LearnModule 5 · Lesson 6 of 30Basic User · CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridgeUnit 2 · The grand review: my world

A la mesa — the food review

Module 5 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 6 of 30: . On this page: 10 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.

The words

Spanish	English	Say it
el desayuno	the breakfast	ehl deh-sah-YOO-noh
beber	to drink	beh-BEHR
yo bebo leche	I drink milk	yoh BEH-boh LEH-cheh
la leche	the milk	lah LEH-cheh
el pan	the bread	ehl PAHN
el queso	the cheese	ehl KEH-soh
el pastel	the cake	ehl pahs-TEHL
la mesa	the table	lah MEH-sah
quisiera un helado	I would like an ice cream	kee-SYEH-rah oon eh-LAH-doh
me gustan las fresas	I like strawberries	meh GOOS-tahn lahs FREH-sahs

Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.

La regla · The rule

Food with its grammar: me gusta + the article for liking in general (me gustan las fresas), quisiera for ordering, tengo hambre and tengo sed for the body. Beber is to drink: bebo leche en el desayuno.

Y también · And also

En el desayuno como pan con mantequilla y bebo leche. En la cena comemos sopa y pescado. El pastel es delicioso.

Ojo · Watch out

me gustan las fresas takes the plural verb AND the article: the liked thing is plural, and it keeps its las. Never me gusta fresas.

Do it now — on paper

Say all 10 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el desayuno.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 6 in Module 5 are the written half of this page.

This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.

Keep these words

Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.

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