Garden Flowers: Spanish A1 Reading
Elena wants a white daisy for an empty glass. She waters the dry garden, pulls weeds, and waits until a bee leaves one flower.
Las flores del jardín
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What you'll learn
present tense, the verb querer, flower parts and colors
Elena wants a white daisy for a glass on the table. A bee is on one daisy, so she waters the dry soil, pulls weeds, looks at roses, sunflowers and daisies, and cuts a free daisy when the bee moves to a rose.
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.
en el jardín
newin the garden
En el jardín is where the flowers grow in the text.
Basic phrase for describing where plants grow.
colores diferentes
newdifferent colors
Colores diferentes describes the variety of flower colors.
Useful for describing how flowers look.
muy bonitas
newvery beautiful
Muy bonitas intensifies the adjective bonitas — beautiful.
Typical pattern for complimenting flowers.
todos los días
newevery day
Todos los días means on a daily basis.
Needed for describing flower care routines.
malas hierbas
newweeds
Malas hierbas are unwanted plants that compete with flowers.
Key phrase from the garden care paragraph.
néctar dulce
newsweet nectar
Néctar dulce is what bees look for on flowers.
Explains why insects visit the flowers.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Petals
pétalos
petals
Pétalos are the soft colored parts of a flower.
Core word from the flower parts section.
Stem
tallo
stem
Tallo holds the flower up; la sostiene means it supports it.
Important plant part from the article.
Garden
jardín
garden
Jardín is the place where the flowers grow.
Central word of the garden flowers topic.
Bees
abejas
bees
Abejas are insects that pollinate flowers and seek nectar.
Links the flowers and animals sections.
Butterflies
mariposas
butterflies
Mariposas are another visitor of flowers in the text.
Adds pollinator vocabulary from the article.
Sun
sol
sun
Sol is the light flowers need to grow.
One of two care elements: water and sun.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Ser: description
Las flores son muy bonitas
the flowers are very beautiful
Son + adjective (muy bonitas) describes a quality of the flowers.
Shows ser for characteristics, not temporary states.
Present: crecen
Crecen en el jardín
they grow in the garden
Crecen is crecer in 3rd person plural present tense.
Typical action for describing plant growth.
Hay: existence
Hay flores rojas como rosas
there are red flowers like roses
Hay + noun introduces types of flowers in the garden.
Pattern for listing what exists in the garden.
Hay que + infinitive
Hay que quitar las malas hierbas
you need to remove weeds
Hay que + quitar expresses a general obligation without a specific subject.
Construction from the flower care paragraph.
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