El Color Amarillo

El Color Amarillo

Make sure you have read this from your HUB Content lesson before you begin.

Your Task

In the slides that follow, you will be presented with sentences created to BUMP up the book. Each of these sentences has an error - CAN YOU FIND IT?

*These are real errors made by real students, just like you.

Multiple Choice

Una taza amarilla está encima de una manta rojo.

What is incorrect?

• Una taza amarilla

• está

• encima de

• una manta rojo.

Multiple Choice

Una taza amarilla está encima de una manta rojo.

Why is "una manta rojo" incorrect?

• Word order - it should be una rojo manta.

• Missing word -

  it should be una manta está rojo

• Agreement - It should be una manta roja

Multiple Choice

El chico es feliz en la lluvia.

What is incorrect?

• El chico

• es

• feliz

• en la lluvia.

Multiple Choice

El chico es feliz en la lluvia.

Why is "es" incorrect?

• Agreement - it should be SOY

• Vocabulary - is should be está from the verb ESTAR

Multiple Choice

El chico está feliz en la lluvia.

Why is "ESTAR" used instead of SER?

• SER is for more permanent states. ESTAR is for more temporary states. Being happy is temporary.

• It just sounds better.

Multiple Choice

La joven chica lleva bufanda amarilla.

What is incorrect?

• La joven chica

• lleva

• bufanda

• amarilla

Multiple Choice

La joven chica lleva bufanda amarilla.

Why is "la joven chica" incorrect?

• Agreement - It should be La jovena chica

• Word order - it should be chica joven

• Vocabulary - joven is not an accurate description of la chica

Multiple Choice

Una barquita encima del agua.

What is incorrect?

• Una barquita encima

• encima

• encima del agua.

• del agua.

Multiple Choice

Una barquita encima del agua.

Why is "una barquita encima" incorrect?

• WORD ORDER - it should be Una encima barquita

• AGREEMENT - it should be Una barquita encimo

• VOCABULARY - Encima is not an accurate description to match the picture of the little boat

• MISSING WORD - there is no verb

Multiple Choice

Una barquita encima del agua.

Which verb is missing?

• SER

• ESTAR

• LLOVER

• LLEVAR

Multiple Choice

El perro está lleva una chaqueta rosada.

What is incorrect?

• El perro está

• está lleva

• lleva una chaqueta

• una chaqueta rosada.

Multiple Choice

El perro está lleva una chaqueta rosada.

Why is "está lleva" incorrect?

• VOCABULARY - The verb LLEVAR does not accurately represent the action of the picture.

• WORD ORDER - it should be LLEVA ESTÁ

• CONJUGATION - when there are 2 verbs only the first verb should be changed to match the SUBJECT

• VERBS - there are 2 verbs but you only need one. "Lleva"

Multiple Choice

El patito a una paraguas pequeña.

What is incorrect?

• El patito

• El patito a

• una paraguas

• una paraguas pequeña.

Multiple Choice

El patito a una paraguas pequeña.

Why is "El patito a" incorrect?

• VERB - it should be "tiene". "A" is "has" in French, not Spanish.

• CONJUGATION -

  the verb should be conjugated to match patito

• AGREEMENT - Patito is Feminine so the article should be LA