Lesson 3 of 17
  • Year 10

Talking about what you usually do (Part 3/3)

Lesson 3 of 17
  • Year 10

Talking about what you usually do (Part 3/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will retrieve prior knowledge of topic vocabulary and grammar on what I/he/she usually do(es). We will also look at how to improve our overall accuracy and how to add complexity in our writing.
  2. Purpose of language use. Talk about what you usually do
  3. Grammar. Present tense SOLER

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13 Questions

Q1.
Translate 'I usually' into Spanish

Suele
Correct answer: Suelo

Q2.
Translate 'he/she usually' into Spanish

Correct answer: Suele
Suelo

Q3.
After the verb 'soler' you need ....... in order to say 'to usually do something'

a conjugated verb (a verb that refers to 'I', 'he/she', 'we' etc.)
Correct answer: an infinitive (a verb ending in ar/er/ir)

Q4.
Translate: 'Durante mi tiempo de ocio' into English

Correct answer: During my free time
During school time

Q5.
Translate into Spanish: 'He usually watches TV'

Correct answer: Suele ver la tele.
Suelo veo la tele.

The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in Spanish in KS4. 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.
por

around, in between
Correct answer: by, for, through
please

Q8.
llegar

Correct answer: to arrive
to leave
to stay

Q9.
hablar

to learn
to listen
Correct answer: to speak

Q10.
mejor

Correct answer: best, better
major
worse, worst

Q11.
llamar

to arrive
Correct answer: to call
to leave

Q12.
bastante

not very
Correct answer: quite
too much

Q13.
peor

better, best
poor
Correct answer: worse, worst

13 Questions

Q1.
Translate into Spanish 'during my free time'

Correct answer: Durante mi tiempo de ocio
Durante su tiempo de ocio

Q2.
Translate into Spanish: I usually meet with friends.

Suele quedar con amigos.
Correct answer: Suelo quedar con amigos.

Q3.
If I want to change 'me chifla' 'I enjoy' to 'he/she enjoys' the 'me' changes to ...

Correct answer: le
su

Q4.
If I want to change the phrase 'durante mi tiempo de ocio suelo gastar mi paga en joyas' to refer to 'he/she' which words would I need to change?

Correct answer: mi, suelo, mi
ocio, suelo, paga

Q5.
... and what would those words that you have chosen change to in order to refer to 'he/she'?

Correct answer: su, suele, su
tiempo libre, suela, su

The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in Spanish in KS4. 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.
tuve

Correct answer: I had
I have
I will have

Q8.
tuvo

Correct answer: he/she had
he/she has
he/she will have

Q9.
fui

I ate
I saw
Correct answer: I went

Q10.
fue

she/he ate
she/he saw
Correct answer: she/he went

Q11.
primero

best
Correct answer: first
top

Q12.
después

Correct answer: after
before
well

Q13.
luego

Correct answer: afterwards
before
enough