In our Spanish topic ‘Around Town’, we have been making our sentences more interesting by using subordinate clauses (adding extra information to a main clause) starting with ‘because’, ‘when’ or ‘with’. We are also using a variety of conjunctions (but, and, also) and a mixture of positive and negative verbs.
Translation: I want to go to the park because I like to play, also I have to go to school because I like to study maths.
Translation: I like to go to the station because I like to travel when it is sunny, and also I want to go to the sports shop because I like to buy various things but I don’t have to go to the house because I don’t want to drink water.
Translation: I have to go to school because I like to study maths and I have to go to study sports. I have to go to the house because I like to drink water.
Translation: With my friends, when it is sunny I like to go to the park because I like to play and also I want to go to the ice cream shop because I like to eat ice-cream when it is sunny but I don’t need to go to school because I don’t want to drink water.
Translation: I have to go to school because I like to study maths and also I want to go to the ice-cream shop because I like to eat an ice-cream but I don’t need to go to the station because I [don’t] like to travel.
Translation: I have to go to school because I like to study maths and also to the park because I like to play [with] friends when it is sunny.
Translation: I want to go to the sports shop because I like to buy various things and also I have to go to the house because I want to drink water when it is sunny but I don’t have to go to the supermarket because I don’t need to buy an apple.
Use the prompt sheet to make your own sensational sentence…