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Spanish English Challenge - Activities
Spanish English Challenge - Activities
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At the top of the page in your dictionary are the first and last
words on the two pages – the catchwords or guidewords. They help
you find words faster. On these two pages you’ll find any word which
is in alphabetical order between cañería and carrera. On these pages
you’ll find carbón you won’t find casilla.
sí / no inglés
1 carpeta Vt IROGHU
2 cansado
3 caro
4 cárcel
5 canción
6 cascar
3 OMRA
4 ICOHN
5 OHJI
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Use Your Dictionary
When you look up a verb in the dictionary, you’ll often find that the form of the verb in the
dictionary is different from the form of the verb in your book.
Example:
1 ¡Escribe una postal! 2 ¡Haz una encuesta!
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1 Un billete para Madrid, por favor. 2 Hay una pila de libros en el suelo.
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Just a few nouns have one meaning when they’re masculine, and a different meaning when
they’re feminine. Your dictionary alerts you to this, e.g.
In each entry, the see
el corte masc noun see corte noun
symbol warns you to check
la corte fem noun see corte noun court
whether the meaning you
want is in the other entry!
1 He perdido un pendiente.
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en español: en inglés:
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2 NRN
3 ZFTHKZ
4 ATQQN
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6 EZHRZM
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1 la pierna 3 hombro
2 nariz
4 cuello 5 rodilla
6 boca 7 lengua
8 pecho 1 3
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fly noun see fly verb LQP\VRXS
,·GOLNHWRIO\ la mosca fem
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1 (birds, insects, planes) volar [24]
When you look in your dictionary, you need to choose the right word:
The insect,afly, isuna moscain Spanish.The verb, to fly, is volar.
1 The band is great. They have a good beat. 2 Add the flour, then beat the eggs.
beat verb batir / beat noun el ritmo beat verb batir / beat noun el ritmo
v/n en español
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Look up English words in the second half of the dictionary, after the blue pages.
Your dictionary lists nouns in their singular forms.
You won’t find the word babies. Instead, look up baby noun el bebé masc
You won’t find the word women. Instead, look up woman noun la mujer fem
b) HOFDPLyQ b) b)
3 men a) 4 children a)
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Your dictionary gives you the b) b)
gender of the words: c) c)
masc = el + word fem = la + word
Use Your Dictionary
Your dictionary lists verbs in their infinitive forms. For example: To think of the
infinitive, complete
For flies, look up fly verb see fly noun 1 (birds, insects, planes) volar [24] the phrase
“I’m going to ...”.
For drank, look up drink verb see drink noun beber [18] For example:
I’m going to drink.
1 Have you finished? We’re finishing our work. 2 Our team is losing. I’ve lost my money.
a) inglés ILQLVK a) inglés
b) español WHUPLQDU b) español
3 I did my homework. What’s he doing? 4 Sarah saw the new film. Have you seen it too?
a) inglés a) inglés
b) español b) español
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In the sentences above, the gender of the nouns decides whether you choose
pequeño or pequeña (small).
un masc or una fem nuevo masc adj new or nueva fem adj new
These exceptions
tions are called ‘invariable’ in your dictionary.
dict They do not vary or change.
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Use Your Dictionary
Gender Your dictionary gives the masculine and feminine forms of adjectives.
Often the feminine form either just adds an -a or replaces the -o of the masculine form
with -a. In many cases, the same form is used for the masculine and the feminine.
Position As a rule, Spanish adjectives come after the noun. Your dictionary tells you
when, exceptionally, a Spanish adjective comes in front.
a comfortable bed
a round table
an old armchair
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3 Can you find the Spanish for these four Check your answers.
English verbs? Note their numbers too [..] The four numbers should
add up to 126.
to eat __ __ __ __ __ [ ] Do they?
The letters on the shaded
to send __ __ __ __ __ __ [ ]
squares should give you
to play __ __ __ __ __ [ ] the infinitive of another
Spanish verb. What does this
to follow __ __ __ __ __ __ [ ] verb mean in English?
to
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Verbs are used in various forms and tenses, but dictionaries list the infinitive.
Use Your Dictionary
Look for entries labelled verb. The infinitives will end in -ar, -er, or -ir.
Read all the meanings given. Yours needn’t be the first one!
Amateur journalists
Look up the underlined verbs in your dictionary, and write the infinitives of the verbs in the puzzle.
Watch out for the reflexive verb!
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Remember reflexive verbs? They’re the ones used with an extra particle, Me levanto I get up
Use Your Dictionary
2 No te preocupes. s e to
5
7 ¿Nos bañamos? s e to
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Write the boxed letters in the order given to find another useful reflexive verb
En español: s e
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En inglés: to
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When you look up an expression which consists of more than one word,
start with the entry for the first word. If it’s not there, look up another word in the expression.
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Some set phrases can’t be translated word for word – they don’t make sense.
Don’t just look up the first word of a set phrase. Look up what looks like the most
important word in the phrase. If the phrase isn’t there, look up another word.
For example, if a Spanish person asks if you want a “café cortado”, he isn’t
offering you a coffee that’s gone off! Can you see what “café cortado” does mean?
2 Me puso al día.
He put me to the day.
3 Me da igual.
It gives equal to me.
The example in the dictionary might not be exactly the same as the phrase you’re looking for.
You may have to change it to suit your context.
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Look up the underlined words, and write their English meanings in the crossword.
1 2 3 4 5
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14 15
16 17 18
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1 Estamos en la cola. 2 El centro comercial tiene un parking
subterráneo.
6 Mi madre es actriz.
3 Llegamos pronto.
8 Llevaba una corbata roja.
4 Quédese con la vuelta.
9 Está en el club de tenis. 5 En la ciudad hay mucho entretenimiento.
10 Prefiero sitios tranquilos. 7 Está de pie contra la pared la porte.
11 Lee la primera página. 8 Cierra el grifo.
12 No lleva barba. 13 Su trabajo está por debajo de la media.
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[18] comer
to eat
Past simple indicative
comí
comiste
comió
comimos
comisteis
comieron
Note: in the verb lists, conjugations are given in the following order: 1st, 2nd and 3rd person
singular, 1st, 2nd and 3rd person plural. Remember to pick the correct form of the verb!
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Sometimes the dictionary will show you that you can’t just translate word for word –
ou need to translate the phrase as a whole. For example:
you
to be verb but
1 ser [1]
2 estar [2]
3 to get angry
4 to be wrong
5 to have fun
6 to be hungry
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Don’t forget the rules of grammar! e.g. I’m cold Tengo frío Are you cold? ¿Tienes frío?
No. She gets angry when I talk about it. No. cuando hablo de ello.
Let’s go bowling. We always have fun
¡Vamos a jugar a los bolos! Siempre
there.
allí.
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Test yourself!
Look up all these food-related words in your dictionary and then find the Spanish equivalents in the
wordsearch.
1 lamb 7 jam
HOFRUGHUR
2 peanut 8 peas
3 cake 9 prawns
5 chicken 11 noodles
6 rice 12 avocado
S A B M A G Y T V E I G O
E A M E R M E L A D A D A
L E E T B I V Q U D A U L
S E T N A S I U G L O S E
P E P I N O M M E U R T T
E H G L C P E H V O M M E
T S Y A I Q L E M T A S U
A O C O R D E R O N T U H
C E O G I Z T I G Y I S A
A D S Y O T S E T I Q U C
U I Q R V E A E I R U I A
G F R E P S P P O L L O C
A A C O N S I G N E M M S
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1 4
Ex 1 Ex 1
1 Esteban 2 Esther 3 Felipe 4 Fernando 5 Juan 1 A ticket to Madrid,
6 Lola please.
Ex 2 2 There’s a pile of books
on the floor.
1 ALLENDE 2 ALVAREZ 3 ARRESE 4 ASPRILLA
1 CARRANZO 2 CORDERO 3 CORONEL Ex 2
4 CORREA el pendiente masc noun:
1 TALLEZ 2 TERREROS 3 TOLEDO 4 TOMAS earring
la pendiente fem noun:
2 slope
Ex 1 The right translation is:
I’ve lost an earring.
sí / no inglés
1 carpeta sí folder 5
2 cansado no tired Ex 1
3 caro sí expensive 1 abeja – bee
4 cárcel sí jail 2 oso – bear
3 águila – eagle
5 canción no song
4 burro – donkey
6 cascar no to crack
5 jirafa – giraffe
Ex 2 6 faisán – pheasant
1 ÓIADS adiós goodbye 7 mariposa – butterfly
2 LLEOB bello beautiful
3 OMRA amor love Ex 2
4 ICOHN chino Chinese 1 la pierna – leg
5 OHJI hijo son 2 la nariz – nose
3 el hombro – shoulder
3 4 el cuello – neck
5 la rodilla – knee
Ex 1
6 la boca – mouth
1b Write a postcard.
7 la lengua – tongue
2c Do a survey.
8 el pecho – chest
3a Underline the word in Spanish.
9 la mano – hand
4c Take a card.
10 el codo – elbow
Ex 2
1 Finish the sentences.
2 Say the right number.
3 Learn the words.
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Ex 1 1 1 cerezas fem
1 el ritmo 2 batir 2 fresas fem
Ex 2 3 kiwis masc
4 melocotones masc
1 v Quiero reservar una mesa.
5 peras fem
2 n ¡Ese libro es estupendo!
6 piña fem
3 n He perdido mi movíl.
2 1 pico
4 v Quiero llamar a un amigo.
2 bici fem
5 v ¿Puedes levantar esta caja?
3 hijo
6 n Vamos a coger el ascensor.
4 llave fem
7 5 traje
6 brazo
Ex 1
7 pueblo
1 a tooth 1 a leaf 8 puente
b el diente b la hoja 9 puerta fem
c los dientes c las hojas
3 comer [18]
3 a man 4 a child mandar [17]
b un hombre b el niño jugar [27]
c los hombres c los niños seguir [64]
coger = to take, to catch
Ex 2
1 a) inglés: finish
b) español: terminar
2 a) inglés: lose
b) español: perder
3 a) inglés: do
b) español: hacer
4 a) inglés: see
b) español: ver
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1 Tengo un gorro nuevo.
2 Tengo una guitarra nueva.
3 Tengo un libro nuevo.
4 Tengo una bici nueva.
5 Tengo una bufanda nueva.
6 Tengo un móvil nuevo.
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1 una cama cómoda
2 una cómoda grande
3 una mesa redonda
4 un sillón viejo
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Ex 1
P A R T I C I P A R
1 On the other hand, it’s very cheap.
C R E A R
2 He brought me up to date.
O F R E C E R 3 I don’t mind.
V I S I T A R 4 He’s pulling your leg.
R E C O G E R Ex 2
D E J A R 1 His wife is good-natured.
S E G U I R 2 I got the names all muddled up.
3 Pedro has just gone out.
D E S C R I B I R
4 How were the holidays?
J U N T A R S E
B A J A R
C O N S E G U I R
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A C T R E S 7
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infinitivo español verbo inglés 8
T I E 9
C L U B
10
P L A C E S
1 llevarse bien to get on A R Y N R
11 12 13
2 preocuparse to worry P A G E B E A R D T
3 relajarse to relax R V A
14 15
4 acordarse to remember A O H O S T E L I
16 17 18
5 encontrarse to meet S T U D Y R N O
19
I N O D A M
6 acostarse to go to bed 20
A D O U B L E G E
7 bañarse to have a swim 21
N T E E N G I N E
En español: sentarse – to sit down H P T
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Best partner
Cristian: windsurfing Gina
Diego: skateboarding Chris
Luisa: shopping Kirsty
Fernando: comics Adam
Pilar: computer games, crosswords Theo
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1 a come Ex 1
b venir [15] 1 tener ganas de hacer algo
c vinieron 2 dejar a alguien hacer algo
d Vinieron en autobús. 3 enfadarse
2 a want 4 equivocarse
b querer [12] 5 divertirse
c quisimos 6 tener hambre
d Quisimos ver una película. Ex 2
3 a give - ¿Tienes ganas de ir a la disco?
b dar [4] - No me dejan ir a la disco. Mi madre dice que
c dio venden drogas allí.
d Me dio un regalo. - Se equivoca. iPídele!
- No. Se enfada cuando hablo de ello.
17 - ¡Vamos a jugar a los bolos! Siempre nos
divertimos allí.
Ex 1 - Vale. Pero tengo hambre. iPrimero comamos un
1 ponerse ropa bocadillo!
2 sacar la basura
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3 guardar algo
1 a Llegamos a eso de las seis.
4 volver a poner algo
b Quiere hablar contigo sobre la fin de semana.
5 levantar la mano
2 a Terminaremos para el martes.
6 poner algo
b Estaba sentada al lado de la ventana.
7 encender la lámpara
3 a Voy a la piscina.
b ¿Están listos para salir?
4 a Está en Marruecos.
20 b Glasgow es la ciudad más grande de Escocia.
Ex 1
S A B M A G Y T V E I G O
1 cordero
2 cacahuete E A M E R M E L A D A D A
3 pastel L E E T B I V Q U D A U L
4 pepino
5 pollo
S E T N A S I U G L O S E
6 arroz P E P I N O M M E U R T T
7 mermelada
8 guisantes
E H G L C P E H V O M M E
9 gambas T S Y A I Q L E M T A S U
10 helado
A O C O R D E R O N T U H
11 fideos
12 aguacate C E O G I Z T I G Y I S A
A D S Y O T S E T I Q U C
U I Q R V E A E I R U I A
G F R E P S P P O L L O C
A A C O N S I G N E M M S