Spanish School Supplies Practice

Q: How do you say eraser in Spanish?

La goma or la goma de borrar . You'll also hear el borrador , which is the board eraser too.

Q: How do you say school supplies in Spanish?

El material escolar is the most common term in Spain. In Latin America you'll hear los útiles escolares a lot. Both are understood everywhere.

Q: Is aula a classroom or a class?

El aula is the classroom. A class, the lesson, is la clase : Tengo clase de español en el aula 3 . And notice that aula is feminine but takes el , like el agua .

See the object and type its name, listen and type, or pick from four. Below, a worksheet with an answer key you can do in class, on paper or print.

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How do you say it in Spanish?

What you need to know

An eraser is la goma, or la goma de borrar to be clear. You'll also hear el borrador, which is the board eraser too.
The word for pen changes from country to country: bolígrafo or boli in Spain, pluma in Mexico, birome in Argentina and esfero in Colombia.
The classroom is el aula, and a folder for papers is la carpeta, not a carpet.

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School supplies in Spanish: worksheet with answer key

Do them on paper, in your head or printed out: answer first, then open each answer to check.

Name: ______________________________ Date: ____/____/______

Write it in Spanish

the eraser
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la goma · or la goma de borrar
the pencil sharpener
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el sacapuntas
the pencil case
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el estuche
the pen
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el bolígrafo
the ruler
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la regla
the scissors
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las tijeras

Country → word

Write the word they use in that country.

the pen, in Mexico
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la pluma
the pen, in Argentina
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la birome · also la lapicera
the pen, in Colombia
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el esfero · also el lapicero
the pencil case, in Argentina
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la cartuchera
the pencil sharpener, in Peru
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el tajador
chalk, in Mexico
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el gis · in Spain and Argentina, la tiza
the blackboard, in Latin America
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el pizarrón · in Spain, la pizarra

What's in the backpack?

Fill in the sentence with the Spanish word.

Escribo con un ______. (pencil)
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lápiz
Corto el papel con las ______. (scissors)
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tijeras
Guardo los papeles en la ______. (folder)
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carpeta

True or false?

La goma is an eraser.
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True · also la goma de borrar
El aula is the classroom.
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True · a class, the lesson, is la clase
Carpeta means carpet.
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False · carpeta is a folder; a carpet is la alfombra

Answer key

la goma
el sacapuntas
el estuche
el bolígrafo
la regla
las tijeras
la pluma
la birome
el esfero
la cartuchera
el tajador
el gis
el pizarrón
lápiz
tijeras
carpeta
True
True
False

School supplies in Spanish: common questions

How do you say eraser in Spanish?

La goma or la goma de borrar. You'll also hear el borrador, which is the board eraser too.

How do you say school supplies in Spanish?

El material escolar is the most common term in Spain. In Latin America you'll hear los útiles escolares a lot. Both are understood everywhere.

Is aula a classroom or a class?

El aula is the classroom. A class, the lesson, is la clase: Tengo clase de español en el aula 3. And notice that aula is feminine but takes el, like el agua.