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Travel Modes (El Transporte)

Learn eight Spanish transport words with their articles el or la. Label a Madrid street scene, order four words from slowest to fastest, and ask how someone travels to school.

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    1 - How Did You Get Here? ~5 mins

    Illustration for How did you get here?How did you get to school today? Put your hand up when your way of travelling is called out, and see how many different answers there are in the room.

    Today you will name eight ways of getting about in Spanish, and put four of them in order from slowest to fastest.

    By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

    • Name eight forms of transport in Spanish with el or la
    • Label vehicles on a street scene
    • Say how you travel and talk about how cycle lanes change a town

    2 - Eight Ways to Travel ~10 mins

    Here are today's eight forms of transport. We will meet them in two groups of four. Tap each card, listen, then say it back together. Watch which ones take el and which take la, and listen for the accent marks.

    3 - Label the Street Near Atocha ~9 mins

    A busy street near Atocha station in Madrid — label each vehicle before the next train pulls in. When it is your turn at the board, place a label; the rest of the time, point at the vehicle from your desk and whisper the full phrase with el or la.

    4 - Into Your Copy ~3 mins

    COPYBOOK MOMENT

    Copy from the board. We will agree four ways of travelling in order from slow to fast, then you write those four with their articles. Watch the accents on el autobús and el avión.

    Model order: la bicicletael cocheel trenel avión.

    5 - Match the Transport ~8 mins

    Take your turn at the board flipping two cards, looking for a Spanish word and its English meaning. Whenever a Spanish card is turned over, whisper it with el or la before the match is called.

    Pupil practice
    Module 5 · Daily Life Explorers
    Lesson 31 · Travel Modes (El Transporte)
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