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    La llave perdida

    The Lost Key

    One rushed Tuesday morning, Ana can't find her house key anywhere — a simple A1 story about searching for a lost object and retracing your steps.

    Topics

    • daily life
    • home
    • family
    • lost objects

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    Learner-paced · Spanish

    What you'll encounter

    Grammar
    Present tense verbs, Simple past tense (preterite), Question formation, Negation (no, tampoco, ninguna)
    Vocabulary
    Household objects (llave, zapatos, bolso, cajones), Furniture and rooms (mesa, cocina, baño, sofá), Daily routine expressions
    Language skills
    Describing where objects are located, Asking and answering questions, Explaining a problem and finding a solution

    Ana vive en un pequeño apartamento con su hermano Pablo. Cada mañana se levanta a las siete, se y prepara el desayuno.

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    Ana lives in a small apartment with her brother Pablo. Every morning she gets up at seven, showers, and makes breakfast.

    Un martes por la mañana, Ana . Tiene que ir al trabajo a las ocho.

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    One Tuesday morning, Ana is in a big hurry. She has to go to work at eight.

    “Pablo, ¿dónde están mis zapatos?”, pregunta Ana.

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    "Pablo, where are my shoes?" Ana asks.

    “Están la mesa”, responde su hermano.

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    "They're under the table," her brother answers.

    Ana encuentra los zapatos, pero después tiene otro problema: no encuentra su llave.

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    Ana finds the shoes, but then she has another problem: she can't find her key.

    Mira la mesa, pero no está allí. Mira en la cocina, y . Busca en el baño y no encuentra nada.

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    She looks on top of the table, but it isn't there. She looks in the kitchen, and it isn't there either. She checks the bathroom and finds nothing.

    “¿ mi llave?”, pregunta Ana.

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    "Have you seen my key?" Ana asks.

    Pablo mira a su hermana. “No. ¿Dónde la tienes normalmente?”

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    Pablo looks at his sister. "No. Where do you usually keep it?"

    “Normalmente está en mi bolso.”

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    "It's usually in my bag."

    Ana abre su bolso y busca . Hay un libro, un teléfono, una botella de agua y un poco de dinero, pero no hay .

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    Ana opens her bag and looks inside. There's a book, a phone, a bottle of water, and a little money, but no key.

    Ana nerviosa. “No puedo otra vez”, dice.

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    Ana starts to get nervous. "I can't be late again," she says.

    Pablo se levanta y ayuda a buscar. Los dos miran debajo de las sillas, encima de las mesas y dentro de los .

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    Pablo gets up and helps her look. The two of them check under the chairs, on top of the tables, and inside the drawers.

    Después de cinco minutos, Pablo encuentra algo pequeño debajo del sofá. “¡Ana! Creo que algo.”

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    After five minutes, Pablo finds something small under the sofa. "Ana! I think I found something."

    Ana corre el sofá. Es una llave.

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    Ana runs to the sofa. It's a key.

    “¡Sí! ¡Es mi llave!”, dice Ana, . “Pero, ¿cómo ha llegado ?”

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    "Yes! It's my key!" Ana says, smiling. "But how did it get all the way here?"

    Pablo piensa un momento. “Ayer vimos una película en el sofá. la llave aquí.”

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    Pablo thinks for a moment. "Yesterday we watched a movie on the sofa. Maybe you left the key here."

    Ana recuerda . Después de la película, el teléfono en la mesa, dejó el bolso en el y también dejó la llave en el sofá.

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    Ana remembers the night before: after the movie, she put her phone on the table, left her bag on the floor, and also left the key on the sofa.

    “Ahora lo recuerdo”, dice Ana. Mira el reloj: son las siete y cuarenta y cinco. “¡!”

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    "Now I remember," Ana says. She checks the clock: it's seven forty-five. "I have to go!"

    Ana su bolso, sus zapatos y la llave. salir, mira a Pablo. “Gracias .”

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    Ana grabs her bag, her shoes, and the key. Before leaving, she looks at Pablo. "Thanks for helping me."

    “De nada. Y mañana, la llave en .”

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    "You're welcome. And tomorrow, put the key in the same place."

    Ana . “Sí. Buena idea.”

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    Ana laughs. "Yes, good idea."
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    Ana lives in a small apartment with her brother Pablo. Every morning she gets up at seven, showers, and makes breakfast.

    One Tuesday morning, Ana is in a big hurry. She has to go to work at eight.

    "Pablo, where are my shoes?" Ana asks.

    "They're under the table," her brother answers.

    Ana finds the shoes, but then she has another problem: she can't find her key.

    She looks on top of the table, but it isn't there. She looks in the kitchen, and it isn't there either. She checks the bathroom and finds nothing.

    "Have you seen my key?" Ana asks.

    Pablo looks at his sister. "No. Where do you usually keep it?"

    "It's usually in my bag."

    Ana opens her bag and looks inside. There's a book, a phone, a bottle of water, and a little money, but no key.

    Ana starts to get nervous. "I can't be late again," she says.

    Pablo gets up and helps her look. The two of them check under the chairs, on top of the tables, and inside the drawers.

    After five minutes, Pablo finds something small under the sofa. "Ana! I think I found something."

    Ana runs to the sofa. It's a key.

    "Yes! It's my key!" Ana says, smiling. "But how did it get all the way here?"

    Pablo thinks for a moment. "Yesterday we watched a movie on the sofa. Maybe you left the key here."

    Ana remembers the night before: after the movie, she put her phone on the table, left her bag on the floor, and also left the key on the sofa.

    "Now I remember," Ana says. She checks the clock: it's seven forty-five. "I have to go!"

    Ana grabs her bag, her shoes, and the key. Before leaving, she looks at Pablo. "Thanks for helping me."

    "You're welcome. And tomorrow, put the key in the same place."

    Ana laughs. "Yes, good idea."

    Vocabulary in this story

    ducha
    showers
    tiene mucha prisa
    is in a big hurry
    debajo de
    under
    encima de
    on top of
    tampoco
    not there either
    Has visto
    Have you seen
    dentro
    inside
    ninguna llave
    no key at all
    empieza a estar
    starts to get
    llegar tarde
    be late
    cajones
    drawers
    he encontrado
    I have found
    hacia
    toward
    sonriendo
    smiling
    hasta aquí
    all the way here
    Quizás
    maybe
    dejaste
    you left (it)
    la noche anterior
    the night before
    puso
    put
    suelo
    floor
    Tengo que irme
    I have to go
    coge
    grabs
    Antes de
    before
    por ayudarme
    for helping me
    pon
    put
    el mismo sitio
    the same place
    se ríe
    laughs
    Comprensión(check what you understood)

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    1. ¿Qué busca Ana por la mañana?
    2. ¿Dónde encuentra Pablo la llave?
    3. ¿Por qué la llave estaba en el sofá?