Basic Swedish in 7 Days (Fast Track): Days and dates, Telling the time, Family and more
Untimed topic quiz: 40 questions on Days and dates, Telling the time, Family and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 2: Days and dates, Telling the time, Family and more
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Question 1 of 40
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Answer: B. onsdag
The order is måndag, tisdag, onsdag, torsdag … Onsdag (Wednesday) comes after tisdag (Tuesday).
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Question 2 of 40
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Answer: B. Saturday
Lördag is Saturday. Sunday is söndag.
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Question 3 of 40
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Answer: C. Jag fyller år i maj.
Use i with months: i maj. Months are written with a small letter and have no ending.
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Question 4 of 40
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Answer: A. yesterday
I går is yesterday, i dag is today and i morgon is tomorrow.
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Question 5 of 40
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Answer: B. tredje
The ordinal of tre (3) is tredje. Trettonde is the 13th.
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Question 6 of 40
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Answer: A. på
Use på with days: på fredag (this coming Friday). Use i with months: i juli.
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Question 7 of 40
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Answer: A. 21 June
Tjugoförsta is the 21st and juni is June. July is juli.
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Question 8 of 40
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Answer: C. Saturday 14 September
Lina writes “lördag den 14 september”. Lördag is Saturday.
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Question 9 of 40
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Answer: D. 2 April
Ali says “den andra april”: andra is second, so 2 April.
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Kerstin: När fyller du år, Ali?
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Question 10 of 40
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Answer: D. Thursday
“I dag är det torsdag” means “today is Thursday”. Fredag (Friday) is tomorrow.
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I dag är det torsdag, och i morgon är det fredag.
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Question 11 of 40
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Answer: D. What time is it?
Klockan means the clock or the time. Vad är klockan? asks what time it is.
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Question 12 of 40
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Answer: A. 3:30
Halv fyra is half an hour before four: 3:30.
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Question 13 of 40
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Answer: A. kvart över sex
Kvart över means quarter past: kvart över sex is 6:15. Kvart i sex is 5:45.
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Question 14 of 40
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Answer: D. 8:45
Kvart i means quarter to: 15 minutes before nine is 8:45.
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Question 15 of 40
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Answer: B. tio över två
Minutes after the hour use över: tio över två is 2:10.
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Question 16 of 40
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Answer: B. klockan
Say “at ten” with klockan: klockan tio. Om tio minuter means “in ten minutes”.
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Question 17 of 40
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Answer: A. At 16.00
Lördag 10–16 means Saturday from 10.00 to 16.00. On Sunday (söndag) it is stängt (closed).
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Question 18 of 40
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Answer: B. 2:25
Fem i halv tre is five minutes before 2:30, so 2:25.
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Ola: Ursäkta, vad är klockan?
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Question 19 of 40
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Answer: B. At 11
“Vi öppnar klockan elva” means “we open at eleven”. Fem (five) is when they close.
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Hej! På söndag öppnar vi klockan elva och stänger klockan fem.
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Question 20 of 40
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Answer: C. 18.40
Arton och fyrtio is 18.40. Arton is 18 and fyrtio is 40.
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Tåget går klockan arton och fyrtio.
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Question 21 of 40
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Answer: D. sister
Syster means sister. Brother is bror and daughter is dotter.
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Question 22 of 40
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Answer: B. Your mother’s father
Mor means mother and far means father. Morfar is your mother’s father.
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Question 23 of 40
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Answer: C. mitt
Barn is an ett-word, so “my” is mitt: mitt barn.
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Question 24 of 40
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Answer: C. din
Syster is an en-word, so “your” is din.
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Question 25 of 40
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Answer: B. Mina
Föräldrar is plural, so “my” is mina.
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Question 26 of 40
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Answer: B. bröder
Bror has an irregular plural: en bror, två bröder.
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Question 27 of 40
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Answer: A. A partner you live with
A sambo is a partner you live with without being married. It is very common in Sweden.
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Question 28 of 40
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Answer: A. Three
Karin has en son (one son) och två döttrar (two daughters): three children.
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Question 29 of 40
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Answer: C. The speaker’s brother
Han är min bror means “he is my brother”.
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Det här är Johan. Han är min bror.
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Question 30 of 40
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Answer: A. Yes, one sister
Nora says “Ja, jag har en syster”: one sister, called Alva.
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Max: Har du syskon, Nora?
Nora: Ja, jag har en syster. Hon heter Alva. -
Question 31 of 40
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Answer: C. tired
Trött means tired. Happy is glad.
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Question 32 of 40
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Answer: B. gammal
Ung (young) is the opposite of gammal (old).
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Question 33 of 40
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Answer: C. trevliga
With a plural subject, the adjective takes -a: De är trevliga.
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Question 34 of 40
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Answer: C. långt
Hår is an ett-word, so the adjective takes -t: långt hår.
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Question 35 of 40
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Answer: D. litet
Liten is irregular: en liten pojke, ett litet barn, små barn.
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Question 36 of 40
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Answer: A. Han har blå ögon.
Ögon (eyes) is plural and the adjective comes before the noun: blå ögon. Öga is one eye.
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Question 37 of 40
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Answer: D. What does he look like?
Hur ser … ut? asks about how someone looks.
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Question 38 of 40
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Answer: A. Young, short and funny
The text says Maja är ung (young), ganska kort (quite short) och mycket rolig (very funny).
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Question 39 of 40
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Answer: D. Tall, with short dark hair
Han är lång (tall) och har kort mörkt hår (short dark hair).
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Lisa: Hur ser Tom ut?
Anders: Han är lång och har kort mörkt hår. -
Question 40 of 40
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Answer: B. Very tired
Mycket trött means very tired. I dag means today.
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Jag är mycket trött i dag.
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