Basic Spanish in 15 Days: Phone and appointments and Asking questions
Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on Phone and appointments and Asking questions, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 11: Phone and appointments and Asking questions
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Question 1 of 20
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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 2 of 20
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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 3 of 20
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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 4 of 20
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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 5 of 20
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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 6 of 20
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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 7 of 20
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Answer: A. ¿Puede repetir, por favor?
Repetir means to repeat. Esperar means to wait.
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Question 8 of 20
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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 9 of 20
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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.
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Recepcionista: ¿Su número de teléfono, por favor?
Mujer: Es el seis, cuarenta y cinco, veintiuno, ochenta y tres, setenta y nueve. -
Question 10 of 20
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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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Question 11 of 20
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Answer: A. When?
¿Cuándo? means when. Where is ¿dónde?, how much is ¿cuánto? and who is ¿quién?
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Question 12 of 20
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Answer: A. Dónde
The answer is a place, so the question word is ¿Dónde? (where).
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Question 13 of 20
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Answer: D. Cuántos
Años is masculine and plural, so use cuántos (how many).
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Question 14 of 20
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Answer: B. Por qué
The answer starts with porque (because), so the question is ¿Por qué? (why), written as two words with an accent.
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Question 15 of 20
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Answer: B. ¿Dónde está la estación?
A Spanish question needs ¿ at the start and ? at the end, and dónde and está need accents.
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Question 16 of 20
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Answer: D. ¿Dónde vive Ana?
After the question word, the verb comes before the subject: ¿Dónde vive Ana?
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Question 17 of 20
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Answer: D. ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?
To ask for a number or a name, Spanish uses ¿Cuál es…?, not ¿Qué es…?
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Question 18 of 20
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Answer: B. Toronto, Canada
Tom says Soy de Canadá, de Toronto: I'm from Canada, from Toronto.
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Ana: ¿De dónde eres?
Tom: Soy de Canadá, de Toronto. -
Question 19 of 20
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Answer: D. 11:15
A las once y cuarto means at a quarter past eleven: 11:15.
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Hombre: Perdone, ¿cuándo sale el autobús para Toledo?
Mujer: Sale a las once y cuarto. -
Question 20 of 20
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Answer: D. He wants to work in Spain.
Kenji writes Estudio español porque quiero trabajar en España: because I want to work in Spain.
Keyboard: 1–4 to answer, Enter for the next question.