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Spanish Difficult Review Quiz - Vocabulary - Playing Car Bingo! (Questions)

This Spanish Difficult Review quiz will introduce you to the game of playing car bingo by spying items during a road trip. Have you ever played car bingo? Do you even know what it is? Well, when going on a long trip it is a game parents often have their children play to keep them entertained. It also helps to get the children to stop asking the question: Are we there yet? That is a common question heard about every five minutes.

In car bingo each child is given a card with a list of items to find along the way to their destination. It might be a purple car, a boat, a torn tire, a specific state license plate, a list of different colors, different types of cars, different types of animals… really, the list can be just about anything they can spot along the long trip. The first person to fill up their card or whoever checks off the most items on their list, wins a prize! So, for this quiz, you are going to play a type of car bingo.

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Imagine you are going on a long trip and you must find items along the way. Below is a list of a few items that will be on your list. The quiz sentences will guide you as to what items you will need to find so pay close attention. If you really want to challenge yourself, see just how quickly you can get the ten items and how well you can score in finding those items. Now, let’s see what items you will need to look for.

I SPY WITH MY EYE

ENGLISH SPANISH
bag bolsa [f]
barrel barril [m]
billboard cartelera [f]
bridge puente [m]
fence valla [f]
fir abeto [m]
fire fuego [m]
hobo vagabundo / vagabunda [m/f]
island isla [f]
license plate placa de licencia [f]
kite cometa [f]
locomotive locomotora [f]
pill píldora [f]
sign letrero [m]
silo silo [m]
skunk zorrillo [m]
trash basura [f]
wallet cartera [f]
wrench llave inglesa [f]

Now that you have your vocabulary list it is time to play the game. Read each quiz item carefully to see if you can locate the time needed for your car bingo came. The first one to find all ten items gets to take a day off from Spanish tomorrow. Ready then? Okay, play bingo!

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1. These homeless people are known for catching free rides on trains.
[ ] vallas
[ ] zorrillos
[ ] abetos
[ ] vagabundos
2. This structure will help you to cross over a stream or river.
[ ] letrero
[ ] puente
[ ] cartelera
[ ] bolsa
3. This flies high in the sky and is kept tied with a string.
[ ] fuego
[ ] cartera
[ ] cometa
[ ] valla
4. This is a type of tree along the roadsides and in the mountains.
[ ] abeto
[ ] basura
[ ] bolsa
[ ] silo
5. You will find this on the back of every car.
[ ] píldora
[ ] placa de licencia
[ ] letrero
[ ] locomotora
6. This is black and white and can have a pungent smell when it sprays.
[ ] fuego
[ ] barril
[ ] zorrillo
[ ] cartelera
7. It is really a sad site to see when people throw this on the side of the road.
[ ] cartera
[ ] llaves inglesa
[ ] isla
[ ] basura
8. This is the engine of a train.
[ ] locomotora
[ ] cartelera
[ ] cometa
[ ] píldora
9. You look for these along the roadways to give you direction.
[ ] islas
[ ] bolsas
[ ] letreros
[ ] llaves inglesas
10. This is used to keep cattle off of the roads.
[ ] carteleras
[ ] silos
[ ] barriles
[ ] vallas
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Spanish Difficult Review Quiz - Vocabulary - Playing Car Bingo! (Answers)
1. These homeless people are known for catching free rides on trains.
[ ] vallas
[ ] zorrillos
[ ] abetos
[x] vagabundos
Homeless people known for catching free rides on trains are known as hobos. Hobos in Spanish is vagabundos.
2. This structure will help you to cross over a stream or river.
[ ] letrero
[x] puente
[ ] cartelera
[ ] bolsa
A structure that will help you to cross over a stream or river is known as a bridge. Bridge in Spanish is puente.
3. This flies high in the sky and is kept tied with a string.
[ ] fuego
[ ] cartera
[x] cometa
[ ] valla
The item that flies high in the sky and is kept tied with a string is known as a kite. Kite in Spanish is cometa.
4. This is a type of tree along the roadsides and in the mountains.
[x] abeto
[ ] basura
[ ] bolsa
[ ] silo
A type of tree found along the roadsides and in the mountains is known as a fir tree. Fir in Spanish is abeto.
5. You will find this on the back of every car.
[ ] píldora
[x] placa de licencia
[ ] letrero
[ ] locomotora
You will find a license plate (sometimes referred to as a tag) on the back of every car. The Spanish words for license plate are placa de licencia.
6. This is black and white and can have a pungent smell when it sprays.
[ ] fuego
[ ] barril
[x] zorrillo
[ ] cartelera
The thing that is black and white and can have a pungent smell when it sprays is called a skunk. Skunk in Spanish is zorrillo.
7. It is really a sad site to see when people throw this on the side of the road.
[ ] cartera
[ ] llaves inglesa
[ ] isla
[x] basura
It is really a sad site to see when people throw trash on the side of the road. The Spanish word for trash is basura.
8. This is the engine of a train.
[x] locomotora
[ ] cartelera
[ ] cometa
[ ] píldora
The engine of a train is referred to as the locomotive. Locomotive in Spanish is locomotora.
9. You look for these along the roadways to give you direction.
[ ] islas
[ ] bolsas
[x] letreros
[ ] llaves inglesas
You look for signs along the roadways to give you direction. Signs in Spanish is letreros.
10. This is used to keep cattle off of the roads.
[ ] carteleras
[ ] silos
[ ] barriles
[x] vallas
Fences are used to keep cattle off of the roads. The Spanish word for fences is vallas.