Year 10

Describing school facilities (Part 1/3)

Year 10

Describing school facilities (Part 1/3)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn the difference between the key verbs 'hay', 'tiene' and 'es', 'son' to talk about the facilities at your school.
  2. Purpose of language use. Describe your school
  3. Grammar. Present tense vs Past (imperfect. Negation

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13 Questions

Q1.
How many types of comparative sentences are there?
2
Correct answer: 3
4
Q2.
'Mejor' can be translated into English as:
Correct answer: Better/best
Worse/worst
Worst
Q3.
In what order do nouns and adjectives go when using superlative sentences?
Adjectives in first place and nouns in second place.
None of the above.
Correct answer: Nouns in first place and adjectives in second place.
Q4.
Translate: Spanish is as fun as science.
El español es más divertido que las ciencias.
El español es menos divertido que las ciencias.
Correct answer: El español es tan divertido como las ciencias.
Q5.
Translate: la tecnología es la asignatura más práctica.
DT is the best subject because I find it practical.
Correct answer: DT is the most practical subject.
DT is the subject I find the most practical.
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.
'Hay' translates into English as:
It has
It is
Correct answer: There is/there are
Q2.
'Es' is used to describe:
opinions and adjectives.
Correct answer: someone or something.
where something is located.
Q3.
Which sentence is incorrect?
En mi instituto hay muchas aulas.
Mi instituto es grande.
Correct answer: Mi instituto hay instalaciones modernas.
Q4.
'Son' is used to describe.
Correct answer: 2 or more people or things.
None of the above.
One thing or person.
Q5.
Only one of the below sentences works with 'hay'.
Correct answer: En la clase ________ tres ventanas y diez ordenadores.
La clase de ciencias no _______ libros.
Mi instituto no _______ buenas instalaciones.
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