Spanish
Grade 1
15 min
El desayuno: ¿Qué comes por la mañana? (Breakfast: What do you eat in the morning?)
Learn vocabulary for breakfast foods and drinks (pan, huevos, leche, jugo, fruta).
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Introduction & Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Identify 5 common breakfast foods in Spanish.
Say 'Yo como...' (I eat...) with a breakfast food.
Say 'Yo bebo...' (I drink...) with a breakfast drink.
Answer the question '¿Qué comes por la mañana?' with a simple sentence.
Name one fruit they like to eat for breakfast in Spanish.
Listen to a breakfast word in Spanish and point to the correct picture.
¡Buenos días! ☀️ ¿Tienes hambre? Let's talk about yummy breakfast foods!
Today, we will learn the Spanish words for breakfast. We will learn how to say what we eat and drink. It will be a delicious lesson! 🥞
Real-World Applications
Telling your family what you want for breakfast.
Asking a friend what they eat in the morning.
Understanding breakfast words on a menu...
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Key Concepts & Vocabulary
TermDefinitionExample
El desayunoThe first meal of the day. It means 'breakfast'. ☀️Mi desayuno es un huevo. (My breakfast is an egg.)
El huevo 🥚A yummy oval food that comes from a chicken.Yo como un huevo. (I eat an egg.)
La leche 🥛A white drink that comes from a cow. It's good for your bones!Yo bebo leche. (I drink milk.)
El pan 🍞A food made from flour. You can make toast with it!Me gusta el pan con mantequilla. (I like bread with butter.)
La fruta 🍓Sweet and healthy food from plants, like apples or bananas.La manzana es una fruta. (The apple is a fruit.)
El cereal 🥣A breakfast food you eat in a bowl, usually with milk.Yo como cereal por la mañana. (I eat cereal in the morning.)
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Grammar Rules & Patterns
Saying 'I eat...'
Yo como + [food name]
To tell someone what you eat, start with 'Yo como' and then say the food. 'Yo' means I, and 'como' means eat.
Saying 'I drink...'
Yo bebo + [drink name]
To tell someone what you drink, start with 'Yo bebo' and then say the drink. 'Bebo' means drink.
Answering 'What do you eat?'
Question: ¿Qué comes? Answer: Yo como [food name].
When someone asks '¿Qué comes?' (What do you eat?), you can answer using the 'Yo como...' pattern.
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Challenging
El lunes, Ana come cereal. El martes, Ana come fruta. ¿Qué come Ana el martes?
A.Cereal
B.Fruta
C.Huevos
D.Pan
Challenging
Para mi desayuno, tengo leche, pan tostado y una manzana. De estas tres cosas, ¿cuál es la fruta?
A.La manzana
B.La leche
C.El pan tostado
D.El desayuno
Challenging
Marco quiere comer cereal. Tiene el tazón y el cereal. ¿Qué cosa importante necesita para terminar su desayuno?
A.Jugo
B.Un tenedor
C.Leche
D.Mantequilla
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