Starter quiz
- How do you say 'the birthday' in Spanish?
- 'el cumpleaños' ✓
- Which word goes in front of the verb to make a sentence negative?
- en
- no ✓
- a menudo
- lo
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- Match each person to the correct verb ending for -er and -ir verbs in the present tense.
- I⇔-o ✓
- you⇔-es ✓
- she, he, it⇔-e ✓
- How do you say 'he thanks' in Spanish? The infinitive 'to thank' is 'agradecer'.
- 'agradece' ✓
- Select the direct object pronouns.
- lo ✓
- el
- las ✓
- los ✓
- la ✓
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- Put the words below in the correct order to translate the sentence 'I buy them in a shop'.
- 1⇔los
- 2⇔compro
- 3⇔en
- 4⇔una
- 5⇔tienda
Exit quiz
- Match these Spanish words to their correct English translations.
- aguantar⇔to put up with, putting up with ✓
- divertirse⇔to have fun, having fun ✓
- la esquina⇔corner ✓
- el rock⇔rock music ✓
- pegar⇔to stick in, sticking in ✓
- pesado⇔annoying ✓
- 'Querer’, ‘deber’, ‘tener que’ and ‘poder’ are all examples of ...
- regular -er verbs.
- modal verbs. ✓
- past tense verbs.
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- Match the different forms of 'poder' to the correct English translations.
- puedo⇔I can ✓
- puedes⇔you can (singular) ✓
- puede⇔she, he, it can ✓
- Which of these verbs can be used to talk about what somebody must or has to do?
- querer
- tener que ✓
- deber ✓
- poder
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- In two-verb constructions, where can direct object pronouns go?
- before the first verb ✓
- before the second verb
- after the infinitive, attached to it ✓
- before a noun
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- Match these Spanish words to their correct English translations.
- colocar⇔to put, putting ✓
- llamar, llamarse⇔to call/name, to be called ✓
- el suelo⇔floor, ground ✓
- organizar⇔to organise, organising ✓
- temprano⇔early ✓
- mover⇔to move, moving ✓
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Key learning points
- The modal verbs 'querer', 'poder', 'deber' and 'tener que' are followed by an infinitive verb.
- In 2-verb structures, direct object pronouns can go before the conjugated verb and attached to the infinitive.
- When using verbs in the negative form with direct object pronouns, the 'no' needs to go before the object pronoun.
- [z] sounds like 'zapato' and [co] sounds like 'coche'. Pay attention to these two key sounds in words like 'conozco'.
- The translation for 'saber’ + infinitive is ‘can’, meaning ‘to know how to’ do something.
Common misconception
Modal verbs are followed by a conjugated verb which changes its ending to match the person who is speaking.
Modal verbs are followed by the infinitive.
Keywords
Modal verb - a verb of necessity or possibility used with a 2nd verb in the infinitive, e.g., 'must do', 'can eat', 'want to help'
Infinitive - form of the verb giving its general meaning, with no subject or tense
Direct object pronoun - replaces a noun that is the object of the sentence
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