English and the World · Spain · 43 · Seville · A1–C2 · A1–A2 free
An iron bridge across the river, a castle with a dark past, a market full of colour, painted tiles on every wall, and the flamenco of the old neighbourhood. Choose your level.
Triana
Triana is a neighbourhood on the other side of the river Guadalquivir from the centre of Seville. For hundreds of years it was the home of sailors, fishermen and potters. Many sailors on the ships to the Americas came from Triana.
Today you cross the river on an iron bridge from 1852, the Triana Bridge. At the end of the bridge there is a market, and next to it the ruins of an old castle. Triana is famous for its colourful tiles, its pottery and its flamenco.
A day in Triana
On Saturday we’re going to walk across the Triana Bridge. First we’re going to visit the market and have breakfast there. Then we’re going to see the castle museum and a pottery workshop. My sister is going to buy some tiles for her kitchen.
In the afternoon we’re going to walk along Calle Betis, by the river. We aren’t going to take a taxi: it’s near. And in the evening? We’re going to listen to flamenco in a bar!
🦉 Want more? Sophia explains the present tenses, including the present continuous for plans, in The Instant and the Standing Rule (Philo & Sophia, Lesson 1).
Language: going to for plans
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| plans and intentions | am / is / are going to + verb | We’re going to visit the market. |
| negative | ’m not / isn’t / aren’t going to | We aren’t going to take a taxi. |
| question | Am / Is / Are … going to + verb? | Are you going to buy some tiles? |
| short answers | Yes, I am. / No, she isn’t. | “Is he going to come?” “Yes, he is.” |
⚠️ Don’t forget am / is / are: We are going to walk, not ✗ We going to walk. In speech, going to often sounds like “gonna”, but we don’t write it.
Read the texts first. Press “Check my answers” at the end.
Choose the best answer.
1. Where is Triana?
2. Who lived in Triana for hundreds of years?
3. What is at the end of the bridge?
4. What is Triana famous for?
Write am, is or are.
5. We going to walk across the bridge.
6. My sister going to buy some tiles.
7. I going to have breakfast at the market.
8. you going to visit the castle?
Write the missing word.
9. We’re to listen to flamenco tonight.
10. They’re going walk along Calle Betis.
11. We going to take a taxi. (negative)
12. “Is he going to come with us?” “No, he .”
Go there!
Visit: walk across the Triana Bridge, have breakfast at the Triana Market, visit the castle museum under the market, and see the tiles at the Triana Ceramics Centre. In the evening, walk along Calle Betis and look at the city across the river.
Your task: write your plan for next weekend in six sentences with going to.
It tells how a neighbourhood across the river lived from the water and the clay, why the Inquisition had its castle here, how its sailors crewed the fleets to the Americas, and how its flamenco families were moved out and what they took with them, with grammar, practice, etymology and a visit plan.
The A1–A2 version above is free for everyone.
It tells how a neighbourhood across the river lived from the water and the clay, why the Inquisition had its castle here, how its sailors crewed the fleets to the Americas, and how its flamenco families were moved out and what they took with them, with grammar, practice, etymology and a visit plan.
The A1–A2 version above is free for everyone.