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Cena de cumpleaños

An invitation by email: a day, a time, an address and a favour to ask.

A short email with an invitation. Read the subject line first. Watch ¿Puedes …? for a request and the time with a las.

From Rocío

To Paula

Subject Cena el viernes

Hola, Paula:

El viernes es mi cumpleaños. Hago una cena en mi casa con unos amigos. ¿Quieres venir?

La cena es a las nueve. Mi casa está en la calle Mayor, número doce, segundo piso.

Yo hago la comida. ¿Puedes llevar algo de beber? Agua o zumo, por ejemplo.

Hasta el viernes,

Rocío

Words: 56
Sentences: 9
Words per sentence: 6.2
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A1
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

¿Quieres venir? · ¿Puedes llevar
¿Quieres venir? invites, ¿Puedes llevar …? asks for something. poder and querer: can, want →
Hago una cena · Yo hago la comida
The I-form of hacer is irregular: hago. Irregular yo forms: hago, pongo →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 22 of the 39 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

beber
to drink
A1
doce
twelve
A1
el agua
water
A1
el amigo
the friend
A1
el cumpleaños
the birthday
A1
el ejemplo
the example
A2
el número
the number; the shoe size
A1
el piso
the flat; the floor
A1
el viernes
Friday
A1
el zumo
juice
A1
hacer
to do, to make
A1
hola
hello
A1
la calle
the street
A1
la casa
the house; home
A1
la cena
dinner, supper
A1
la comida
food; lunch
A1
llevar
to wear; to carry
A1
nueve
nine
A1
poder
can, to be able to
A1
querer
to want; to love
A1
segundo
second; a second
A1
venir
to come
A1

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 10 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

Food and drink 4 Irregular verbs 4 Numbers and time 4 Clothes 2 Person and family 2 Living and the household 2 Greetings and politeness 1 The most important verbs 1 Words for thinking things over 1 The town and finding your way 1

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. ¿Cuándo es la cena?

2. ¿Dónde está la casa de Rocío?

3. ¿Qué tiene que llevar Paula?