Starter quiz
- How would you greet someone in Spanish?
- 'Hola' ✓
- When do we use the verb 'estar'?
- for general traits and origin
- for location, temporary state or mood ✓
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- Match the Spanish to the English.
- tranquilo⇔calm (m) ✓
- feliz⇔happy (m, f) ✓
- nervioso⇔nervous (m) ✓
- serio⇔serious (m) ✓
- curiosa⇔curious (f) ✓
- rápida⇔fast (f) ✓
- Choose the correct ending for this sentence: 'Estoy ______.'
- en clase ✓
- triste ✓
- de España
- jueves
- en Inglaterra ✓
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- Choose the correct translation of 'Eres de España.'
- I am from Spain.
- You are from Spain. ✓
- He is from Spain.
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- How would you say 'I am from England'?
- 'Soy de Inglaterra.' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the English to the Spanish.
- happy⇔feliz ✓
- serious⇔serio ✓
- I am⇔soy ✓
- today⇔hoy ✓
- you are⇔eres ✓
- where?⇔¿dónde? ✓
- What is the opposite of 'lento'?
- triste
- elegante
- curioso
- rápido ✓
- tranquilo
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- What punctuation do we include in a Spanish question?
- ¡!
- .
- ¿? ✓
- ?
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- How do we use our voice to ask a question in Spanish?
- When we see ¿? we lower our voice at the end of the sentence.
- When we see ¿? we raise our voice at the end of the sentence. ✓
- When we see ¿? we read the sentence as any other statement.
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- Transform this sentence into a question: 'Eres de España.'
- '¿Eres de España?' ✓
- Put the words in the correct order to say 'You are from England and you are calm.'
- 1⇔Eres
- 2⇔de
- 3⇔Inglaterra
- 4⇔y
- 5⇔eres
- 6⇔tranquila.
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Key learning points
- The vowel sounds [a] [e] [i] [o] and [u] can be practised by listening and distinguishing them.
- The verb 'ser' means to be, being when talking about general traits and where people are from.
- 'Eres' means 'you are' when talking about general traits and where you are from.
- Raising the pitch of your voice makes statements into intonation or yes/no questions.
Common misconception
'Eres' and 'eres de' mean the same thing.
'Eres' means 'you are' and it is usually followed by a name or an adjective. 'Eres de' means 'you are from' and it is followed by a country.
Keywords
Vowels - letters [a], [e], [i], [o] and [u]
Intonation question - how the voice rises at the end of a question in Spanish
Eres - part of the verb 'to be, being' meaning 'you are'
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