Lesson 12 - Horario (Schedule)
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This page: Practice with the days of the week and present tense in Spanish with this dialogue about daily schedules.

Horario Semanal
(Weekly Schedule)

Dialogue Lesson

Key Vocabulary

The following is a list of key vocabulary that you will need to know to understand the lesson. Click on the word to hear the pronunciation.

► últimamente = lately
► después = after
► cada = every, each
► hijo (m) = son
► hija (f) = daughter
► junta (f) = meeting
► comité (m) = committee
► tarea (f) = homework
► adulto (m) = adult
► descansar = to rest
► fin de semana (m) = weekend
► comida = food
► supermercado (m) = supermarket, grocery store
► papás = parents (masculine plural noun)*

*You can say papás or padres for parents. Papás tends to be more informal whereas padres is a more formal word. It is like the difference between father (padre) and dad (papá) or mother (madre) and mom (mamá). Small children say papi (daddy), mami (mommy) or the plural papis (parents).

Practice

Section 1
Select the correct translation.

Listening

Section 2
Listen to the dialogue and select which activity Lety has each day. You will probably have to listen to the dialogue more than once.

► Listen to the dialogue

Dialogue

Now read the dialogue.

► Listen to the dialogue

LETY - Estoy muy ocupada últimamente. Trabajo todo el día y después del trabajo tengo otras actividades cada día. Los lunes llevo a mi hija a la clase de baile, los martes estudio inglés, los miércoles tengo una junta en un comité de la escuela, los jueves ayudo a mi hijo con la tarea y los viernes enseño una clase en la escuela de adultos.
OSCAR - ¿Descansas el fin de semana?
LETY - No. Los sábados limpio mi casa y compro la comida para la semana en el supermercado y los domingos visito a mis papás.
OSCAR - Sí que estás muy ocupada.

More Practice

Write present tense sentences about what Lety does each day of the week.

Example
Los lunes Lety lleva a su hija a la clase de baile.

Dictation

Dictations are great for practicing listening and spelling in Spanish. Click on "Listen" to hear the dictation of a sentence. The sentence will be read once quickly and then repeated slowly with pauses to write the words. Write the sentence in the textbox. Click on "Check" to check your answer. Don't forget to use correct capitalization, accents and punctuation, or the computer will mark it as incorrect.