Talking about work experience (Part 3/3)
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- In this lesson, we will use the preterite and imperfect together to talk about work experience.
- Purpose of language use: Talk about work experience
- Grammar: Past (preterite) vs Past (imperfect)
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13 Questions
Q1.
What is "un descanso"
a discount
lunchtime
Q2.
What does "vale la pena" mean?
It is a pain.
It was awful.
Q3.
When should you use the imperfect tense?
When there is a definite time the action started and finished.
When you did something in the past.
Q4.
How should the verbs in this sentence be written? "Todos los días (archivar) documentos pero el último día (responder) al teléfono.
archivaba, respondía
archivé, respondía
Q5.
Which verb is written in the imperfect tense?
comería
iría
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.
qué
when? how?
where? who?
Q8.
así que
however
nevertheless
Q9.
llevar
to arrive
to call
Q10.
cómo
when?
who?
Q11.
último
best, greatest
only, sole
Q12.
demasiado
lots of
not enough
Q13.
ayer
today
tomorrow
13 Questions
Q1.
When do you need to use the imperfect tense?
To talk about a completed action in the past.
Q2.
Which tense would you use when describing what something was like in the past?
preterite
Q3.
Which verb is in the preterite?
ayudaba
tenía
Q4.
Which verb completes this sentence? El último día ___ a las cinco.
empezaba
terminaba
Q5.
Which verb completes this sentence? Todos los días ____ que llevar ropa elegante.
tendría
tuve
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.
ese
these
this
Q8.
nos
them
you
Q9.
entonces
furthermore
however
Q10.
volver
to give back
to leave
Q11.
dónde
how?
when?
Q12.
a pesar de
next to
weighing more than
Q13.
por desgracia
I'm not sorry
thank you very much