Imperative (Using Let’s)

The imperative with “let’s” is used to give commands (or rather, suggestions) when an
action includes oneself. It means, it is used to suggest that a speaker and his listener (s)
do something together.
El imperativo con “let’s” se usa para dar mandatos (o más bien, sugerencias) cuando una
acción incluye a uno mismo. Es decir, se usa para sugerir que un hablante y su(s)
oyente(s) hagan algo juntos.

It is very easy to form the imperative If it is a negative imperative sentence

with let's. Just use let's followed by
the basic form of any verb.
Ex:
Let’s go! ¡Vámonos!
Let’s go away! ¡Alejémonos!
Let’s go to school! ¡Vamos a la escuela!
Let’s study English! ¡Estudiemos inglés!
(With Let’s) then add NOT after Let’s
(Let’s not):
Let’s not go! ¡No nos vayamos!
Let’s not go away! ¡No nos alejémos!
Let’s not go to School! ¡No vayamos a la
escuela!
Let’s not study English! ¡No Estudiemos
inglés!

“Let’s” particle usually translates _Emos _Amos endings in Spanish:

Let’s go to work! ¡V_amos a trabajar!
Let’s start to work to get money! ¡Comenc_emos a trabajar para ganar dinero!
Exercises:

1) Translate this comic into Spanish and recreate the dialogue with a classmate:

2) Create sentences using Let’s particle and include vocabulary from previous
lessons.
3) Study the following link “At vs On vs In”.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es-LA/grammar/british-grammar/at-on-and-in-place

Prepositions List
English Spanish
About1 Acerca (de)
After Después (de)
Around Alrededor (de)
At En (Refers to a point)
Because of A causa de, gracias a, por
culpa de
Before (b4) Antes (de)
Behind Detras
By Por (Place, an author)
Down Abajo
For Para
From De, desde (Provinience)
In En (Inside)
In front of Delante de
Instead of En vez de, en lugar de, en
reemplazo de
On En (Surface)
Over Sobre (Higher) (Without
touching surface)
To Hacía, a, para (Destination)
Up Arriba
“About” might also be an adverb [Alrededor de; apunto de (About to)].
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Verbs Group 3

English Spanish
Begin Comenzar, empezar
Celebrate Celebrar
Cut Cortar
(Ex) Change Cambiar (intercambiar)
Dance Bailar, danzar
Get Obtener, conseguir
Have Tener
Hear Oír
Keep Guardar, mantener
Know Saber, conocer
Like Gustar, como (semejante)
Paste Pegar, pasta
See Ver
Spell Deletrear
Start Comenzar, empezar
Swim Nadar
Touch Tocar, toque
Train Entrenar, tren
 Use Usar, utilizar
Wait (For) Esperar (por)

Adverbs of Time

Adverbs of time tell us when an action happened, but also for how long, and how often.
Adverbs of time are invariable. They are extremely common in English. Adverbs of time
have standard positions in a sentence depending on what the adverb of time is telling us.
If you need to use more than one adverb of time in a sentence, use them in this order:

1: how long / qué tanto tiempo 2: how often / qué tan frecuente 3: when / cuándo

Ex: Work all day(1), every day(2) from now on(3)! / Trabaja todo el día(1), todos los
días(2) de ahora en adelante(3)

When
English Spanish

Yesterday Ayer

Tomorrow Mañana

Today Hoy

Later Luego, más tarde

Earlier (This year, month, day) Más temprano,

(al principio de este año, mes, día)

Now Ahora

Last (Year, month, day) El (año, mes, día) pasado

How long
English Spanish

All day Todo el día

For a year (two days, three months…) Por un año, por dos días, por tres meses

Since + ____ (1999) Desde _______(1999)

How often
English Spanish

Often A menudo, con frecuencia

Never Nunca

Always Siempre

Seldom Raramente

Rarely Raramente

Usually Usualmente

Almost Casi

Exercises:

Translate the following sentences into Spanish:

1 – Start to swim in the river (río)!
2 – Let’s talk about it more (más) often!
3 – Let’s not go around in circles (circulos)
4 – Look at her mother for a second (segundo)!
5 – Let’s use the red ball (balón, bola) because of them!
6 – Let’s always train soccer up there (allí)!
7 – Touch it before their parents (padres)!
8 – Like my pictures on Facebook now! And change your friends! Do it right away (Ya
mismo)!
9 – Get money in colombian (colombianos) pesos and exchange it for dollars (dólares)!
10 – Let’s hear, see and speak!

Translate the following sentences into English:

1 – ¡Celebremos su cumpleaños (birthday)! (el cumpleaños de él) Let’s celebrate his
birthday!
2 – ¡Nunca comencemos clase! Let’s never start class!
3 – ¡Sépalo de ahora en adelante! Know it from now on!
4 – ¡No tengamos un baile más tarde! Let’s not have a dance later!
5 – ¡Cortemos y peguemos la tarea (homework)! Let’s cut and paste the homework!
6 – ¡Guardemos las evaluaciones para mañana! Let's keep the evaluations for tomorrow!
7 – ¡Mantengamos en contacto (in touch)! Let’s keep in touch!
8 – ¡Deletreemos CASA en vez de CABALLO! Let’s spell HOUSE instead of HORSE!
9 – ¡Nada por un mes! Swim for a month!
10 – ¡Entrenemos más a menudo más temprano! Let’s train more often earlier!

KAHOOT!
Adjectives of Taste

Acid Acido

Awful Horrible, terrible

Bitter Amargo

Cold Frío

Crunchy Crujiente

Delicious Delicioso

Dry Seco

Hot Caliente

Salty Salado

Spicy Picante

Sweet Dulce

Tasty Sabroso

Warm Caliente (tibio)

Expressions for Fruits Party

May I help you? ¿Puedo ayudarle?

I’m looking for ____ (Apples) Estoy buscando _____ (Manzanas)

(I’m) just browsing (Estoy) solo mirando (navegando)

We have (the best) _____ in our store Tenemos [(el/los mejor(es)] _____ en
nuestra tienda

Great I’ll take it! ¡Genial, lo tomaré!

I’d like # oranges please Quisiera # naranjas por favor

How would you like to pay? ¿Cómo le gustaría pagar?

I pay with cash Pago en (con) efectivo

How much is it? ¿Cuánto es?

$100 One hundred pesos

Homework:
● Go to your local store (supermarket, minimarket, fruits and vegetables shop) and
take pictures of the different veggies (vegetables) it offers there, write in English
the names of those veggies and make a list. Send evidence to your English
teacher.
● Deadline: Monday, 2nd of August 2021, until 6pm.