Year 9

Talking about what you are doing now and were doing then (Part 1/2)

Year 9

Talking about what you are doing now and were doing then (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will contrast the use of the present continuous with the imperfect continuous tense to describe what we are doing versus what we are doing. The lesson contains reference to social media, which is only suitable for persons aged 13+.

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11 Questions

Q1.
Use the imperfect of SER/ESTAR to mean was or ...
is going to be
Correct answer: used to be
what things might be like
Q2.
Use 'tenía' to mean...
Correct answer: had/used to have
might have
will have
Q3.
Use.........to mean 'there was/there were'
Correct answer: había
hay
no había
Q4.
I was in the city to show the church to my grandad:
Correct answer: Estaba en la ciudad para enseñar la iglesia a mi abuelo
Estabas en la ciudad para enseñar la iglesia a mi abuelo
Estoy en la ciudad para enseñar la iglesia a mi abuelo
Q5.
Were you at the coast to go for a walk? → Spanish =
¿Estaba en la costa para dar un paseo?
Correct answer: ¿Estabas en la costa para dar un paseo?
¿Estabas en la costa para hacer la entrevista?
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.
ya
Correct answer: already, still
if
nobody
Q8.
ya no
I don't
Correct answer: no longer
unfortunately
Q9.
tampoco
also
never
Correct answer: nor, neither
Q10.
nadie
never
Correct answer: nobody
nothing
Q11.
por eso
despite
Correct answer: for this reason
nevertheless

11 Questions

Q1.
To say what you are doing right now in Spanish, use the:
future tense
Correct answer: present continuous tense
preterite tense
Q2.
'Ahora mismo' means
next time
on that day
Correct answer: right now
Q3.
Use the imperfect continuous tense to say....
what we should do now
what you are going to do
Correct answer: what you were doing
Q4.
Estabas bailando means
I was dancing
You are dancing
Correct answer: You were dancing
Q5.
S/he was doing an exchange in Spanish is
Está haciendo un intercambio
Correct answer: Estaba haciendo un intercambio
Estabas haciendo un intercambio
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.
así que
earlier
Correct answer: therefore
very
Q8.
como
even
if
Correct answer: like, as
Q9.
cuando
Correct answer: when
which
who
Q10.
incluso
enough
Correct answer: even, including
excluding
Q11.
mientras
however
therefore
Correct answer: while