2.1: Vocabulario - People and places
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Personas y Lugares
sustantivos
el/la abogado/a lawyer
el aeropuerto airport
el/la arquitecto/a architect
la biblioteca library
el banco bank
el/la bombero/a firefighter
la casa house
el/la doctor/a doctor
el hospital hospital
el/la maestro/a teacher
el/la médico/médica doctor
el parque park
el zoológico zoo
adjetivos
alto tall
calvo bald
contento happy
guapo handsome
bonito pretty
inteligente intelligent
joven young
juguetón playful
perezoso lazy
tímido shy
tranquilo calm
triste sad
viejo old
adverbios
actualmente currently
ahora now
antes before
aquí here
cerca nearby
dentro inside
detrás behind
enfrente in front of
mucho a lot
poco a little
verbos
caminar to walk
conocer to know
llegar to arrive
ir to go
mudar to move
salir to exit, to leave
seguir to follow
trabajar to work
viajar to travel
visitar to visit
vivir to live
expressions
Es un lugar muy divertido. It is a very fun place.
Es una zona segura/peligrosa. This zone is safe/dangerous.
Es muy tranquilo por la noche. It’s very calm during the night.
Es una persona muy amable. He/She is a very nice person.
Siempre está de buen/mal humor. He/she is in a good/bad mood
Estoy emocionado por….. I’m very excited for….
Le encanta pasar tiempo…. He/She loves to spend time
Este lugar está rodeado por…. This place is surrounded by…
Práctica de Vocabulario
Read the vocabulary words out loud. Then, answer the following questions.
1. Which words have you heard before?
2. Which are the three most useful new words?
3. Which are the three words that are the most fun to say?
4. Which word is the most difficult to pronounce?
5. Which word are you most likely to use?
6. Which word are you least likely to use?
7. Which words have written accent marks?
8. Which word with a written accent mark will be the easiest to remember? Why?
9. Which word with a written accent mark will be the most difficult to remember? Why?
10. Cognates look the same in two languages. For example, hospital is spelled the same in English and Spanish, but it is pronounced differently. Are there cognates in this list? If so, what are they?
11. A false friend is a word that looks the same in two languages, but does not have a similar meaning. For example, the Spanish word embarazada looks like the English word embarrassed, but it means pregnant. Embarrassed in Spanish is avergonzada. Are there false friends in this list? If so, what are they?
12. It is helpful to think of mnemonic devices to remember words. For example, to remember the verb llegar which means to arrive, you can remember “Yeah! They got here!” What mnemonic device can you think of for words in this list?
Definitions. Pick five words and write definitions to describe them.
For example, Bien is the opposite of malo.
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Questions. Pick five different words and write questions for your classmates with them.
For example, ¿Te gusta comer tacos?
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Working with the vocabulary.
Each person can work alone or in a group.
Cada persona puede trabajar solo o en grupo.
Each project should include, at least, ten of the vocabulary words from the list.
Pick one of the following four activities.
1. Write and sing a song.
2. Write and present a dialogue.
3. Create and present a drawing.
4. Write and read a short story or poem.
Before getting started, it is necessary to read the vocabulary list and to pick a variety of words.
This can be a very useful way to learn and practice new vocabulary words.
I hope that this is a fun and useful experience!

