Lesson 14 of 14
  • Year 8

Describing what people do (festive traditions)

Lesson 14 of 14
  • Year 8

Describing what people do (festive traditions)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will be revising plural forms of present tense of -er and -ir verbs in the context of Christmas and New Year traditions.

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10 Questions

Q1.
What does 'el agua' mean?

drink
food
Correct answer: water

Q2.
How do you say 'to wear' or 'to carry'?'?

correr
llegar
Correct answer: llevar

Q3.
What does 'buscar' mean?

Correct answer: to look for
to need
to use

Q4.
What does 'lavar' mean?

to arrive
to carry
Correct answer: to wash

Q5.
How do you say 'each'?

Correct answer: cada
cuando
pero

Q6.
What is the verb 'to work'?

mirar
Correct answer: trabajar
viajar

Q7.
Which of these means 'we work'?

Correct answer: trabajamos
trabajan
trabajar

Q8.
What does 'compran' mean?

Correct answer: they buy
to buy
we buy

Q9.
How do you say 'bottle'?

el vaso
la batalla
Correct answer: la botella

Q10.
What does 'hablamos' mean?

they speak
we listen
Correct answer: we speak

10 Questions

Q1.
How do you say 'to sleep'?

cenar
Correct answer: dormir
salir

Q2.
What does 'beber' mean?

to buy
Correct answer: to drink
to eat

Q3.
What does 'queremos' mean?

they want
to want
Correct answer: we want

Q4.
Which of these means 'because'?

cada
pero
Correct answer: porque

Q5.
How do you say 'to discover'?

descansar
describir
Correct answer: descubrir

Q6.
What does 'escriben' mean?

they listen
Correct answer: they write
we listen

Q7.
What does 'comemos' mean?

they eat
to eat
Correct answer: we eat

Q8.
How do you say 'to do / to make'?

Correct answer: hacer
ir
ser

Q9.
What does 'podemos' mean?

we ask for
Correct answer: we can/we are able
we drink

Q10.
How do you say 'they write'?

Correct answer: escriben
escribimos
escuchan