Starter quiz
- Which of these is a noun?
- green
- and
- bear ✓
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- What is the English meaning of these Spanish words?
- normalmente⇔usually, normally ✓
- oso⇔bear ✓
- siempre⇔always ✓
- universo⇔universe ✓
- Which of the following adjectives describe something feminine?
- curiosa ✓
- lento
- rápida ✓
- tranquilo
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- Which of the following adjectives describe something masculine?
- cansado ✓
- contenta
- nerviosa
- serio ✓
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- Which words describe a permanent trait?
- eres ✓
- estar
- está
- estoy
- soy ✓
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- How would you say 'is' in Spanish when it means a permanent trait?
- 'es' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which Spanish word has a different ‘c’ sound to the other words?
- cantar
- cerrar ✓
- comprar
- cuatro
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- Choose the correct picture to match the word ‘pelota’.
- Write the correct word for ‘a' in Spanish: ______ bolígrafo.
- 'un' ✓
- Write the correct word for 'a' in Spanish: ______ fruta.
- 'una' ✓
- How do you say 'I have' in Spanish?
- 'tengo' ✓
- Which is the correct translation for ‘Having a camera is serious’?
- Tener una cámara es serio. ✓
- Tener un cámara es serio.
- Tengo una cámara, es serio.
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Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence [ce] can be practised by pronouncing words such as 'centro' and 'doce'.
- All nouns in Spanish have grammatical gender, masculine or feminine.
- The masculine word for 'a/an' is 'un', the feminine word for 'a/an' is 'una'.
- The verb 'to have' is 'tener'; 'I have' is 'tengo'.
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
[ce] - sound-symbol correspondence
Grammatical gender - nouns in Spanish are either masculine or feminine
Indefinite article - the words ‘un’ and ‘una’, meaning ‘a’ and ‘an’
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