Basic Swedish in 15 Days: Weather and seasons and My day
Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on Weather and seasons and My day, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 8: Weather and seasons and My day
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Question 1 of 20
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Answer: D. It’s snowing.
Snö is snow, so det snöar means it’s snowing. It’s raining is det regnar.
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Question 2 of 20
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Answer: B. autumn (fall)
Hösten is the autumn (fall). Spring is våren, summer is sommaren and winter is vintern.
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Question 3 of 20
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Answer: C. kallt
After det är, the adjective takes -t: kallt.
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Question 4 of 20
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Answer: A. Det är minus åtta grader.
Below zero, say minus before the number: minus åtta grader.
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Question 5 of 20
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Answer: A. på
For seasons in general, use på + the season with -en: på sommaren.
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Question 6 of 20
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Answer: B. It’s windy.
Blåsa means to blow, so det blåser means the wind is blowing.
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Question 7 of 20
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Answer: D. våren
The order is vintern, våren, sommaren, hösten. Spring (våren) comes after winter.
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Question 8 of 20
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Answer: A. In Göteborg
Göteborg: regn och blåsigt means rain and windy.
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Question 9 of 20
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Answer: A. Rainy and quite cold
Det regnar (it’s raining) och det är ganska kallt (it’s quite cold).
Transcript
Erik: Hur är vädret i dag?
Anna: Det regnar och det är ganska kallt. -
Question 10 of 20
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Answer: A. 25 °C
Tjugofem grader varmt means 25 degrees above zero. Soligt means sunny.
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I dag är det soligt och tjugofem grader varmt.
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Question 11 of 20
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Answer: C. I have breakfast at seven.
Äta frukost means to have breakfast. Get up is gå upp, and go to bed is gå och lägga sig.
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Question 12 of 20
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Answer: C. bor
Short verbs like bo just add -r in the present: han bor. The form is the same for every person.
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Question 13 of 20
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Answer: D. pratar
Verbs that end in -a add -r in the present: prata → pratar. Vi takes the same form as jag.
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Question 14 of 20
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Answer: B. läser
Läsa belongs to the -er group: change -a to -er → läser.
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Question 15 of 20
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Answer: D. På kvällen tittar jag på tv.
In a Swedish statement the verb is second. After a time word like på kvällen, the subject comes after the verb.
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Question 16 of 20
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Answer: C. Jag går och lägger mig klockan elva.
Both verbs are in the present: går and lägger. Elva is eleven; ett is one.
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Question 17 of 20
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Answer: D. 6:30
Halv sju means half an hour before seven, so 6:30. Swedish counts the half towards the next hour.
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Jag heter Emma. Jag går upp halv sju och äter frukost.
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Question 18 of 20
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Answer: D. From 9 to 5
Ali says från nio till fem: from nine to five.
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Sara: När jobbar du?
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Question 19 of 20
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Answer: C. She cooks and reads.
Lagar mat means cooks, and läser en bok means reads a book.
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På kvällen lagar Lisa mat. Sedan läser hon en bok.
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Question 20 of 20
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Answer: A. He takes the bus to work.
Klockan sju åker jag buss till jobbet means at seven I take the bus to work. The verb åker is in second place.
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