What you have: intonation questions, 'tienes' | Spanish

Starter quiz

Read aloud. Which words have a 'c' sound that is different from English?

cama

especial ✓

excelente ✓

mochila
Match the Spanish and English meanings.

tengo

⇔

I have ✓

estoy

⇔

I am (location, state) ✓

soy

⇔

I am (trait) ✓
Write the missing word in this question in Spanish. ¿Cómo _____ hoy? (How are you today?)

'estás' ✓
¿Qué es 'I have a female friend' en español?

1

⇔

Tengo

2

⇔

una

3

⇔

amiga
Which word could answer this question: '¿Qué día es hoy?'

jueves ✓

eres

estás

viernes ✓

tienes
Put the Spanish days of the week in order, starting with Monday.

1

⇔

lunes

2

⇔

martes

3

⇔

miércoles

4

⇔

jueves

5

⇔

viernes

6

⇔

sábado

7

⇔

domingo

Exit quiz

Read these near cognates aloud. Which words have a 'c' sound in Spanish that is different from English?

necesario ✓

activo

ciencia ✓

fantástico
Match the Spanish and English meanings.

pregunta

⇔

question ✓

mochila

⇔

school bag, rucksack ✓

respuesta

⇔

answer ✓

cama

⇔

bed ✓

pelota

⇔

ball ✓
Which items would fit into 'un estuche'?

un libro

un sacapuntas ✓

un bolígrafo ✓

un cuaderno

una botella
Which question is an intonation question?

¿Cómo estás hoy?

¿Tienes un gato? ✓

¿Qué libro tienes?
Which words could answer this intonation question: 'Tienes una pelota en clase?'

Sí ✓

En

No ✓
¿Qué es 'Do you have a question?' en español?

'¿Tienes una pregunta?' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

Sound spelling correspondences [ce] and [ci] have a softer 'c' sound than [ca] [co] and [cu].
Practising nouns helps us remember the word and the gender.
'Tienes' is part of the verb 'tener' and means 'you have'.
Yes/no questions can be made by raising the tone of your voice at the end of any statement.
There is no equivalent of the word 'do' in Spanish intonation questions.

Common misconception

You have to include the word for 'do' in Spanish intonation questions.

Spanish intonation (yes/no questions) can be made simply by raising the tone of voice at the end of any statement. There is no equivalent of the word 'do' in Spanish intonation questions.

Keywords

[ce] - sound-symbol correspondence
[ci] - sound-symbol correspondence
Tienes - Spanish verb meaning ‘you have’ to one person