Questions on the way to Park Güell: Spanish A1
An A1 Spanish dialogue with present-tense questions on a fictional bus ride to Barcelona's Park Güell.
Preguntas camino al Park Güell
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A clearly fictional bus conversation uses real facts about Gaudí's Park Güell to practise useful questions.
Lina: ¿Vamos al Park Güell?
Diego: Sí, vamos al parque.
Lina: ¿Es una obra de Antoni Gaudí?
Diego: Sí, es una obra de Gaudí. La UNESCO la incluye en las Obras de Antoni Gaudí.
Lina: ¿Qué es el Park Güell?
Diego: Es un parque y una obra de arquitectura.
Lina: ¿Tiene una gran escalera?
Diego: Sí, tiene una escalera monumental.
Lina: ¿Hay un dragón en la escalera?
Diego: Sí, hay una figura de un dragón. Está cubierto de trencadís, un mosaico de piezas de cerámica.
Lina: ¿Dónde está el banco ondulado?
Diego: Está alrededor de la gran plaza.
Lina: ¿El parque tiene caminos y viaductos?
Diego: Sí, tiene caminos, escaleras y viaductos.
Lina mira por la ventana.
Lina: ¿Bajamos aquí?
Diego: No, no bajamos aquí. Bajamos en la próxima parada.
¿Tú haces preguntas cuando viajas? ¿Qué quieres ver en el Park Güell? ¿Prefieres una escalera, una plaza o un camino?
About this article
What you'll learn
Present yes-no and information questions, short answers and Park Güell vocabulary.
A clearly fictional bus conversation uses real facts about Gaudí's Park Güell to practise useful questions.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
camino al Park Güell
newon the way to Park Güell
Camino a describes movement towards a place.
Natural for naming a route or journey.
una obra de Gaudí
newa work by Gaudí
Obra de names the creator of a building, painting or other work.
Useful for art and architecture.
cubierto de trencadís
newcovered in trencadís mosaic
Cubierto de describes what covers a surface.
Useful for art, clothes and nature.
la próxima parada
newthe next stop
A standard transport phrase for the stop after the current one.
Very useful on a bus, metro or train.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Staircase
escalera
staircase
A structure with steps for going up or down.
Core vocabulary for cities and buildings.
Dragon
dragón
dragon
A mythical creature often represented in art.
It helps identify a famous park image.
Trencadís
trencadís
broken-tile mosaic
A Catalan decorative technique using pieces of ceramic.
A key word for describing Gaudí's work.
Undulating
ondulado
wavy, undulating
The adjective describes a shape with smooth rises and falls.
Useful for design and nature.
Square
plaza
public square
An open public space in a city or complex.
Core vocabulary for finding your way in a city.
Viaducts
viaductos
viaducts
Bridges carrying a route over lower ground.
Useful for architecture and transport routes.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Yes-no question
¿Vamos al Park Güell?
Are we going to Park Güell?
A question without a question word expects sí or no.
Useful for checking a plan or fact quickly.
Question with qué
¿Qué es el Park Güell?
What is Park Güell?
Qué asks for the identity or definition of something.
Useful for learning what an unfamiliar place or thing is.
Question with hay
¿Hay un dragón en la escalera?
Is there a dragon on the staircase?
¿Hay...? asks whether something exists or is present.
Useful when looking for an object or feature.
Question with dónde
¿Dónde está el banco ondulado?
Where is the undulating bench?
Dónde asks about place or location.
One of the most useful questions when travelling.
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