Basic Spanish in 7 Days (Fast Track): Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more
Untimed topic quiz: 40 questions on Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 3: Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more
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Question 1 of 40
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Answer: A. the kitchen
La cocina is the kitchen. It also means cooking.
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Question 2 of 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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Answer: C. la
Leche (milk) is a feminine noun: la leche.
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Question 14 of 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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.
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En el desayuno tomo pan con tomate y un café con leche.
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Question 19 of 40
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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 40
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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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Question 21 of 40
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Answer: B. How much is it?
Cuánto means how much and cuesta means costs: ¿Cuánto cuesta? = How much is it?
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Question 22 of 40
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Answer: C. cuestan
Zapatos is plural, so use cuestan. The o in costar changes to ue: cuesta, cuestan.
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Question 23 of 40
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Answer: A. cuatro euros con cincuenta
Say the euros, then con and the céntimos: cuatro euros con cincuenta.
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Question 24 of 40
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Answer: A. en la caja
La caja is the checkout. El probador is the fitting room, la talla is the size and la bolsa is the bag.
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Question 25 of 40
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Answer: A. estas
Manzanas is feminine and plural, so 'these' is estas.
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Question 26 of 40
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Answer: C. grande
Más grande means bigger. Talla is singular, and grande is the same for masculine and feminine.
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Question 27 of 40
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Answer: A. How you want to pay
Tarjeta is a card and efectivo is cash. She is asking how you want to pay.
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Question 28 of 40
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Answer: B. €12.20
The shop assistant says doce euros con veinte: 12 euros and 20 céntimos.
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Dependienta: Son doce euros con veinte.
Cliente: Aquí tiene. -
Question 29 of 40
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Answer: B. 42
The customer asks for la talla cuarenta y dos: size 42.
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Cliente: ¿Tiene estos pantalones en la talla cuarenta y dos?
Dependiente: Sí, aquí los tiene. -
Question 30 of 40
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Answer: B. 45 euros
Rebajas means sale. Antes means before: the shoes were 45 € before and are 30 € now.
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Question 31 of 40
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Answer: A. The bill, please.
La cuenta is the bill. Say it when you want to pay.
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Question 32 of 40
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Answer: C. A small black coffee
Solo means alone: a café solo is coffee with no milk. A coffee with milk is un café con leche.
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Question 33 of 40
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Answer: C. Anything else?
Algo means something and más means more: ¿Algo más? = Anything else?
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Question 34 of 40
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Answer: A. Quisiera un té, por favor.
Quisiera (I would like) with por favor is the most polite. Quiero and dame sound direct.
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Question 35 of 40
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Answer: B. gustaría
Me gustaría means 'I would like'. Me gusta means 'I like' and is not used to order.
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Question 36 of 40
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Answer: B. What can I get you?
In Spain, ¿Qué le pongo? is a common way for a waiter to ask what you want to order.
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Question 37 of 40
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Answer: D. Para mí, un zumo de naranja.
The waiter asks what you are having, so order: Para mí, un zumo de naranja (an orange juice for me).
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Question 38 of 40
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Answer: D. A cortado and toast with tomato
She says quería un cortado y una tostada con tomate: a cortado and toast with tomato.
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Camarero: Buenos días, ¿qué le pongo?
Mujer: Quería un cortado y una tostada con tomate, por favor. -
Question 39 of 40
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Answer: C. €3.80
The waitress says tres euros con ochenta: 3 euros and 80 céntimos.
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Cliente: ¿Cuánto es?
Camarera: Son tres euros con ochenta. -
Question 40 of 40
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Answer: C. €4.10
A tea is 1,60 € and toast with tomato is 2,50 €: 1.60 + 2.50 = 4.10 euros.
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