Year 11

Talking about illness and injury (Part 1/3)

Year 11

Talking about illness and injury (Part 1/3)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn new language for talking about illness and injury. We shall be learning some new vocabulary, along with understanding how to use 'desde' and 'desde hace'.
  2. Purpose of language use. Talk about illness and injury
  3. Grammar. Past (perfect) reflexive use of verbs: romperse, cortarse, quemarse, OVS word order: DOLER, desde hace vs desde

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13 Questions

Q1.
What does "tengo tos" mean?

I have a cold
Correct answer: I have a cough
I have a fever

Q2.
What does "tengo un resfriado" mean?

Correct answer: I have a cold
I have a cough
I have fever

Q3.
What does "tengo insolación" mean?

I have inhaled the sun
I have sunburn
Correct answer: I have sunstroke

Q4.
Translate: "Tengo mucho sueño desde hace una semana"

Correct answer: I've been sleepy for a week.
I've had dreams for a week.

Q5.
Translate: "I've had a fever since last Sunday"

Correct answer: Tengo fiebre desde el domingo pasado
Tengo fiebre desde hace el domingo pasado

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.
a

an
of, from
Correct answer: to, at

Q8.
con

against
like, as
Correct answer: with

Q9.
como

except
Correct answer: like, as
with

Q10.
porque

Correct answer: because
however
in order to

Q11.
mucho

Correct answer: a lot, lots of
also
big

Q12.
además

Correct answer: furthermore
however
nevertheless

Q13.
ciudad

citizen
Correct answer: city
country

13 Questions

Q1.
What does "tengo tos" mean?

I have a cold
Correct answer: I have a cough
I have a fever

Q2.
What does "tengo un resfriado" mean?

Correct answer: I have a cold
I have a cough
I have fever

Q3.
What does "tengo insolación" mean?

I have inhaled the sun
I have sunburn
Correct answer: I have sunstroke

Q4.
Translate: "Tengo mucho sueño desde hace una semana"

Correct answer: I've been sleepy for a week.
I've had dreams for a week.

Q5.
Translate: "I've had a fever since last Sunday"

Correct answer: Tengo fiebre desde el domingo pasado
Tengo fiebre desde hace el domingo pasado

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.
a

an
of, from
Correct answer: to, at

Q8.
con

against
like, as
Correct answer: with

Q9.
como

except
Correct answer: like, as
with

Q10.
porque

Correct answer: because
however
in order to

Q11.
mucho

Correct answer: a lot, lots of
also
big

Q12.
además

Correct answer: furthermore
however
nevertheless

Q13.
ciudad

citizen
Correct answer: city
country