Basic Spanish in 30 Days: Work and jobs
Untimed topic quiz: 10 questions on Work and jobs, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 17: Work and jobs
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Question 1 of 10
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Answer: B. I'm a teacher.
Profesora is a woman teacher. A student is estudiante and a nurse is enfermera.
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Question 2 of 10
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Answer: D. tiene
Tener is irregular. For él, ella and usted, the form is tiene.
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Question 3 of 10
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Answer: C. Soy enfermera.
Use ser for jobs, and a woman uses the -a form: Soy enfermera. Enfermero is the form for a man.
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Question 4 of 10
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Answer: A. tenemos
For nosotros, tener becomes tenemos.
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Question 5 of 10
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Answer: A. la camarera
Job words in -o change to -a for a woman, and the article changes to la: la camarera.
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Question 6 of 10
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Answer: C. estudiante
Words in -ante do not change: el estudiante, la estudiante. The others change: camarera, profesora, enfermera.
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Question 7 of 10
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Answer: C. Soy cocinero.
¿En qué trabajas? asks about your job, so you answer with a job: Soy cocinero (I'm a cook).
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Question 8 of 10
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Answer: D. doctor
Javier says Soy médico: I'm a doctor. He works in a hospital.
Transcript
Hola, soy Javier. Soy médico y trabajo en un hospital en Málaga.
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Question 9 of 10
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Answer: C. in a clothes shop
Luis says Trabajo en una tienda de ropa. Una tienda is a shop and ropa means clothes.
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Ana: ¿Dónde trabajas, Luis?
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Question 10 of 10
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Answer: D. Monday to Friday
The ad says de lunes a viernes: from Monday to Friday. Se busca means wanted.
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