Year 7
Year 7

Describing a place (Part 1/2)

These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.

These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will describe a place, using the singular and plural definite articles, and we will practise pronouncing the 'j' sound.

Licence

This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.

Loading...

Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.

Prior knowledge starter quiz

Download quiz pdf
Share with pupils

10 Questions

Q1.
What does this mean in English? "¿Dónde está Juan?"

He is Juan.
Juan more time please.
Correct answer: Where is Juan?

Q2.
Which indefinite article goes with the definite article "el"

si
Correct answer: un
una

Q3.
Which indefinite article goes with the definite article "la"

el
no
Correct answer: una

Q4.
What does "hay" mean in English?

Grass
Hey!
Correct answer: There is/There are

Q5.
Choose the best answer for ¿Qué hay en València?

es un barco
Correct answer: Hay un museo y una iglesia
Maria es alegre

Q6.
How would you say "there isn't a bar" in Spanish?

hay no bar
no bar no
Correct answer: no hay un bar

Q7.
What's the best adjective to describe "la iglesia"

alto
Correct answer: bonita
bonito

Q8.
Why can't you say "La iglesia es en Madrid"?

Correct answer: The verb should be "está"
The verb should be "soy"
You can say it

Q9.
What is "la tienda" in English?

The boat
The market
Correct answer: The shop

Q10.
"famosa" would describe what?

Correct answer: a feminine noun
a group of boys
a masculine noun

12 Questions

Q1.
el pueblo

building
team
Correct answer: town

Q2.
el equipo

film
Correct answer: team
view

Q3.
el trabajo

island
plate, dish
Correct answer: work, job

Q4.
el plato

island
Correct answer: plate, dish
view

Q5.
el edificio

Correct answer: building
team
town

Q6.
la familia

Correct answer: family
film
view

Q7.
la película

big
Correct answer: film
town

Q8.
la vista

island
very
Correct answer: view

Q9.
la isla

Correct answer: island
plate, dish
view

Q10.
grande

Correct answer: big
small
town

Q11.
interesante

big
Correct answer: interesting
interview

Q12.
de

Correct answer: of
through
town