Year 11
Year 11

Describe a special day (Part 1/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will be learning new vocabulary and grammar to describe a special day, along with learning how to use verbs reflexively in the preterite tense.
  2. Purpose of language use. Describe a special day
  3. Grammar. Past (preterite) reflexive use of verbs

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13 Questions

Q1.
What does "la llegada" mean?
Correct answer: arrival
dead person
legend
Q2.
What does "el muerto" mean?
arrival
Correct answer: dead person
legend
Q3.
To indicate the passive, which word should you put before the verb?
me
Correct answer: se
te
Q4.
Translate: Se liberan los toros en la calle.
Correct answer: The bulls are freed into the street.
They free the bulls in the street.
Q5.
Translate: They fill the church for the festival.
Correct answer: Llenan la iglesia para la fiesta.
Se llena la fiesta para la fiesta.
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.
con qué frequencia
do you speak French?
Correct answer: how often?
what frequency?
Q8.
entre
Correct answer: between
enter
entrance
Q9.
tanto
fast
red (wine)
Correct answer: so much/ so many
Q10.
tan
Correct answer: as / so
brown
more
Q11.
menos
equal
Correct answer: less
more
Q12.
joven
old, old person
Thursday
Correct answer: young, young person
Q13.
cuál
how much?
when?
Correct answer: which?

13 Questions

Q1.
What does "peinarse" mean?
Correct answer: To brush one's hair
To brush one's teeth
To brush the cat
Q2.
What does "ducharse" mean?
To bathe oneself
Correct answer: To shower oneself
To wash oneself
Q3.
What does "se" change to at the beginning of a reflexive verb if the subject is "I"?
Correct answer: me
nos
te
Q4.
Translate: I got myself dressed
me vesté
Correct answer: me vestí
Q5.
Translate: I washed myself
Correct answer: me lavé
me laví
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.
poco
Correct answer: little / not very
lots / lots of
spot
Q8.
ahora
Correct answer: now
on time
when?
Q9.
nunca
Correct answer: never
no one
nothing
Q10.
antes
after
Correct answer: before
year
Q11.
nadie
never
Correct answer: no one
nothing
Q12.
ninguno
another one
Correct answer: nobody, none
nowhere
Q13.
todavía
already
not
Correct answer: still, yet