El viaje en tren
“El sábado pasado tomé el tren de Madrid a Sevilla.
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El viaje en tren
Reviewed by Francisco · Updated
- Topic
- Viajes en tren
- Learning goal
- Narrate a journey and describe changing scenery
- Grammar focus
- preterite and imperfect contrast · sequence markers · ir a + infinitive
- Length
- 98 words
- Reading time
- 0.9 min
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English translation▾
Last Saturday I took the train from Madrid to Sevilla.
The journey lasted two and a half hours.
I sat by the window and watched the landscape the whole way.
First I saw green fields with cows and horses.
Then the terrain changed to dry hills with olive trees.
An older woman in the seat next to me offered me a mandarin and we talked about our families.
She was going to visit her grandchildren.
When the train got close to Sevilla, I saw the Giralda in the distance.
The arrival was exciting because it was my first time in the city.
Key vocabulary
Comprehension check
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Writing prompt
Write 7–9 sentences about a journey. Say when you traveled, what the scenery was like, who you met, and how you felt on arrival.
Speaking prompt
Retell the train journey in order, then describe a memorable person you met while traveling.
Answer key and explanations
Seville
The opening sentence identifies the route as Madrid to Sevilla, so Sevilla is the destination.
An older woman offered a mandarin and they talked.
After the fields and dry hills, the passage introduces the woman beside the narrator, her mandarin, and their conversation.
To visit her grandchildren.
The seventh sentence states directly that she was going to visit her grandchildren.
It was the narrator’s first time in the city.
The final sentence links the excitement to this being the narrator’s first visit to Sevilla.