Family trip to the zoo
Wycieczka rodzinna do zoo
- Describe different landscapes and animals.
- Organize a family activity at an attraction park.
- Learn about famous zoos or wildlife areas in your host country
Explore how to plan and enjoy a family trip to the zoo in Polish, learning key words like "planujemy" (we plan), "bilety" (tickets), "zwierzęta" (animals), and expressions for conversations about visits and ticket purchases.
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These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Dialogue Cards
Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.
Exercise 2: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. W przyszły weekend ____ do zoo, aby zobaczyć różne zwierzęta.
(Next weekend ____ to the zoo to see different animals.)2. Na miejscu ____ spacerować po parku i oglądać zwierzęta w ich zagrodach.
(On site ____ walk in the park and watch animals in their enclosures.)3. Dzieci na pewno ____ się dobrze bawić podczas karmienia małp.
(The children will definitely ____ have fun feeding the monkeys.)4. Po wycieczce ____ piknik na trawie i odpoczniemy razem.
(After the trip ____ a picnic on the grass and rest together.)Exercise 3: Family trip to the zoo
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Planować - To plan
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja planuję
- ty planujesz
- on/ona/ono planuje
- my planujemy
- wy planujecie
- oni/one planują
Kupować - To buy
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja kupuję
- ty kupujesz
- on/ona/ono kupuje
- my kupujemy
- wy kupujecie
- oni/one kupują
Lubić - To like
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja lubię
- ty lubisz
- on/ona/ono lubi
- my lubimy
- wy lubicie
- oni/one lubią
Być - To be
Czas przyszły prosty
- ja będę
- ty będziesz
- on/ona/ono będzie
- my będziemy
- wy będziecie
- oni/one będą
Oglądać - To watch
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja oglądam
- ty oglądasz
- on/ona/ono ogląda
- my oglądamy
- wy oglądacie
- oni/one oglądają
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Family Trip to the Zoo – Lesson Overview
This lesson focuses on practical Polish language skills centered around planning and enjoying a family trip to the zoo. It targets A2-level learners by providing dialogues, vocabulary, and grammar exercises relevant to everyday conversations and travel scenarios.
Lesson Content
- Planning a Family Visit: Dialogues cover setting dates, participants, and sights to see, including phrases like Chciałbym wybrać się (I would like to go), kto chce z nami iść? (who wants to come with us?), and naming animals such as lwy (lions), słonie (elephants).
- At the Zoo Entrance: Conversations include buying tickets (bilety wstępu), asking for a zoo map (mapa zoo), and checking feeding times (godziny karmienia), e.g., Dzień dobry, poproszę dwa bilety (Hello, two tickets please).
- Talking about Polish Zoos: This section discusses famous zoos in Poland, highlighting vocabulary for animals and places, such as Afrykarium in Wrocław and exhibits of pandy (pandas) and tygrysy (tigers).
- Verb Conjugation Practice: Multiple choice exercises focus on future and present tense verbs related to zoo activities, including pojedziemy (we will go), będziemy (we will be), and będą (they will).
- Short Story with Words and Grammar: A mini story describing a family’s zoo day with highlighted verbs and their conjugations, useful for understanding context and practice.
Key Vocabulary and Phrases
- Zoo visit terms: bilet (ticket), mapa (map), karmienie zwierząt (animal feeding), wstęp (entry)
- Animals: lwy (lions), słonie (elephants), małpy (monkeys), ptaki egzotyczne (exotic birds)
- Planning expressions: planować (to plan), ustalać (to set/agree), chcieć zobaczyć (want to see)
Grammar Highlights
The lesson emphasizes present tense and simple future tense verb forms, especially the use of będziemy and będą to indicate future intentions and plans. Verb conjugations shown help solidify understanding of subject-verb agreement in typical sentence structures.
Important Notes on Language Differences
Unlike English where the same language is used for instructions and learning, here the lesson is entirely in Polish for learners familiar with English. Polish verbs often have rich conjugation patterns not present in English, such as different forms for each person and number (e.g., ja planuję — I plan, my planujemy — we plan). The future tense uses the auxiliary verb będę plus an infinitive or the simple future forms shown, different from English's simple will + verb construction.
Useful Phrases: Chciałbym wybrać się (I would like to go), poproszę bilety (tickets please), mapa zoo (zoo map), godziny karmienia (feeding times), zrobić piknik (to have a picnic).
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