Unit 1: Saludos

A que te dedicas?

Use ser and tener to talk about jobs and personal details.

A110 min

Say what you do, ask about jobs, and handle numbers 0 to 20.

Warm-up

Key words

job

trabajo

doctor

medico

teacher

profesor

phone number

numero de telefono

Input

Llamalo mas tarde

Persona 1: Hola? Esta Mauricio? Persona 2: No, no esta. Llamalo mas tarde. Persona 1: Muy bien. Gracias.

  • Who are they trying to contact?
  • Which number question belongs in a basic phone exchange?
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Focus

Jobs, ser, tener, and phone details

A1 learners often need to say what they do and exchange very basic personal information.

  • Use soy plus a profession: Soy profesora.
  • Use tengo to give age or say you have a phone number.
  • Phone questions stay short and direct.
Soy medico.Tengo veinte anos.Cual es tu numero de movil?

Practice

Micro-exercises

Exercise 1

Choose the best sentence for 'I am a teacher.'

Exercise 2

Choose a number from 0 to 20.

Exercise 3

Choose the best answer for this a que te dedicas? situation.

Exercise 4

Complete: Yo ___ veinte anos. Choose the best option.

Exercise 5

Choose the Spanish for "job".

Exercise 6

Complete: Yo ___ veinte anos.

Exercise 7

Translate to Spanish: job.

Exercise 8

Translate to Spanish: doctor.

Exercise 9

Translate to Spanish: teacher.

Exercise 10

Translate to Spanish: phone number.

Exercise 11

Put the sentence in the correct order.

estunumeroCual

Exercise 12

Put the sentence in the correct order.

Soymedico

Exercise 13

Put the sentence in the correct order.

Tengoveinteanos

Exercise 14

Put the sentence in the correct order.

demovilCualestunumero

Exercise 15

Put the sentence in the correct order.

camareroSoy

Exercise 16

Choose the most natural reply for this a que te dedicas? exchange.

Exercise 17

Choose the most natural reply for this a que te dedicas? exchange.

Exercise 18

Choose the most natural reply for this a que te dedicas? exchange.

Exercise 19

Choose the most natural reply for this a que te dedicas? exchange.

Exercise 20

Choose the most natural reply for this a que te dedicas? exchange.

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Tutor handoff

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

Act as a patient A1 tutor. Ask me my job, age, and phone number in very simple Spanish. Correct my ser and tener forms.

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