Starter quiz
- Match the English to the Spanish.
- bored, boring⇔aburrido ✓
- claro⇔light ✓
- feliz⇔happy ✓
- loco⇔crazy ✓
- moreno⇔tanned; dark-skinned, dark-haired ✓
- oscuro⇔dark ✓
- Translate into Spanish: ¿Puedo ir al baño?
- Can I use the pen?
- Can I ask a question?
- Can I go to the toilet? ✓
- Can I ask a favour?
- Can I have the answer?
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- Choose the adjectives which could finish this sentence: Aisha es bastante ______.
- activo
- fuerte ✓
- activa ✓
- hermoso
- hermosa ✓
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- Choose the adjectives which could finish this sentence: Los compañeros están ______.
- aburridas
- locos ✓
- fuertes ✓
- felices ✓
- rojas
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- Translate into Spanish: We (mix of boys and girls) are tanned.
- 'Estamos morenos.' ✓
- Translate into Spanish: We (girls) are active (in general).
- 'Somos activas.' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the English to the Spanish.
- cousin (f)⇔la prima ✓
- cousin (m)⇔el primo ✓
- dog⇔el perro ✓
- grandpa⇔el abuelo ✓
- grandma⇔la abuela ✓
- cousins (mixed f and m)⇔los primos ✓
- Choose the correct adjective to complete this sentence: ¡El abuelo está ______!
- loca
- locas
- locos
- loco ✓
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- 'The cousins are bored now.' Write the correct adjective: 'Los primos están ______ ahora.'
- 'aburridos' ✓
- Match the Spanish permanent trait verb 'to be' with its English meaning.
- soy⇔I am (in general) ✓
- eres⇔you are (in general) ✓
- es⇔she, he, it is (in general) ✓
- somos⇔we are (in general) ✓
- son⇔they are (in general) ✓
- ser⇔to be, being (in general) ✓
- Match the Spanish temporary state verb 'to be' with its English meaning.
- estoy⇔I am (now) ✓
- estás⇔you are (now) ✓
- está⇔she, he, it is (now) ✓
- estamos⇔we are (now) ✓
- están⇔they are (now) ✓
- estar⇔to be, being (now) ✓
- Which sentence means 'they are tanned'?
- Están morenos. ✓
- Son morenos.
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Key learning points
- The sound symbol correspondence [ce] is pronounced as in 'cerca'.
- The sound symbol correspondence [ci] is pronounced as in 'cierto'.
- The verb 'ser' means 'to be, being' and is used for permanent traits. 'Son' means 'they are'.
- The verb 'estar' means 'to be, being' and is used for temporary states. 'Están' means 'they are'.
- In Spanish, adjectives must always agree in gender and number with the nouns they refer to.
Common misconception
To say 'they are' it does not matter which verb 'to be' we use.
In Spanish there are two verbs 'to be'; we say 'son' (they are) to describe permanent traits, and 'están' (they are) to describe temporary states.
Keywords
Son - part of the verb 'ser' meaning they are and used to talk about permanent traits
Están - part of the verb 'estar' meaning they are and used to talk about temporary states
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