Spanish contractions

How many contractions are there in Spanish?

• Just one.

• Only two.

• Three.

• Lots.

TWO ways that Spanish contractions are different from English ones are that ...

• Contractions are required in Spanish but optional in English.

• They have to come at the beginning of a sentence in Spanish but can go anywhere in an English sentence.

• They're made out of three words in Spanish but two in English.

• Spanish ones don't have apostrophes; English ones do.

Yo voy ___ supermercado.

• a el

• al

• a los

• a las

Mi amiga viene ___ isla de Jamaica.

• de el

• del

• de la

• de las

Nosotros jugamos ___ béisbol.

• a el

• al

• a la

• a las

Tú sales ___ restaurante a las dos.

• de el

• del

• de la

• de las

¿Cuánto vas ___ iglesia?

• a el

• al

• a la

• a las

Mis amigos caminan ___ bodegas del centro.

• a el

• al

• a la

• a las

¿Ustedes juegan ___ deportes frecuentemente?

• a el

• al

• a las

• a los

Which one of these has to become a contraction in Spanish?

• a + el

• a + la

• a + las

• a + los