Five tickets together to Valencia (A1)
A family of five wants to leave together for Valencia, a large city on the Mediterranean. The tickets are for the same train.
Viajar con mi familia
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What you'll learn
The present tense, querer, and numbers for counting the family.
The family is a father, a mother, a sister, a little brother and the narrator. At the door they check five tickets for the same trip and count the bags. The sea can wait. Nobody stays home.
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.
mi familia y yo
newmy family and I
Names the people traveling together.
A core phrase for talking about family trips.
con cuidado
newcarefully
Shows how the father plans the trip.
Useful for describing how someone does something.
en el coche
newin the car
Gives the place where the action happens.
Useful for car travel descriptions.
cerca de la playa
newclose to the beach
Describes where the apartment is.
Useful for describing holiday accommodation.
el año que viene
newnext year
Points to future time.
Useful for plans and wishes.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Apartment
apartamento
apartment
The place where the family stays on holiday.
Common in travel texts.
Suitcases
maletas
suitcases
People carry travel things in them.
Useful for travel vocabulary.
Gas station
gasolinera
gas station
A place where the family stops on the road.
Useful for car travel.
Beach umbrella
sombrilla
beach umbrella
It gives shade on the beach.
Important for beach vocabulary.
Shells
conchas
seashells
The children use them to decorate sand castles.
Useful for beach activity vocabulary.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Ser: somos
Somos cinco personas
we are five people
Somos is ser for nosotros; it identifies the group.
Useful for saying who or how many people are in a group.
Hay: there is
Hay una piscina
there is a pool
Hay says that something exists or is available.
Very useful for describing places.
Poder: podemos
Podemos ver el mar
we can see the sea
Podemos + infinitive expresses possibility.
Useful for saying what people can do.
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