What someone else has: 'tiene' | Spanish | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which Spanish number has both hard and soft 'c' sounds?

cuatro (4)

doce (12)

catorce (14) ✓
¿Qué es 'una mochila'?
¿Qué es 'un cuaderno'?
Write the correct Spanish indefinite article 'a/an'. ______ fruta.

'una' ✓
¿Qué es 'I have a phone from England'?

1

⇔

Tengo

2

⇔

un

3

⇔

teléfono

4

⇔

de

5

⇔

Inglaterra
¿Qué es 'Having a pen from Spain is fantastic'?

1

⇔

Tener

2

⇔

un

3

⇔

bolígrafo

4

⇔

de

5

⇔

España

6

⇔

es

7

⇔

fantástico

Exit quiz

Read aloud. 'Celeste tiene doce cucarachas en la cocina.' How many 'c's sound like the 'c' in 'decir' and 'centro'?

3 ✓

4

5
What does the sentence 'Soy de Inglaterra' mean?

'I am from England.' ✓
Match the Spanish and English meanings.

una cama

⇔

a bed ✓

una bicicleta

⇔

a bicycle ✓

un cuaderno

⇔

an exercise book ✓

una amiga

⇔

a female friend ✓

un amigo

⇔

a male friend ✓

un gato

⇔

a cat ✓
Write the word for 'she, he, it has' in Spanish.

'tiene' ✓
Tengo ______ gato. (I have a cat)

'un' ✓
Tiene ______ cama. (She, he, it has a bed)

'una' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

Sound-symbol correspondence [ci] sounds different in Spanish and English and benefits from frequent practice.
'tiene' is part of the verb 'tener' and means 'she, he, or it has'.
'tiene' is useful for communicating about the belongings someone else has. For example, 'tiene una bicicleta'.

Common misconception

Spanish verbs always need pronouns, like in English ,to convey the person doing the action.

Spanish verbs don't always need pronouns. When 'tiene' follows a name or noun it just means 'has'. Otherwise 'tiene' refers to the 'she', 'he' or 'it' that is the subject of the sentence and means 'she, he, it has'.

Keywords

[ci] - sound-symbol correspondence
Tiene - Spanish verb meaning ‘she, he, it has’ and just 'has'