(Sustainable) transport
transporte sostenible
- Discuss your daily transportation.
- Discuss various types of transportation.
- Uses of "Poco", "Mucho", "Bastante", "Nada", "Nadie"
Explore el transporte sostenible en España y practica expresiones de cantidad como 'poco', 'mucho', 'bastante', 'nada' y 'nadie' en contextos cotidianos sobre bici, autobús y tráfico.
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Practice vocabulary in context with real materials.
A2.26.2 Cultura
Los carriles bici y las vías peatonales en España
The bike lanes and pedestrian areas in Spain
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These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Translate and use in a sentence
Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.
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El ciclista
The cyclist
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El carril bici
The cycle lane
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Preferido
Preferred
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Montar
To ride
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El coche eléctrico
The electric car
Ejercicio 2: Conversation exercise
Instrucción:
- How did you come to work? (How did you come to work?)
- Does your city have many cycle lanes? (Does your city have many cycle lanes?)
- Did you often use the public transportation? (Did you often use the public transportation?)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Uso la bici para ir al trabajo, pero para ir de compras uso el coche. I use the bike to go to work, but to go shopping I use a car. |
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Voy en coche a todas partes porque el transporte público tarda demasiado. I go by car everywhere because the public transport takes too long. |
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Cojo la bicicleta porque hay muchos carriles bici en mi ciudad. I take the bike because there are many cycle lanes in my city. |
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Siempre tomo el metro. Es la manera más rápida para mí. I always take the metro. It is the fastest way for me. |
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Creo que los coches eléctricos son muy buenos porque son sostenibles. I think electric cars are very good because there are sustainable. |
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No tengo un coche eléctrico porque son muy caros. I don't have an electric car because they are very expensive. |
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Exercise 3: Dialogue Cards
Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.
Exercise 4: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. Ayer ____ esperando el autobús durante mucho tiempo, pero no llegó.
(Yesterday ____ waiting for the bus for a long time, but it didn't arrive.)2. El conductor del tren ____ con cuidado por la carretera montañosa.
(The train driver ____ carefully on the mountainous road.)3. Después de la reunión, ____ al coche eléctrico para volver a casa.
(After the meeting, ____ into the electric car to return home.)4. Cuando ____ en la estación, elegí coger el tren porque era más rápido.
(When ____ at the station, I chose to take the train because it was faster.)Exercise 5: A sustainable trip to work
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Estar - Estar
Pretérito indefinido
- yo estuve
- tú estuviste
- él/ella/usted estuvo
- nosotros/nosotras estuvimos
- vosotros/vosotras estuvisteis
- ellos/ellas/ustedes estuvieron
Conducir - Conducir
Pretérito indefinido
- yo conduje
- tú condujiste
- él/ella/usted condujo
- nosotros/nosotras condujimos
- vosotros/vosotras condujisteis
- ellos/ellas/ustedes condujeron
Subir - Subir
Pretérito indefinido
- yo subí
- tú subiste
- él/ella/usted subió
- nosotros/nosotras subimos
- vosotros/vosotras subisteis
- ellos/ellas/ustedes subieron
Exercise 6: Usos de "Poco", "Mucho", "Bastante", "Nada", "Nadie"
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: Uses of "Poco", "Mucho", "Bastante", "Nada", "Nadie"
Show translation Show answerspoco, bastante, tanto, Nadie, otro
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A2.26.3 Gramática
Usos de "Poco", "Mucho", "Bastante", "Nada", "Nadie"
Uses of "Poco", "Mucho", "Bastante", "Nada", "Nadie"
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Pretérito indefinido
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| (yo) estuve | I was |
| (tú) estuviste | you were |
| (él/ella) estuvo | he/she was |
| (nosotros/nosotras) estuvimos | we were |
| (vosotros/vosotras) estuvisteis | you were |
| (ellos/ellas) estuvieron | they were |
Conducir to drive Share Copied!
Pretérito indefinido
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| (yo) conduje | I drove |
| (tú) condujiste | You drove |
| (él/ella) condujo | he/she drove |
| (nosotros/nosotras) condujimos | we drove |
| (vosotros/vosotras) condujisteis | You drove |
| (ellos/ellas) condujeron | they drove |
Subir to climb Share Copied!
Pretérito indefinido
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| (yo) subí | I climbed |
| (tú) subiste | You climbed |
| (él/ella) subió | he/she climbed |
| (nosotros/nosotras) subimos | we climbed |
| (vosotros/vosotras) subisteis | You climbed |
| (ellos/ellas) subieron | they climbed |
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Sustainable Transport: Lesson Overview
This lesson focuses on the topic of sustainable transport in Spain, highlighting practical vocabulary and expressions around public transportation, bike lanes, pedestrian pathways, and daily commuting options. It is designed for A2 level Spanish learners and combines language learning with cultural insight into Spain's transport infrastructure and environmental awareness.
Key Themes and Content
- Concepts: What sustainable transport means and examples from Spain, such as bike lanes (carriles bici) and pedestrian paths (vías peatonales).
- Language Focus: Quantifiers and adverbs of quantity such as poco (little), mucho (much/a lot), bastante (quite enough), nada (nothing), and nadie (nobody). These are essential for describing frequency and quantity in everyday conversations.
- Dialogues and Real-life Situations: Students practice asking and answering questions about their use of public transport, preferences, and volume of usage, such as ¿Usas mucho el autobús para venir al trabajo? and ¿Hay bastante gente en el autobús a esta hora?
- Verb Practice: Focus on the preterite tense of common verbs used in transportation contexts like estar, conducir, and subir with multiple-choice exercises and a short story for fill-in-the-gap practice.
Important Vocabulary and Expressions
- Carriles bici: bike lanes
- Vías peatonales: pedestrian paths
- Transporte público: public transport
- Tráfico: traffic
- Usos de poco/mucho/bastante/nada/nadie: Expressions to quantify usage and presence
Language Notes: Differences Between English and Spanish in This Lesson
In English, quantity expressions like "a lot" or "little" usually modify verbs or nouns similarly to Spanish, but Spanish places a strong emphasis on agreement and formality, especially when using poco, mucho, and bastante. For example, Uso poco el coche means "I use the car little" or more naturally "I don’t use the car much." Spanish also uses negatives like nada (nothing) and nadie (nobody) in ways that are sometimes more integrated into sentence structure than in English. Another key difference is the frequent use of the preterite tense to talk about completed past actions, whereas English often uses the simple past without additional conjugation forms.
Useful phrases for daily conversations include:
- ¿Usas mucho el autobús? — "Do you use the bus a lot?"
- Hay bastante tráfico en la ciudad. — "There is quite a lot of traffic in the city."
- No uso nada el coche. — "I don’t use the car at all."
- Nadie viene en bici aquí. — "Nobody comes by bike here."
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