Clara follows the rain: Spanish reading (A1)
Clara wants to follow a raindrop to the sea, because her brother says the water ends in the grass. On the hill the water enters a stream and a river.
Clara sigue la lluvia
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What you'll learn
Present tense and water-cycle words: evaporar, vapor, nube, lluvia, río, and transpiración.
Clara and her brother walk in the rain on a hill above the sea. She follows water into a stream and a river that runs toward the sea. The sun evaporates sea water, vapor can form clouds, and today it falls as rain, not snow or hail. Some water enters the soil, and leaves can release vapor: transpiration. Water has more than one path and no single beginning. Clara opens an empty hand while the river keeps going.
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.
se convierte en vapor
newturns into vapor
«Convertirse en» describes a change from one state into another.
Useful for talking about changes.
se juntan
newcome together
It means that several things come together.
Useful for describing groups and natural processes.
entra en el suelo
newenters the ground
The phrase describes water moving from the surface down into the ground.
It helps describe infiltration.
al aire
newinto the air
«Al» combines the preposition «a» with the article «el».
Useful for expressing direction correctly.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
gota
gota
drop
A small rounded amount of liquid.
A core word for talking about rain and water.
vapor
vapor
water vapor
Water in its gaseous state.
Needed for explaining evaporation.
nube
nube
cloud
A visible mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Useful for describing weather.
precipitación
precipitación
precipitation
Water released from clouds as rain, snow, or hail.
It names several forms of water falling from clouds.
arroyo
arroyo
stream
A small natural flow of water.
Useful for describing nature and landscapes.
agua subterránea
agua subterránea
groundwater
Water stored below the land surface in soil and rock.
A useful term for talking about water storage.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
El sol calienta el agua
El sol calienta el agua
The sun heats the water
«Calienta» is the present-tense form for a third-person singular subject.
It helps describe regular natural processes.
Cuando el vapor se enfría
Cuando el vapor se enfría
When the vapor cools
«Cuando» introduces a condition in a regular process, with the verb in the present tense.
It helps explain sequences of events.
Muchas gotas pequeñas forman una nube
Muchas gotas pequeñas forman una nube
Many small drops form a cloud
«Muchas» and «pequeñas» are feminine plural to agree with «gotas».
It helps match modifiers with a noun.
Puede ser lluvia, nieve o granizo
Puede ser lluvia, nieve o granizo
It can be rain, snow, or hail
After «puede», the verb «ser» remains in the infinitive.
It helps express possibilities.
¿Ves nubes hoy?
¿Ves nubes hoy?
Do you see clouds today?
«Ves» is the present-tense form of «ver» for «tú».
Useful for direct questions to another person.
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