Un día de lluvia
“Ayer llovió mucho en la ciudad.
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Un día de lluvia
Reviewed by Francisco · Updated
- Topic
- Tiempo y actividades en casa
- Learning goal
- Explain how weather changed a plan and narrate alternative activities
- Grammar focus
- preterite and imperfect contrast · tener que + infinitive · parar de + infinitive
- Length
- 89 words
- Reading time
- 0.8 min
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English translation▾
Yesterday it rained a lot in the city.
Carlos wanted to go to the park, but he had to stay home.
First, he made hot chocolate and sat on the sofa.
Then, he started reading a book about adventures at sea.
The rain was hitting the windows and the sound was very relaxing.
In the afternoon, his friend Elena called him on the phone and they talked for an hour.
When it stopped raining, Carlos went out for a walk.
The air smelled of wet earth and the streets were quiet.
It was a different but pleasant day.
Key vocabulary
Comprehension check
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Writing prompt
Write 7–9 sentences about a day when the weather changed your plans. Describe what you did instead and what happened later.
Speaking prompt
Explain your original plan, the weather problem, three activities you did, and how the day ended.
Answer key and explanations
Because it rained a lot
The opening rain explains why Carlos could not follow his plan to go to the park.
He made hot chocolate and sat on the sofa.
The word “Primero” introduces the hot chocolate and sofa before reading or the phone call.
The rain stopped.
The seventh sentence says Carlos went for a walk when it stopped raining.
Wet-earth air and quiet streets.
The passage describes the smell of wet earth and the quiet streets immediately before calling the day pleasant.