Basic Spanish in 7 Days (Fast Track): In town, Getting around, Weather and seasons and more
Untimed topic quiz: 40 questions on In town, Getting around, Weather and seasons and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 4: In town, Getting around, Weather and seasons and more
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Question 1 of 40
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Answer: A. pharmacy
La farmacia is a pharmacy. It is a false friend: a farm is una granja.
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Question 2 of 40
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Answer: C. to the left
Izquierda means left: gire a la izquierda = turn left. Right is derecha.
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Question 3 of 40
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Answer: B. Go straight on.
Siga is 'continue' (formal) and todo recto is 'straight on'.
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Question 4 of 40
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Answer: B. Turn right.
Derecha means right. Do not mix it up with derecho, which means straight on in many Latin American countries.
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Question 5 of 40
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Answer: C. está
To ask where a specific place is, use estar: ¿Dónde está el museo?
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Question 6 of 40
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Answer: B. Hay
To ask if any supermarket exists near here, use hay: ¿Hay un supermercado por aquí?
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Question 7 of 40
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Answer: C. No, está muy cerca.
Lejos means far, so answer about distance: No, está muy cerca (No, it's very close).
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Question 8 of 40
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Answer: A. Straight on, then the second street on the left
The woman says siga todo recto (straight on) y tome la segunda calle a la izquierda (second street on the left).
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Turista: Perdone, ¿dónde está el banco?
Señora: Siga todo recto y tome la segunda calle a la izquierda. -
Question 9 of 40
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Answer: C. Ten minutes on foot
Luis says a diez minutos andando: ten minutes on foot.
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Ana: ¿Hay una farmacia por aquí?
Luis: Sí, está en la plaza, a diez minutos andando. -
Question 10 of 40
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Answer: D. On the corner, next to the bank
Nuria writes mi casa está en la esquina, al lado del banco: on the corner, next to the bank.
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Question 11 of 40
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Answer: D. the ticket
El billete is the ticket. The platform is el andén and the timetable is el horario.
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Question 12 of 40
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Answer: B. en
Use en with transport: en autobús, en tren, en coche.
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Question 13 of 40
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Answer: B. a
On foot is a pie. It is different from other transport, which uses en.
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Question 14 of 40
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Answer: C. A return ticket
Ida is going and vuelta is coming back: a return ticket. A one-way ticket is de ida.
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Question 15 of 40
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Answer: A. opposite
Enfrente de means opposite. Behind is detrás de, under is debajo de and between is entre.
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Question 16 of 40
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Answer: D. del
De + el always joins to become del: al lado del banco.
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Question 17 of 40
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Answer: A. Del andén cuatro.
The question asks which platform (andén), so answer with the platform: del andén cuatro.
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Question 18 of 40
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Answer: C. 6
The announcement says del andén seis: from platform 6. Las diez y cuarto (10:15) is the time.
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Atención, por favor: el tren para Barcelona sale a las diez y cuarto del andén seis.
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Question 19 of 40
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Answer: D. A one-way ticket to Seville
He asks for un billete de ida para Sevilla: a one-way ticket to Seville. A return ticket is de ida y vuelta.
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Hombre: Un billete de ida para Sevilla, por favor.
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Question 20 of 40
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Answer: A. Every 30 minutes
Sábados y domingos: cada 30 minutos means every 30 minutes on Saturdays and Sundays.
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Question 21 of 40
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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 22 of 40
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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 23 of 40
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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 24 of 40
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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 25 of 40
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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 26 of 40
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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 27 of 40
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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 28 of 40
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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).
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Hoy en Madrid hace sol y mucho calor. Estamos a treinta y cinco grados.
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Question 29 of 40
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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 30 of 40
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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 31 of 40
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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 32 of 40
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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 33 of 40
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Answer: D. hablamos
For nosotros, -ar verbs end in -amos: nosotros hablamos.
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Question 34 of 40
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Answer: A. come
For él, ella and usted, -er verbs end in -e: ella come.
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Question 35 of 40
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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 36 of 40
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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 37 of 40
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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 38 of 40
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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 39 of 40
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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 40 of 40
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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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