Year 8

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

Year 8

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

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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 singular form of -er and -ir verbs in the preterite tense.

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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

10 Questions

Q1.
What does 'sufrir' mean?

Correct answer: to suffer
to suggest
to surf

Q2.
Which of these means 'barely/hardly'?

aburrido
Correct answer: apenas
siempre

Q3.
Which of these means 'already'?

a veces
alrededor
Correct answer: ya

Q4.
What does 'los Estados Unidos' mean?

European Union
United Kingdom
Correct answer: United States of America

Q5.
How do you say 'culture'?

el calor
el cultivo
Correct answer: la cultura

Q6.
Which of these means 'to know/ get to know' (a person, place or thing)?

Correct answer: conocer
saber
succeder

Q7.
What does 'el accidente' mean?

accent
access
Correct answer: accident

Q8.
Which of these means 'to offer'?

abrir
Correct answer: ofrecer
romper

Q9.
Which of these means 'to occur/ to happen'?

ofrecer
romper
Correct answer: succeder

Q10.
What does 'la vida' mean?

Correct answer: life
skirt
window