Description
Learn how to express preferences, compare options and give opinions in Spanish through this comprehensive nine-page A1 lesson, designed for beginners who want to develop practical communication skills in everyday and professional situations.
¿Cuál prefieres? introduces essential vocabulary and grammar through realistic scenarios involving hotel reservations, business travel, transport, meeting rooms, shopping and choosing between different services.
The resource combines illustrated dialogues, vocabulary exercises, grammar explanations, reading comprehension, listening activities and guided speaking practice.
What the lesson includes
1. Vocabulary: Travel, hotels and professional situations
Students learn and practise useful vocabulary related to hotels, offices, meeting rooms, restaurants, transport and accommodation.
Illustrated exercises help learners identify places, describe services and make simple choices.
2. Grammar: Expressing preferences and making comparisons
The lesson introduces and practises several essential A1 structures:
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The verb preferir and its present tense conjugation.
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Demonstratives: este, esta, estos, esas, aquel and aquellas.
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Questions with qué, cuál and cuáles.
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Comparisons with más… que, menos… que and tan… como.
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Mejor que and peor que.
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Relative superlatives, including el más barato and la mejor opción.
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Gender and number agreement.
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Expressions for giving opinions and explaining choices.
3. Reading comprehension and practical dialogues
Students read short dialogues and texts about choosing meeting rooms, comparing hotels, selecting products and organising business trips.
The exercises develop the ability to understand essential information, compare prices and services, and explain simple preferences.
4. Listening comprehension: Hotel reservations
Two listening activities present conversations about making hotel reservations and arranging meeting facilities.
Students identify dates, prices, locations, room types and available services through multiple-choice exercises.
Full listening transcripts are included.
5. Speaking and communication
Guided activities encourage students to compare hotels, transport options, accommodation and other services.
Learners practise useful expressions such as Prefiero…, Me gusta más…, Para mí… and Creo que…, explaining their choices with porque.
6. Grammar appendix and additional exercises
A dedicated grammar appendix provides explanations and examples covering eight language points.
An additional practice section reinforces these structures through conjugation, sentence completion, matching and comparison exercises.
7. Complete answer keys
The PDF includes answers to the main lesson activities and the additional grammar exercises, together with the listening transcripts.
| Resource details | |
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| Level | A1 |
| Format | Downloadable PDF |
| Length | 9 pages |
| Topic | Preferences, comparisons, hotels and business travel |
| Grammar | Preferir, demonstratives, comparisons, superlatives and agreement |
| Skills | Vocabulary, reading, listening, grammar and speaking |
| Includes | Grammar appendix, additional exercises, answers and transcripts |
Internet access and external links
The PDF contains clickable links to the accompanying audio recordings for the listening comprehension activities. Internet access is required to listen to the recordings. The full transcripts are included in the resource.
This material is intended for Spanish language learning, using everyday and professional situations to develop practical communication skills.
