Basic Spanish in 15 Days: Weather and seasons and My day
Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on Weather and seasons and My day, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 8: Weather and seasons and My day
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Question 1 of 20
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Answer: A. It's cold.
Frío means cold. Hace frío = It's cold. Hot is calor and windy is viento.
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Question 2 of 20
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Answer: A. Autumn (fall)
El otoño is autumn (fall). Spring is la primavera, summer is el verano and winter is el invierno.
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Question 3 of 20
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Answer: A. It's raining.
Llueve means it is raining. Nieva means it is snowing and está nublado means it is cloudy.
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Question 4 of 20
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Answer: B. hace
Sol is a noun, and Spanish uses hace with weather nouns: hace sol.
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Question 5 of 20
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Answer: C. mucho
Calor is a noun, so use mucho, not muy (muy goes with adjectives). Calor is masculine, so it is mucho, not mucha.
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Question 6 of 20
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Answer: A. Tengo frío.
For how a person feels, use tener: Tengo frío. Hace frío is for the weather.
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Question 7 of 20
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Answer: D. December, January and February
Argentina is in the Southern Hemisphere, so its seasons are the other way round from Spain: summer is from December to February.
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Question 8 of 20
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Answer: B. Sunny and very hot
The speaker says hace sol y mucho calor: it is sunny and very hot (35 degrees).
Transcript
Hoy en Madrid hace sol y mucho calor. Estamos a treinta y cinco grados.
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Question 9 of 20
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Answer: C. 15 degrees
Jorge says hace quince grados: 15 degrees. Be careful: cincuenta is 50 and cinco is 5.
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Elena: ¿Qué tiempo hace en Bilbao?
Jorge: Está nublado y llueve un poco. Hace quince grados. -
Question 10 of 20
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Answer: B. In the mountains
Nieve means snow. The forecast gives nieve for la montaña (the mountains), with −2 °C.
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Question 11 of 20
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Answer: D. I have breakfast at eight.
Desayunar means to have breakfast. Dinner is cenar, lunch is comer, and get up is levantarse.
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Question 12 of 20
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Answer: A. vives
For tú, -ir verbs end in -es: tú vives. Vivís is for vosotros.
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Question 13 of 20
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Answer: D. hablamos
For nosotros, -ar verbs end in -amos: nosotros hablamos.
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Question 14 of 20
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Answer: A. come
For él, ella and usted, -er verbs end in -e: ella come.
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Question 15 of 20
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Answer: C. ustedes trabajan
Latin America uses ustedes for every group, with the -an ending: ustedes trabajan. Vosotros trabajáis is used in Spain.
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Question 16 of 20
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Answer: B. Me levanto a las siete.
Levantarse needs me before the verb for yo, and clock times use a las: me levanto a las siete.
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Question 17 of 20
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Answer: B. Ceno a las nueve.
¿A qué hora cenas? asks what time you have dinner, so answer with a time: Ceno a las nueve.
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Question 18 of 20
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Answer: C. 6:30
Seis y media means half past six: 6:30.
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Me levanto a las seis y media. Después desayuno.
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Question 19 of 20
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Answer: B. From 8 to 3
Pablo says de ocho a tres: from eight to three.
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Lucía: ¿Dónde trabajas?
Pablo: Trabajo en un hotel, de ocho a tres. -
Question 20 of 20
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Answer: A. She reads.
The text says Por la tarde leo: in the afternoon I read. She works at a school and has dinner with her family in the evening (por la noche).
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