Desayunar cereales

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Level A1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Present tense, the verbs desayunar and poner, and food words: cereal, milk, spoon, and juice.

The narrator wants colorful cereal before school, but he hears nothing when he shakes the box. His mother taps it and the cereal falls into a deep bowl. He adds cold milk, hears the crunch, and eats with a large spoon. His sister has the same breakfast and they talk about their plans. Then he drinks fresh orange juice and leaves for school.

After reading

Article learning block

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

17 items

Phrases for training

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

Cada mañana

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Each morning

Time expression for habitual actions.

Useful for talking about daily routines.

Es mi comida favorita

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It is my favorite food

Phrase for expressing preferences.

Helpful for saying what you like.

Yo añado leche fría

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I add cold milk

Action with a food item.

Practice food vocabulary in sentences.

Me siento en la mesa de la cocina

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I sit at the kitchen table

Reflexive verb «sentarse» in present.

Good for daily action descriptions.

Hablamos de nuestros planes

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We talk about our plans

Verb «hablar» in «nosotros» form.

Use when describing conversations with others.

Después del desayuno

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After breakfast

Time expression for sequence.

Links sentences together in a narrative.

Estoy lleno de energía

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I am full of energy

State with «estar» and noun.

Describe your state after eating or exercise.

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

cereales — cereals

cereales

cereals

Breakfast cereals eaten with milk from a bowl.

Core word for the breakfast topic.

leche — milk

leche

milk

Leche fría — cold milk, added to cereals.

Essential word for describing breakfast.

plato hondo — bowl

plato hondo

bowl

A deep plate for soups and cereals. Thicker rim.

Useful kitchen vocabulary.

cuchara — spoon

cuchara

spoon

Cuchara grande — large spoon. Spaniards eat with a spoon.

Basic eating utensil.

crujiente — crunchy

crujiente

crunchy

Sound and texture — something that makes a crunch.

Describe food sounds and textures.

energía — energy

energía

energy

Estoy lleno de energía — I am full of energy. After food or exercise.

Useful for describing how you feel.

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

Present tense: yo / ella

yo desayuno / ella desayuna

Regular -ar verb in present: yo + -o, ella + -a. «Desayunar» is a regular -ar verb.

Basic conjugation for daily actions.

Mom puts / I put

Mamá pone / yo pongo

Verb «poner» has irregular yo form: pongo instead of *pongo. This is a stem change o→ue.

Important exception in conjugation.

Adjective agreement: ricos

Los cereales están muy ricos

los cereales están muy ricos

Adjective «rico» changes: rico (masc sing) → rica (fem sing) → ricos (masc pl) → ricas (fem pl). Cereales is masculine plural, so ricos.

Learn adjective-noun agreement.

Estar + state: Estoy lleno