Learn Spanish Learn Spanish MCQ 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which question word would you use to ask 'Why?' in Spanish?
- ¿Qué?
- ¿Cómo?
- ¿Por qué? (Correct answer)
- ¿Para qué?
Correct answer: ¿Por qué?
'¿Por qué?' means 'why?' and asks for the reason or cause of something.
Question 2: Which is the correct way to say 'It's raining' in Spanish?
- Está lloviendo. (Correct answer)
- Es lloviendo.
- Hay lluvia ahora.
- Se llueve.
Correct answer: Está lloviendo.
'Está lloviendo' uses 'estar' + present participle for an ongoing action happening right now.
Question 3: What is the meaning of the Spanish expression 'costar un ojo de la cara'?
- To be very cheap
- To cost an arm and a leg (Correct answer)
- To cause pain
- To be very ugly
Correct answer: To cost an arm and a leg
'Costar un ojo de la cara' literally means 'to cost an eye from the face,' equivalent to 'cost an arm and a leg.'
Question 4: In Spanish, possessive adjectives must agree with:
- The owner of the object
- The object being possessed (Correct answer)
- Both the owner and the object
- Only the subject of the sentence
Correct answer: The object being possessed
Spanish possessive adjectives (mi, tu, su, nuestro) agree in gender and number with the noun they modify, not the owner.
Question 5: Which sentence uses the conditional tense correctly?
- Si tuviera dinero, viajo.
- Si tuviera dinero, viajaría. (Correct answer)
- Si tengo dinero, viajaría.
- Si tendría dinero, viajaría.
Correct answer: Si tuviera dinero, viajaría.
Hypothetical 'if' clauses use the imperfect subjunctive ('tuviera') + conditional ('viajaría').
Question 6: What is the gender of the word 'mano' (hand) in Spanish?
- Masculine, because it ends in -o
- Feminine, despite ending in -o (Correct answer)
- Neutral
- It changes based on context
Correct answer: Feminine, despite ending in -o
'La mano' is a feminine noun and is one of the notable exceptions to the -o = masculine rule.
Question 7: Which option correctly translates 'I used to eat breakfast at seven'?
- Comí el desayuno a las siete.
- Como el desayuno a las siete.
- Comía el desayuno a las siete. (Correct answer)
- He comido el desayuno a las siete.
Correct answer: Comía el desayuno a las siete.
The imperfect tense ('comía') expresses habitual past actions, equivalent to 'used to' in English.
Learn Spanish Learn Spanish MCQ 4
Which question word would you use to ask 'Why?' in Spanish?