Discovering Continents - Spanish Reading A2
Learn geography in Spanish. World atlas, continents, word translation in context at A2 level.
Descubriendo los continentes en el atlas
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What you'll learn
Continents: América, Europa, Asia, África, Oceanía, Antártida. Geography: atlas, mapa, escala, relieve, montañas, ríos, desierto. Features: fronteras, población, países, islas
A journey through world continents via atlas pages. A2 level. Learn geographical terminology, continent names, terrain descriptions and climate of different regions.
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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.
durante las vacaciones de verano
newduring summer vacation
"Durante las vacaciones de verano" means "during summer vacation".
useful for describing summer activities
pasar horas explorando
newspend hours exploring
"Pasar horas explorando" uses the pattern: pasar + time expression + gerund.
useful for describing prolonged activities
me sorprendió ver cuántos países
newi was surprised to see how many countries
"Me sorprendió ver" uses the preterite of sorprender, expressing a surprised reaction.
shows emotional reaction to new information
el continente más misterioso
newthe most mysterious continent
Use "el/los/las + más + adjective" to form the superlative.
learns superlative adjectives
colores diferentes representan variaciones de altitud
newdifferent colors represent altitude variations
"Representan" means "represent" or "stand for" in this context.
useful for understanding map legends
ha despertado en mí un gran deseo de viajar
newhas awakened in me a great desire to travel
"Ha despertado en mí" uses the pronoun "en mí" to indicate where the feeling arose.
expresses inspiration or motivation
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
atlas
atlas
atlas
An atlas is a book of maps.
key word of the article
scale
escala
scale
Scale shows the ratio between the map and real distances.
essential for reading maps
continents
continentes
continents
Continents are the large land masses: América, Europa, Asia, África, Oceanía, Antártida.
main topic of the article
terrain relief
relieve
terrain relief
Relieve describes the shape and features of the land surface.
geography vocabulary
borders
fronteras
borders
Borders are lines that separate countries.
geography term
population
población
population
Población is the number of people living in a place.
important geography concept
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
I was surprised (preterite)
me sorprendió
i was surprised
Preterite of sorprender: me sorprendió, te sorprendió, le sorprendió.
learn emotional preterite
The most... (superlative)
el más frío y seco
the most
Use el/los/las + más + adjective to form the superlative.
learning superlative adjectives
Gerund with «cómo» (explaining)
explicando cómo leer los mapas
gerund with cómo
"Explicando cómo leer" = gerund + "cómo" + infinitive.
pattern for explaining processes
Adverb «aproximadamente»
contiene aproximadamente la mitad
adverb approximately
"Aproximadamente" means "approximately" and is used with numbers.
learn precision adverbs
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