Spa 1101
Areas of study for the Midterm
(Areas listed in green are the more recent areas we have studied)
Vocabulario: Have you periodically studied the following areas of vocabulary?
1. Academic and social titles, daily greetings, farewells, and miscellaneous expressions (see)
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Months, days, seasons
Classroom vocabulary
Classroom commands (Review)
Colors
Nationalities
Descriptive Adjectives (1,2,3)
Alphabet, Pronunciation, and Syllabication:
1. Can you identify and pronounce all of the vowels and consonants in the Spanish alphabet?
2. Do you remember how to divide a word into its basic syllables?
3. Where does the natural accent fall in Spanish? Why are the "sticky" vowels so important? (Review)
Dialogues:
1. Can you write a simple dialogue between two people in both a formal and informal situations?
2. How many questions and answers can you include in this dialogue?
3. What types of questions have you learned?
4. Can you introduce your friend to someone else? IE: “Te presento a” vs. “Le/s presento a”
5. Are you able to answer a question in the following ways: yes, no-reaffirm-no, no-correction?
Numbers:
1. Can you count and spell the numbers between 0 and 199?
2. How would you tell someone your phone number in Spanish? When listing your name in a
phonebook in a Spanish speaking country would you include both of your parents (paternal and
maternal) last names? Which of your parents’ last names comes first? Which last names does a
child inherit in the Spanish speaking world?
3. Are you familiar with the verbal equivalents of addition and subtraction problems in Spanish? IE:
“¿Cuánto son cinco más seis? –Son once.”
Agreement:
1. Why is noun-adjective and article-noun agreement so important in Spanish?
2. What rules will help us determine the correct use of an article or an adjective?
3. Are certain nouns always feminine or masculine?
4. What is the difference between a definite and indefinite article?
5. Are colors and nationalities used as adjectives too?
6. What is the difference between saying “Ella es de México” and “Ella es mexicana."?
Interrogative words:
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How many questions words have we learned?
Can you identify the subject in a question?
Can you create a question with each word?
What is the question word for "do" in Spanish?
When do you use “cuál” as opposed to “qué”?
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How do we tell time in Spanish? How do you express “AM” and “PM”?
What type of time expression is typically used in an airport?
What British customs for expressing time are similar to those in Spanish?
How do you say “midday”, “midnight”, “half past”, “quarter till”, and “rush hour” in Spanish
What is the difference between “a las seis” and “son las seis”?
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Do you know all of the subject pronouns in Spanish?
Can you conjugate the verb “ser” in all its forms?
Can you do the same with “estar”?
Can you conjugate “hablar”, “comer”, and “vivir”?
Time:
Verbs: