Year 8

Describing your family members and those of others

Year 8

Describing your family members and those of others

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn how to describe our family members and the family members of others. We will focus on spelling changes in the preterite for some -ar verbs, and will also revisit the possessive adjectives 'mi/s' and 'su/s'.

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10 Questions

Q1.
What does 'interesante' mean?

boring
fast
funny
Correct answer: interesting

Q2.
How do you say 'I rest'?

corro
Correct answer: descanso
hago
tengo

Q3.
What does 'baila' mean?

I dance
Correct answer: s/he dances
to dance
you dance

Q4.
Which of these means 'a shirt'?

un vestido
un zapato
Correct answer: una camisa
una camiseta

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

canta
cantar
Correct answer: cantas
canto

Q6.
6. What does 'para + infinitive' mean?

because
for
Correct answer: in order to ....
some

Q7.
Which verb means 'he travels'?

Correct answer: viaja
viajar
viajas
viajo

Q8.
Which subject pronoun would you use with 'visito'?

él
ella
Correct answer: yo

Q9.
How would you say 'you ask'?

pregunta
preguntar
Correct answer: preguntas
pregunto

Q10.
How would you say 'she looks for'?

Correct answer: busca
buscar
buscas
busco

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