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Diego asks Alex to describe a typical day.
Mañana (already learned in Lesson 5 as "tomorrow") is reused here inside the phrase por la mañana, where it means "in the morning" instead — context tells you which meaning is intended. Notice too that el trabajo (the noun "job/work") and trabajar (the verb "to work") are related but different words.
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1. Reflexive Verbs — despertarse, levantarse
Reflexive verbs describe actions you do to yourself, and need a reflexive pronoun (me, te, se...) before the verb. Despertarse conjugates: me despierto, te despiertas, se despierta.
2. Regular -ar Present Tense — desayunar, trabajar
Regular -ar verbs drop the -ar and add endings: -o (yo), -as (tú), -a (él/ella). Desayuno = I have breakfast; trabajo = I work.
3. Adverbs of Frequency
These words say how often something happens, and are usually placed right before or after the verb.
4. Antes de + Infinitive
Antes de ("before") is followed by the infinitive form of a verb, not a conjugated one — this is different from English, which often uses "-ing."
5. Reflexive Verb acostarse (Stem-Changing)
Acostarse changes its stem vowel o → ue in most forms: me acuesto, te acuestas, se acuesta — but the nosotros form keeps the o: nos acostamos.
A. Fill in the Blank · Rellena el espacio
Fill in the blank with a word from this lesson's vocabulary.
- 1.Normalmente me a las siete.wake up
- 2.Me ducho y me visto .quickly
- 3. desayuno en casa.always
- 4.Trabajo de lunes a viernes, los fines de semana.never
- 5.¿A qué hora te ?go to bed
B. Multiple Choice · Opción múltiple
Choose the best answer.
- 1.How do you say "I usually wake up at seven" in Spanish?
- 2.How do you say "Do you have breakfast at home?" in Spanish?
- 3.How do you say "I work Monday to Friday" in Spanish?
- 4.How do you say "What time do you go to bed?" in Spanish?
- 5.How do you say "Normally I sleep little" in Spanish?
C. Rearrange the Sentence · Ordena la frase
Rearrange the words into a correct sentence, adding the punctuation shown in parentheses.
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D. True or False · Verdadero o falso
Based on the dialogue, mark each sentence T (true) or F (false).
- 1.Alex wakes up at seven.
- 2.Alex does not have breakfast at home.
- 3.Alex works Monday to Friday.
- 4.Alex works on weekends.
- 5.Alex normally sleeps very little.
E. Matching · Empareja
Match each question on the left with the best response on the right.
F. Translation · Traducción
Translate items 1–3 into Spanish, and items 4–5 into English.
- 1.I usually wake up at seven.
- 2.I always have breakfast at home.
- 3.What time do you go to bed?
- 4.Trabajo de lunes a viernes, nunca los fines de semana.
- 5.Normalmente duermo poco.
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The siesta, and what actually happens
Most Spaniards do not nap. What exists is the jornada partida, the split working day: offices and smaller shops close from around two until four or five, then run on until seven or eight. The break is for lunch, which is the largest meal of the day and is eaten properly rather than at a desk. The nap survives mainly in small towns, in high summer, and among people who genuinely finish at two. The real consequence of the split day is that work ends late — which is why everything that follows it does too.