Spanish Basics Jeopardy

First-year Spanish vocabulary in six categories, greetings through the calendar. Duplicate it for free and let students buzz in from their phones.

6 categories · 30 clues · Final Jeopardy · everyone buzzes in from their phone

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Greetings and Goodbyes

$200
This is the Spanish word for goodbye.
What is adios?
$400
This is the Spanish phrase for good morning.
What is buenos dias?
$600
This is the Spanish phrase for good night.
What is buenas noches?
$800
This is the Spanish phrase meaning see you later.
What is hasta luego?
$1,000
This is the Spanish phrase used to ask someone how they are doing.
What is como estas?

Numbers

$200
This is the Spanish word for the number 5.
What is cinco?
$400
This is the Spanish word for the number 10.
What is diez?
$600
This is the Spanish word for the number 15.
What is quince?
$800
This is the Spanish word for the number 20.
What is veinte?
$1,000
This is the Spanish word for the number 100.
What is cien?

Colors

$200
This is the Spanish word for the color red.
What is rojo?
$400
This is the Spanish word for the color blue.
What is azul?
$600
This is the Spanish word for the color yellow.
What is amarillo?
$800
This is the Spanish word for the color green.
What is verde?
$1,000
This is the Spanish word for the color black.
What is negro?

Family Words

$200
This is the Spanish word for mother.
What is madre?
$400
This is the Spanish word for father.
What is padre?
$600
This is the Spanish word for brother.
What is hermano?
$800
This is the Spanish word for grandmother.
What is abuela?
$1,000
This is the Spanish word for a male cousin.
What is primo?

Food and Drink

$200
This is the Spanish word for water.
What is agua?
$400
This is the Spanish word for bread.
What is pan?
$600
This is the Spanish word for milk.
What is leche?
$800
This is the Spanish word for apple.
What is manzana?
$1,000
This is the Spanish word for rice.
What is arroz?

Days and Months

$200
This is the Spanish word for Monday.
What is lunes?
$400
This is the Spanish word for Friday.
What is viernes?
$600
This is the Spanish word for the month of January.
What is enero?
$800
This is the Spanish word for the month of July.
What is julio?
$1,000
This is the Spanish word for the month of December.
What is diciembre?

Final Jeopardy — Saludos

Usable at any hour of the day, this common one-word Spanish greeting translates simply as hello.

What is hola?

How to run this board

Novice Spanish learners need constant retrieval practice, and a buzzer game supplies it painlessly. The categories here cover the standard first-semester ground: greetings and farewells, numbers, colors, family members, food and drink, plus days and months.

Require answers in Spanish with reasonable pronunciation, but decide before the game how forgiving you will be, and tell the class. A good house rule for level one: accents and articles are free, wrong words are not. Thirty minutes covers the board with time for Final Jeopardy.

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