Asking questions in Spanish (1)
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Question 1 |
How would you say ... Are we friends?
A | Somos amigos? Hint: Nearly, although statements can be turned into questions just by using your tone of voice you must remember to enclose the question with question marks to signal that it's a question. |
B | ¿Estamos amigos? Hint: No, because you are identifying something, in this case 'a person as a friend or not' so you would use the verb 'ser' - so the correct answer would be ¿Somos amigos? |
C | ¿Somos amigos? |
Question 1 Explanation:
Well done, a Spanish statement such as 'we are friends' can be turned into a questions just with voice intonation. Enclosing the statement with question marks is the only difference.
Question 2 |
How could you ask .... Easy isn't it?
A | ¿Es fácil? Hint: No, this questions says 'Is it easy?' |
B | No es fácil. Hint: No, this would be a statement that says 'It isn't easy'. |
C | ¡Es fácil! ¿no? |
Question 2 Explanation:
Exactly, another easy way to ask questions in Spanish is to tag a statement with a word such as ¿no? or ¿verdad? enclosed with question marks.
Question 3 |
Translate ... You're John's brother, right?
A | Eres el hermano de Juan, ¡verdad! Hint: Nearly, but don't forget that the tag word 'verdad' needs to be enclosed with question marks not exclamation marks. |
B | Es correcto que eres el hermano de Juan. Hint: No this is a statement that says ... It's right that you're John's brother. |
C | Eres el hermano de Juan ¿verdad? |
Question 3 Explanation:
Well done, enclosing the tag word 'verdad' in question marks after a statement is like adding 'right?' as a question.
Question 4 |
Which Spanish question word means 'where' and asks for a location?
A | ¿cuándo? Hint: No, that one means 'when?'. |
B | ¿dónde? |
C | ¿a dónde? Hint: Nearly, ¿a dónde? does mean 'where?' (or literally 'to where?') but it asks for a destination not a location. |
Question 4 Explanation:
¡Excelente!
Question 5 |
What does this question mean? ¿A dónde va mi amigo?
A | Where is my friend going? |
B | Where does my friend live? Hint: No, 'va' is from the verb 'ir' - 'to go', not from the verb 'vivir' - 'to live'. |
C | Are you going to my friend? Hint: No, the sentence starts with 'a dónde' which means 'where'' and asks for a destination so the whole sentence means ... Where is my friend going? |
Question 5 Explanation:
¡Exacto! Bien hecho 🙂
Question 6 |
When you meet someone for the first time, how would you ask them where they are from?
A | ¿De dónde es usted? |
B | ¿Dónde es usted? Hint: Nearly, you just need a 'de' before 'dónde' so that you can ask 'from where are you?' |
C | ¿De dónde está usted? Hint: Nearly, just remember that where a person comes from is a big part of their character so you need to use 'es' from the verb 'ser' instead of 'está'. |
Question 6 Explanation:
Exactly right. The 'de' in 'de dónde' is necessary to ask someone where they come 'from' and the usted form of ser is used (es) because it is considered respectful and polite.
Question 7 |
Although ¿cómo? literally means 'how', when it's used with 'ser' what else is it used for?
A | To ask what someone or something is like. |
B | To ask the question 'how many?'. Hint: No, that would be '¿cuánto?'. |
C | To ask the question 'when?'. Hint: No, that would be '¿cuándo?'. |
Question 7 Explanation:
Good job, you had two choices for this one. You can use ¿cómo? to ask someone to repeat themselves or to ask what someone or something is like.
¿Cómo es Juan? What's John like? Oh, tall, dark and handsome.
Question 8 |
Can you name two other ways to ask someone to repeat themselves?
A | ¿Qué? and ¿Cuándo? Hint: No, although you may hear '¿qué? (what?) used informally, it isn't generally considered good manners and ¿cuándo? means 'when?'. |
B | ¡Mande! and ¡Dígame! |
C | ¿Qué? and ¿Quién? Hint: No, although you may hear '¿qué? (what?) used informally, it isn't generally considered good manners and ¿quién? means 'who?'. |
Question 8 Explanation:
Sí, tienes toda la razón.
Yes, you're exactly right!
Question 9 |
¿Qué? and ¿cuál? can both be translated as 'what' when they are used before the verb 'ser' but what's the difference?
A | ¿Qué? asks for a definition and ¿cuál? asks for information. |
B | ¿Cuál? asks for a definition and ¿qué? asks for information. Hint: No it's the other way around ...¿Qué? asks for a definition and ¿cuál? asks for information. |
C | ¿Qué? asks a question and ¿cuál? is a command. Hint: No, they are both questions. ¿Qué? asks for a definition and ¿cuál? asks for information. |
Question 9 Explanation:
Quite right! ¿Qué es su bebida favorita? What is your favourite drink? Es la que más me gusta. (Definition: It's the drink that I like the most.) ¿Cuál es su bebida favorita? What is your favourite drink? Ron y coca. (Information: Rum and coke)
Question 10 |
Which Spanish phrase can be translated as 'about what' or 'of what'?
A | ¿de qué? |
B | ¿sobre qué? Hint: No, that can only mean 'about what?' |
C | ¿en qué? Hint: No, that means 'in what?' |
Question 10 Explanation:
¡Bien hecho!
Well done!
Question 11 |
What's the important thing to remember about Spanish prepositions?
A | That they can't be spoken out loud. Hint: Now you're just being silly, what use would they be then? |
B | That you can't eat them. Hint: Although that's true it's not quite what we were looking for. The important thing is that you can't finish a sentence with them. |
C | That you can't finish a sentence with them. |
Question 11 Explanation:
That's right, so often you will need to start the sentence with the preposition to avoid putting it on the end. ¿De qué habla? What are you talking about?
Question 12 |
Give the following Spanish question words in order ... when? how many? how much?
A | cuándo, cuántos, cuánto |
B | cuándo, cuántos, qué Hint: No, the first two are correct but qué on the end means 'what' or 'which' - 'cuánto' or 'cuánta' means 'how much?'. |
C | cuándo, cuánto, cuántos Hint: Not quite, the last two are out of order, cuántos means 'how many' and cuánto (sing) means 'how much'. |
Question 12 Explanation:
¡Perfecto! And remember that ¿cuánto? has a feminine form too so you will sometimes see '¿cuánta?'.
Question 13 |
How do you say ... ¿Who am I?
A | ¿Quién soy yo? |
B | ¿Quién estoy yo? Hint: No, you'll need to use 'soy' from the verb 'ser', not 'estoy' from the verb 'estar' because the nature of the question speaks to your identity. |
C | ¿Quien soy yo? Hint: Nearly, but you need to remember that the accent on 'quién' is imperative when you are asking a question. |
Question 13 Explanation:
Perfect, you used 'soy' from 'ser' and you remembered your accent mark on the question word 'quién' (who).
Question 14 |
If 'a quién' means 'whom' or 'to whom' (or colloquially 'who') how would you say - Who are you speaking to?
A | ¿A quién habla? |
B | ¿Quién habla a? Hint: No, you can't finish a Spanish sentence with a preposition. |
C | ¿A quién hablo? Hint: Sorry, I was being a bit tricky, everything is right apart from 'hablo' which means 'I speak'. You needed 'habla' (you speak). |
Question 14 Explanation:
That's it!
Question 15 |
How would you say .... Who should I share my apple with?
A | ¿Quién debo compartir mi manzana con?
Hint: Nope, sorry, you can't finish the sentence with a preposition! |
B | ¿Con quién debo compartir mi manzana? |
C | ¿Con quién debo compartir mi naranja? Hint: Did you want to share your apple or your orange? |
Question 15 Explanation:
That's it, avoid finishing a sentence with a preposition by putting it first. '¿Con' quién? = with whom?
Question 16 |
The English word 'whose' is translated with which two Spanish words?
A | de + quién |
B | a + quién Hint: No, that would mean 'to whom?' |
C | quién + es Hint: No, that would mean 'who is?' |
Question 16 Explanation:
Right 'de quién', lit 'of who' is the translation for the English word 'whose'.
Question 17 |
How would you say ... 'Whose is this ball?
A | ¿De quién es esta pelota? |
B | ¿Quién es esta pelota? Hint: I'm afraid not, to ask 'whose' you need to use 'de quién'. |
C | ¿Esta pelota es de quién? |
Question 17 Explanation:
Well done, you had two correct choices there. Both examples that use 'de quién' are correct and given that the word order in Spanish sentences is more flexible than in English you can put the interrogative at the beginning or the end of the sentence.
Question 18 |
When would you use the plural form 'de quiénes' (whose)?
A | When there is more than one owner.
¿De quiénes son estas tortugas? Whose turtles are these?
(when a few people own them)
And ... When there is more than one thing owned but you don't know how many owners there are. |
B | When there is more than one thing that is owned.
¿De quiénes son estas tortugas? Whose turtles are these? (because there is more than one turtle)
Hint: No, you use the plural form 'de quiénes' when more there's more than one owner. |
Question 18 Explanation:
Exactly right! Well done 🙂
You use 'de quiénes' when there is more than one owner or ... when you don't know if there's one or more owners and the 'things' owned are plural.
Question 19 |
¿Por qué?' and 'para qué?' both can be translated as 'why' but what's the difference?
A | ¿Para qué?' asks for a reason while 'por qué?' asks for a purpose. Hint: No, it's the other way around! |
B | ¿Por qué?' asks for a reason while 'para qué?' asks for a purpose. |
Question 19 Explanation:
¡Exacto!
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