Personal history
Personal history: Accuracy drill
Talk about background and everyday biography.
A212 min
Move from simple identity to richer personal description and contrast. Use this lesson to move A2 work into controlled practice.
Warm-up
Key words
childhood
infancia
city
ciudad
to remember
recordar
before
antes
Input
Cena economica entre amigos
Guia de escucha (no transcripcion literal): se trata organizar una cena sin gastar demasiado. Se menciona que cada persona puede traer un plato. Despues acuerdan hacer menu compartido y lista de compras y cierran con la idea de ahorro.
- What is the main idea of Cena economica entre amigos?
- Which expression from the audio can you reuse in conversation?
Focus
Personal background and routine contrast
Move from simple identity to richer personal description and contrast.
- Explain where you are from and what your life is like now.
- Contrast past and present in simple, controlled language.
- Use more detail than A1 without losing accuracy.
Antes vivia en una ciudad pequena.Ahora trabajo en Madrid.Recuerdo bien mi escuela.
Practice
Micro-exercises
Exercise 1
Choose the sentence that best fits this A2 topic.
Exercise 2
Choose the best answer for this personal history: accuracy drill situation.
Exercise 3
Complete with the target expression: Antes vivia en una ciudad ___ Choose the best option.
Exercise 4
Choose the Spanish for "childhood".
Exercise 5
Choose the Spanish for "city".
Exercise 6
Complete with the target expression: Antes vivia en una ciudad ___
Exercise 7
Translate to Spanish: childhood.
Exercise 8
Translate to Spanish: city.
Exercise 9
Translate to Spanish: to remember.
Exercise 10
Translate to Spanish: before.
Exercise 11
Put the sentence in the correct order.
viviaenunaciudadpequenaAntes
Exercise 12
Put the sentence in the correct order.
enMadridAhoratrabajo
Exercise 13
Put the sentence in the correct order.
escuelaRecuerdobienmi
Exercise 14
Put the sentence in the correct order.
Personalhistory:Accuracydrill
Exercise 15
Put the sentence in the correct order.
ciudadinfancia
Exercise 16
Choose the most natural reply for this personal history: accuracy drill exchange.
Exercise 17
Choose the most natural reply for this personal history: accuracy drill exchange.
Exercise 18
Choose the most natural reply for this personal history: accuracy drill exchange.
Exercise 19
Choose the most natural reply for this personal history: accuracy drill exchange.
Exercise 20
Choose the most natural reply for this personal history: accuracy drill 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 A2 Spanish tutor. Continue this lesson theme: Personal history. Push me slightly above simple recognition and make me answer with clean, level-appropriate Spanish. Correct grammar, vocabulary choice, and natural phrasing.