Basic Spanish in 7 Days (Fast Track): Phone and appointments, Asking questions, Yesterday and more
Untimed topic quiz: 50 questions on Phone and appointments, Asking questions, Yesterday and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 6: Phone and appointments, Asking questions, Yesterday and more
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Question 1 of 50
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Answer: C. Who's calling?
On the phone, ¿De parte de quién? asks who is calling.
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Question 2 of 50
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Answer: C. ¿Dígame?
In Spain you answer the phone with ¿Dígame? or ¿Sí? Hasta luego means see you later.
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Question 3 of 50
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Answer: B. Quería pedir una cita.
Pedir una cita means to ask for (make) an appointment. Quería makes the request polite.
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Question 4 of 50
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Answer: A. Sí, perfecto. Gracias.
¿Le va bien…? asks if a time suits you, so you can answer Sí, perfecto.
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Question 5 of 50
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Answer: C. Sí. Soy Marta. Mi número es el 600 123 456.
You are asked to leave a message, so you give your name and number.
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Question 6 of 50
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Answer: C. hablar
After puedo, use the infinitive: puedo hablar (can I speak). Hablar con means to speak to.
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Question 7 of 50
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Answer: A. ¿Puede repetir, por favor?
Repetir means to repeat. Esperar means to wait.
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Question 8 of 50
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Answer: B. an appointment on Monday
The caller says quería pedir una cita para el lunes: I'd like an appointment for Monday.
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Recepcionista: Clínica Dental Sonrisa, ¿dígame?
Paciente: Hola, quería pedir una cita para el lunes. -
Question 9 of 50
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Answer: C. 645 218 379
She says the number in pairs after the first digit: seis (6), cuarenta y cinco (45), veintiuno (21), ochenta y tres (83), setenta y nueve (79) = 645 218 379.
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Recepcionista: ¿Su número de teléfono, por favor?
Mujer: Es el seis, cuarenta y cinco, veintiuno, ochenta y tres, setenta y nueve. -
Question 10 of 50
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Answer: C. Monday at 9:30
The message says Nueva cita: lunes, 9:30. Ana called on Tuesday at 10:15 to change Friday's appointment.
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Question 11 of 50
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Answer: A. When?
¿Cuándo? means when. Where is ¿dónde?, how much is ¿cuánto? and who is ¿quién?
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Question 12 of 50
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Answer: A. Dónde
The answer is a place, so the question word is ¿Dónde? (where).
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Question 13 of 50
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Answer: D. Cuántos
Años is masculine and plural, so use cuántos (how many).
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Question 14 of 50
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Answer: B. Por qué
The answer starts with porque (because), so the question is ¿Por qué? (why), written as two words with an accent.
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Question 15 of 50
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Answer: B. ¿Dónde está la estación?
A Spanish question needs ¿ at the start and ? at the end, and dónde and está need accents.
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Question 16 of 50
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Answer: D. ¿Dónde vive Ana?
After the question word, the verb comes before the subject: ¿Dónde vive Ana?
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Question 17 of 50
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Answer: D. ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?
To ask for a number or a name, Spanish uses ¿Cuál es…?, not ¿Qué es…?
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Question 18 of 50
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Answer: B. Toronto, Canada
Tom says Soy de Canadá, de Toronto: I'm from Canada, from Toronto.
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Ana: ¿De dónde eres?
Tom: Soy de Canadá, de Toronto. -
Question 19 of 50
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Answer: D. 11:15
A las once y cuarto means at a quarter past eleven: 11:15.
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Hombre: Perdone, ¿cuándo sale el autobús para Toledo?
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Question 20 of 50
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Answer: D. He wants to work in Spain.
Kenji writes Estudio español porque quiero trabajar en España: because I want to work in Spain.
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Question 21 of 50
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Answer: D. Yesterday I worked at home.
Ayer means yesterday, and trabajé is the simple past of trabajar for yo.
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Question 22 of 50
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Answer: A. hablé
For yo in the simple past, -ar verbs end in -é: hablé. Habló is for él or ella.
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Question 23 of 50
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Answer: C. comimos
For nosotros in the simple past, -er verbs end in -imos: comimos. Comemos is the present.
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Question 24 of 50
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Answer: D. fui
Ir is irregular in the past. For yo the form is fui. Fue is for él or ella.
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Question 25 of 50
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Answer: B. Juan spoke to Ana.
Habló, with an accent on the o, is the simple past for él: he spoke. Juan speaks would be Juan habla.
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Question 26 of 50
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Answer: D. hiciste
Hacer is irregular in the past. For tú the form is hiciste.
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Question 27 of 50
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Answer: A. Fui a la playa con mi familia.
The question is about the past, so you answer in the past: Fui a la playa (I went to the beach).
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Question 28 of 50
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Answer: D. fruit and bread
The speaker says compré fruta y pan: I bought fruit and bread.
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Ayer fui al mercado y compré fruta y pan.
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Question 29 of 50
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Answer: C. She had dinner with her parents.
Marta says Cené con mis padres en un restaurante: I had dinner with my parents in a restaurant.
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Luis: ¿Qué hiciste el sábado?
Marta: Cené con mis padres en un restaurante. -
Question 30 of 50
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Answer: C. by train
The text says Volvimos a Madrid en tren: we came back to Madrid by train.
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Question 31 of 50
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Answer: C. I'm going to study.
Ir a + infinitive talks about plans: voy a estudiar = I'm going to study.
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Question 32 of 50
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Answer: B. vamos
For nosotros, ir becomes vamos: vamos a ver.
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Question 33 of 50
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Answer: D. vas
For tú, ir becomes vas: ¿Qué vas a hacer?
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Question 34 of 50
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Answer: D. a
The pattern is ir + a + infinitive: voy a cocinar.
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Question 35 of 50
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Answer: C. la semana que viene
La semana que viene is next week. La semana pasada is last week.
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Question 36 of 50
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Answer: A. a
When the object is a person, Spanish puts a before it: visitar a mi tía.
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Question 37 of 50
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Answer: A. ¡Buena idea! ¿A qué hora?
Your friend suggests meeting on Friday, so you accept and ask the time.
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Question 38 of 50
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Answer: A. rest
The speaker says El domingo voy a descansar: on Sunday I'm going to rest. The beach is on Saturday.
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El sábado voy a ir a la playa con mi hermana. El domingo voy a descansar.
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Question 39 of 50
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Answer: C. watch a soccer game with friends
Lucía says Voy a ver un partido de fútbol con mis amigos: I'm going to watch a soccer game with my friends.
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Pedro: ¿Qué vas a hacer esta noche?
Lucía: Voy a ver un partido de fútbol con mis amigos. -
Question 40 of 50
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Answer: A. work in a café
Clara writes voy a trabajar en una cafetería los fines de semana: I'm going to work in a café on weekends.
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Question 41 of 50
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Answer: A. Can you help me?
Puede is can (you, formal) and ayudarme is to help me.
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Question 42 of 50
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Answer: B. puedo
Poder changes o to ue. For yo the form is puedo.
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Question 43 of 50
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Answer: B. Pueden
For ustedes, poder becomes pueden.
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Question 44 of 50
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Answer: C. ¿Podría hablar más despacio, por favor?
¿Podría…? (could you) with por favor is the most polite way to ask.
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Question 45 of 50
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Answer: C. ¿Puedo abrir la ventana?
Use puedo (I can) + the infinitive abrir. ¿Puede abrir…? means Can you open…?
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Question 46 of 50
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Answer: A. ¿Te ayudo?
¿Te ayudo? means Shall I help you? ¿Me ayudas? asks someone to help you.
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Question 47 of 50
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Answer: B. Lo siento, hoy no puedo.
Lo siento, hoy no puedo means Sorry, I can't today.
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Question 48 of 50
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Answer: B. on the right, at the end of the street
The woman says Está a la derecha, al final de la calle: on the right, at the end of the street.
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Turista: Perdone, ¿podría decirme dónde está la estación?
Señora: Claro. Está a la derecha, al final de la calle. -
Question 49 of 50
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Answer: B. to help with the suitcase
The man asks ¿Te ayudo con la maleta?: Shall I help you with the suitcase?
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Hombre: ¿Te ayudo con la maleta?
Mujer: Sí, muchas gracias, muy amable. -
Question 50 of 50
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Answer: A. use a computer for up to one hour
The sign says Aquí puede usar los ordenadores (máximo 1 hora). Eating, drinking and phone calls are under No puede.
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