Talking about natural disasters (Part 2/2)

Talking about natural disasters (Part 2/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will talk about natural disasters and use the imperfect continuous and preterite together to talk about events in the past.
  2. Purpose of language use: Talk about natural disasters
  3. Grammar: Present vs Imperfect continuous Imperfect continuous vs preterite

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13 Questions

Q1.
To form the present continuous
Correct answer: use the present tense of the verb estar
use the present tense of the verb ser
use the present tense of the verb tener
Q2.
Use the present continuous to say
Correct answer: What is happening right now
what usually happens
what was happening
Q3.
Use the imperfect continuous for
Correct answer: an ongoing action which was happening right then
something you are going to do
something you did in the past
Q4.
To form the present and imperfect continuous, you follow the verb estar with
Correct answer: a verb ending in ando/iendo
a verb in the present tense
a verb in the preterite
Q5.
ahora mismo means
Correct answer: right now
same thing
same time
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.
To talk about an ongoing action in the past, use the
imperfect
Correct answer: imperfect continuous
preterite
Q2.
To talk about something which suddenly happened, to interrupt an action in the past, use the
imperfect
perfect
Correct answer: preterite
Q3.
To join two clauses, one with imperfect continuous and one with preterite, you can use the word
Correct answer: cuando
que
quien
Q4.
Translate "I was driving"
Correct answer: estaba conduciendo
estoy conduciendo
estuve conduciendo
Q5.
Which two words fill the gaps in this sentence: Estaba ____ la radio cuando mi padre me ____.
escuchando, llamé
Correct answer: escuchando, llamó
escuché, llamó
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

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