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Las comidas Meals¿Qué desayunas? What do you eat for

breakfast?¿Qué comes? What do you eat for

lunch?¿Qué meriendas? What do you eat for

tea?¿Qué cenas? What do you eat for

supper/dinner?Desayuno … For breakfast I eat …Como … For lunch I eat …Meriendo … For tea I eat …Ceno … For supper/dinner I

eat …carne con verduras meat with

vegetablescereales cerealfruta fruitgalletas biscuitsmagdalenas fairy cakespasta pastapatatas fritas chipspescado con

ensaladafish with salad

pizza pizzapollo chickentostadas toastun bocadillo a sandwich

¿Qué bebes? What do you drink?Bebo … I drink …

Cola Cao Cola Cao (drinking chocolate)

té teazumo de naranja orange juice

No meriendo. I don’t have tea.No desayuno nada. I don’t have anything

for breakfast.Nunca como. I never have lunch.

¿A qué hora desayunas/cenas?

At what time do you have breakfast/ dinner?

Desayuno a las ocho. I have breakfast at eight o’clock.

Como a mediodía. I have lunch at midday.Ceno después de las

nueve.I have dinner after nine

o'clock.

siempre alwaysgeneralmente usuallynormalmente normallya veces sometimesde vez en cuando from time to timetodo el tiempo all the time

Los números Numberscien 100ciento diez 110doscientos 200trescientos 300cuatrocientos 400quinientos 500seiscientos 600setecientos 700ochocientos 800novecientos 900mil 1000

En el mercado At the market¿Qué quieres? What would you like?un kilo de … a kilo of …dos kilos de … two kilos of …medio kilo de … half a kilo of …quinientos gramos

de …500 grams of …

jamón hammanzanas applesperas pearsqueso cheesetomates tomatoesuvas grapeszanahorias carrots

un cartón de leche a carton of milkun chorizo a chorizo (spicy

Spanish sausage)una barra de pan a baguette/loaf of breaduna botella de agua a bottle of wateruna lechuga a lettuce

¿Algo más? Anything else?Sí, quiero … Yes, I’d like …por favor pleaseNada más, gracias. Nothing else, thanks.¿Cuánto cuesta? How much is it?Un euro. One euro.Dos euros y veinte

céntimos.€2.20.

Ochenta céntimos. Eighty cents.

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En el restaurante At the restaurant¿Qué vas/va a tomar? What are you

(familiar/polite) going to have?

De primer plato … As a starter …De segundo plato … As a main course …De postre … As a dessert …quiero … I’d like …

fruta fruitpescado fishpollo chickenun flan a crème caramelun helado (de

chocolate)a (chocolate) ice-

creamuna ensalada a saladuna paella (de

mariscos)a (seafood) paella

una sopa a soupunas gambas some prawns

¿Para beber? And to drink?(Quiero) …, por favor. (I want/I’d like) …,

please.agua wateruna Coca-Cola a Coca-Colauna limonada a lemonade

Tengo hambre. I’m hungry.No tengo hambre. I’m not hungry.Tengo sed. I’m thirsty.La cuenta, por favor. The bill, please.

Una cena especial A special dinnerEl fin de semana

pasado …Last weekend …

salí con … I went out with …Fui a … I went to …

un restaurante español

a Spanish restaurant

un restaurante muy caro

a very expensive restaurant

Comí una ensalada. I ate a salad.Mi compañero/a comió

gambas.My companion ate

prawns.Compartimos una

paella.We shared a paella.

Bebimos agua. We drank water.Hablamos de

fútbol/música.We talked about

football/music.¡Fue genial! It was brilliant!

¿Qué comiste …? What did you eat …?anteayer the day before

yesterdayayer yesterdayel fin de semana

pasado last weekend

esta mañana this morning

cené … I had … for dinnercomí … I ate …/I had … for

lunchdesayuné … I had … for breakfastmerendé … I had … for tea

hice … I did …fui … I went …vi … I saw …

Palabras muy útiles Very useful wordsnormalmente normallyde of, aboutnada nothingnunca neveralgo anything, somethingmucho/a/os/as a lot of

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Finding the right word

Be careful not to choose the wrong Spanish word when you use a dictionary. For example, someone wanted to say I drink tea and ended up with Bebo merienda. Why is this wrong?

Here are ways of avoiding this kind of mistake:

1 Make sure you look up the correct spelling of the English word (e.g. meat/meet, pear/pair).

2 Look for dictionary abbreviations (vt, nm, nf, etc. – see page 41 in the Pupil's Book). If it’s a noun you want, don’t choose a verb (e.g. a drink/to drink).

3 Look at any example sentences given.4 Check the Spanish word in the Spanish–

English half of the dictionary.

Find the correct Spanish translations of these foods in a dictionary (they all have double meanings or more than one spelling!):

• jam • roll • bean • sweet • cake • chop