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'Mother married Father in April.' Can you translate this sentence into Spanish?

Vocabulary - A Smorgasbord of Words! (Part 1)

Do you know what smorgasbord means? It means a varied collection. In other words, a collection of many things that can be related or unrelated. Between the Spanish Easy Review quiz series and the Spanish Medium Review quiz series you have been learning or relearning a mountain full of new Spanish vocabulary words. Each vocabulary quiz in the two series provided you with a list of words that you were then tested on. Since the words were included in the introductions to the quizzes, that made knowing the words found in those quizzes a little easier. Although those quizzes did test your memory, they did not completely challenge you. Therefore, this Spanish Medium Review quiz will challenge you on being able to quickly draw upon the words in your Spanish vocabulary bank, especially since here, you have no idea what words you will be required to know.

1 .

Perro de Juan es marrón.

John Perry is marooned.

John's dog is brown.

John prefers mayonnaise.

John Perry is married.

The proper English translation of this sentence is: John’s dog is brown.

2 .

María tiene tres hermanas y dos hermanos.

Mary has three sisters and two brothers.

Mary takes three hours and two hours.

Mary has three daughters and two sons.

Mary has three girls and two boys.

The proper translation of this sentence is: Mary has three sisters and two brothers.

3 .

Can I get THOSE shoes over there?

esos

aquellas

aquellos

esas

This sentence is having you locate the correct demonstrative adjective for those. This sentence also contains the words 'over there' showing that there is a distance to the object or thing. The first and last answers can be eliminated as they do not indicate a distance. The Spanish word for shoes is zapatos which is a masculine word. Therefore, the demonstrative adjective must be masculine and plural as well. The Spanish word for those when there is distance is aquellos.

4 .

Mrs. Peters is my new teacher.

Señora Peters esta mi nueva profesora.

Señora Peters es mi nuevo profesor.

Señora Peters está mi nuevo profesor.

Señora Peters es mi nueva profesora.

In this sentence, as Mrs. Peters is a female the word teacher must be in the feminine form. The adjective to teacher, i.e., new, must also be in the feminine form. The second and third answers show the masculine forms so they can be eliminated. Spanish has two 'to be' verbs, i.e., ser and estar. Ser is for more permanent conditions and estar is for temporary conditions. Mrs. Peters is a permanent teacher so the verb ser needs to be used. The correct Spanish translation is then: Señora Peters es mi nueva profesora.

5 .

Which of the following colors is not a color found in the rainbow?

azul

violeta

turquesa

rojo

The first answer means blue. The second answer means purple. The third answer means turquoise and the last answer means red. Blue, purple and red are all colors found in a rainbow. Turquoise is not.

6 .

Mother married Father in April.

Madre lloró padre en abril.

Madre casó padre en abril.

Madre perdido padre en abril.

Madre compró padre en abril.

To translate this sentence correctly you must know the verb for married. In Spanish it is casó making the correction translation: Madre casó padre en abril.

7 .

dos, cuatro, seis, ocho, diez, doce, ____

catorce

quince

diez y siete

veinte

The numbers given are: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, ____. The numbers are going up by twos so the next number will be 14. Fourteen in Spanish is catorce.

8 .

Mindy, Jill, Richard and I PLAY tennis.

jugáis

juegan

juega

jugamos

The first thing you need to do is determine what pronoun can replace Mindy, Jill, Richard and I. As I is include, the pronoun will be we. The Spanish verb for 'we play' is jugamos.

9 .

My cousin loves basketball.

Mi primo ama la caza.

Mi primo ama la biblioteca.

Mi primo ama el baloncesto.

Mi primo ama la mantequilla.

The word you need to know here to find the correct translation is the word for basketball. The Spanish word for basketball is baloncesto making the correct translation of: Mi primo ama el baloncesto.

10 .

veinte y tres x diez = ____

treinta y tres

doscientos treinta

trescientos y veinte

ciento dos

veinte y tres x diez = 23 x 10 = 230. 230 in Spanish is doscientos treinta.

Author: Christine G. Broome