Environmental Issues (AQA GCSE Spanish): Flashcards
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Define la basura.
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Define la basura.
La basura is the Spanish for rubbish or trash.
Define el bosque.
El bosque is the Spanish for a forest or wood.
Define la contaminación.
La contaminación is the Spanish for pollution.
Define la especie.
La especie is the Spanish for a species.
Define el humo. (Higher Tier)
El humo is the Spanish for smoke or fumes.
What is the Spanish for 'climate change'?
The Spanish for climate change is el cambio climático.
What does the verb evitar mean?
The verb evitar means to avoid.
What does the verb proteger mean?
The verb proteger means to protect.
What does the Higher Tier verb promover mean?
The verb promover means to promote.
What does the Higher Tier verb sufrir mean?
The verb sufrir means to suffer.
Es muy importante _ los plásticos. (It's very important to recycle plastics.)
Es muy importante reciclar los plásticos. (It's very important to recycle plastics.)
La _ de mi ciudad ha empeorado mucho. (The pollution in my city has worsened a lot.)
La contaminación de mi ciudad ha empeorado mucho. (The pollution in my city has worsened a lot.)
True or False?
El medioambiente is a masculine noun.
True.
medioambiente is a masculine noun (n (m)).
True or False?
The Higher Tier verb salvar means 'to save' or 'to rescue'.
True.
The verb salvar means to save or rescue.
Define tener que + infinitive.
Tener que + infinitive expresses obligation, meaning to have to do something.
Define poder + infinitive.
Poder + infinitive expresses ability, meaning to be able to or can do something.
Define se puede + infinitive.
Se puede + infinitive expresses general ability, meaning one can or you can do something.
Which modal construction expresses necessity ('one must')?
Necessity is expressed with hay que + infinitive, for example Hay que reducir la contaminación (One must reduce pollution).
How is the passive voice formed in Spanish? (Higher Tier)
The passive is formed with ser (conjugated) + past participle (+ por + agent), for example El bosque fue destruido por el fuego (The forest was destroyed by fire).
In a passive construction, what must the past participle agree with? (Higher Tier)
The past participle must agree in gender and number with the subject, functioning like an adjective.
Which auxiliary form expresses a future passive, as in 'the rubbish will be collected'? (Higher Tier)
The future passive uses será + past participle, for example La basura será recogida mañana (The rubbish will be collected tomorrow).
Which double letter is heard in lluvia and botella?
The double letter ll is heard in lluvia (rain) and botella (bottle).
_ reducir la contaminación. (One must reduce pollution.)
Hay que reducir la contaminación. (One must reduce pollution.)
El bosque _ destruido por el fuego. (The forest was destroyed by fire.)
El bosque fue destruido por el fuego. (The forest was destroyed by fire.)
True or False?
In the passive voice, the past participle stays fixed and never agrees with the subject.
False.
The past participle must agree in gender and number with the subject, like an adjective.
True or False?
The rolled 'r' sound is written rr between vowels (as in Tierra) but a single r at the start of a word (as in reciclar).
True.
The rolled 'r' is spelt rr between vowels, as in Tierra, but a single r at the start of a word, as in reciclar.
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