El día de Muertos: estar + present participle, adverbs of position | Spanish

Starter quiz

Match the Spanish words with the correct English translations.

enhorabuena

⇔

congratulations ✓

la esquina

⇔

corner ✓

el muerto

⇔

dead (person) ✓

la tradición

⇔

tradition ✓

relajante

⇔

relaxing (m, f) ✓

continuar

⇔

to continue, continuing ✓
Choose the examples of present participles.

aguantando ✓

escucho

escogiendo ✓

saltar

agradeciendo ✓
'El Día de los Muertos' is a celebration originally from ...

'Mexico' ✓
We use estar for ...

nationality

states ✓

moods ✓

location ✓
Match the adverbs with their correct translation.

al lado de

⇔

next to ✓

cerca

⇔

near ✓

debajo

⇔

below, under ✓

detrás

⇔

behind ✓

delante

⇔

in front of ✓

en

⇔

at, in, on ✓
Choose the correct form of estar to complete the sentence: 'La carretera ______ lejos del centro de la ciudad'.

están

estar

está ✓

Match the Spanish with the English word.

el escenario

⇔

stage ✓

el ser

⇔

being ✓

buenos días

⇔

good morning ✓

despacio

⇔

slowly ✓

relajante

⇔

relaxing ✓

encender

⇔

to turn on, turning on ✓
Which words have the same sound as [ll] in llave?

trayendo ✓

cayendo ✓

lado

niño

llamando ✓
How do you say 'I am' for location?

'estoy' ✓
Which word is missing in this sentence? 'La foto está encima ______ banco'.

de

del ✓

en

de la

de los
Which words are used in the question 'Are you listening to music?' in Spanish?

está

estás ✓

escuchando ✓

escuchar

música ✓
Match the verb with the correct description.

pedir

⇔

to ask for ✓

pidiendo

⇔

asking for ✓

leyendo

⇔

reading ✓

construyendo

⇔

building ✓

repitiendo

⇔

repeating ✓

construir

⇔

to build ✓

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El día de Muertos is a Mexican celebration whereby people remember and pay homage to loved ones who have passed.
[ll] and [y] are pronounced the same. [ll] sounds like 'llevar' and [y] sounds like 'ayuda'.
Estar in present tense, singular persons
Estar + present participle of -ar & -er / -ir (-ando, -iendo) is used to talk about ongoing events.
Verbs whose stems end in a vowel (leer, construir) have a i->y spelling change when in the past participle ending.

All present participles follow regular rules and there are no spelling exceptions.

Verbs whose stems end in a vowel (leer, construir) have a i->y spelling change when in the past participle ending.

Estar - verb ‘to be, being’ used for location, states and moods and as an auxiliary verb in the present continuous
Adverb - word that describes a verb or an adjective
Present continuous - describes events happening right now: 'I am doing'
Present participle - verb form that forms the present continuous, together with the auxiliary verb 'estar'