Basic Spanish in 30 Days: Telling the time
Untimed topic quiz: 10 questions on Telling the time, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 6: Telling the time
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Question 1 of 10
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Answer: D. What time is it?
Hora means hour or time. ¿Qué hora es? = What time is it?
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Question 2 of 10
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Answer: D. Es
One o'clock is singular, so use es: Es la una. Other hours use son: Son las dos.
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Question 3 of 10
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Answer: B. 3:30
Y media means 'and a half': half past three, 3:30.
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Question 4 of 10
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Answer: D. 11 a.m.
Once is 11, and de la mañana means in the morning: 11 a.m.
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Question 5 of 10
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Answer: D. Son las cinco menos cuarto.
After half past, go to the next hour and use menos: 4:45 is las cinco menos cuarto.
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Question 6 of 10
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Answer: B. a
To say at what time something happens, use a las: a las nueve (at nine).
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Question 7 of 10
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Answer: D. A las ocho.
The question asks at what time, so answer with a las: A las ocho. Son las ocho means 'It is eight o'clock'.
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Question 8 of 10
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Answer: A. 9:30
The speaker says abre a las nueve y media: it opens at 9:30. It closes at two.
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La tienda abre a las nueve y media y cierra a las dos.
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Question 9 of 10
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Answer: B. 6:50
Las siete menos diez means ten minutes before seven: 6:50.
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Pedro: Perdona, ¿qué hora es?
Laura: Son las siete menos diez. -
Question 10 of 10
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Answer: C. No, it reopens at 5 p.m.
From Monday to Friday it is open from 9:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 20:30. At 16:00 it is closed.
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