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Langfocus Spanish

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Spanish language is called (both in Spain and in some Latin American countries) another name, apart from "español"

a)

españa

b)

castilla

c)

castellano

d)

castillano

2.

Spanish is an official language in ___ countries

a)

21

b)

44

c)

28

d)

193

3.

Spanish evolved from ___

a)

Latin

b)

Arabic

c)

Sanskrit

d)

Italian

4.

The name of the language, "castellano", comes from the Central Spanish region, called ___

a)

Lazio

b)

Spain

c)

Sangría

d)

Castille (Castilla)

5.

Around ______ % of modern Spanish words come from Arabic

a)

40 %

b)

50 %

c)

8 %

d)

80 %

6.

Spanish spread to other continents after the ___ century AD (Christian era)

a)

14th

b)

15th

c)

19th

d)

9th

7.

The largest Spanish speaking country today is ___, with over 130 million speakers

a)

Russia

b)

Mexico

c)

Brazil

d)

Spain

8.

Spanish shares vocabulary with English. These shared words are called ___, and they help us guess meanings correctly many a times

a)

good friends

b)

false friends

c)

cognates

9.

El presentador del video se llama ___ The video presenter's name is ___

a)

Pablo

b)

Paul

c)

Albert

d)

Javier

10.

El profesor se llama ___ Your teacher's name is ___ (type below)

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11.

Some words look very similar but they mean DIFFERENT things in Spanish and English. These words are called ___

a)

good friends

b)

false friends

c)

pollos amigos

12.

The basic SENTENCE STRUCTURE of Spanish is SOV, SVO or VSO? (S - Subject V - Verb O - Object)

a)

SOV - Him she loves

b)

SVO - Anna kicks the ball

c)

VSO - Ate Sam oranges