Lesson 13 of 17
  • Year 10

Talking about who you admire (Part 1/3)

Lesson 13 of 17
  • Year 10

Talking about who you admire (Part 1/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will use the imperfect and preterite tenses within the context of 'role models'. We will learn how to recognise the two tenses based on their endings and we will learn how to form and use each tense in the 1st and 3rd person singular. We will also learn key topic vocabulary.
  2. Purpose of language use. Talk about who inspires you
  3. Grammar. Past (imperfect) for ongoing / habitual vs Past (preterite) for completed events

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13 Questions

Q1.
Choose all of the possible meanings for 'quedar' in Spanish

to cry
Correct answer: to meet
to queue
Correct answer: to remain

Q2.
Choose the correct missing form of the verb: solo ..................... dos entradas para la película.

queda
Correct answer: quedan

Q3.
Choose the correct missing form of the verb: .................... ir al circo.

Preferemos
Correct answer: Preferimos

Q4.
Choose the correct form of the verb: Mi madre ................. el abono del cine cada año.

Correct answer: compra
compran

Q5.
Choose the correct form of the adjective: la pantalla de mi televisión es demasiado ..............

Correct answer: pequeña
pequeño

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.
qué

Correct answer: what? which? how ___!
when? how?
where? who?

Q8.
así que

however
nevertheless
Correct answer: therefore

Q9.
llevar

to arrive
to call
Correct answer: to take, carry

Q10.
cómo

Correct answer: how?
when?
who?

Q11.
último

best, greatest
Correct answer: last, final
only, sole

Q12.
demasiado

lots of
not enough
Correct answer: too much

Q13.
ayer

today
tomorrow
Correct answer: yesterday

13 Questions

Q1.
If 'la religión' is the singular form, what would be the plural form?

Correct answer: las religiones
las religiónes

Q2.
The imperfect tense is used to describe ...

a fixed action in the past, often with a specific reference to a time: last year, last month etc. Example: 'last year, I raised money for schools'
Correct answer: a habitual action in the past, often with a reference to a non-specific time: always, in the past. Example: 'I used to raise money for schools.'.

Q3.
Choose the tense that the sentence is in: Shakira luchaba por los derechos de los niños.

Correct answer: the imperfect tense
the preterite tense

Q4.
Choose the correct tense in Spanish for 'she used to work' in the sentence: 'She used to work for a charity'

Correct answer: ella trabajaba
ella trabajó

Q5.
Choose the correct tense for the verb 'raised' in Spanish: 'Shakira raised money to build a school in Colombia in 2004'

recaudaba
Correct answer: recaudó

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.
ese

Correct answer: that
these
this

Q8.
nos

them
Correct answer: us
you

Q9.
entonces

furthermore
however
Correct answer: so

Q10.
volver

to give back
to leave
Correct answer: to return

Q11.
dónde

how?
when?
Correct answer: where?

Q12.
a pesar de

Correct answer: in spite of
next to
weighing more than

Q13.
por desgracia

I'm not sorry
thank you very much
Correct answer: unfortunately