Unit 7: Salir con los amigos

Donde quedamos?

Arrange a meeting and respond to invitations.

A19 min

Set up simple plans by phone and accept or reject invitations politely.

Warm-up

Key words

to meet

quedar

today

hoy

tomorrow

manana

sorry

lo siento

Input

Llamame mas tarde

Persona 1: Nos vemos manana, no? Persona 2: A qu? hora? Persona 1: A ver, no se. Llamame mas tarde. Persona 2: Vale. Hasta manana.

  • What do they still need to decide?
  • Which phrase would you use to arrange a meeting?
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Focus

Making plans and invitations

A1 social Spanish often depends on simple future-looking arrangements built with very short chunks.

  • Use quedamos to arrange a meeting point or time.
  • Use podemos plus infinitive for simple plan suggestions.
  • Accept or reject politely with si, vale, or lo siento.
Donde quedamos?Podemos ir al cine.Lo siento, no puedo.

Practice

Micro-exercises

Exercise 1

Choose the best planning question.

Exercise 2

Choose the polite rejection.

Exercise 3

Choose the best answer for this donde quedamos? situation.

Exercise 4

Complete: Lo siento, no ___ . Choose the best option.

Exercise 5

Choose the Spanish for "to meet".

Exercise 6

Complete: Lo siento, no ___ .

Exercise 7

Translate to Spanish: to meet.

Exercise 8

Translate to Spanish: today.

Exercise 9

Translate to Spanish: tomorrow.

Exercise 10

Translate to Spanish: sorry.

Exercise 11

Put the sentence in the correct order.

iralcinePodemos

Exercise 12

Put the sentence in the correct order.

Dondequedamos

Exercise 13

Put the sentence in the correct order.

cinePodemosiral

Exercise 14

Put the sentence in the correct order.

Losientonopuedo

Exercise 15

Put the sentence in the correct order.

sientolo

Exercise 16

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

Exercise 17

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

Exercise 18

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

Exercise 19

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

Exercise 20

Choose the most natural reply for this donde quedamos? 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. Roleplay making plans with a friend. Ask where and when we meet and make me accept or reject invitations.

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