Experiencias de racismo: develop understanding | Spanish

Starter quiz

Match the near-cognates.

metro

⇔

metre ✓

torneo

⇔

tournament ✓

acompañar

⇔

to go with, accompany ✓

causar

⇔

to cause, causing ✓

justo

⇔

fair, just ✓

recomendar

⇔

to recommend, recommending ✓
Match the Spanish and English.

alrededor

⇔

around, approximately ✓

fila

⇔

line, row ✓

valer

⇔

to be worth, cost ✓

cobrar

⇔

to charge, earn (money) ✓
Which Spanish words have a soft [g] sound?

estómago

regla

región ✓

proteger ✓
How do you spell the 1st person singular form of 'exigir' (to demand, demanding)?

1

⇔

e

2

⇔

x

3

⇔

i

4

⇔

j

5

⇔

o
Write the missing verb: recomiendo, recomiendas, ______, recomendamos, recomendáis, recomiendan

'recomienda' ✓
Write the missing word: 'Mi hermana no ordena ______ su habitación.' (My sister never tidies her bedroom.)

'nunca' ✓

Exit quiz

True or false? The [g] sound in Spanish is always hard, as in 'gol'.

True

False ✓
What is the missing verb?: ______, proteges, protege, protegemos, protegéis, protegen

'protejo' ✓
Write the missing form of 'coger': 'Nunca ______ el autobús' (we never catch the bus).

'cogemos' ✓
Match the Spanish and English.

nunca

⇔

never ✓

nadie

⇔

nobody, anybody ✓

nada

⇔

nothing, anything ✓

ningún

⇔

no, not ... any (before a masculine noun) ✓

ninguna

⇔

no, not ... any (before a feminine noun) ✓
What are the missing words?: '__________ puede recomendar __________ solución' (nobody can recommend any solution).

nadie, ningún

nadie, ninguna ✓

ningún, nadie

ninguna, nadie

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Key learning points

Present-tense verbs ending in -gir or -ger have a spelling change in the 1st person singular e.g. dirigir > dirijo.
[gi] and [ge] are pronounced as in ‘imaginar’ and ‘gente’.
[j] is pronounced as in 'ojo'.
You can use context, cognates and prior learning to aid reading comprehension.
Before translating from English into Spanish, it is important to consider the grammatical features involved.

Common misconception

In Spanish, [g] is always pronounced as in 'gol'.

The pronunciation of [g] varies depending on the vowels that follow. [g] followed by [a], [o] or [u] is hard, whereas [g] followed by [i] or [e] is soft.

Keywords

[gi] - pronounced as in 'imaginar'
[ge] - pronounced as in 'gente'
[j] - pronounced as in 'ojo'
Irregular 1st person verb - verb that is irregular in the 1st person singular form of the present tense