Year 8

Describing travel in the past and present (Part 1/2)

Year 8

Describing travel in the past and present (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will be describing travel in the past and present, using the 3rd person forms of the present and preterite tenses.

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10 Questions

Q1.
What does "dejó comentarios" mean?

Correct answer: he/she left comments
I leave comments

Q2.
What does " quedo con amigos" mean?

he/she met up with friends
Correct answer: I meet up with friends

Q3.
Translate "detrás de"

Correct answer: behind
far from
infront of
next to

Q4.
What does "cerca de" mean?

far from
in front of
Correct answer: near to
next to

Q5.
Translate "encima de"

at the side of
behind
in front of
Correct answer: on top of

Q6.
Choose the correct word to complete the phrase "lejos de la ......"

barco
país
Correct answer: playa

Q7.
Choose the correct word to complete the phrase "al lado del .... "

Correct answer: banco
foto
montaña

Q8.
Choose the correct word to complete the phrase "fuera del ....... "

casa
Correct answer: parque
playa

Q9.
How would you say "I leave"?

Correct answer: dejo
dejó

Q10.
How would you say "he/she published"?

publico
Correct answer: publicó

10 Questions

Q1.
What does 'los Estados Unidos' mean?

European Union
United Kingdom
Correct answer: United States of America

Q2.
Which of these means 'to offer'?

abrir
Correct answer: ofrecer
romper

Q3.
What does 'la vida' mean?

Correct answer: life
skirt
window

Q4.
Which of these means 'already'?

a veces
alrededor
Correct answer: ya

Q5.
What does 'sufrir' mean?

Correct answer: to suffer
to suggest
to surf

Q6.
How do you say 'culture'?

el calor
el cultivo
Correct answer: la cultura

Q7.
What does 'el accidente' mean?

accent
access
Correct answer: accident

Q8.
Which of these means 'to occur/ to happen'?

ofrecer
romper
Correct answer: succeder

Q9.
Which of these means 'barely/hardly'?

aburrido
Correct answer: apenas
siempre

Q10.
Which of these means 'to know/ get to know' (a person, place or thing)?

Correct answer: conocer
saber
succeder