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An afternoon at Cine Doré | Spanish A1

Visit Madrid's Cine Doré in an A1 text about screening rooms, films, displays, programmes and tickets.

Una tarde en el Cine Doré

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Level A1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Basic cinema vocabulary, hay, estar for location, ir al and questions with qué.

The text guides a simple visit to Cine Doré, the Spanish Film Archive screening venue in Madrid. It presents its three rooms, display cases and Film Archive activities.

After reading

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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.

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Phrases for training

Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.

en el centro de la ciudad

new

in the city centre

En el centro de locates something in the central part of a place.

Useful for locating places in a city.

Desde 1989

new

since 1989

Desde marks the starting point of a situation that continues.

Useful for saying when something began.

al aire libre

new

outdoors

Al aire libre means in an open space, not inside a building.

Useful for describing summer activities.

en julio y agosto

new

in July and August

En is used before months to locate an event in time.

Useful for talking about seasonal opening.

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

Screening room

sala de proyecciones

screening room

A sala de proyecciones is a room where films are shown on a screen.

Essential cinema vocabulary.

Entrance hall

vestíbulo

entrance hall

A vestíbulo is the open area just inside the entrance of a building.

Useful for moving around a public building.

Display cases

vitrinas

display cases

Vitrinas are glass cases used to show and protect objects.

Useful in museums, cinemas and exhibitions.

Film heritage

patrimonio cinematográfico

film heritage

Patrimonio cinematográfico is the collection of films and related materials preserved for society.

Useful for understanding the work of a film archive.

Film series

ciclo

film series

A ciclo is a group of screenings connected by a theme or person.

Useful for reading a cinema programme.

Ticket

entrada

ticket

An entrada is the ticket that allows a person to attend an event.

Useful when going to the cinema.

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

Ir plus al

Hoy voy al Cine Doré.

Today I am going to Cine Doré.

Voy is the yo form of ir, and al combines a plus el.

Useful for saying where you are going.

Estar for location

Está en la calle Santa Isabel, 3, en Madrid.

It is at 3 Santa Isabel Street in Madrid.

Está plus en tells where a place or object is located.

Useful for giving an address.

Hay for existence

Hay tres salas.

There are three rooms.

Hay says that one or more things exist or are present.

Useful for describing what a place has.

Number agreement

Dos salas están dentro del edificio.

Two rooms are inside the building.

Salas is plural, so the verb also uses a plural form.

Useful for matching sentence parts in number.

Question with qué

¿Qué película quieres ver?

Which film do you want to see?

Qué asks for a choice or identification, and it carries an accent in a question.

Useful for asking another person to choose.

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