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