Spanish verb meaning 'to be' for states and locations

C2 - example -  Dos niños viven felices con sus padres en un pueblo cerca de ...

C2 - 1 … mala, otras personas en su pueblo sufren también. Un día a la una ...

C2 - 2 ... en el suelo, sin respirar. «Mamá, ¿estás bien?», grita un niño, ...

C2 - 3 … pálida y fría. Todos están ...

C2 - 4 … muy tristes. Después de unos meses, el padre invita a otra señora a ...

C2 - 5 … extraña y me mira fría». El otro responde, «Sí, pero tenemos que ...

Extended reading (Ayaymamá)

Spanish

Preferences and opinions: 'gustar'-type verbs

Preferences and opinions: personal 'a' and gustar-type verbs

Opinions about school: gustar-type verbs

Who does what? Personal 'a' and object-first word order

This unit introduces 'gustar'-type verbs in the context of giving opinions about something. Exploitation of the text 'Ayaymamá' provides consolidation of ‘ser’ for traits and ‘estar’ for state/location. Key sounds revisited are rr, r, silent h.

Opinions and feelings: gustar-type verbs, 'ser' and 'estar'

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Write in Spanish: 'the child (m) is pale'.

Write in Spanish: 'the child (f) is short'.

Order the words to say: 'I follow him and I stop her'.

Write in English: '¿Tú conoces a Aisha?'

Write in Spanish: 'I leave the book here'.

Starter Quiz

Which word means 'hardly'?