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Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
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2.2 Actividad

In this activity you are going to listen to two people being interviewed about monuments and sights in their country. You will also learn how to say where things are.

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Actividad 2.2

Listen and choose the correct option below.

Escoja la opción correcta.

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a. 

Valencia


b. 

Galicia


c. 

Andalucía


The correct answer is c.

a. 

Córdoba


b. 

Sevilla


c. 

Granada


The correct answer is c.

a. 

Sevilla


b. 

Granada


c. 

Córdoba


The correct answer is a.

a. 

Paraguay


b. 

Uruguay


c. 

Bolivia


The correct answer is b.

a. 

en el este


b. 

en el barrio de Priépolis


c. 

en el centro


The correct answer is c.

ASKING WHERE A PLACE IS

To ask where a place is, use the interrogative pronoun dónde(where) and the verb estar. (Note that an upside-down question mark also appears at the front of the phrase.)

¿Dónde está (n) + (noun)? Está(n) en + (place)
¿Dónde está la Giralda? Está en Sevilla.
¿Dónde están las ruinas romanas? Están en Mérida.
ESTAR
(yo) estoy (nosotros, -as) estamos
(tú) estás (vosotros, -as) estáis
(él / ella/usted) está (ellos/ellas/ustedes) están

To say ‘towards’, use hacia:

Zaragoza está hacia el este de España.

To say how near or far somewhere is, use está cerca (de) (‘it's near (to)’) or está lejos (de) (‘it's far (from)’):

Córdoba está cerca de Sevilla.

Montevideo está lejos de México D.F.

Español de bolsillo
¿Cómo es la torre del Miguelete? What is the Miguelete tower like?
Es muy alta It's very tall.
Es muy antigua It's very old.
¿Dónde está el Miguelete? Where is the Miguelete?
Está en Valencia. It's in Valencia.
Está en el centro. It's in the centre.
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