Starter quiz
- Match the Spanish and the English.
- ganar⇔to win, winning ✓
- algo⇔something ✓
- gato⇔cat ✓
- regalo⇔present ✓
- domingo⇔Sunday ✓
- Which of these articles could be used to complete the sentence? ______ regalo en el pueblo.
- un ✓
- el ✓
- una
- la
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- Canto is the 1st person form of the verb 'cantar'. What is the 1st person form of the verb 'caminar'?
- 'camino' ✓
- Siempre hablo con un amigo en clase. Which is the correct translation?
- I always speak with a friend in class. ✓
- Speaking with a friend in class.
- I always speak with a friend at home.
- Speaking with a friend in class is always fun.
- Speaking with a friend at home is always fun.
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- Caminar en el pueblo es sano. Which is the correct translation?
- I walk in the village for my health.
- Walking in the village is healthy. ✓
- It is calming to walk in the village.
- Walking in the village is calming.
- I walk in the village, it's healthy.
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- 'Normally, I walk on the beach'. Order the words correctly to make this sentence.
- 1⇔normalmente
- 2⇔camino
- 3⇔en
- 4⇔la
- 5⇔playa
Exit quiz
- Which letter sound is missing from these words? domin__, lar__, al__
- go ✓
- ga
- ge
- gu
- gi
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- Match the Spanish phrase with its description.
- una tarta⇔a/an + feminine noun ✓
- la botella⇔the + feminine noun ✓
- un uniforme⇔a/an + masculine noun ✓
- el regalo⇔the + masculine noun ✓
- Match the Spanish and the English.
- un globo amarillo⇔a yellow balloon ✓
- la playa pequeña⇔the small beach ✓
- una silla roja⇔a red chair ✓
- el mar tranquilo⇔the calm sea ✓
- What is the 1st person singular verb form of 'ser'?
- sero
- soy ✓
- estoy
- es
- son
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- 'Canto con un familiar en casa. Es fantástico'. Which is the correct translation?
- Singing with a friend at home is fantastic.
- I sing with a relative at home. It's fantastic. ✓
- Singing with a friend in class is fantastic.
- Singing at home with a friend is fantastic.
- I sing with a relative in class. It's fantastic.
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- Which of these could complete the sentence correctly? '______ tarta bonita'.
- una ✓
- el
- un
- la ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The key sounds [ga] and [go] can be contrasted for listening and read aloud practice.
- The preposition 'por' is often used with verbs of movement and can be translated 'through', 'around' or 'along'.
- To mean 'I' with a verb the ending is -o, to mean 'she, he, it' the ending is -a.
- The definite article 'the' in Spanish is 'el' for masculine and la for feminine nouns.
- The indefinite article 'a/an' in Spanish is 'un' for masculine and 'una' for feminine noun.
Common misconception
Grammatical gender is the same as biological gender. If a word is feminine we think of it as a girl if it is masculine we think of it as a boy.
Grammatical gender is not the same as biological gender. Spelling clues help to identify Spanish grammatical gender: nouns ending in -o are usually masculine, nouns ending in -a are usually feminine.
Keywords
Ga - pronounced as in 'ganar'
Go - pronounced as in 'domingo'
Definite article - the words el and la meaning the
Indefinite article - the words un and una meaning a and an
3rd person singular - forms of pronouns and verbs used to refer to other people
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