Unit 1: Saludos

Encantado

Introduce another person and use nationality adjectives.

A19 min

Present yourself and another person with very basic identity sentences.

Warm-up

Key words

Spanish

espanol

English

ingles

friend

amigo

from

de

Input

Un correo corto

Hola Maria: Llego a Madrid el lunes por la tarde en tren. Estoy en un hotel pequeno cerca de la estacion de Atocha. La habitacion es simple pero comoda. Manana por la manana tengo una reunion corta. Si estas libre, nos vemos el martes a las seis en la cafeteria de la plaza. Un abrazo, Daniel.

  • Who is writing and who is receiving the message?
  • How would you say where someone is from?
Open full source activity

Focus

Presenting people and nationality

This lesson adds origin and simple nationality descriptions to the basic introduction pattern.

  • Use es de plus a place to say where someone is from.
  • Nationality adjectives often change with gender.
  • You can join identity and origin in one short sentence.
Ella es Ana.Es de Mexico.Es mexicana.

Practice

Micro-exercises

Exercise 1

Choose the best sentence for 'She is from Spain.'

Exercise 2

Choose the nationality adjective.

Exercise 3

Choose the best answer for this encantado situation.

Exercise 4

Complete: Carlos es ___ Mexico. Choose the best option.

Exercise 5

Choose the Spanish for "Spanish".

Exercise 6

Complete: Carlos es ___ Mexico.

Exercise 7

Translate to Spanish: Spanish.

Exercise 8

Translate to Spanish: English.

Exercise 9

Translate to Spanish: friend.

Exercise 10

Translate to Spanish: from.

Exercise 11

Put the sentence in the correct order.

esargentinaElla

Exercise 12

Put the sentence in the correct order.

AnaEllaes

Exercise 13

Put the sentence in the correct order.

EsdeMexico

Exercise 14

Put the sentence in the correct order.

Esmexicana

Exercise 15

Put the sentence in the correct order.

esdeEspanaElla

Exercise 16

Choose the most natural reply for this encantado exchange.

Exercise 17

Choose the most natural reply for this encantado exchange.

Exercise 18

Choose the most natural reply for this encantado exchange.

Exercise 19

Choose the most natural reply for this encantado exchange.

Exercise 20

Choose the most natural reply for this encantado exchange.

Use it

Tutor handoff

Copy and paste this prompt into Virtual Tutor to continue the lesson in guided conversation form.

Act as a patient A1 tutor. Help me introduce myself and one other person. Ask me where people are from and what nationality they are.