A school trip to Madrid Dippy: Spanish A2
Read an A2 Spanish story about a fictional class visiting the historic Diplodocus replica at Madrid National Museum of Natural Sciences.
Una excursión al Diplodocus de Madrid
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What you'll learn
Museum and transport vocabulary, historical dates, sequence phrases and the preterite forms visitó, empezó, llegó and regaló.
A fictional class discovers the real 24-metre Diplodocus replica that reached Madrid in 1913 in 34 crates, and learns how the museum began in 1771.
After reading
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
Antes de entrar
newbefore entering
Antes de plus an infinitive places an action before another action.
Useful for ordering a visit or story.
se detuvo ante
newstopped in front of
Detenerse ante means to stop in front of something in order to observe it.
Useful for museum visits and descriptions.
viajó en barco
newtravelled by ship
Viajar en plus a means of transport says how a journey happens.
Useful for describing travel.
En total
newin total
A phrase used before the complete quantity or sum.
Useful for adding up numbers and objects.
Durante el viaje de vuelta
newduring the return journey
A time phrase for something that happens while travelling back.
Useful for narrating the end of a trip.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Real Gabinete
Real Gabinete
Royal Cabinet
A historical collection and institution for studying and displaying natural objects.
Useful for understanding the former name of the museum.
La réplica
la réplica
replica
A copy made to reproduce the form and size of an original object.
Useful in museums and exhibitions.
Donante
donante
donor
A person who gives something as a donation.
Useful for museums, charities and gifts.
Destinatario
destinatario
recipient
The person or institution that receives something.
Useful for letters, gifts and deliveries.
Las cajas
cajas
crates
Containers used to protect and transport objects.
Useful for travel, storage and deliveries.
El montaje
el montaje
assembly
The process or result of putting separate parts together.
Useful for exhibitions, furniture and machines.
El esqueleto
el esqueleto
skeleton
The framework of bones that supports an animal body.
Useful for anatomy and museum visits.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Preterite of visitar
visitó el Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
visited the National Museum of Natural Sciences
Visitó is the third-person singular preterite form of visitar.
Useful for narrating a completed visit.
Preterite of empezar
la historia del museo empezó
the history of the museum began
Empezó is the third-person singular preterite form of empezar.
Useful for saying when something began.
Preterite of llegar
llegó al museo en 1913
arrived at the museum in 1913
Llegó is the third-person singular preterite form of llegar.
Useful for narrating an arrival.
Preterite of regalar
regaló la réplica al museo
gave the replica to the museum
Regaló is the third-person singular preterite of regalar. It presents the gift as a completed past action.
It helps you identify a completed action in a historical account.
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