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Lee cómo Aria organiza una visita de clase y encuentra respuesta a dos preguntas importantes. Después practica.

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Aria’s class wanted to visit the town’s railway museum before the end of term. Their teacher gave Aria the
booking forma document used to reserve a placeformulario de reserva
and asked her to check the details.
The museum offered a
workshopan event where people learn by doingtaller
, but the form did not show its starting time.
A student in a wheelchair also needed a
routethe way from one place to anotherruta
without stairs.
Aria found a
contact addressan address used to ask an organisation a questiondirección de contacto
and began a careful email.
She wrote, “Could you tell me when the
workshopan event where people learn by doingtaller
starts?”
She added, “Do you know if the
lifta machine that carries people between floorsascensor
is working this week?”
Then she checked her message and removed a third question about the café. The
workshopan event where people learn by doingtaller
and the
lifta machine that carries people between floorsascensor
mattered more to the class than lunch plans.
The next morning, a staff member named Luis replied with the missing time. The
workshopan event where people learn by doingtaller
would start at ten, and the
lifta machine that carries people between floorsascensor
was working.
Luis also
attachedadded a file to a messageadjuntó
a map with an
accessibleeasy to enter or use for people with different needsaccesible
entrance beside the garden.
Aria showed the reply to her teacher, who thanked her for checking early. Her teacher asked, “The
workshopan event where people learn by doingtaller
starts at ten, doesn’t it?”
Aria checked Luis’s message again and
confirmedchecked and said that something was correctconfirmó
the time.
A classmate asked, “We can use the garden entrance, can’t we?” Aria pointed to the entrance on the map and answered yes. She printed the map so everyone could see the
routethe way from one place to anotherruta
before the trip.
On the day, the group reached the museum fifteen minutes early. The garden entrance was open, and the
lifta machine that carries people between floorsascensor
took them to the
workshopan event where people learn by doingtaller
room.
Luis met them there and showed them an old train ticket machine. Aria was glad she had asked before the visit instead of making guesses. After the
workshopan event where people learn by doingtaller
, the class finally had time for the café.
Her classmates thanked her for a trip that felt easy to follow.

Ejercicios de práctica

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Elige la respuesta correcta

Lee la historia y elige la mejor respuesta.

1.What information was missing from the booking form?

2.What did Aria remove from her email?

3.What did Luis attach to his reply?

4.Why did Aria print the map?

¿Verdadero o falso?

Decide si cada afirmación coincide con el texto.

5.Luis said the lift was working.

6.The class arrived late for the workshop.

7.The garden entrance was open on the day of the trip.

Completa la frase

Usa una palabra o frase de la historia.

Escucha y elige

Escucha cada frase y elige la respuesta.

11.When would the workshop start?

12.What did Luis attach?

13.When did the group arrive?

Escucha y escribe

Escucha y escribe la frase que oyes.

14.Escucha y escribe la oración.

15.Escucha y escribe la oración.

16.Escucha y escribe la oración.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Qué nivel tiene esta historia?

Está escrita para lectores B1 y practica preguntas indirectas y coletillas interrogativas.

¿Por qué escribió Aria al museo?

Necesitaba saber la hora del taller y una ruta accesible antes de la visita.

¿Puedo repetir el audio?

Sí. Reproduce toda la historia a 0,75× o vuelve a escuchar una frase.

Solucionario
  1. 1. What information was missing from the booking form?

    Respuesta: The workshop’s starting time

    El formulario no indicaba a qué hora empezaba el taller.

  2. 2. What did Aria remove from her email?

    Respuesta: A question about the café

    Quitó una tercera pregunta sobre la cafetería.

  3. 3. What did Luis attach to his reply?

    Respuesta: A map

    Luis adjuntó un mapa con la entrada accesible.

  4. 4. Why did Aria print the map?

    Respuesta: So everyone could see the route

    Quería que todos vieran la ruta antes de la excursión.

  5. 5. Luis said the lift was working.

    Respuesta: Verdadero

    Su respuesta confirmó que el ascensor funcionaba.

  6. 6. The class arrived late for the workshop.

    Respuesta: Falso

    Llegaron al museo quince minutos antes de la hora.

  7. 7. The garden entrance was open on the day of the trip.

    Respuesta: Verdadero

    La entrada del jardín estaba abierta cuando la clase llegó al museo.

  8. 8. Could you tell me when the workshop ___?

    Respuesta: starts

    La pregunta indirecta usa sujeto y después verbo: the workshop starts.

  9. 9. The workshop starts at ten, ___?

    Respuesta: doesn't it

    A una afirmación positiva en presente simple le corresponde la coletilla negativa doesn't it.

  10. 10. We can use the garden entrance, ___?

    Respuesta: can't we

    La coletilla repite el modal can en negativo con we.

  11. 11. Listening question 11: The workshop would start at ten, and the lift was working.

    Respuesta: At ten

    Luis indicó que el taller empezaría a las diez.

  12. 12. Listening question 12: Luis also attached a map with an accessible entrance beside the garden.

    Respuesta: A map

    Adjuntó un mapa con la entrada.

  13. 13. Listening question 13: On the day, the group reached the museum fifteen minutes early.

    Respuesta: Fifteen minutes early

    El narrador dice que llegaron quince minutos antes.

  14. 14. Dictation 14

    Respuesta: She wrote, “Could you tell me when the workshop starts?”

    La pregunta indirecta mantiene el orden de enunciado después de tell me.

  15. 15. Dictation 15

    Respuesta: Her teacher asked, “The workshop starts at ten, doesn’t it?”

    Una afirmación positiva lleva una coletilla negativa.

  16. 16. Dictation 16

    Respuesta: A classmate asked, “We can use the garden entrance, can’t we?”

    La coletilla repite el modal can en negativo.

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