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Do you hate mornings? Opinion verbs 'I', 'you', 'she, he'

I can ask and answer questions about my and others' opinions.

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Do you hate mornings? Opinion verbs 'I', 'you', 'she, he'

I can ask and answer questions about my and others' opinions.

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Key learning points

  1. Testing yourself on vocabulary helps you remember words and identify which words need more practice.
  2. In Spanish, the definite article (the word for the), changes according to gender and number: el, la, los and las.
  3. The opinion verbs 'amar' and 'odiar' can be used to say what you and others like or dislike.
  4. The endings for singular persons are -o for 'I', -as for 'you' and -a for 'she, he, it'.
  5. Subject pronouns (yo, tú, él and ella) are useful for comparing one person with another.

Keywords

  • Definite article - word for 'the', which changes according to gender and number

  • Opinion verb - verb that shows what someone thinks, feels or believes about something

Common misconception

We use opinion verbs without the definite article in Spanish as in English, e.g. I love Spanish.

In Spanish, opinion verbs always use the definite article before nouns, e.g. Amo el español.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Correct Answer:,you
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you

Correct Answer:él,he
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he

Correct Answer:yo,I
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I

Correct Answer:ella,she
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she

Q2.
Which of these Spanish nouns are masculine?
Correct answer: gato
playa
mañana
Correct answer: idioma
Correct answer: perro
Q3.
Order the Spanish numbers from smallest to biggest.
1 - uno
2 - tres
3 - cinco
4 - siete
5 - nueve
6 - once
7 - doce
Q4.
Translate into English: 'Yo tengo un gato pero ella tiene un conejo'.
I have a cat and she has a rabbit.
I have a dog but she has a cat.
Correct answer: I have a cat but she has a rabbit.
She has a cat but I have a dog.
You have a rabbit and I have a dog.
Q5.
Match the Spanish conjunctions to the English.
Correct Answer:pero,but
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but

Correct Answer:también,also, too
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also, too

Correct Answer:y,and
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and

Correct Answer:porque,because
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because

Correct Answer:cuando,when
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when

Correct Answer:o,or
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or

Q6.
Translate into Spanish: 'there are 10 books in my class'.
Correct Answer: Hay diez libros en mi clase.

6 Questions

Q1.
Order these Spanish numbers from biggest to smallest.
1 - doce
2 - diez
3 - ocho
4 - seis
5 - cuatro
6 - dos
7 - uno
Q2.
Which Spanish nouns (plurals) have the incorrect definite articles.
los idiomas
Correct answer: las bocadillos
las botellas
Correct answer: las ordenadores
Correct answer: los frutas
Q3.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Correct Answer:él ama los idiomas,he loves languages
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he loves languages

Correct Answer:yo amo los idiomas,I love languages
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I love languages

Correct Answer:tú amas los idiomas,you love languages
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you love languages

Correct Answer:ella ama los idiomas,she loves languages
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she loves languages

Correct Answer:amar los idiomas,to love languages
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to love languages

Q4.
Translate this sentence into Spanish: 'she loves tortoises'.
Correct Answer: Ella ama las tortugas
Q5.
Which Spanish sentence means 'you hate fruit but she hates cake'.
Tú odias la fruta y ella odia la fruta también.
Correct answer: Tú odias la fruta pero ella odia la tarta.
Ella odia la fruta pero él odia los bocadillos.
Tú amas la fruta pero ella odia la fruta.
Tú odias la fruta pero ella ama la tarta.
Q6.
Translate 'he hates mornings' into Spanish.
Correct Answer: Él odia las mañanas

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