Study for the MBS pretest

Question 1

La familia

Answer 1

the family

Question 2

Mi mamá

Answer 2

my mother

Question 3

Tu papá

Answer 3

your father

Question 4

diez meses

Answer 4

10 months

Question 5

cinco días

Answer 5

5 days

Question 6

tres años

Answer 6

3 days

Question 7

cuatro kilometros

Answer 7

4 kilometers

Question 8

rojo

Answer 8

red

Question 9

amarillo

Answer 9

yellow

Question 10

verde

Answer 10

green

Question 11

Adios

Answer 11

goodbye

Question 12

Sí

Answer 12

yes

Question 13

¿Cómo estás?

Answer 13

How are you?

Question 14

Estoy muy bien

Answer 14

I am very well

Question 15

¿Cómo te llamas?

Answer 15

What is your name? (Literally means: What are you called?)

Question 16

Me llamo Dora

Answer 16

My name is Dora (Literally means: I am called Dora)

Question 17

¿Cuántos años tienes?

Answer 17

How old are you? (Literally means: How many years do you have?)

Question 18

Tengo doce años

Answer 18

I am 12 years old. (Literally means: I have 12 years)

Question 19

¿De dónde eres?

Answer 19

Where are you from?

Question 20

Soy de Colombia.

Answer 20

I am from Colombia.

Question 21

Spot the error and explain why it’s wrong: La puerta rojo

Answer 21

Correct phrase: La puerta roja (In Spanish, puerta is a feminine object so the colour needs to be feminine as well: roja)

Question 22

Spot the error and explain why it’s wrong: Tengo una azul casa

Answer 22

Correct phrase: Tengo una casa azul (In Spanish, the adjective comes after the noun)

Question 23

Spot the error and explain why it’s wrong: ¿Dónde está el gato amarilla?

Answer 23

Correct phrase: ¿Dónde está el gato amarillo? (In Spanish, gato is a masculine object so the colour needs to be masculine as well: amarillo)

Question 24

Which of the following is the odd one out? meses años kilometros días

Answer 24

Kilometros (all of the other words measure time: months, years and days)