Llevar una vida sana means lead a healthy life, comer sano eat healthily, hacer deporte do sport, dormir sleep, descansar rest and evitar el estrés avoid stress. Intento comer de forma equilibrada expresses I try to eat in a balanced way.
These are language examples, not a prescribed routine. Dormir lo suficiente means get enough sleep without asserting one duration for every learner. Do not turn a vocabulary list into fixed sleep, water or weight targets.
Express a lifestyle aim
Health problems
El tabaco tobacco, el alcohol alcohol, el estrés stress and las drogas drugs are contextual vocabulary. Fumar tabaco means smoke tobacco; WHO identifies tobacco use as harmful to health. This lesson does not diagnose a person or give a treatment.
Me duele la cabeza means my head hurts; me duele el estómago my stomach hurts. Me duelen los pies uses plural duelen because los pies is the grammatical subject. Me identifies the affected person; a symptom phrase does not state its cause.
Doler agrees with the body part
Advice
Deberías descansar uses tú conditional deber plus infinitive to offer a suggestion. Es mejor descansar expresses it is better to rest; te aconsejo descansar I advise you to rest. These are sample constructions rather than individual clinical advice.
Debes descansar can also express advice but is not the conditional form. Match the subject and form actually requested. Tone and context affect politeness; a conditional ending is not an automatic guarantee of a polite interaction.
Choose the requested advice form
Volunteering
El voluntariado volunteering, ser voluntario or voluntaria be a volunteer, ayudar a los demás help others, recoger ropa collect clothing and limpiar la playa clean the beach describe possible roles. Personas mayores means older people in the community-visiting context.
Fictional model: El sábado hice voluntariado. Recogí ropa y aprendí a trabajar en equipo. Hice and recogí present completed actions. He hecho voluntariado is another past construction; the reported learning is an attributed experience, not a guaranteed result for every volunteer.
Read the fictional volunteer report
Charity events
Una carrera benéfica means a charity race in a running-event context; un concierto benéfico charity concert; una organización benéfica charity. Carrera can instead mean career or a course of study in another context.
Recaudar dinero means raise money; donar ropa donate clothing. Organizamos una carrera para recaudar dinero states the purpose with para plus infinitive. No real donation, event registration or personal experience is required.
Use charity-event vocabulary
International events
Los Juegos Olímpicos Olympic Games, el Mundial de fútbol football World Cup, el Tour de Francia Tour de France and el Festival de Eurovisión Eurovision Song Contest name international events. Mundial can refer to another world championship or mean worldwide as an adjective.
Fictional report: Ayer vi un partido del Mundial en la tele. Vi is preterite ver, with no accent. An event may bring people together, but a speaker’s claim or potential benefit is not a universal outcome. No current dates, hosts or results are given here.
Name an international event
The Spanish-speaking world
España Spain, México Mexico, Argentina Argentina, Colombia Colombia, Perú Peru, Chile Chile, Cuba Cuba and Guatemala Guatemala are useful country names. Spanish is widely used across these countries; this does not imply every resident has the same first language.
Spanish speakers and learners also live in the United States, Brazil and many other countries. Respect multilingual communities and do not infer a person’s identity or language from appearance, a name or nationality alone.
Match the country names
Media
Las noticias means the news, el periódico newspaper, la prensa the press and un programa de televisión a TV programme. Periódico as an adjective can mean periodic, while programa can also refer to a plan or software.
Original reading: Ayer vi un partido en la tele. Mi amiga leyó las noticias en el periódico. The speaker watched the match and the friend read the news; complete clauses establish the actor and time.
Track the actor in the media report
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9.In a charity project, what does ser voluntario mean?
Easy
Ato be a volunteer
Bto be the organiser’s employer
Cto be a paid ticket seller
Dto be a visitor only
10.What does "ayudar a los demás" mean?
Easy
Ato hide others
Bto hate others
Cto hear others
Dto help others
11.What does "una carrera benéfica" mean?
Easy
Aa care career
Ba charity car
Ca charity race
Da charity career
12.What does "recoger" mean in "recoger ropa"?
Easy
Ato receive
Bto collect
Cto rest
Dto record
13.In a community visiting project, what does personas mayores normally mean?
Easy
Aolder people
Bbigger people
Cmajor persons
Dmaybe people
14.In el Mundial de fútbol, what does Mundial refer to?
Easy
Athe world map
Bthe Mondial cinema
Cthe Worldwide Web
Dthe World Cup
15.What does "las noticias" mean?
Easy
Athe notes
Bthe nations
Cthe news
Dthe notices
16.As a noun in Leo el periódico, what does periódico mean?
Easy
Athe peripheral
Bthe newspaper
Cthe period
Dthe periodic table
17.Which model uses conditional deber with informal singular tú to suggest doing more sport?
Medium
ADeberías hacer más deporte.
BDebería hacer más deporte.
CDeberíamos hacer más deporte.
DDeberían hacer más deporte.
18.Complete the model Es mejor ___ fruta with the infinitive comer.
Medium
Acomiendo
Bcome
Ccomió
Dcomer
19.Which sentence means I advise you to sleep more, using te for the person addressed?
Medium
ATe aconsejo estudiar más.
BTe aconsejé dormir más.
CTe aconsejo dormir más.
DMe aconsejan dormir más.
20.Which sentence uses preterite hacer to present voluntary work as a completed past action?
Medium
AHaré voluntariado.
BHice voluntariado.
CHago voluntariado.
DHacía voluntariado.
21.How do you say "I saw the Olympics on TV"?
Medium
AVi los Juegos Olímpicos en la tele
BVeo los Juegos en la tele ayer
CVía los Juegos en tele
DVi la Juegos Olímpicos
22.Read: Clara vive en México. Which country is named?
Medium
ABrazil
Bthe United States
CFrance
DMexico
23.Read: El equipo viajó a Argentina. Which country did the team visit?
Medium
AGermany
BJapan
CArgentina
DItaly
24.Read: El concierto fue en Colombia. Where did the concert take place?
Medium
AEgypt
BColombia
CBrazil
DPortugal
25.Read: No quiero fumar porque es peligroso para la salud. What reason does the speaker give?
Medium
Asmoking is dangerous for health
Bsmoking improves health
Csmoking saves money
Dsmoking is required for the event
26.Read the fictional reflection: El voluntariado me permitió ayudar a otras personas y aprender nuevas habilidades. Which benefits does the speaker report?
Medium
Ait removes skills
Bit harms others
Cit avoids communities
Dhelping other people and learning new skills
27.In the model Deberías descansar, how is conditional deber being used?
Medium
Ait is past tense
Bit is a question
Cto offer advice more tentatively
Dit is an order
28.Read the fictional opinion: Los eventos internacionales pueden unir a personas de muchos países porque comparten una experiencia. What reason does the speaker give?
Medium
Athey end culture
Bpeople from many countries share an experience
Cthey divide everyone
Dthey avoid cooperation
29.What does "evitar el estrés" mean?
Easy
Ato avoid stress
Bto cause stress
Cto measure stress
Dto enjoy stress
30.What does "de forma equilibrada" mean?
Easy
Aevery day
Bin a hurry
Cwithout eating
Din a balanced way
31."Las noticias" means the news.
Easy
True or false?
32.In the phrase fumar tabaco, fumar means to sleep.
Easy
True or false?
33."Deberías" is a way of giving advice.
Easy
True or false?
34.México is Spanish-speaking.
Easy
True or false?
35.In a running-event context, una carrera benéfica means a medical test.
Medium
True or false?
36.Which expressions mention smoking, alcohol, short sleep or fatty food, rather than doing sport?
Medium
Afumar
Bbeber demasiado alcohol
Cdormir poco
Dcomer mucha comida grasa
Ehacer deporte
37.Which Spanish country names match Spain, Mexico, Argentina or Colombia in this list?
Medium
AEspaña
BMéxico
CArgentina
DColombia
EBrasil
38.Construct two Spanish sentences for a fictional lifestyle conversation, using deberías plus infinitive for a suggestion and porque for a reason. No personal health information or fixed sleep/water target is required.
