Me despierto means I wake up; me levanto I get up; me ducho I shower; me visto I get dressed; me acuesto I go to bed. These are selected routine forms, not a requirement that everyone follows the same day.
Match me, te, se, nos, os or se with the subject and verb. Useful changes include despierto (e → ie), acuesto (o → ue) and visto (e → i); nosotros forms include nos despertamos, nos acostamos and nos vestimos.
Routine forms and meanings
Food and drink words in context
Pan is bread, queso cheese, pollo chicken, pescado fish, carne meat, verduras vegetables and fruta fruit. Zumo de naranja means orange juice; jugo is another regional word for juice.
El agua is feminine despite singular el directly before stressed a: agua fría, mucha agua. A quantity phrase uses de: un vaso de agua, una botella de agua, un kilo de manzanas. Food examples do not prescribe what the learner must eat.
Food and quantity phrases
At a restaurant: distinguish the request and the bill
Quisiera una ensalada, por favor is a softened request; quisiera is formally an imperfect-subjunctive querer form used here for I would like. La carta or el menú can refer to the menu; la cuenta is the bill in this setting.
De primero, de segundo and de postre mean for the first course, second/main course and dessert in a stated multi-course menu. ¡Buen provecho! wishes someone an enjoyable meal; not every meal has these courses.
Restaurant phrases in context
Times and sequence do different jobs
A las ocho y media is at 8:30; a las nueve menos cuarto at 8:45; a la una at one; a mediodía at midday. A clock phrase needs context to distinguish morning from evening when not otherwise specified.
Primero is first, luego then/later and después afterwards. Por fin often means at last after a wait; por último or finalmente can mark a neutral final item. Do not attach one identical English meaning to every context.
Time and sequence
Meal names vary by setting
Desayuno is breakfast and cena the evening meal. Comida can mean food generally or a main/midday meal in context; almuerzo and merienda also have regional meal uses.
In the supplied example, tomo la merienda a media tarde refers to an afternoon snack. An invented schedule teaches the language without claiming that every Spanish speaker eats the same number of meals at identical times.
Meal words in a stated context
Likes, preferences and negatives
Me gusta el pescado and me encanta el chocolate use singular agreement with the thing liked. Me gustan las manzanas uses plural gustan with plural las manzanas; me identifies the experiencer rather than the grammatical subject.
Prefiero comer pollo uses an infinitive after prefiero. No como carne is a general negative statement; an article may be possible with a specified referent in other contexts, so do not ban la carne in every negative sentence.
Agree with the thing liked
Describe food without prescribing a diet
Sano/sana means healthy in an appropriate description, equilibrado/equilibrada balanced, dulce sweet, graso/grasa fatty, vegetariano/vegetariana vegetarian and vegano/vegana vegan. Adjectives follow the described noun’s gender and number where applicable.
Creo que una dieta variada es importante para mi salud is an invented opinion whose stated reason is health. This language lesson does not prescribe portions, label an unseen meal suitable for a particular person or establish all its ingredients.
Food-description vocabulary
Build an opinion and an invented routine
En mi opinión, creo que and me parece que introduce a view. Add a reason with porque and distinguish your speaker’s preference from a claim about everyone’s food or routines.
Me despierto a las siete. Después me levanto y me visto. Luego desayuno. This invented model supplies routine forms, time and sequence; other coherent routines are valid and no private timetable is required.
An invented routine
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3.In the invented account Tomo la merienda a media tarde, what meal does merienda refer to here?
Easy
Athe dinner
Bthe breakfast
Cthe afternoon snack
Dthe lunch
4.What does "me acuesto" mean?
Easy
AI wake up
BI go to bed
CI get up
DI wash
5.What does "me despierto" mean?
Easy
AI wake up
BI go to bed
CI get up
DI get dressed
6.What does "me visto" mean?
Easy
AI wash
BI eat
CI sleep
DI get dressed
7.What does "luego" mean?
Easy
Afinally
Bbefore
Cthen
Dfirst
8.After waiting for a meal, a speaker says ¡Por fin! What does it mean here?
Easy
Aafter
Bat last / finally
Cfirst
Dthen
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9.What does "a las ocho y media" mean?
Easy
Aat half past eight
Bat half past seven
Cat eight
Dat quarter to eight
10.What does "a las nueve menos cuarto" mean?
Easy
Aat quarter past nine
Bat nine
Cat half past nine
Dat quarter to nine
11.What does "el pollo" mean?
Easy
Abeef
Bpork
Cchicken
Dfish
12.What does "las verduras" mean?
Easy
Asweets
Bvegetables
Cfruit
Dmeat
13.What does "el zumo de naranja" mean?
Easy
Aorange juice
Borange peel
Corange tree
Dlemonade
14.At the end of a restaurant meal, what does la cuenta refer to?
Easy
Athe menu
Bthe starter
Cthe dessert
Dthe bill
15.In a menu with primero, segundo and postre, what does de segundo introduce?
Easy
Afor dessert
Bfor the bill
Cfor the main course
Dfor the starter
16.In Quisiera un vaso de agua, what does quisiera convey?
Easy
AI eat
BI would like
CI must
DI have
17.In a diet description, what does vegetariano mean?
Easy
Avegetarian
Basleep
Chungry
Dthirsty
18.Which means "I like fish"?
Medium
AMe gustan el pescado
BMe gusto el pescado
CGusta el pescado me
DMe gusta el pescado
19.Which means "I love chocolate"?
Medium
AEncanto el chocolate
BMe encanto chocolate
CMe encanta el chocolate
DMe encantan el chocolate
20.Which means "I prefer to eat chicken"?
Medium
APrefiero come pollo
BPrefiero comer pollo
CPrefiero comiendo pollo
DPrefiere comer pollo yo
21.How do you say "I do not eat meat"?
Medium
ANo como carne
BComo no carne
CNo comen carne
DNo comer carne
22.Which uses lavarse with the usual definite article to say I clean my teeth?
Medium
AMe lava los dientes
BLos dientes me lavo yo no
CLavo me los dientes
DMe lavo los dientes
23.How do you say "a glass of water"?
Medium
Aun agua de vaso
Bun vaso del agua
Cun vaso de agua
Dun vaso agua
24.What does "¡Buen provecho!" mean?
Medium
Athank you
Benjoy your meal
Cgood luck
Dgood morning
25.What does "hay que" express?
Medium
Aone must or it is necessary to
Bthere is that
CI have to go
Dyou may
26.In the routine me levanto, what does me do?
Medium
Ait makes levanto past tense
Bit replaces the yo verb ending
Cit means every -se verb is literally self-directed
Dit is the pronominal form matched to the yo subject
27.Why "me gustan" with plural nouns?
Medium
Agustar is irregular only
Bgustar is reflexive
Cgustar agrees with the thing liked
Dgustar agrees with I
28.In Quisiera una ensalada, why might a restaurant customer choose quisiera?
Medium
Ait means I eat
Bit can soften the request
Cit is rude
Dit means I wanted
29.Read the invented opinion: Creo que una dieta variada es importante para mi salud. What reason does the speaker give?
Medium
Atheir health
Bavoiding all sleep
Cremoving every source of energy
Da stated restaurant price
30.In comida sana, what does sana mean?
Easy
Asick
Bsad
Csalty
Dhealthy
31.What does "graso" mean?
Easy
Agreat
Bgross
Cfatty
Dgrassy
32."El desayuno" means breakfast.
Easy
True or false?
33.In this restaurant account, la cuenta means the menu.
Easy
True or false?
34.Me levanto is a pronominal routine form meaning I get up.
Easy
True or false?
35.Me gustan las manzanas has plural gustan to agree with las manzanas.
Easy
True or false?
36."A las ocho y media" means 7.30.
Medium
True or false?
37.Which can name meals or snacks in an appropriate meal context?
Medium
Ael desayuno
Bla comida
Cla merienda
Dla cena
Ela cuenta
38.Which listed infinitives have an attached pronominal se?
Medium
Alevantarse
Bacostarse
Cducharse
Dvestirse
Ecomer
39.Describe an invented or real morning routine in three Spanish sentences. Include two appropriate pronominal routine forms and a time or sequence expression.
