El partido del domingo
The Sunday Match
The test
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Read the Spanish first. Say it out loud. The English is there only when you need it.
Mateo vive en una casa pequeña.
Mateo lives in a small house.
Hoy es domingo y hace sol.
Today is Sunday and it is sunny.
Mateo busca su mochila azul.
Mateo looks for his blue backpack.
La mochila está debajo de la cama.
The backpack is under the bed.
Dentro hay una camiseta y unos zapatos.
Inside there is a shirt and some shoes.
Mateo camina hasta la plaza del barrio.
Mateo walks to the neighborhood square.
Sus amigos esperan cerca de la puerta.
His friends wait near the gate.
Todos quieren jugar al fútbol.
Everyone wants to play football.
El partido empieza a las diez.
The match starts at ten.
Mateo corre muy rápido.
Mateo runs very fast.
Su amigo Daniel grita con alegría.
His friend Daniel shouts with joy.
El balón entra en la portería.
The ball goes into the goal.
Ahora todos beben agua fría.
Now everyone drinks cold water.
La madre de Mateo llega con comida.
Mateo's mother arrives with food.
Comen pan y fruta en la sombra.
They eat bread and fruit in the shade.
Mateo está muy contento hoy.
Mateo is very happy today.
Vocabulary
18 words from this story. You will hear all of them in the song.
Exercises
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1 · Fill in the blank
The ball goes into the goal.
Now everyone drinks cold water.
The backpack is under the bed.
They eat bread and fruit in the shade.
Mateo walks to the neighborhood square.
Everyone wants to play football.
Mateo looks for his blue backpack.
His friends wait near the gate.
2 · Write it in Spanish
The match starts at ten.
Mateo is very happy today.
Today is Sunday and it is sunny.
Inside there is a shirt and some shoes.
Mateo runs very fast.
3 · Put the words in order
4 · Word search
8 words from the story hide across and down.
- PLAZA
- COMIDA
- BALON
- CAMA
- MOCHILA
- PUERTA
- CAMISETA
- CASA
La canción · The song
Answers
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