Starter quiz
- Match the greetings with their opposites.
- Buenos días⇔Buenas tardes ✓
- Hola⇔Adiós ✓
- Buenas tardes⇔Buenos días ✓
- The teacher asks, 'Lara, ¿Estás presente?' How could Lara answer?
- Estoy presente. ✓
- Estoy aquí. ✓
- Estás presente.
- Estás ausente.
- Estoy ausente.
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- When you change a statement to a question in Spanish, you ...
- raise your voice at the end ✓
- remove the question marks
- add an upside down question mark at the beginning and a question mark at the end ✓
- lower your voice at the end
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- Which of the following words include the [a] sound?
- casa ✓
- cama ✓
- alto ✓
- dos
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- Change this question to a statement: ¿estás ausente?
- 'Estás ausente. ' ✓
Exit quiz
- Identify the place which includes both the [a] and [u] sound.
- Piura ✓
- Palma
- Granada
- Lugo
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- Match the English with the Spanish.
- estar⇔to be, being ✓
- estoy⇔I am ✓
- estás⇔you are ✓
- está⇔she, he, it is ✓
- Which Spanish question is completely correct?
- ¿Rubén está en Madrid? ✓
- Rubén está en Madrid?
- ¿Rubén está en Madrid¿
- Rubén está en Madrid
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- What is the Spanish word for 'in'?
- 'en' ✓
- To say 'yes' and 'no' in Spanish, use:
- sí and no ✓
- está and estás
- aquí and allí
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- Answer '¿estás aquí? by saying 'yes, I am here' in Spanish.
- 'Sí estoy aquí.' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondences [a] and [u] can be practised with source words 'alto' and 'universo'.
- Many city names in the Spanish-speaking world contain the sounds [a] and [u].
- 'Estás' means you are, 'está' means he, she, it is, when talking about location.
- A statement becomes a yes/no question by raising tone of voice at the end.
Common misconception
You need to swap word order (the verb and the pronoun) when asking questions in Spanish, like in English.
There is no change to word order when we turn a statement into a question. Instead, you raise your voice at the end.
Keywords
Estás - part of the verb estar, to be, being, meaning you are
Está - part of the verb estar, to be, being, meaning she, he, it is
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