Farm Animals: Spanish A1 Reading
A rooster wakes Alba. She wants eggs for breakfast and crosses the farm past a cow, a pig, sheep, a donkey and a horse.
Animales de la granja
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What you'll learn
present tense, the verb querer, and farm animal words
A rooster wakes Alba. She wants eggs, so she walks across the farm. She sees a cow and a bucket of milk, a pink pig, sheep with white wool, a donkey with a sack and a horse. Then she collects the eggs and puts them on the table.
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.
dan leche
newCows give milk.
Verb «dar» (to give) in third person plural. Used to describe what animals produce.
Useful for describing animal products.
es un animal grande
newThe cow is a large animal.
Structure «es un/una + adjective» for describing animals. «Un» is an indefinite article in masculine.
Helps describe animal size and characteristics.
come hierba en el campo
newSheep eat grass in the field.
Verb «comer» in third person singular: «come» for singular (sheep). «En el campo» is a common expression.
Useful for describing what animals eat.
corre muy rápido
newThe horse runs very fast.
Adverb «muy» (very) goes before adjectives/adverbs. «Rápido» here functions as an adverb.
Shows how to express degree with «muy».
es pequeño pero muy fuerte
newThe donkey is small but very strong.
«Pero» (but) is a conjunction for contrast. Structure: adjective + «pero» + «muy» + adjective.
Teaches how to contrast characteristics.
montan a caballo
newChildren ride horses.
«Montar a caballo» means to ride a horse. The construction is «montar a + animal».
A useful expression for describing activities with animals.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
farm
la granja
La granja — the farm.
«La granja» (feminine, plural: las granjas). A place where animals live and farmers work.
Core vocabulary for the farm topic.
farmer
el granjero
El granjero — the farmer (male).
«El granjero» (masc.) / «la granjera» (fem.). A person who cares for animals.
Important word for understanding farm roles.
wool
la lana
La lana — wool.
«La lana» (feminine) — sheep wool used to make clothing. Adjectives «suave» (soft), «cálida» (warm).
Connects the animal to its product.
eggs
los huevos
Los huevos — eggs.
«El huevo» (sing.) / «los huevos» (pl.). Product from hens. Note the plural form.
Basic food item; introduces plural nouns.
ham
el jamón
El jamón — ham.
«El jamón» (masculine) — a meat product from pigs. Plural: «jamones».
Shows how a pig becomes a food product.
butter
la mantequilla
La mantequilla — butter.
«La mantequilla» (feminine) — a dairy product. Along with «el queso» (cheese), made from milk.
Shows dairy products from cows.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Definite article el/la
La vaca es un animal grande
La vaca es un animal grande — The cow is a large animal.
«La» is the feminine singular definite article. «El» is masculine. Used when talking about a specific animal.
El/la articles help identify noun gender.
Plural noun formation
Las vacas dan leche
Las vacas dan leche — Cows give milk.
Plural: -a → -as (las vacas), -o → -os (los cerdos), consonant + -es (los animales). Verb also plural: dan.
Learn to form plural nouns and match verbs.
Adjective agreement
La oveja tiene lana blanca
La oveja tiene lana blanca — The sheep has white wool.
Adjective agrees in gender and number: «blanca» (fem.) agrees with «lana». Color adjectives often go after the noun.
Learn adjective-noun agreement.
Muy + adverb/adjective
corre muy rápido
corre muy rápido — runs very fast.
«Muy» (very) intensifies an adverb or adjective. «Rápido» can be an adverb without -ly.
Learn to express degree with «muy».
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