Saludos - Abraham Darby Academy

Read each statement carefully and colour the traffic lights as follows:
 Green: I can do this.
 Amber: I can do some of this, but I am not 100% confident about it yet.
 Red: I cannot do this yet, but I am working towards it.
I can …
1 understand short statements I hear.
2 understand simple questions I hear.
3 say single words and some short statements.
4 read and understand single words.
5 copy down single words correctly.
I can …
1 understand more than one detail in
sentences I hear or read.
2 understand whether statements are positive
or negative.
3 understand whether I am hearing a question
or a statement.
4 understand longer sentences containing
words like ‘and’ or ‘but’ (connectives).
5 understand words like ‘very’ and ‘a bit’ in
longer sentences (qualifiers).
6 understand a range of verbs in sentences.
7 say short sentences from memory.
8 copy down short phrases correctly.
9 write single words from memory.
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Example
En mi casa hay un comedor.
¿Qué hay en tu casa?
Hay una cocina.
Read and understand antiguo.
Copy Inglaterra correctly.
Example
 Vivo en un piso en una ciudad.
 Hay una terraza. 
No hay un garaje. 
 ¿Vives en una casa?
Vivo en una casa.
 Vivo en una casa grande y moderna.
 Vivo en un piso muy bonito.
 En mi dormitorio escucho música, leo
libros y duermo.
 Arriba hay un cuarto de baño.
 Copy María vive en España correctly.
Write alfombra from memory.
I can …
Example
1 understand the main points in short texts and  Understand Vivo en una casa en la costa.
conversations.
Es pequeña y fea.
 ● ¿Vives en una casa o en un piso?
■ Vivo en un piso.
2 take part in short conversations, saying or
asking two or three things.
● ¿Qué hay abajo?
■ Hay un salón…
3 make what I say or write more interesting, by 
Mi casa es fea.
expressing feelings.
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4 change words in sentences to say something
new.
5 understand a range of connectives (and, but)
and qualifiers (very, a bit).
6 pronounce most words correctly.
7 recognise types of words (e.g. nouns or
verbs) to help me understand a short text.
8 write two or three sentences from memory or
with help; my spelling is usually good.
 En mi dormitorio hay una cama. →
I can …
1 understand the main points and some
details in longer texts and conversations.
Example
 Mi dormitorio es bastante grande. Al lado
de la cama hay una mesa y una silla.
 ● ¿Qué haces en tu dormitorio?
■ Hablo por teléfono y mando mensajes,
pero no veo la televisión. Y tú, ¿qué
haces en tu dormitorio?
2 take part in longer conversations, saying or
asking three or four things.
3 use my knowledge of Spanish grammar to
change words in sentences (e.g. change
masculine nouns and adjectives to feminine).
4 My pronunciation in Spanish is good and I
can use my voice to make the difference
between a statement and a question.
5 work out the meaning of new words by
looking at what a text is about (the context)
and by recognising what type of word it is
(noun, verb, adjective, etc.).
6 write a paragraph of three or four sentences
from memory.
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En mi dormitorio hay una mesa.
Mi piso es bastante cómodo pero es
un poco pequeño.
Pronounce words like viejo and cocina.
Nouns: pueblo, cocina
Verbs: vivo, hay
En mi dormitorio hay una cama y un
armario. No hay una alfombra.
 Mi piso es moderno. →
Mi casa es moderna.
 Hay un jardín.
¿Hay un jardín?
 Work out the meaning of paredes in the
following sentence: En mi dormitorio, hay
muchos pósters en las paredes.
 Write from memory: Vivo en una casa en un
pueblo en Escocia. Es bastante grande y
muy antigua. En mi casa hay cuatro
dormitorios.
7 include simple opinions in what I say or write.  Me gusta mi casa porque es antigua y
cómoda.
8 link sentences using words like ‘also’ or ‘but’  Mi casa es muy moderna, también es
(connectives) and improve what I say by
grande, pero es un poco fea.
using words like ‘very’ and ‘a bit’ (qualifiers).
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