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# 5 Greetings at different times of the day

Table 2 lists greetings for different times of the day.

## Table 2 Greetings for the morning, afternoon and evening

Buenos días. | Good morning
Buenas tardes. | Good afternoon. / Good evening
Buenas noches. | Good evening. / Good night

Buenos días is used in the morning and, in Spain, until lunchtime, even if lunchtime is at 2 or 3 p.m. Buenas tardes is used until around 8 o’clock, and from then on Buenas noches is used.

## Activity 5

Listen to the following people greeting each other and click how many times each of the following expressions is used.

Buenos días • Buenas tardes • Buenas noches

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Transcript

How many times is buenos días used?

Once
Twice
Three times

How many times is buenas tardes used?

Once
Twice
Three times

How many times is buenas noches used?

Once
Twice
Three times

## Activity 6

Match each greeting with the correct speech bubble.

Figure 1 a) top left, b) far top right, c) top right, d) bottom

(a)

Buenas tardes

(b)

¡Buenas noches, chicos !

(c)

Buenas noches

(d)

Buenos días

Using the following two lists, match each numbered item with the correct letter.

1. (a)

2. (b)

3. (c)

4. (d)

1. 1

   Buenas tardes

2. 2

   ¡Buenas noches, chicos !

3. 3

   Buenas noches

4. 4

   Buenos días

The correct answers are:

- 1 =
- 2 =
- 3 =
- 4 =

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