Luis y los dos giramos la cuerda. Saltamos por turnos. Así todos podemos saltar.
Ana dice: «Gira despacio». Luis dice: «Salta cuando la cuerda está abajo». Ana dice: «Cuenta hasta cinco».
En español, «la comba» es el nombre del juego de saltar sobre una cuerda. También es el nombre de la cuerda del juego. En este texto usamos «saltar la cuerda».
Al final, yo cuento hasta diez: uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez. Ana y Luis aplauden. Los tres guardamos la cuerda en una bolsa azul.
¿Tienes una cuerda?
¿Cuántos saltos cuentas?
¿Con quién saltas?
About this article
What you'll learn
jumping-rope vocabulary, taking turns, numbers from one to ten, present-tense forms of saltar and contar, and tú commands
A concrete A1 Spanish playground story about three friends jumping rope. It models counting, turns, simple rope movements, present tense, and three tú commands.
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.
saltar la cuerda
newto jump rope
A common Spanish phrase for the playground game in this story.
It names the central action in the article.
en voz alta
newout loud
It means that people can hear the counting.
It helps describe how Luis counts.
por turnos
newin turns
It means each person does the activity at a different time.
It describes a shared playground game.
en el centro
newin the middle
It identifies the place inside the rope where the player jumps.
It explains where the action happens.
está abajo
newit is down
Estar describes the rope's temporary position: está abajo.
It models a useful position word in the instruction.
la comba
newthe jump-rope game
Comba can name both this game and the rope used for it.
It is a useful Spanish word for the topic.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
A rope
una cuerda
a rope
Cuerda is a feminine noun: una cuerda.
It identifies the object that moves in the game.
A handle
un mango
a handle
Here mango is the part of an object that you hold in your hand.
It clarifies a word that can have another meaning.
Feet
mis pies
feet
Pie is singular and pies is plural.
It helps explain where the rope touches the player.
It turns
gira
it turns
Gira is the third-person singular present form of girar. Here it refers to la cuerda.
It describes the rope's movement.
He counts
cuenta
he counts
Cuenta is the third-person singular present form of contar. Here it refers to Luis.
It is needed for the counting in the story.
They clap
aplauden
they clap
Aplauden is the third-person plural present form of aplaudir.
It shows the friends' reaction at the end.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Contar: o to ue
cuento
I count, you count, he or she counts
In most present-tense forms, contar changes o to ue: cuento, cuentas, cuenta.
It helps you recognize the forms used for counting in the text.
Saltar in the present
Salto
I jump, you jump, he or she jumps
Saltar is regular: salto, saltas, salta. The ending changes with the subject.
These forms appear in the story and in its questions.
Third-person present of girar
La cuerda gira despacio
The rope turns slowly
Gira is the third-person singular present form of girar. It agrees with la cuerda.
It shows a present-tense description of the rope's movement.
Numbers from one to ten
uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
The story counts from uno to diez.
It supports the counting sequence in the story.
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