This document provides vocabulary and grammar lessons about places in a city, transportation methods, and planning a trip. It introduces Spanish words for locations like the pool, pharmacy, bank, fountain, statue, and post office. Contractions and gender rules for articles "a" and "de" are covered. Verbs like "ir" and "tener" are conjugated in examples. Methods of transportation like car, subway, walk, drive, fly are listed. The present progressive tense is explained using example sentences. Useful verbs for writing about a trip are defined like "hacer la maleta" and "planear."

3. L1 ¿Qué hay en la ciudad en que vives?
La comunidad (community)
La piscina (swimming pool)
La farmacia (pharmacy)
El banco (bank)
La fuente (fountain)
La estatua (statue)
La monumenta (monument)
El correo (post office)
La biblioteca (library)
El supermercado (grocery store)

4. There are only two contractions in Spanish
If the noun that follows “a” is feminine, leave it alone.
a la piscina
If the noun that follows “de” is feminine, leave it alone.
de la biblioteca

5. *Yo acabo del banco. (de + el)
I just came from the bank.
Yo compro un leche del supermercado. (de + el)
I buy milk from the grocery store.
Yo necesito la medicina de la farmacia. (leave it)
I need medicine from the pharmacy.
*Acabar de means “to have just done something”

6. Let’s Practice the Conjugation of the Verb
Ir A
I am going to the pool. (la piscina)
He is going to the bank. (el banco)
They (boys) are going to the library. (la biblioteca)
My family and I (we) are going to see the fountain. (la fuente)
I want to see the statue. (la estatua).

7. Let’s Practice the Conjugation of the Verb
Ir A
I am going to the pool. (la piscina) Yo voy a la piscina.
He is going to the bank. (el banco) Él va al banco.
They (boys) are going to the library. (la biblioteca) Ellos van a la biblioteca.
My family and I (we) are going to see the fountain. (la fuente) Nosotros vamos a ver la fuente.
I want to see the statue. (la estatua). Yo quiero ver la estatua.

8. More Important Phrases To Know…
I just came from school.
Yo vengo de la escuela.
The girl just came from the bank.
La chica viene del banco.
My family y yo (we) just came from the
restaurant.
Mi familia venimos del restaurante.

9. Don’t Forget The Verb Tener – To Have
You have learned many phrases that use the
verb tener…
• Tener años (to tell someone’s age)
• Tener prisa (to be in a hurry)
• Tener hambre (to be hungry)
• Tener sed (to be thirsty)
• Tener calor (to be hot)
• Tener frío (to be cold)
• Tener que (to have to do something)
• Tener razon (to be right)
• Tener cuidado (to be careful)
• Tener ganas (to feel like doing something)
Los niños tienen cuidado al museo.
La mujer no tiene ganas ir a la piscina.
Yo no tengo prisa visitar la monumenta.

10. L2 ¿Cuáles metodos de transporte usa le gente?
El carro/el coche/el auto (car)
El metro (subway)
Useful Verbs
Andar (to walk)
Manejar/Conducir (to drive)
Volar (to fly)
Llegar (to arrive)
Salir (to leave)
Quedar (to stay)
Seguir (to follow)
Esperar (to wait)
Subir (to climb up)
Bajar (to climb down)

12. L3 ¿Qué está haciendo la gente en el bosque lluvioso?
In Lesson 3, we learn about a new verb tense called Present Progressive
Present progressive is like adding “ing” onto the end of a verb like we do in English.
We begin with the verb estar…

13. L3 ¿Qué está haciendo la gente en el bosque lluvioso?
Present Progressive
Estar + verb / ending = Present Progressive
Verbs that end in “ar” will add “ando.” Estoy caminando. (caminar)
Estamos estudiando. (estudiar)
Están manejando. (manejar)
Verbs that end in “er” or “ir” will add “iendo.” Estoy comiendo. (comer)
Está saliendo. (salir)
Estás subiendo. (subir)
Watch Out For Irregular
Forms Of The
Present Progressive…

14. As always, there are some verbs that are irregular in the present progressive.
Write these down because you will see them again!
Ir – yendo We are going to the mall. Estamos yendo al centro commercial.
Leer – leyendo They are reading a book. Están leyendo un libro.
Traer – trayendo She is bringing her sister. Está trayendo su hermana.
Pedir – pidiendo I am asking my mother. Estoy pidiendo a mi madre.
Servir – sirviendo He is serving dinner. Él está sirviendo la cena.
Dormir – durmiendo I am sleeping. Estoy durmiendo.
Decir – diciendo We are saying goodbye. Estamos diciendo adios.

15. L4 Que tienes que hacer para viajar por el pais?
Useful Verbs For Writing About A Trip
Hacer la maleta Pack a suitcase
Ir al extranjero Travel/go abroad
Hacer un viaje Take a trip
Recibir una vacuna Receive a vaccine
Planear To Plan…
Sacar foto To take a picture
Aterrizar To land (in an airplane)
Despejar To clear up (as in the weather)
Yo hago mi maleta porque voy al país de Costa Rica. En el primer día estoy planeando
visitar el bosque lluvioso. Voy a sacar fotos de los animales y las plantas tropicales.
Mi avión aterriza a las dos por la tarde. Yo planeo usar un autobús en la ciudad y
viajo a pie en la comunidad.

16. Things to keep in mind…
• Unit 8, Leccion 1 assignments close this Friday April 24
• There is an eLinguafolio update at the end of Unidad 8
• ALL regular assignments (including all Unit 8 assignments) will close on Friday
May 17th for Yearlong students!
• Any incomplete work will receive a zero
• Final exam assignments (there are 3 parts – writing in Spanish, culture
reflection in English and listening comprehension/speaking) will be open May 18-
22. They will close on Friday night, May 22. That is the final day of our
course!
• There are 3 parts to the Final Exam - writing in Spanish, culture reflection in
English and listening comprehension/speaking exam)