Basic Spanish in 15 Days: Health and Clothes and colours
Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on Health and Clothes and colours, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 10: Health and Clothes and colours
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Question 1 of 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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Answer: C. roja
Falda is feminine and singular, so the colour is roja.
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Question 13 of 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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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 20
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Answer: B. 25 €
Los pantalones vaqueros are jeans, and they cost 25 €. Rebajas means sale.
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