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What is life like in Tenerife?

Join Emily in Tenerife as she introduces her family and tells us about her life on the island.

Exploring Tenerife with Emily

Tenerife is an island () located off the coast of Spain and is the largest of the Canary Islands.

The good weather in Tenerife makes it a popular holiday destination for tourists.

Activities in Tenerife

As Tenerife is an island, there are plenty of beaches to enjoy.

Emily enjoys swimming in the sea and, as it’s warm in southern Tenerife, she can swim at any time of the day.

Emily lives near a mountain called (the Red Mountain) and likes to go walking there at the weekend.

Try practising some of these key phrases about Emily’s activities:

SpanishEnglish
I love…
to swim
the beach
(in) the morning
(in) the afternoon
(in) the night
the weekend
the sun

Did you know?

means ‘the end of the week’, but in Spanish this phrase is used to say ‘the weekend’ and is often shortened to ‘'.

Food in Tenerife

All over Spain, food brings friends and families together and Tenerife is just the same.

Families enjoy eating together and sharing different kinds of food.

Here are some of the foods Emily enjoys:

SpanishEnglish
delicious
food
fruit
vegetables
meat
a drink

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