3.5.7

Fruit & Veg

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Las Verduras - Vegetables

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Key vocab

  • El ajo - garlic.
  • La cebolla - onion.
  • La col - cabbage.
  • Los champiñones (🍄) - mushrooms.
  • Los guisantes - peas.
  • Las judías verdes - string beans.
  • La lechuga - lettuce.
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Key vocab

  • Las legumbres - vegetables, pulses.
  • La patata (🥔) - potato.
  • El pimiento (🌶️) - pepper.
  • La zanahoria (🥕) - carrot.
  • Las verduras - vegetables.
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Las verduras

  • Trato de comer cinco verduras cada día.
    • I try to eat five vegetables every day.
  • La zanahoria (🥕) es la verdura que más me gusta.
    • Carrot is the vegetable I like the most.
  • No me gustan los champiñones (🍄).
    • I don't like mushrooms.

La Fruta - Fruit

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Key vocab

  • El melocotón (🍑) - peach.
  • La piña (🍍) - pineapple.
  • El plátano (🍌) - banana.
  • Las uvas (🍇) - grapes.
  • La pera (🍐) - pear.
  • La manzana (🍎) - apple.
  • La naranja (🍊) - orange.
  • La fresa (🍓) - strawberry.
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La fruta

  • El melocotón (🍑) es la mejor fruta.
    • The peach is the best fruit.
  • Prefiero el plátano (🍌) a las uvas (🍇).
    • I prefer banana to grapes.
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Me gusta

  • ¿Te gusta la fruta?
    • Do you like fruit?
  • Claro, es muy dulce. Suelo comer una manzana (🍎) con mi desayuno.
    • Of course, it is very sweet. I usually eat an apple with my breakfast.

Adjectives for Comparing Things

There are three types of comparisons in Spanish; being worse to something else ('menos...que'), be better than something else ('más....que'), being the same as something else ('tan...como').

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'Menos...que'

  • 'Menos...que' is used to mean 'less than'.
    • Flora es menos amable que Bella.
      • Flora is less friendly than Bella.
    • Un límon es menos dulce que una naranja.
      • A lemon is less sweet than an orange.
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'Más...que'

  • 'Más...que' is used to mean 'more than'.
    • Una película es más interesante que un libro.
      • A film is more interesting than a book.
    • Soy más gracioso que mi hermano.
      • I am more funny than my brother.
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'Tan...como'

  • 'Tan...como' is used to mean 'as (something) as'.
    • Mi hermana es tan alta como mi madre.
      • My sister is as tall as my mum.
    • Tan pronto como sea posible.
      • As soon as possible.

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3Identity & Culture

3.1Me, My Family & Friends

3.2Me, My Family & Friends - Translations

3.3Technology in Everyday Life

3.4Technology in Everyday Life - Translations

3.5Free Time Activities

3.6Free Time Activities - Translations

3.7Customs & Festivals in Spanish Speaking Countries

3.8Customs & Festivals - Translations

4Areas of Interest

4.1Home, Town, Neighbourhood & Region

4.2Home, Town, Neighbourhood & Region - Translations

4.3Social Issues

4.4Social Issues - Translations

4.5Global Issues

4.6Global Issues - Translations

4.7Travel & Tourism

4.8Travel & Tourism - Translations

5Listening Practice

6Common Tenses

7Important Verbs

8Advanced Tenses

9Extra Grammar

9.1Articles

9.2Negatives

9.3Nouns

9.4Asking Questions

9.5Adjectives

9.6Adverbs

9.7Conjunctions

9.8Pronouns

9.9By, With, From, Of

9.10Verbs

9.11Comparisons

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