Starter quiz
- Which word has a different 'g' sound to the others?
- ganar
- gente ✓
- gol
- preguntar
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- Which adjective doesn't change for grammatical gender?
- claro
- feliz ✓
- moreno
- oscuro
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- Which word means 'like'?
- claro
- como ✓
- feliz
- moreno
- cuando
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- Match the Spanish and English.
- aburrido⇔boring ✓
- claro⇔fair, clear ✓
- loco⇔crazy ✓
- moreno⇔dark-haired, tanned ✓
- 'Escuchar' means 'to listen'. Write 'she, he, it listens' in Spanish.
- 'escucha' ✓
- How do you say 'we are' in Spanish for traits?
- 'somos' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which verbs are infinitives?
- vivir ✓
- comer ✓
- come
- lee
- leer ✓
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- What is the 3rd person singular present tense of 'beber'?
- 'bebe' ✓
- Match the Spanish and English.
- agua⇔water ✓
- carne⇔meat ✓
- fruta⇔fruit ✓
- ejercicio⇔exercise ✓
- rico⇔tasty, rich ✓
- nunca⇔never ✓
- Who has the healthiest lifestyle?
- Tomás nunca hace ejercicio y nunca come fruta.
- Marta hace ejercicio a veces y solo bebe agua. ✓
- David solo come carne y nunca hace ejercicio.
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- Choose the correct translation: 'She reads many books'.
- Lee muchos libros. ✓
- Leer muchos libros.
- Leo muchos libros.
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- Translate into Spanish: 'She lives in Madrid'.
- 'Vive en Madrid.' ✓
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Key learning points
- The SSCs [ga], [go], [gu] are pronounced as in 'ganar', 'domingo', 'preguntar'.
- Some Spanish infinitives end in -er and -ir rather than -ar.
- The 3rd person singular ending for -er and -ir verbs is -e.
- The 3rd person singular form of the verb refers to she, he or it.
Common misconception
[ge] and [gi] are a soft 'g' sound as in English. Spanish [j] is different so you can always hear the difference when you transcribe words with these sounds.
Spanish [ge] and [gi] sounds like Spanish [j] + e and [j] + i, so you cannot hear the difference when you transcribe. However, there is often a clue from English, e.g., 'religión' in Spanish is spelled with [gi] as in English.
Keywords
Transcribe - write what you hear
-er verb - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -er
-ir verb - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -ir
Infinitive - form of the verb giving its general meaning, with no subject or tense
3rd person - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to another person
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