Starter quiz
- Put the numbers in the correct order.
- 1⇔cuatro
- 2⇔cinco
- 3⇔seis
- 4⇔siete
- 5⇔ocho
- 6⇔nueve
- 7⇔diez
- How would you say in Spanish 'What is it like?'
- ¿Qué es?
- ¿Cómo es? ✓
- ¿Dónde está?
- ¿Cómo estás?
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- What is a singular definite article?
- a word that comes before an adjective
- a word that comes before the noun meaning 'the' ✓
- a word that gives information something about the verb
- a word that comes before the noun meaning 'a/an'
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- What is a singular indefinite article?
- a word that comes before an adjective
- a word that comes before the noun meaning 'the'
- a word that gives information something about the verb
- a word that comes before the noun meaning 'a/an' ✓
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- Complete this sentence with the correct verb: '______ una escuela en la ciudad.'
- está
- son
- hay ✓
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- Translate this sentence into Spanish: 'I have a bike but you have two cats.'
- 1⇔tengo
- 2⇔una
- 3⇔bicicleta
- 4⇔pero
- 5⇔tienes
- 6⇔dos
- 7⇔gatos
Exit quiz
- Which article do we use to mention a noun for the first time: the definite or the indefinite article?
- 'indefinite' ✓
- True or False? In Spanish there is only one word for the English 'the'.
- True
- False ✓
- Identify the sentences with a singular definite article in them.
- Hay un museo.
- La escuela es pequeña. ✓
- La ciudad esta lejos. ✓
- Hay un centro. El centro es antiguo. ✓
- Hay una tienda.
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- Match the Spanish to the English.
- entre⇔between ✓
- cerca⇔close ✓
- lejos⇔far ✓
- respuesta⇔answer ✓
- Put the vocab learning strategy in the correct order.
- 1⇔look
- 2⇔say
- 3⇔cover
- 4⇔write
- 5⇔check
- Translate into Spanish: 'There is a bank but it is old.'
- 'Hay un banco pero es antiguo.' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The SSC [ge] sounds like in 'gente'
- The SSC [gi] sounds like in 'imaginar'
- The indefinite article is used to introduce a noun and the definite article to refer to it again
Common misconception
The sounds [ge] and [gi] are pronounced just like in English.
Both sounds are pronounced like an 'h' followed by 'e' for [ge] and followed by 'i' for [gi]
Keywords
[ge] - pronounced as in 'gente'
[gi] - pronounced as in 'imaginar'
Indefinite article - the word 'a, an' that comes before a noun when it is mentioned for the first time
Definite article - the word 'the' comes before a noun when it has been mentioned before in a sentence
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