Basic Spanish in 15 Days: Home and Food and drink
Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on Home and Food and drink, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 5: Home and Food and drink
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Question 1 of 20
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Answer: A. the kitchen
La cocina is the kitchen. It also means cooking.
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Question 2 of 20
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Answer: C. en el dormitorio
El dormitorio is the bedroom, where the bed (la cama) is.
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Question 3 of 20
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Answer: D. hay
Hay means 'there is / there are' and never changes, even for more than one thing.
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Question 4 of 20
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Answer: C. está
For where a specific thing is (el sofá), use estar: El sofá está en el salón.
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Question 5 of 20
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Answer: D. Hay una mesa en la cocina.
Use hay with un or una, not with el or la: Hay una mesa.
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Question 6 of 20
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Answer: D. No hay jardín.
Put no before hay. After no hay, you usually use no article: No hay jardín.
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Question 7 of 20
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Answer: A. A flat (apartment)
In Spain, un piso is a flat. It can also mean a floor of a building. In Latin America, a flat is a departamento.
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Question 8 of 20
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Answer: A. Three
The speaker says tres dormitorios: three bedrooms. There are two bathrooms (dos baños).
Transcript
El piso tiene tres dormitorios, dos baños, un salón grande y una cocina pequeña.
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Question 9 of 20
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Answer: B. The kitchen
Nuria says her home is small (pequeña), but la cocina es muy grande: the kitchen is very big.
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Andrés: ¿Cómo es tu casa?
Nuria: Es pequeña, pero la cocina es muy grande y hay una terraza. -
Question 10 of 20
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Answer: C. It has a terrace.
The ad lists a terraza. It has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, and sin ascensor means without an elevator. Tercer piso is the third floor.
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Question 11 of 20
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Answer: B. fish
El pescado is fish as food. Meat is la carne, chicken is el pollo and cheese is el queso.
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Question 12 of 20
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Answer: A. orange juice
Zumo is juice in Spain (jugo in Latin America). Naranja is orange.
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Question 13 of 20
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Answer: C. la
Leche (milk) is a feminine noun: la leche.
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Question 14 of 20
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Answer: A. El
Agua is feminine, but it takes el because it starts with a stressed a: el agua.
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Question 15 of 20
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Answer: B. los limones
After a consonant, add -es. The accent is not needed in the plural: limones.
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Question 16 of 20
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Answer: D. Como pan.
Spanish has no word for 'some' here. Just use the noun: Como pan.
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Question 17 of 20
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Answer: B. Me gusta el queso.
After gustar, use el, la, los or las to talk about food in general: Me gusta el queso. El queso is one thing, so use gusta.
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Question 18 of 20
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Answer: A. Coffee with milk
The speaker drinks un café con leche: coffee with milk. Pan con tomate is what they eat.
Transcript
En el desayuno tomo pan con tomate y un café con leche.
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Question 19 of 20
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Answer: C. Vegetables, rice and eggs
Diego is vegetarian. He says como mucha verdura, arroz y huevos: vegetables, rice and eggs.
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Carla: ¿Comes carne?
Diego: No, soy vegetariano. Como mucha verdura, arroz y huevos. -
Question 20 of 20
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Answer: B. Bananas
Plátanos means bananas in Spain. The other items are potatoes, bread, milk, eggs and cheese.
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