5 Greetings at different times of the day
Table 2 lists greetings for different times of the day.
| 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
Transcript
Listen to people using greetings at different times of day.
—Hola, buenos días.
—Buenos días.
—Señoras, señores, buenas tardes y bienvenidos a la Conferencia Anual de la Asociación de...
—Buenas noches.
—Buenas noches.
a.
Once
b.
Twice
c.
Three times
The correct answer is b.
a.
Once
b.
Twice
c.
Three times
The correct answer is a.
a.
Once
b.
Twice
c.
Three times
The correct answer is b.
Activity 6
Match each greeting with the correct speech bubble.
Using the following two lists, match each numbered item with the correct letter.
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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(d)
a.Buenas noches
b.Buenas tardes
c.Buenos días
d.¡Buenas noches, chicos !
- 1 = b
- 2 = d
- 3 = a
- 4 = c