Lesson 4 - ¿Cómo estás? (How are you?)
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This page: Practice with the verbs estar and ser, question words and adjectives to describe conditions and emotions.

Letter to a Friend

Reading 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.

• ► querido | ► querida = dear
• ► hoy = today
• ► en = in, at
• ► el hotel = the hotel
• ► lujoso | ► lujosa = luxurious
• ► las playas = the beaches
• ► hermoso | ► hermosa = beautiful
• ► el clima = weather, climate
• ► aquí = here
• ► fantástico | ► fantástica = fantastic

 

Practice

Select the correct translation.

1. luxurious     querido hoy en el hotel lujoso      

2. today     querido hoy en el hotel lujoso      

3. dear     querido hoy en el hotel lujoso      

4. in, at     querido hoy en el hotel lujoso      

5. the hotel     querido hoy en el hotel lujoso      

6. beautiful     las playas hermoso el clima aquí fantástico      

7. weather, climate     las playas hermoso el clima aquí fantástico      

8. the beaches     las playas hermoso el clima aquí fantástico      

9. here     las playas hermoso el clima aquí fantástico      

10. fantastic     las playas hermoso el clima aquí fantástico      

 

Reading

Querida Amiga: ¿Cómo estás? Estoy de vacaciones en México. Hoy estoy en Cancún. El hotel es lujoso, y las playas son hermosas. El clima aquí es fantástico. Estoy muy contenta. Saludos, Lucía

 

Writing

Write a letter to a friend telling where you are and how you are using the adjectives you learned in this lesson. If you need to look up a word, you could use www.spanishdict.com.

If you want to type a special character (like an accented letter) in the comments section, you could do one of the following . . .

• Select and copy the character that you need → á é í ó ú ü ñ ¿ ¡ Á É Í Ó Ú Ü Ñ « »
• Use special codes on your computer if you have numeric keypad (instructions HERE).
• Type your sentences into the text box below and use the special character buttons provided. Then select and copy your text and paste it into the comments section.

  Don't forget to paste your text into the comments section below!

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Quiz

 

Lesson 4 - ¿Cómo estás? (How are you?)
Question Words - estar - Dialogue - Reading - Quiz

 

 

 

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