Starter quiz
- Nouns in Spanish are either ______ or feminine.
- 'masculine' ✓
- The indefinite article is the 'a' or 'an' that comes before a ...
- verb
- noun ✓
- connective
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- True or false? 'una' means 'a' or 'an' before a feminine noun.
- True ✓
- False
- Choose the correct translation of 'I have a book'.
- Tengo uno libro.
- Tengo una libro.
- Tengo un libro. ✓
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- Match the Spanish and English.
- barco⇔boat ✓
- gato⇔cat ✓
- libro⇔book ✓
- amigo⇔friend (m) ✓
- revista⇔magazine ✓
- casa⇔house ✓
- Which verbs are in the 3rd person singular?
- I listen
- she listens ✓
- you listen
- he listens ✓
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Exit quiz
- Match the Spanish and English.
- temprano⇔early ✓
- otra vez⇔again ✓
- con⇔with ✓
- en⇔in ✓
- An infinitive is a type of ...
- noun
- verb ✓
- adjective
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- Which is incorrect?
- un casa ✓
- un amigo
- un barco
- un libro
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- Match up the infinitives.
- bailar⇔to dance, dancing ✓
- escuchar⇔to listen, listening ✓
- comprar⇔to buy, buying ✓
- hablar⇔to talk, talking ✓
- llegar⇔to arrive, arriving ✓
- How do you say 'listening in class is important' in Spanish?
- 1⇔escuchar
- 2⇔en
- 3⇔clase
- 4⇔es
- 5⇔importante
- What does 'llega' mean in English?
- I arrive
- to arrive, arriving
- he arrives ✓
- she arrives ✓
- arrives ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The Spanish sounds [cue], [cua] and [cui] are pronounced as in 'cuerpo', 'cuatro' and 'cuidar'.
- The masculine and feminine singular indefinite articles in Spanish are 'un' and 'una'. They mean 'a' or 'an'.
- Infinitives give the general meaning of a verb.
- Regular infinitive verbs ending in -ar change to -a in the 3rd person singular.
Common misconception
It is necessary to use pronouns before verbs in Spanish to know who is performing an action.
It is not usually necessary to use pronouns before verbs in Spanish. You can tell who is performing an action by looking at the verb ending.
Keywords
[cue], [cua] and [cui] - pronounced as in 'cuerpo', 'cuatro' and 'cuidar'
Indefinite article - the 'a' or 'an' that comes before a noun (a tree, an elephant)
Verb - word that communicates actions or states
Infinitive - form of the verb giving its general meaning, with no subject or tense
-ar verb - verb whose infinitive form ends in -ar
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