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Tener Expressions Note Taking Guide

This guide is meant to accompany the video: Tener Expressions by Cyber Profe. When you see a pencil icon, that is
when you should take notes or answer the practice questions.

At some point we will all need to describe ourselves or someone else.

Two common examples are: Can you think of 2 other ways to describe yourself?
1. __________ ______________ I am feeling tired. 3. __________ ______________
2. __________ ______________ I am tall. 4. __________ ______________

We are used to using SER or ESTAR for descriptions BUT if you are feeling hungry, cold, hot, or sleepy you would use the
verb ______________ which means ____ __________

Spanish and English are alike!

Spanish English
La pizza Pizza
Inteligente Intelligent
Atlético Athletic
Absurdo Absurd

ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS
 It’s raining cats and dogs  When pigs fly
 Keep your eyes on me  It costs an arm and a leg
Can you think of two others?
1. ________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________

SPANISH EXPRESSIONS WITH TENER

1. Tener años – to be (this old) in years 7. Tener miedo – to be scared

2. Tener calor – to be hot (temperature) 8. Tener razón – to be right
3. Tener celos – to be jealous 9. Tener sed – to be thirsty
4. Tener cuidado – to be careful 10. Tener sueño – to be sleepy
5. Tener frío – to be cold 11. Tener suerte – to be lucky
6. Tener hambre – to be hungry

TE TOCA A TI – What does it mean?

How well you understand what these phrases mean? Pause the video to give yourself time to think.

1. Yo tengo suerte _____ ______ ______________

2. Tú tienes miedo
3. Él/Ella/Ud. tiene sueño
4. Nosotros tenemos razón
5. Vosotros tenéis hambre
6. Ellos/Ellas/Uds. tienen calor
_____ ______ ______________
_____, _____, ___, ______ (formal) ______ __________
_____ ______ ______________
_____ ______ ______________
_____, ______ ______ ______, ______ ______________

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TE TOCA A TI – Question and Answer

Pretend someone is asking you these questions; how would you answer them? Pause after each question to give
yourself time to respond. Fill in the answers below to review later.

1. Hace 10 grados, ¿tienes frío? ___________________________________

2. Hace mucho sol, ¿tienes calor? ___________________________________
3. Shakira tiene un novio. ¿tienes celos? ___________________________________
4. ¡Hay un monstruo allá! ¿tienen miedo? ___________________________________
(if I had used the pronoun ustedes as ‘all you guys’, you would have answered with the pronoun ‘nosotros.’ “Are all you guys
scared? No, we are not scared.)

5. No hay escuela hoy, ¿tienen suerte? ___________________________________

6. Hay unas personas en el desierto, ¿tienen sed? ___________________________________

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