Thursday, April 25, 2024

Intermediate class 1 (22/04/24)

 This week we looked at how to express hobbies by using affective verbs. 

Verbos afectivos - When a sentence has one of these verbs, the object becomes the subject. 

Me gusta cantar - I like singing --> Singing is pleasing to me.

encantar - to love

interesar - to be interested in 

aburrir - to find boring

Me encanta la música clásica - I love classical music

Te interesa dibujar - You are interested in drawing

Le aburre ver la televisión - Television is boring to him / her


A mí me gusta chatear en las redes sociales - I like to chat on social media

¿A ti te interesa cantar? - Are you interested in singing?

A Lidia le aburre aprender español - Learning Spanish is boring to Lidia

A nosotros nos gusta bailar - We like dancing

¿A vosotros os interesa el arte? - Are you all interested in art?

A ellas les encanta ir de compras - They love going shopping


In pairs, we talked about likes and dislikes using the verbs encantar, aburrir and interesar. Sample answers:

Me encanta el deporte. Practico la natación tres veces por semana pero me aburre ver el golf - I love sports. I swim three times a week but golf is boring to me.

¡Qué dices! El golf es muy divertido. Me gusta mucho. Sin embargo, no me interesa el fútbol - What are you talking about! Golf is fun. I like a lot. However, I am not interested in football. 


In the last part of the class, we worked on a listening activity.

A Sara no le aburre leer libros - Sara doesn't find books boring

Sara piensa que leer libros es más interesante - Sara thinks that reading books is more interesting.

Sara entrena al rugby tres veces por semana - Sara goes to rugby training three times a week

A Sara le gusta la música - Sara likes music

Sara no toca la guitarra. En el futuro le gustaría aprender a tocar la guitarrra - Sara does not play the guitar. In the future, she would like to learn to play guitar.

Javier toma fotos de sus mascotas - Javier takes photos of his pets.

A Javier no le aburre el deporte - Javier doesn't find sports boring

A Javier no le interesa la música clásica - Javier is not interested in classic music.

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