Year 9 Spanish Sample Entrance Examination Time allowed: 30 minutes Name:________________________________ Total : 45 marks INSTRUCTIONS : Answer all the questions Do not use a dictionary or reference book Check your work carefully when you have finished 1. Read what these people say. Me gusta la informática. Me encanta el inglés. Odio la geografía. Marta Nekane Pablo La historia es interesante. Juan Clara Pedro Lucía La música me chifla. El dibujo es fantástico. Me encantan las ciencias naturales. El teatro es mi asignatura preferida. Antonio Write the name of the person who… Eg: …likes languages. Marta 1…is musical. ___________________________________ [1] 2…is artistic. ____________________________________ [1] 3…enjoys experiments. ____________________________ [1] 4…might like to be an actor. ________________________ [1] 5…is interested in the past. _________________________ [1] (Total 5 marks) 2. Read the email and answer the following questions in English. (Total 5 marks) Me gustó tu email. Gracias. Te presentaré a mi familia. Como sabes, yo me llamo Martín. Tengo un hermano y una hermana. Mi hermano se llama Juan; es alto con el pelo moreno. Mi hermana se llama Ana; tiene catorce años. Papá ahora tiene cincuenta años. No tiene el pelo gris pero ahora lleva gafas para leer. 1 Who is Juan? _________________________________________________________________ [1] 2 Describe Juan. Give two details._______________________________________ ______ ____________________________________________________________________________ [2] 3 How old is Ana? ______________________________________________________________ [1] 4 What does Martín think gives away his father’s age? __________________________________ [1] 3. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb. Note: they all have regular ‘ar’ endings. 1. Yo _____________________________ al instituto a pie. (llegar) 2. Él ______________________________ español. (hablar) 3. Nosotros __________________________ mucho. (trabajar) 4. Ella ___________________________ en la discoteca. (bailar) 5. Ellos ____________________________ en el mar. (nadar) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of these irregular verbs. 1. Yo _________________________ un hermano. (tener) 2. Mi hermano _______________________ diez años. (tener) 3. ¿Cuántos años ______________________ tú? (tener) 4. Yo ___________________________ australiana. (ser) 5. Mi padre __________________________ de Francia. (ser) (10 marks) 4. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjective, making changes only if necessary. 1. Tengo dos perros ____________________. (negro) 2. José tiene una serpiente ____________________ . (amarillo) 3. Odio la historia porque es ____________________ . (aburrido) 4. Las matemáticas son ____________________ . (difícil) 5. Mi madre tiene los ojos ____________________ . (azul) (5 marks) 5. Your Spanish penfriend wants to know about your home town. Write a letter including the following information: Where you live (city centre, outskirts, countryside, coast etc) What your town is like (pretty, industrial, old, modern etc) What there is to do in your town Whether you like it or not and why What you are going to do in town this coming weekend _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ (20 marks)