Basic Spanish in 10 Days: Health, Clothes and colours and Phone and appointments
Untimed topic quiz: 30 questions on Health, Clothes and colours and Phone and appointments, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 7: Health, Clothes and colours and Phone and appointments
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Question 1 of 30
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Answer: C. I have a headache.
Me duele means it hurts me, and la cabeza is the head. So it means I have a headache.
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Question 2 of 30
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Answer: D. duelen
Los ojos is plural, so use duelen: me duelen los ojos.
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Question 3 of 30
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Answer: C. duele
La espalda is one thing, so use duele: me duele la espalda.
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Question 4 of 30
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Answer: B. throat
La garganta is the throat. The back is la espalda and the stomach is el estómago.
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Question 5 of 30
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Answer: B. Tengo fiebre.
Spanish uses tener for a fever: tengo fiebre (literally: I have fever).
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Question 6 of 30
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Answer: A. Me duele la mano.
La mano is one thing, so use me duele. Doler works like gustar, with me before the verb.
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Question 7 of 30
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Answer: B. Tengo tos y me duele la garganta.
¿Qué le pasa? asks what is wrong, so you describe the problem: I have a cough and a sore throat.
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Question 8 of 30
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Answer: A. stomach ache and fever
The patient says Me duele mucho el estómago y tengo fiebre: a bad stomach ache and a fever.
Transcript
Médica: ¿Qué le pasa?
Paciente: Me duele mucho el estómago y tengo fiebre. -
Question 9 of 30
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Answer: A. every 8 hours
Cada ocho horas means every eight hours. Con comida means with food.
Transcript
Tome una pastilla cada ocho horas, con comida.
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Question 10 of 30
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Answer: A. at the pharmacy on calle Mayor
Farmacia Sol is closed (cerrado) on Sundays. The farmacia de guardia on calle Mayor is the pharmacy that is open.
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Question 11 of 30
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Answer: D. a white shirt
Camisa is shirt and blanca is white. The colour comes after the noun.
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Question 12 of 30
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Answer: C. roja
Falda is feminine and singular, so the colour is roja.
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Question 13 of 30
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Answer: A. los zapatos negros
The colour comes after the noun and agrees with it: zapatos is masculine plural, so negros.
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Question 14 of 30
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Answer: A. azules
Azul ends in a consonant, so the plural adds -es: azules. There is no -a form.
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Question 15 of 30
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Answer: C. una chaqueta verde
Chaqueta is feminine (una). Verde is the same for masculine and feminine, and it is singular here.
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Question 16 of 30
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Answer: B. to wear
Llevar ropa means to wear clothes: Hoy llevo un abrigo = Today I'm wearing a coat.
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Question 17 of 30
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Answer: C. En negro, por favor.
¿De qué color? asks about the colour, so you answer with a colour: in black, please.
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Question 18 of 30
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Answer: B. yellow
The speaker says una camiseta amarilla: a yellow T-shirt. The skirt is black (negra).
Transcript
Hoy llevo una falda negra y una camiseta amarilla.
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Question 19 of 30
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Answer: A. blue and grey
The assistant says en azul y en gris: in blue and in grey.
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Cliente: ¿Tiene este jersey en azul?
Dependienta: Sí, en azul y en gris. -
Question 20 of 30
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Answer: B. 25 €
Los pantalones vaqueros are jeans, and they cost 25 €. Rebajas means sale.
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Question 21 of 30
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Answer: C. Who's calling?
On the phone, ¿De parte de quién? asks who is calling.
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Question 22 of 30
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Answer: C. ¿Dígame?
In Spain you answer the phone with ¿Dígame? or ¿Sí? Hasta luego means see you later.
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Question 23 of 30
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Answer: B. Quería pedir una cita.
Pedir una cita means to ask for (make) an appointment. Quería makes the request polite.
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Question 24 of 30
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Answer: A. Sí, perfecto. Gracias.
¿Le va bien…? asks if a time suits you, so you can answer Sí, perfecto.
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Question 25 of 30
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Answer: C. Sí. Soy Marta. Mi número es el 600 123 456.
You are asked to leave a message, so you give your name and number.
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Question 26 of 30
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Answer: C. hablar
After puedo, use the infinitive: puedo hablar (can I speak). Hablar con means to speak to.
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Question 27 of 30
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Answer: A. ¿Puede repetir, por favor?
Repetir means to repeat. Esperar means to wait.
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Question 28 of 30
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Answer: B. an appointment on Monday
The caller says quería pedir una cita para el lunes: I'd like an appointment for Monday.
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Recepcionista: Clínica Dental Sonrisa, ¿dígame?
Paciente: Hola, quería pedir una cita para el lunes. -
Question 29 of 30
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Answer: C. 645 218 379
She says the number in pairs after the first digit: seis (6), cuarenta y cinco (45), veintiuno (21), ochenta y tres (83), setenta y nueve (79) = 645 218 379.
Transcript
Recepcionista: ¿Su número de teléfono, por favor?
Mujer: Es el seis, cuarenta y cinco, veintiuno, ochenta y tres, setenta y nueve. -
Question 30 of 30
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Answer: C. Monday at 9:30
The message says Nueva cita: lunes, 9:30. Ana called on Tuesday at 10:15 to change Friday's appointment.
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