Starter quiz
- Match the Spanish words below to the correct English translations.
- histórico⇔historical ✓
- despertar⇔to wake up, waking up ✓
- cayó⇔she, he, it fell ✓
- levantar⇔to get up, getting up ✓
- la cola⇔queue ✓
- acá⇔here ✓
- Match each verb ending to the pronoun it refers to.
- I⇔-o ✓
- you⇔-as ✓
- she, he, it⇔-a ✓
- How do you say 'my T-shirt'?
- mi camiseta ✓
- mis camiseta
- me camiseta
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- To tell somebody to do something or to give instructions, we use ...
- the present.
- the preterite.
- the imperative. ✓
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- When giving someone who you would address as 'tú' an instruction, the ending for -ar verbs is ...
- -as.
- -a. ✓
- -amos.
- -o.
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- Translate the following sentence into Spanish: 'Enjoy the festival!'
- '¡Disfruta el festival!' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the Spanish words below to the correct English translations.
- influir⇔to influence, influencing ✓
- construir⇔to build, building ✓
- enojada⇔angry (f) ✓
- el mediodía⇔midday ✓
- necessario⇔necessary (m) ✓
- bastante⇔quite ✓
- Which plural rule applies to the noun 'televisión'?
- In Spanish, to make a word plural that ends in a vowel, we add s.
- For words ending in a consonant, we add -es. ✓
- For words ending in z, we change z to c add -es.
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- To say 'my' before a plural noun, we use '______'.
- 'mis' ✓
- Select the reflexive pronouns.
- mi
- me ✓
- mis
- te ✓
- tus
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- When giving an instruction to somebody you would address as 'tú', the ending for -er verbs is ...
- -a.
- -es.
- -e. ✓
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- How do you say 'eat' (as an order/command) in Spanish?
- 'come' ✓
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Key learning points
- To make a noun plural, add -s if it ends in a vowel and -es if it ends in a consonant.
- [s] sounds like 'siempre', [z] sounds like 'empezar', [ci] sounds like 'principio' and [ce] sounds like 'entonces'.
- To say ‘you do something to yourself’, use 'te' before the verb, and 'me' to say 'I do something to myself’.
- When talking to somebody familiar to you (tú) with the affirmative imperative with -er verbs, use the ending -e.
- San Fermín (or San Fermines) is a week-long celebration held annually in Pamplona that involves running with bulls.
Common misconception
'Me' means 'to me' and 'my', and 'te' means 'to you' and 'your'.
'Me' and 'te' look very similar to the possessive adjectives 'mi' and 'tu', but their meanings are different.
Keywords
Reflexive pronoun - used to indicate doing something to yourself; words like 'me' (myself) and 'te' (yourself)
Possessive adjective - words like 'my' and 'your'; they show that something belongs to somebody
Imperative - a form of verb used to give instructions or commands
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