Lesson 13 of 14
  • Year 8

Describing what people do (work)

Lesson 13 of 14
  • Year 8

Describing what people do (work)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will be revising plural forms of present tense of -ar verbs in the context of describing the work that people do.

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10 Questions

Q1.
Which of these words means 'landscape'?

el país
Correct answer: el paisaje
la naturaleza

Q2.
What does the verb 'crecer' mean?

to believe
to create
Correct answer: to grow

Q3.
What is 'la lluvia'?

fog
Correct answer: rain
snow

Q4.
How do you say 'better'?

bueno
Correct answer: mejor
peor

Q5.
Which word means 'more'?

Correct answer: más
mucho
muy

Q6.
What does 'la vida' mean?

happiness
Correct answer: life
understanding

Q7.
How do you say 'he says / she says / it says'?

Correct answer: dice
dicen
digo

Q8.
What does the verb 'ganar' mean?

to increase
to spend
Correct answer: to win, to earn

Q9.
How do you say 'border'?

el barrio
el éxito
Correct answer: la frontera

Q10.
What does 'el clima' mean?

Correct answer: climate
climbing
crime

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