This Spanish Easy Review writing quiz is designed to help you review the simple sentence structure. The structure of a Spanish sentence is slightly different from that found in English. For example, in English we would say red car. However, in Spanish this would be stated as car of red. The word red as used in this case is an adjective.
In Spanish, an adjective appears after the noun or thing that it describes. In addition, Spanish looks at adjectives as possessions. In other words, the car possesses the color red. To show possession, the Spanish word de is used. Therefore, the car that possesses the color red is written as: coche de rojo (car of red).
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Another sentence structure difference is found with the direct object, i.e., it. In English we would say I need it. In Spanish this would be said as, lo necesito. This actually translates as: It I need. The direct object lo (it) comes before the verb.
Like the direct object, the indirect object pronouns (me, you and us) are found before the verb. (You will review more about this in the Spanish Medium Review quizzes.) For example, in English we would say: They did it to me. In Spanish this would be said as: Ellos me lo hicieron. This directly translates as: They me it did. It can also be written and said as: Lo hicieron a mí. This directly translates as: It they did to me. Both of these would be correct. The difference is found in the use of me and mí. They both mean me but in the second sentence, you must include the Spanish word a to read to me.
Below there are ten sentence and then four different versions of the sentence written in Spanish. Locate which of the four versions is written in the correct Spanish sentence structure.
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He likes green money. |
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Él lo gusta dinero verde de. |
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Él gusta verde de dinero. |
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Él gusta verde dinero. |
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Él gusta el dinero de verde. |
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Mary is John's sister. |
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María es la hermana de Juan. |
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¿Es María hermana de Juan? |
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Hermana de Juan es María. |
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María es hermano de Juan. |
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Jeff has an Italian car. |
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Jeff tiene el coche italiano. |
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Jeff tiene un coche de italiano. |
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Jeff tiene un italiano coche. |
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Un coche de italiano tiene Jeff. |
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The bananas are yellow. |
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Los bananos de amarillos son. |
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Los amarillos bananos son. |
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Los bananos son amarillos. |
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Los bananos están amarillos. |
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5.
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He sees the San Francisco trolley. |
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Él ve un tranvía de San Francisco. |
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Él ve el San Francisco tranvía. |
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Él ve el tranvía de San Francisco. |
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El tranvía de San Francisco él ve. |
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6.
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He sings to the little children. |
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Canta los niños de mí. |
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Canta de los niños. |
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Canta para los niños. |
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Canta a los niños. |
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7.
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She buys brown boots. |
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Ella compra botas de marrones. |
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Ella compra marrones de botas. |
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Ella compra marrones botas. |
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Ella compras botas de marrones. |
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He is a kind man. |
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El es un hombre amable. |
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Él es un hombre amable. |
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Él es un hombre de amable. |
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Ella es un hombre amable. |
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Stanley saves silver nickels. |
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Stanley salva niqueles de platas. |
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Stanley salva plata de niqueles. |
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Stanley salva platas de niqueles. |
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Stanley salva niqueles de plata. |
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10.
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Angie has blue eyes. |
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Angie tiene azules de ojos. |
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Angie tiene azul ojos. |
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Angie tiene ojos de azules. |
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Angie tiene ojos de azul. |
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He likes green money. |
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Él lo gusta dinero verde de. |
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Él gusta verde de dinero. |
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Él gusta verde dinero. |
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Él gusta el dinero de verde. |
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2.
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Mary is John's sister. |
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María es la hermana de Juan. |
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¿Es María hermana de Juan? |
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Hermana de Juan es María. |
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María es hermano de Juan. |
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3.
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Jeff has an Italian car. |
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Jeff tiene el coche italiano. |
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Jeff tiene un coche de italiano. |
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Jeff tiene un italiano coche. |
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Un coche de italiano tiene Jeff. |
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4.
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The bananas are yellow. |
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Los bananos de amarillos son. |
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Los amarillos bananos son. |
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Los bananos son amarillos. |
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Los bananos están amarillos. |
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5.
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He sees the San Francisco trolley. |
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Él ve un tranvía de San Francisco. |
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Él ve el San Francisco tranvía. |
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Él ve el tranvía de San Francisco. |
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El tranvía de San Francisco él ve. |
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6.
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He sings to the little children. |
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Canta los niños de mí. |
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Canta de los niños. |
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Canta para los niños. |
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Canta a los niños. |
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7.
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She buys brown boots. |
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Ella compra botas de marrones. |
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Ella compra marrones de botas. |
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Ella compra marrones botas. |
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Ella compras botas de marrones. |
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8.
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He is a kind man. |
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El es un hombre amable. |
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Él es un hombre amable. |
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Él es un hombre de amable. |
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Ella es un hombre amable. |
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9.
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Stanley saves silver nickels. |
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Stanley salva niqueles de platas. |
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Stanley salva plata de niqueles. |
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Stanley salva platas de niqueles. |
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Stanley salva niqueles de plata. |
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10.
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Angie has blue eyes. |
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Angie tiene azules de ojos. |
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Angie tiene azul ojos. |
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Angie tiene ojos de azules. |
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Angie tiene ojos de azul. |
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