Your goal
Describe a learning goal and choose a small action to reach it.
Read the story
Nora helps at a neighbourhood repair table on Saturdays. Visitors bring bags, lamps, and small pieces of furniture. Nora writes their names in a book and shows them where to sit. She enjoys meeting people, but she often needs help when a visitor speaks English. She knows many words for tools. However, she finds it difficult to ask clear questions about a problem. Before the next repair day, she decides to make a learning plan.
At first, Nora writes a very large goal in her notebook: learn English. She looks at the page and does not know where to begin. Her neighbour Luis asks what she wants to do at the table. Nora thinks about the visitors and changes her goal. By Saturday, she wants to ask three useful questions in English without reading her notebook. She wants to ask what the object is, what is wrong with it, and when the problem started.
Nora chooses one short action for each evening. On Monday, she finds simple question forms in her course notes. On Tuesday, she says the questions aloud while she prepares dinner. On Wednesday, Luis plays a visitor with a broken chair. Nora asks her questions, listens to his answers, and writes down one missing word. Their practice takes ten minutes. Nora does not understand every word Luis says, but she gets the information she needs to show him the right table.
On Friday, Nora checks her progress. She puts her notebook under a plate and asks the three questions again. She remembers two easily, but she forgets part of the third. Instead of starting a new list, she practises that question twice and tries again later. She also prepares a polite request for help. Her plan includes a clear goal, a small action, and a way to check the result. It now feels possible to finish it.
On Saturday, a visitor brings a small wooden box with a loose lid. Nora asks her three questions. The visitor answers slowly, and Nora takes him to Luis. Afterwards, she writes a short note about what worked. Next week, she wants to explain where visitors can leave their bags. She keeps her old questions for a quick review. For Nora, a finished goal is a useful step towards the next one, and her notebook shows the steps she can already take.
A conversation to practise
Luis: What do you want to learn?
Nora: I want to ask three questions.
Luis: How can you practise?
Nora: I can practise with you for ten minutes.
Understand the story
- Where does Nora help on Saturdays?
- How does Nora check her progress on Friday?
- What does Nora want to explain next week?
Practise the language
- Complete with want or wants: Nora ___ to ask clear questions.
- Complete with one word: I want ___ practise tonight.
- Rewrite using wants to: Her goal is to learn three questions. Begin: She
Vocabulary & explanations
English
Your goal
Describe a learning goal and choose a small action to reach it.
Useful vocabulary
- goal
- Something you want to achieve.My goal is to ask three questions.
- repair
- Make a broken thing work again.Luis can repair the chair.
- visitor
- A person who comes to a place.A visitor brings a lamp.
- action
- Something you do.Choose one action for tonight.
- practise
- Do something again to learn it.We practise questions after dinner.
- progress
- Movement towards your goal.The notebook shows my progress.
- aloud
- With a voice people can hear.Read the question aloud.
- review
- Study something again.I review my questions on Friday.
Want to + verb
Use want to followed by the base verb for a goal: I want to learn. With he or she, use wants to: She wants to ask a question.
- I want to practise tonight.
- Nora wants to help visitors.
- We want to check our progress.
Make it yours
Write three sentences: your English goal, one ten-minute action, and how you will check your progress. Use want to.
Check and remember
Without looking, name the three parts of Nora’s plan and say one goal with wants to.
Français
Votre objectif
Décrire un objectif d’apprentissage et choisir une petite action pour l’atteindre.
Vocabulaire utile
- goal
- Un objectif à atteindre.My goal is to ask three questions.
- repair
- Réparer un objet cassé.Luis can repair the chair.
- visitor
- Une personne qui visite un lieu.A visitor brings a lamp.
- action
- Une chose que l’on fait.Choose one action for tonight.
- practise
- Répéter pour apprendre.We practise questions after dinner.
- progress
- Une avancée vers son objectif.The notebook shows my progress.
- aloud
- À voix haute.Read the question aloud.
- review
- Réviser une chose déjà étudiée.I review my questions on Friday.
Want to + verbe
Pour exprimer un objectif, utilisez want to suivi de la base verbale : I want to learn. Avec he ou she, utilisez wants to : She wants to ask a question.
- I want to practise tonight.
- Nora wants to help visitors.
- We want to check our progress.
À vous de jouer
Écrivez trois phrases : votre objectif en anglais, une action de dix minutes et votre façon de vérifier vos progrès. Utilisez want to.
Vérifier et retenir
Sans regarder, nommez les trois parties du plan de Nora et formulez un objectif avec wants to.
Español
Tu objetivo
Describir una meta de aprendizaje y elegir una pequeña acción para alcanzarla.
Vocabulario útil
- goal
- Una meta que quieres alcanzar.My goal is to ask three questions.
- repair
- Arreglar algo roto.Luis can repair the chair.
- visitor
- Una persona que visita un lugar.A visitor brings a lamp.
- action
- Algo que haces.Choose one action for tonight.
- practise
- Repetir algo para aprenderlo.We practise questions after dinner.
- progress
- Un avance hacia tu meta.The notebook shows my progress.
- aloud
- En voz alta.Read the question aloud.
- review
- Repasar algo ya estudiado.I review my questions on Friday.
Want to + verbo
Para expresar una meta, usa want to seguido del verbo base: I want to learn. Con he o she, usa wants to: She wants to ask a question.
- I want to practise tonight.
- Nora wants to help visitors.
- We want to check our progress.
Hazlo tuyo
Escribe tres frases: tu meta de inglés, una acción de diez minutos y cómo comprobarás tu progreso. Usa want to.
Comprobar y recordar
Sin mirar, nombra las tres partes del plan de Nora y expresa una meta con wants to.
العربية
هدفك
وصف هدف للتعلم واختيار خطوة صغيرة لتحقيقه.
مفردات مفيدة
- goal
- هدف تريد تحقيقه.My goal is to ask three questions.
- repair
- إصلاح شيء معطل.Luis can repair the chair.
- visitor
- شخص يزور مكانا.A visitor brings a lamp.
- action
- عمل تقوم به.Choose one action for tonight.
- practise
- تكرار عمل لتعلمه.We practise questions after dinner.
- progress
- تقدم نحو هدفك.The notebook shows my progress.
- aloud
- بصوت مسموع.Read the question aloud.
- review
- مراجعة شيء سبق تعلمه.I review my questions on Friday.
استخدام want to مع الفعل
للتعبير عن هدف، استخدم want to ثم الفعل بصيغته الأساسية: I want to learn. مع he أو she استخدم wants to: She wants to ask a question.
- I want to practise tonight.
- Nora wants to help visitors.
- We want to check our progress.
دورك الآن
اكتب ثلاث جمل: هدفك في الإنجليزية، وخطوة تستغرق عشر دقائق، وكيف ستتحقق من تقدمك. استخدم want to.
راجع وتذكّر
دون النظر، اذكر الأجزاء الثلاثة لخطة نورا وعبّر عن هدف باستخدام wants to.
Check your answers
Story answers
- She helps at a neighbourhood repair table.
- She hides her notebook and asks the three questions again.
- She wants to explain where visitors can leave their bags.
Language answers
- wants — Nora takes the same verb form as she: wants.
- to — Put to before the verb after want.
- She wants to learn three questions. — Wants to learn expresses her goal.
Français
- Avec Nora, utilisez la même forme verbale qu’avec she : wants.
- Placez to devant le verbe après want.
- Wants to learn exprime son objectif.
Español
- Con Nora, usa la misma forma verbal que con she: wants.
- Pon to delante del verbo después de want.
- Wants to learn expresa su meta.
العربية
- مع Nora، استخدم صيغة الفعل نفسها المستخدمة مع she: wants.
- ضع to قبل الفعل بعد want.
- تعبر wants to learn عن هدفها.