This Spanish Medium Review quiz will be taking a look at various members of the family and what their relationships are. You have already had a couple of quizzes on people. There were quizzes on the people in your family, quizzes on different occupations and now you have people, people, everywhere! People, people, everywhere, again, is going to focus on a mixture of relationships, as well as include a few additional types occupations. With this list, there really will not be many people you cannot name.
Now, without any further delay, let’s take a look at the people, people, everywhere!
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administrator | administrador [m] |
attendant | guarda [m] (phonetically pronounced as gwar-da) |
baby / infant | bebé [m] |
director | director / directora [m/f] |
executor | ejecutor / ejecutora [m/f] (note that the J sounds like an H) |
family | familia [f] |
granddaughter | nieta [f] |
grandson | nieto [m] |
human | humano / humana [m/f] (note that the H is silent) |
maid | criada [f] |
neighbor | vecino / vecina [m/f] |
relative | pariente [m] |
stepdaughter | hijastra [f] (note that the H is silent and the J has an H sound) |
stepfather | padrastro [m] |
stepmother | madrastra [f] |
stepson | hijastro [m] (note that the H is silent and the J has an H sound) |
That’s not too bad of a list. Remember to always practice saying each word out loud so you can hear how it sounds. Focus on the spellings and any accent marks that may appear. When you have these people set to memory, move forward to the ten quiz sentences. There is one person who has been shown in all capitalized letters in each sentence. See if you can quickly locate the Spanish word that will match the capitalized word.
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The Spanish word for family is familia. It contains no accent marks.
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The Spanish word for granddaughters is nietas.
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The Spanish word for attendant is guarda.
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This one is a little tricky. You have learned that when a word has an accent mark in the last syllable, when that word is made plural the accent mark is dropped. This is one word that does not follow that rule. The accent mark is not dropped. The Spanish word for baby is bebé and the plural of that word is bebés.
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The Spanish word for maid is criada.
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The Spanish word for stepmother is madrastra” Answer (d) is correct.
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The Spanish word for neighbors is vecinos. This includes both male and female neighbors. Answer (b) is correct.
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As Angela is a female you know you need the feminine form of the word. This means the second and third answers can be eliminate. The Spanish word for director is directora. There are no accent marks in the word.
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The Spanish word for relatives is parientes.
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The Spanish word for stepson is hijastro.
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