Year 8

Describing family members and their jobs

Year 8

Describing family members and their jobs

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn how to say what jobs our family members do, in addition to learning about spelling changes in the preterite tense, and how to use the possessive adjective 'nuestro'.

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15 Questions

Q1.
What does 'la caja' mean?

Correct answer: the box
the table
the watch

Q2.
What does 'buscar' mean?

Correct answer: to look for
to take out
to throw

Q3.
What does 'lleno' mean?

empty
Correct answer: full
tidy

Q4.
How do you say 'to give/gift' in Spanish?

buscar
Correct answer: regalar
tirar

Q5.
How do you say 'grandparents' in Spanish?

abuelas
abueles
Correct answer: abuelos

Q6.
How do you say 'to take away/ remove' in Spanish?

buscar
Correct answer: quitar
sacar

Q7.
What does 'cococido/a' mean?

Correct answer: famous/well known
funny
weak

Q8.
What does 'débil' mean?

famous/well known
funny
Correct answer: weak

Q9.
What does 'hija' mean?

aunt
Correct answer: daughter
son

Q10.
How do you say 'children' in Spanish?

hijas
hijo
Correct answer: hijos

Q11.
How do you say 'my sisters'

Mi hermanas
Mis hermana
Correct answer: Mis hermanas

Q12.
How do you say 'his son'?

Mi hijo
Correct answer: Su hijo
Sus hijo

Q13.
What does 'novia' mean?

boyfriend
Correct answer: girlfriend
sister

Q14.
What does 'gracioso' mean?

funny
Correct answer: good-looking
weak

Q15.
How do you say 'my brother is tall?

Correct answer: Mi hermano es alto
Mi hermano son alto
Mis hermano es alto