Year 10

Talking about what you did on holiday (Part 1/3)

Year 10

Talking about what you did on holiday (Part 1/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about the preterite with -ar verbs in the context of holidays in order to be able to talk about what you, and others do on holidays.
  2. Purpose of language use. Talk about what you did on holiday
  3. Grammar. Past (preterite) tense: AR, ER, IR regular; HACER, IR, SER. TENER

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13 Questions

Q1.
We use ____________ before gustar-type verbs when referring to ‘I’.

Correct answer: Me
Te
Yo

Q2.
Preferir / odiar / opinar work like other verbs you know and end in ____ when referring to I.

-amos
-as
Correct answer: -o

Q3.
‘A’ before the person tells us is a gustar-type verb.

False
Correct answer: True

Q4.
I prefer translates into Spanish as...

prefiere
prefieres
Correct answer: prefiero

Q5.
'Por eso’ means...

because
Correct answer: for that reason
however

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.
para

Correct answer: for, in order to
from, away from
of, because of

Q8.

Correct answer: me
mine
my

Q9.
otro

except
Correct answer: other
same

Q10.
ya que

but
Correct answer: given that
in spite of

Q11.
muy

a lot
more
Correct answer: very

Q12.
querer

to like
to love
Correct answer: to want

Q13.
importante

Correct answer: important
insignificant
unimportant

13 Questions

Q1.
The preterite is a past tense.

False
Correct answer: True

Q2.
In the preterite, to mean ‘I ’with an –ar verb, remove –ar and add –é to the stem.

False
Correct answer: True

Q3.
‘-amos’ is the ending for the 1st person plural (‘we’).

False
Correct answer: True

Q4.
'nadó' means 'he swam',

False
Correct answer: True

Q5.
Accents can never fully change the meaning of the verb.

Correct answer: False
True

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