¿Hay o Está? Spanish Hay vs Estar exercises
Practise with the song. Listen to Sol and type the missing words, then choose the right form. The answers and explanations are at the bottom.
Step 1
Hear it, then type it
This exercise uses the song itself, so it opens when the song is out on Fri 30 Oct, 16:00 UK.
Step 2
Choose the right form
Hay or está? Something that exists (a, some, none), or where a thing you know is? Choose the form that fits.
1.Uno, dos, tres: ¿ un bar por aquí?
one, two, three: is there a bar around here?
2.Sí, hay un bar, ¡ en la plaza!
yes, there's a bar: it's in the square!
3.En mi oficina una cafetera,
in my office there's a coffee machine,
4. dos chicos nuevos en el gimnasio,
there are two new guys at the gym,
5.¿Dónde mi teléfono? En el sofá,
where's my phone? On the sofa,
6.las llaves en la mesa,
the keys are on the table,
7.mi jefe en Madrid esta semana,
my boss is in Madrid this week,
8.No leche, ¡qué desastre!
there isn't any milk: what a disaster!
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Answers
Choose the right form
- Uno, dos, tres: ¿hay un bar por aquí?Un bar, any bar: with un, una, it's hay.
- Sí, hay un bar, ¡está en la plaza!Now it's the bar we know, and where it is: está.
- En mi oficina hay una cafetera,Una cafetera: with una, it's hay.
- Hay dos chicos nuevos en el gimnasio,Hay never changes: one thing or two, it's hay.
- ¿Dónde está mi teléfono? En el sofá,Mi teléfono, a thing you know: where it is takes está.
- las llaves están en la mesa,Las llaves, the keys you know, and two of them: están.
- mi jefe está en Madrid esta semana,Mi jefe, a person you know: where he is takes está.
- No hay leche, ¡qué desastre!No milk at all, with no el or la: no hay.
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