Lesson 19: What is Your Favourite Season?

Vocabulary

Summer – verano
Winter – invierno
Fall (Autumn) – otoño
Spring – primavera
Hot – caluroso
Warm – templado
Cold – frío
Sunny – soleado
Rainy – lluvioso
Windy – ventoso
Humid – húmedo
Stormy – tormentoso
Snowy – nevado
Dry – seco
Favorite – favorito
Least favorite – menos favorito
Season – estación

Language Support

Situations:

Preferencia → My favorite season is summer.
Menos favorita → My least favorite season is winter.
Razón positiva → Because it is hot and sunny.
Razón negativa → Because it is cold.
Pregunta básica → What is your favorite season?
Pregunta de razón → Why do you like it?
Tercera persona → His favorite season is fall.
Pregunta tercera persona → Why does he like it?

Preguntar:

Favorita → What is your favorite season?
Razón → Why do you like it?
Menos favorita → What is your least favorite season?
Razón negativa → Why don’t you like it?
Tercera persona → What is his/her favorite season?

Questions / Answers

Listen to the Audio – practise in this section with it.
(Escucha el audio – practica en esta sección con él.)

What is your favorite season?
→ My favorite season is summer.

Why do you like it?
→ Because it is hot and sunny.

What is your least favorite season?
→ My least favorite season is winter.

Why don’t you like it?
→ Because it is cold.

What is his favorite season?
→ His favorite season is fall.

Why does he like it?
→ Because it is warm and sunny.

Translation (Castilian Spanish)

What is your favorite season?
→ ¿Cuál es tu estación favorita?

My favorite season is summer.
→ Mi estación favorita es el verano.

Why do you like it?
→ ¿Por qué te gusta?

Because it is hot and sunny.
→ Porque hace calor y está soleado.

What is your least favorite season?
→ ¿Cuál es tu estación menos favorita?

My least favorite season is winter.
→ Mi estación menos favorita es el invierno.

Why don’t you like it?
→ ¿Por qué no te gusta?

Because it is cold.
→ Porque hace frío.

What is his favorite season?
→ ¿Cuál es su estación favorita?

His favorite season is fall.
→ Su estación favorita es el otoño.

Why does he like it?
→ ¿Por qué le gusta?

Because it is warm and sunny.
→ Porque hace buen tiempo y está soleado.

Activation

Student must speak.
(El alumno debe hablar.)

Example:

What is your favorite season?
→ My favorite season is spring.

Why do you like it?
→ Because it is warm.

What is your least favorite season?
→ My least favorite season is summer.

Why don’t you like it?
→ Because it is humid.

Translation:

¿Cuál es tu estación favorita?
→ Mi estación favorita es la primavera.

¿Por qué te gusta?
→ Porque es templada.

¿Cuál es tu estación menos favorita?
→ Mi estación menos favorita es el verano.

¿Por qué no te gusta?
→ Porque es húmedo.

Practice

Say one sentence about…
(Di una frase sobre…)

your favorite season
why you like it
your least favorite season
why you don’t like it
your husband’s or wife’s favorite season
your brother’s or sister’s favorite season

Personal Questions

Record yourself answering the questions.
(Graba tu respuesta a las preguntas.)

What is your favorite season?
¿Por qué es tu estación favorita?

Why do you like it?
¿Por qué te gusta?

What is your least favorite season?
¿Cuál es tu estación menos favorita?

Why don’t you like it?
¿Por qué no te gusta?

What is your husband’s or wife’s favorite season?
¿Cuál es la estación favorita de tu esposo o esposa?

Why does he or she like it?
¿Por qué le gusta?

What is your brother’s or sister’s favorite season?
¿Cuál es la estación favorita de tu hermano o hermana?

Why does he or she like it?
¿Por qué le gusta?