50 beginners Test your Spanish A1-A2 LightSpeed Spanish

Hola. Hola. Bienvenidos a Lightspeed Spanish. Bienvenidos. This is number 50 for beginners. Now you've got a chance in this lesson to test your Spanish level and this is the test to see whether you are A1 to A2. If you pass everything then you can wait when we do the next one which is an intermediate and you'll be able to test if you can go up and we'll see if we can get you all the way to the very top. Okay but this is for A1 to A2. Now this is along the same theme as the Dele. Okay which is a pretty good establishment that teaches Spanish. Okay so you know that if you get these right then you can say hey I'm A2. Yeah. Yes more or less. More or less. Obviously that there are lots of flaws in measuring your Spanish. Yes. Okay it isn't it doesn't mean A2 across every topic because then you just get a topic you don't know about. It's basically see how comfortable you are with these questions. Yeah. Or if you need to touch up on some or if you're just flying through. Yeah. Yeah. So what we're going to do is this. Cynthia is going to give us the options. You'll see them on the screen. We'll give you a little bit of time for you to choose the right answer and then I'll answer okay and then we'll and see if I get it right because hey you know. I hope so. I hope you get it right. Worst things can happen. Yeah. Let's see and so then we'll look at maybe why we would choose that one. Okay so if you need a little bit more time pause the video while you're thinking about the right answer. Okay so off we go. I thought this is introduction. Oh sí. Así que nos vemos en la segunda parte. Okay Gordon. So I'm gonna ask you questions. Right. And I'll give you three options. Yeah. A, B, C. Okay. And then you say A, B or C. Yeah. Remember you're going to answer them as well. Yes you answer them or you write them down and write down how many you had right or wrong. Yeah you see. I was gonna say something and I forgot. Oh. I've made the test myself based on the typical topics that are covered in A1 and A2. Okay. So this is not the DELE test. This is I've made this test but it's based on the DELE type of test. Okay. With the topics that you cover. Okay. Yeah. Super. Question number one. ¿Qué hora es? A. ¿Es las dos y cuarto? B. ¿Son las dos pasadas cuarto? C. ¿Son las dos y cuarto? Okay. So I would say ¿Son las dos y cuarto? Correcto. ¿Son las dos y cuarto? Sí. So why not A? Because ES LAS is not connecting because S is singular and LAS is plural. So it has to be SON LAS. There's no two ways about it. Yes. Even though in English you say it's. It's one. It's two. It's three. In Spanish ES would only be for one. ES LA UNA. But for the rest would be SON because it's plural. SON LAS DOS, SON LAS TRES, SON LAS CUATRO. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Number two. ¿A qué te dedicas? A. Soy arquitecto. B. Estoy un arquitecto. C. Estoy arquitecto. We should put music. I'm gonna have a little... Okay. So I would say... Can I say? Sorry. So I would say A. Soy arquitecto. Correcto. Soy arquitecto. So, Gordon, why do we use SOY not ESTOY? Okay. Because SER, when you when you talk, when you said you're talking about permanent traits, okay, and that your job is a permanent trait. It's kind of something that you do and it's what describes who you are, yeah? So that's why we use it. And very quickly why don't we say UN? Because in English I'm an architect. When you talk about your job you don't need to put UN or UNA when you talk about your job. Soy profesor. If you're gonna then add anything to it, like an enthusiastic teacher, then yes. Soy un Okay? So that's when you have to add that. But if you're just gonna say I am this, soy bombero. Soy enfermera. Soy profesora. Soy doctora. Muy bien. Tres. ¿Quién pone la mesa normalmente? Poner la mesa is to set the table. ¿Quién pone la mesa normalmente? E. Yo pongo la. B. Yo lo pongo. C. Yo la pongo. Okay, so I would say yo la pongo. Muy bien, correcto. Sí, yo la pongo. And the reason for that is you just need to know, and if you don't know, look in our, look in our lessons, look for the RID and it tells you the order that the pronouns have to go in. You can't put the pronoun after the verb in this sentence. It's got to go before. And it's got to be LA because we're talking about la mesa. La mesa. Okay. Muy bien. Four. ¿Qué van a pedir? So you're in a restaurant, ¿eh? ¿Qué van a pedir? A. Por primero, una ensalada. B. De primero, una ensalada. C. Para primero, una ensalada. Prepositions. Okay, so I would say de primero, una ensalada. B. When you, whenever you're in a restaurant, from what I can see, when you're asking for things like de primero, de segundo, de postre. Correct. Okay, you use this de, and that's when you're referring to your dishes and stuff like that, yeah? Muy bien. Number five, and here you need to fill the blank. Ah, okay. Yeah. So, a Pablo, las camisetas ceñidas. Ceñidas is like tight. Tight, too. Like body fitting. Ajustadas, ¿no? Ajustadas, ceñidas, yeah. So, a Pablo, las camisetas ceñidas. So, a Pablo A. Le gustan las camisetas ceñidas. A Pablo les gustan las camisetas ceñidas. O a Pablo le gusta las camisetas ceñidas. So, I would say a Pablo le gustan. Correcto, la A. A Pablo le gustan. And why, why would it be gustan? Well, because the le is referring to Pablo. Yeah. And the gustan is referring to las camisas. Camisetas. Camisetas. Camisetas. So, that's how it has to go. Any of the others would be wrong. And if you're not sure about the gustar, we've got tons of lessons on why and how you do it. Yeah. Yeah. Número seis. Número seis. the students. Sure. Okay, so I would say B. A mí tampoco. A mí tampoco. So, why a mí? Because we are, when you're doing a reply to somebody who says a mí no me gusta, the only, if you want to agree with them, you're going to say a mí tampoco. Okay, so it's always this a mí, a mí. That's just the way it has to be done. You can't say yo tampoco, because that's, that's in a completely different kind of, you can say it, but not in this context. It's got to be a mí. Muy bien. Muy bien. And again, we've done lots of lessons on this, so if you, if you're not sure, then you've got tons of stuff you can study. Yeah. We actually have 30 questions, because I put number six, and then another number six. So, the number six. So, it's number seven, the next one, even though it says six. Ayer me encontraba mal y no a trabajar. Ayer me encontraba mal y no fui a trabajar. Ayer me encontraba mal y no iba a trabajar. O ayer me encontraba mal y no iré a trabajar. So, I would say, ey, yo no fui. Okay, muy bien. So, we have the fui and iba, because iré is the future, so it doesn't make sense with ayer. That wouldn't make any sense, yeah. So, but we have fui and iba. So, why would you go for fui? Well, because the sentence, if I said I was ill yesterday, and so I wasn't going to work, maybe they would have to add something. I wasn't going to work when suddenly my boss called me, and I had to go. But no, I just, I just didn't go. Fui, one off. Yeah, I just didn't go. Exactly. It happened, and that was it. You can't change it, and it's, exactly. Muy bien. Okay. Okay, so number eight, le has dado el sobre a María? Le has dado el sobre a María? A. Sí. Se la he dado. Se la he dado. B. Sí. Se lo he dado. Sí. Sí. Lo he dado. Moving into A2 now. Yeah. So, I would say. Can you feel the change? I can feel the change. Yeah, we're into the la la rule here. Okay, so I would say B, because we're talking about el sobre. Sí. Se lo he dado. Muy bien. So, why C, if it's María, why not, why is it C, and not la? Because C is actually pretending to be C, it's really le, and because this is an exchange verb, so that you're giving something to her. So, the lo is referring to the sobre, and the le is referring to María. Muy bien. Number nine. Quién es? A. Es yo. B. Estoy yo. C. Soy yo. Great question, this one, because I used to say es yo. The answer is soy yo. Soy yo. Muy bien. Soy yo. Quién es? Soy yo. So, what if it's you and I? Quién es? Somos nosotros. Somos nosotros. Yeah. It has to agree with the person. We are us. Not like in English, it's me. No, we have to say I am me. Yeah. Okay. Okay, and the last four. Number ten. ¿Ha ido persona? A. ¿Ha ido alguna persona? B. ¿Ha ido alguien persona? C. ¿Ha ido alguna persona? Okay. So, yo diría sí, alguna persona. Alguna persona. So, why not alguien? Well, alguien is someone. Someone. It doesn't fit in that. It doesn't. Some one person. Some one person. Yeah, some one. Some one person. And algún. Not somebody. Yeah. Algún. Algún doesn't fit, doesn't match because it's a describer. It needs to be alguna because it's feminine. Muy bien. Muy bien. Number eleven. Okay. So, the answer is A. No grites. No grites. No gritar sounds like Tarzan. So, why do we use the subjunctive? What are we doing here? When you do a negative command, it actually has the same, in the tú form, the same structure as the subjunctive. Exactly. Yeah. Negative command in tú in this case. And when you do the subjunctive with the new course that I keep talking about and I've got to finish, you'll find that one of the characteristics of the subjunctive is telling people to do something. So, it makes sense that that would use the same as the subjunctive. Yeah. Exactly. Two more, guys. Number twelve. Marca is a brand. Okay. Okay. So, I would say nos encanta. Nos encanta. Let's say sí. Exactly the same. Nos is referring to me and my friends, so plural, we. And then... My friends and I. My friends and I. Yeah. And marca is the brand and that's the encanta singular. Yeah. Okay. Muy bien. Muy bien, Gordon. And the last one, thirteen. This is difficult. This one, I was thinking, ooh, let's see how people do with that one. Okay. So, I would say, ey. Muy bien. No es suya. No es suya. So, why? So, we've got one agenda, but then you have two people, Juan and Tania. So, why don't you say suyas? Because we're not talking about the owners of the device, the thing. When we use the su, we're referring to the item that pertains to them, not to the people who own it. Got nothing to do with it. Yeah. We have videos on this as well. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. Wow. So, there you are. Now, if you have managed to get all or most of these correct up to here, you can now say that you have nivel a dos. Okay. Nivel dios. Nivel a dos. So, that means that when we do the next one, which we'll do, we're going to do a series of these going forward, then you can see whether you can get to the next level and that will be... Next level is B1, B2 and then the following week is C1, C2. Okay. Now, watch out because when we get to C1, C2, I'm going to be shitting myself. Well, I would say A. Well, that's wrong. We'll cut that out. We'll go back. Let's go back. Ask me it again. Yeah. We'll see all the cuts, yeah, when they're in the video. I choose and then... Yeah, yeah. ...a different movement. I think the correct answer is... My whole body's changed. I'm in a different position. And I have an angry face that I didn't have before. Yeah. Exactly. Now, a word from our sponsor. We're not going to promote any books today. No. No, no. No, no. We don't need to because today, look, we're going through these level tests, okay, and we're going to do more. Everything that you need to know about to get through these level tests, we've covered. We've done a lesson on it. I mean, we've been doing lessons for how many years? I don't even know. Like, 10? Yeah. More? 11, 12? The website and YouTube is a jockey with lessons, for most I mean. 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