Objectives for this topic

Giving and understanding directions
Using the imperative
Trying repair strategies when speaking

Introduction

In this module, you will learn how to give directions to places. To do this, we will learn the imperative (a command).

Working through your coursebook

Please work through the following sections in your coursebook, completing all listed exercises:

Page 100 Exercise 1: Listen to Audio Track 21 and match the numbers (1-6) with the letters (a-f). Familiarise yourself with these expressions.

LISTEN - Audio Track 21

Next read the ¡Cultura! box on page 100. You could also research other traffic signs you might see in Spanish speaking countries!
Read the box Patrones y Reglas. Can you write five sentences of your own to show that you understand this rule?
Next, complete Exercise 2 on page 100. Create three role plays asking and giving directions as instructed. Make sure you practise saying them out loud!
Read the Estrategia box on page 100 about strategies to use when put on the spot and how to use filler words such as: pues, es que, bueno. Can you include them in the role plays you have just worked on?
Complete Exercise 3 on page 101. The conversation between Ana and Sadiq is all jumbled up! Can you write it out in the correct order?
Now complete Exercise 4. Read your correctly ordered conversation from Exercise 3 and answer the questions in full sentences in Spanish.
Complete Exercise 5 on page 101: Listen to Audio Track 22 and look at the map. Where is each person going? Try to complete this activity without looking at your notes!

LISTEN - Audio Track 22

Review

Can you explain in a simple, not too complicated way, how to get from your house to one of these places?

the pub
the shop
the school
the bus stop
the church
the park

Interactive Kerboodle Activities

Log onto Kerboodle and complete the interactive activities for this module:

COMPLETE - Directions

COMPLETE - Key vocabulary

Support activity for this topic

Watch the following videos:

This video will help you learn the vocabulary you need to give and understand directions!

WATCH - Directions in Spanish (YouTube)

This video will help you revise prepositions! Try dancing along with it!

WATCH - Prepositions song and dance (YouTube)

Extension activity for this topic

Make five sentences using the imperative (command form) of these verbs:

Beber
Comer
Estudiar
Comprar

For example: Come todas las verduras de tu cena.

Cultural Understanding

Madrid is the capital city of Spain and has almost 3.3 million inhabitants. It is the second-largest city in the European Union, after Berlin. Take part in this virtual guided tour that covers most of the main attractions of Madrid.

Check your answers

If you would like to check your answers to this topic, you can do so by consulting the Claro 1 module answers for Topics 1.3 and 1.8.

CHECK - Topic 1.3

CHECK - Topic 1.8

Grammar Alert

Read the Gramática box on page 101 about how to form the imperative; the most common way is by using the third person singular of the present tense (beber/ bebe, bailar/baila, estudiar/estudia, limpiar/limpia, escribir/escribe). Then complete Exercise 5 on page 111 to practice! This will also introduce you to some common irregular verbs in the imperative.

You can then complete the worksheet here to practise the imperative further!

COMPLETE - The Imperative

Vocabulary

Review the vocabulary section ¡Sigue todo recto! (Go straight on) on page 116.

Assignment

You are halfway through the first module. Before you move on to Topic 1.4 please now complete Assignment 01A. This is a listening and reading assignment based on what you have studied in the first three topics.