Year 10

Talking about what you did on holiday (Part 2/3)

Year 10

Talking about what you did on holiday (Part 2/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about the preterite tense with some regular -er and -ir verbs, so we can talk about what we did on holiday, but also what others did.
  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.
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

13 Questions

Q1.
To mean I, -ar, -er & -ir verbs have different endings.

False
Correct answer: True

Q2.
-í is the ending for ...

Correct answer: I
s/he, it
we

Q3.
To mean ‘we ’with –er & -ir verbs, remove –er and add _________ to the stem.

amos
emos
Correct answer: imos

Q4.
Comió means...

I ate
I eat
Correct answer: s/he ate

Q5.
Comieron means _______________.

s/he ate
Correct answer: they ate
they eat

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