day 23school days

school days

Describe schools then and now, and imagine changes: si yo fuera director, quitaría… Second bite: si tuviera tiempo, haría un máster.

today’s words

• la secundaria · secondary school (ESO)
• la primaria · primary school
• quinto · fifth (also: fifth year)
• el patio · playground, courtyard
• el tutor · tutor, class teacher
• elemental · basic, elementary
• la pizarra · blackboard, whiteboard
• el aburrimiento · boredom
• las tijeras · scissors
• la tiza · chalk
• la goma · eraser, rubber
• el estuche · pencil case
• los deberes · homework
• el recreo · break, playtime
• la merienda · afternoon snack
• merendar · to have an afternoon snack
• el bolígrafo · pen, biro

sentences

• Si yo fuera directora, quitaría los deberes. · If I were the head teacher, I would abolish homework.
• Si hubiera más patios, los niños jugarían más. · If there were more playgrounds, the children would play more.
• Mis alumnos de quinto merendaban en el recreo. · My fifth-year pupils had their snack at break.
• La merienda era pan con chocolate. · The snack was bread with chocolate.
• No teníamos estuche, sino una caja de zapatos. · We did not have a pencil case, but a shoebox.