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# 6.3 Actividad

## Actividad 6.3

You work as a receptionist in a gym. Somebody who has arranged to meet some friends there asks you whether you know where they are. Some of them have left you a note of where they are but some haven't.

1 Answer the following questions, using the information on the notes people have left you.

Responda a las preguntas.

- (a) ¿Sabes dónde está Mónica?

- (b) ¿Sabes dónde está Juan?

- (c) ¿Sabes dónde está Ignacio?

- (d) ¿Sabes dónde está Ramón?

- (e)  ¿Sabes dónde está la monitora?

2 You join a new sports centre and you want to know where things are. Listen to the audio and answer, following the prompts.

Escuche y responda.

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Inside the sports centre
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## Vocabulario

al lado de | next to
delante de | in front of
detrás de | behind
entre | between
en | in, on, at

## Español de bolsillo

¿Dónde está la monitora? | Where is the instructor?
No sé. | I don't know.
¿Está en el gimnasio? | Is she in the gym?
¿Sabes dónde está el gimnasio? | Do you know where the gym is?
Sí, está en el primer piso. | Yes, it’ s on the first floor.

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Where is the instructor?
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3 Now record yourself on your blank tape asking different people where the following things are. Pay particular attention to the form of the verb, which will change according to whom you are addressing.

Grábese en su cinta.

- Ejemplo

- (tú) la piscina

- ¿Sabes dónde está la piscina?

- (a)  (usted) los vestuarios

- (b)  (ustedes) el bar

- (c)  (vosotros, -as) la sauna

- (d)  (tú) el gimnasio

## Answer

- 1 (a) Sí, está en el bar.

- (b)  No, no sé.

- (c)  Sí, está en la sauna.

- (d)  Sí, está en los vestuarios.

- (e)  No, no sé.

- 3 (a) ¿Sabe dónde están los vestuarios?

- (b)  ¿Saben dónde está el bar?

- (c)  ¿Sabéis dónde está la sauna?

- (d)  ¿Sabes dónde está el gimnasio?

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