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Message from a friend: extended reading and writing

I can read and understand a longer text in Spanish using reading techniques and I can write about my school.

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Year 7

Message from a friend: extended reading and writing

I can read and understand a longer text in Spanish using reading techniques and I can write about my school.

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Key learning points

  1. To read and understand a longer text in Spanish, reading techniques are useful.
  2. To write about school, 'tener' and no + 'tener' is used.

Keywords

  • Pero - means 'but'

  • O - means 'or'

Common misconception

It is best to focus first on the unfamiliar words in a longer text.

This should be done in last place, when context has been read.


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6 Questions

Q1.
How do you spell 'amigo' in Spanish?
Correct answer: a-eme-i-ge-o
a-me-i-ge-o
a-eme-i-ege-o
Q2.
Select the odd one out.
botella
caballo
planta
Correct answer: también
Q3.
Translate this sentence: 'I have a question, is Mrs. Smith English?'
Tengo una pregunta, ¿está el señor Smith inglés?
Tienes una pregutna, ¿es el señor Smith inglés?
Correct answer: Tengo una pregunta, ¿el señor Smith es inglés?
Tiene una pregunta, ¿el señor Smith es inglés?
Q4.
Which of this words doesn't start with a 't' in Spanish?
also
phone
task
Correct answer: today
Q5.
Which of these words also starts with a 'p' in English?
palabra
periódico
Correct answer: planta
pregunta
Q6.
Match the questions with the answers - parts of the answers are omitted.
Correct Answer:¿Tienes un papel?,Sí, tengo... ¡Aquí tienes!

Sí, tengo... ¡Aquí tienes!

Correct Answer:¿Tienes una tarea?,No tengo...

No tengo...

Correct Answer:¿Qué estudias?,... español.

... español.

Correct Answer:¿Estudias inglés o arte?,Estudio ...

Estudio ...

6 Questions

Q1.
Which set of words is correct?
¿Silencio o falso?
¿Grupo o falso?
¿Entiendo o falso?
Correct answer: ¿Verdadero o falso?
Q2.
Match the English with the Spanish.
Correct Answer:group,grupo

grupo

Correct Answer:silence,silencio

silencio

Correct Answer:I understand,entiendo

entiendo

Correct Answer:sorry,perdón

perdón

Q3.
Choose which of these words are cognates of English words: clase, examen, pero, porque, problema
clase, examen, pero
porque, problema, pero
clase, pero, problema
Correct answer: clase, examen, problema
Q4.
Which of these words is not a cognate?
grupo
portugueses
Correct answer: primos
historia
Q5.
¿Verdadero o falso? Sam tiene muchas botellas.
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: falso
verdadero
Q6.
Rewrite this sentence, changing it to negative and replacing the noun for 'plant': 'Tengo un caballo.'
Correct Answer: No tengo una planta., No tengo una planta

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