Unit 4: La casa

Donde vives?

Describe a home and simple housing details.

A19 min

Say where you live and describe the basic parts of a home.

Warm-up

Key words

house

casa

apartment

piso

room

habitacion

I live

vivo

Input

Mi habitacion

Mi habitacion es pequena pero comoda. A la izquierda hay una cama individual con una manta azul. Frente a la cama tengo una mesa blanca para estudiar. Encima de la mesa hay una lampara y dos libros de espanol. En la pared cuelgan tres fotos de mi familia. Al lado de la puerta hay un armario pequeno para la ropa.

  • How is the room described?
  • Which home words can you reuse?
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Focus

Housing and simple descriptions

A1 learners need enough housing language to describe where they live and what the space is like.

  • Use vivo en to say where you live.
  • Use simple adjectives after the noun or with ser.
  • Keep room descriptions concrete and visual.
Vivo en un piso.La casa es pequena.Tengo una habitacion comoda.

Practice

Micro-exercises

Exercise 1

Choose the best housing sentence.

Exercise 2

Choose a home word.

Exercise 3

Choose the best answer for this donde vives? situation.

Exercise 4

Complete: La casa es ___ . (small) Choose the best option.

Exercise 5

Choose the Spanish for "house".

Exercise 6

Complete: La casa es ___ . (small)

Exercise 7

Translate to Spanish: house.

Exercise 8

Translate to Spanish: apartment.

Exercise 9

Translate to Spanish: room.

Exercise 10

Translate to Spanish: I live.

Exercise 11

Put the sentence in the correct order.

unahabitacionTengo

Exercise 12

Put the sentence in the correct order.

unpisoVivoen

Exercise 13

Put the sentence in the correct order.

pequenaLacasaes

Exercise 14

Put the sentence in the correct order.

Tengounahabitacioncomoda

Exercise 15

Put the sentence in the correct order.

MadridVivoen

Exercise 16

Choose the most natural reply for this donde vives? exchange.

Exercise 17

Choose the most natural reply for this donde vives? exchange.

Exercise 18

Choose the most natural reply for this donde vives? exchange.

Exercise 19

Choose the most natural reply for this donde vives? exchange.

Exercise 20

Choose the most natural reply for this donde vives? 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. Ask me where I live and what my home is like. Keep the conversation simple and concrete.

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