Basic Polish in 15 Days: Yesterday and Plans
Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on Yesterday and Plans, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 12: Yesterday and Plans
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Question 1 of 20
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Answer: A. yesterday
Wczoraj means yesterday. Tomorrow is jutro and today is dzisiaj.
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Question 2 of 20
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Answer: B. byłam
A woman talking about herself adds -łam: byłam. Byłem is for a man, była means she was.
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Question 3 of 20
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Answer: B. miałem
A man talking about himself adds -łem: miałem (I had). Miał means he had.
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Question 4 of 20
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Answer: B. Co robiłaś wczoraj?
To a woman, the ty past form ends in -łaś: robiłaś. Robiłeś is for a man.
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Question 5 of 20
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Answer: C. oglądała
Ania is she, so the past form ends in -ła: oglądała.
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Question 6 of 20
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Answer: D. byłyśmy
For we with only women, use byłyśmy. Byliśmy is for men or a mixed group.
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Question 7 of 20
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Answer: A. Byłem w górach z rodziną.
The question is about last weekend, so you answer in the past tense: I was in the mountains with my family.
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Question 8 of 20
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Answer: A. at the cinema
She says Wczoraj byłam w kinie: yesterday I was at the cinema. Then she ate pizza with a friend.
Transcript
Wczoraj byłam w kinie. Potem jadłam pizzę z koleżanką.
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Question 9 of 20
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Answer: A. He watched a film.
Adam worked until eight, a potem oglądałem film: and then I watched a film.
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Ola: Co robiłeś wczoraj wieczorem?
Adam: Pracowałem do ósmej, a potem oglądałem film. -
Question 10 of 20
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Answer: D. a new jacket
She writes kupiłam nową kurtkę: I bought a new jacket. Kupiłam is the past of kupić (to buy).
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Question 11 of 20
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Answer: A. the day after tomorrow
Pojutrze means the day after tomorrow. Jutro is tomorrow and przedwczoraj is the day before yesterday.
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Question 12 of 20
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Answer: B. będę
For I in the future, use będę + the basic verb: będę pracować. Byłem is the past.
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Question 13 of 20
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Answer: A. będziesz
With ty (informal you), the future of być is będziesz.
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Question 14 of 20
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Answer: B. będą
With oni (they), the future of być is będą.
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Question 15 of 20
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Answer: C. Jutro będę w domu.
Jutro (tomorrow) and będę (I will be) show the future. The others are about the past or now.
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Question 16 of 20
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Answer: C. On Saturday I'm going to Kraków.
Jadę is present tense, but with a time word like w sobotę it talks about a plan. Jadę means you travel by car, bus or train.
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Question 17 of 20
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Answer: C. Tak, mam czas.
Masz czas? means are you free? (do you have time?). You answer yes or no: Tak, mam czas.
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Question 18 of 20
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Answer: B. visit his grandmother
On Saturday he will work (będę pracować), and on Sunday jadę do babci: I'm going to my grandmother's.
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Ania: Co będziesz robić w weekend?
Paweł: W sobotę będę pracować, a w niedzielę jadę do babci. -
Question 19 of 20
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Answer: C. to the seaside, to Gdańsk
Latem jedziemy nad morze means in summer we're going to the seaside. Gdańsk is on the sea.
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Latem jedziemy nad morze, do Gdańska.
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Question 20 of 20
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Answer: C. on Wednesday evening
The plan says W środę wieczorem idę do kina z Kasią: on Wednesday evening I'm going to the cinema with Kasia.
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