Year 9

Talking about places and locations (Part 1/2)

Year 9

Talking about places and locations (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about using 'están' and 'estamos' for location. We will also look at using 'del' and 'de la' with adverbs so that you can give extra details when talking about the location of things and places.

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11 Questions

Q1.
The ending for the 'we' form of the -ar verbs in the present tense is...

-a
Correct answer: -amos
-o

Q2.
'We ride' translates as...

Correct answer: montamos
paseamos
trabajamos

Q3.
July

agosto
Correct answer: julio
junio

Q4.
The ending for the 'they' form of the -ar verbs in the present tense is...

-a
-amos
Correct answer: -an

Q5.
'They relax' translates as ...

descansa
Correct answer: descansan
descansar

The next 5 questions cover some very common words you will need in Spanish in KS3. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q7.
tiempo

also
Correct answer: time
together

Q8.
juntos

alone
between
Correct answer: together

Q9.
solo

Correct answer: alone
more
with

Q10.
de

by
Correct answer: of/ from
to

Q11.
cada

Correct answer: every
few
many

11 Questions

Q1.
To say ‘we are’ with a place or location, we use ...

Correct answer: estamos
somos

Q2.
'We are in the museum'

Correct answer: 'Estamos en el museo'
'Estar en el museo'
'Somos en el museo'

Q3.
Near

Correct answer: cerca (de)
detrás (de)
lejos (de)

Q4.
La casa está cerca __________ parque

de
de la
Correct answer: del

Q5.
La playa está lejos ______ plaza.

de
Correct answer: de la
del

The next 5 questions cover some very common words you will need in Spanish in KS3. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q7.
fuera

beside
inside
Correct answer: outside

Q8.
hoy

Correct answer: today
tomorrow
yesterday

Q9.
mi

hers
his
Correct answer: my

Q10.
aquí

Correct answer: here
their
there

Q11.
allí

here
near
Correct answer: there