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#82 Wrap-up Activities
SPEAK SPANISH BEFORE YOU KNOW IT!
Instructions: Use these exercises to test your understanding of
Spanish. Create your own mini-story plots.
NEW VOCABULARY
Persons and Samples of Associated Verbs
The fat-one…
eats the whole watermelon.
The cook…
prepares the food.
The parrot…
tells the truth.
The doctor…
cures the ill one (f).
The baker…
eats the bread.
The sailor…
guards the ship.
The athlete…
jumps over the table.
The fisherman…
eats the fish.
The shepherd…
counts the sheep.
The fireman…
puts out the fire.
The cowboy…
loves the cows.
El gordo…
come la sandía entera.
La cocinera…
prepara la comida.
El perico…
dice la verdad.
El doctor…
cura a la enferma.
El panadero…
come el pan.
El marinero…
guarda la nave.
El atleta…
salta sobre la mesa.
El pescador…
come el pescado.
El pastor de ovejas…
cuenta las ovejas.
El bombero…
apaga el fuego.
El vaquero…
ama las vacas.
Places and Associated Verbs
the kitchen
works in the kitchen
the bridge
crosses the bridge
la cocina
trabaja en la cocina
el puente
cruza el puente
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Concrete Objects and Associated Verbs
watermelon
eats the whole watermelon
water
pours water in the soup
juice
drinks the juice
hammer
uses his hammer
sandía
come la sandía entera
agua
echa agua en la sopa
jugo
bebe el jugo
martillo
usa su martillo
Adverbs
in fact
In fact, he always speaks truth.
de hecho
De hecho, el siempre dice la verdad.
Verbs and Associated Nouns
goes out of
She leaves the kitchen.
contains
The soup contains poison.
crosses
He crosses the bridge.
listens
He listens but hears not.
hears
He hears something.
dies
The parrot dies.
uses
He uses his hammer.
buys
The baker buys the juice.
sale de (think of “sallies forth from”)
Ella sale de la cocina.
contiene
La sopa contiene veneno.
cruza (compare la cruz, “the cross”)
El cruza el puente.
escucha
El escucha pero no oye.
oye
El oye algo.
muere
El loro muere.
usa
El usa su martillo.
compra
El panadero compra el jugo.
SAMPLE MINI-SSTORY PLOT
Instructions: Translate the following sample story into English. The
translation can be found in the appendix.
Hay un loro. Es el loro de la princesa. El loro siempre dice la verdad. La
princesa nunca dice la verdad. El loro dice que el rey viene. La princesa
dice que el rey no viene. De hecho, el rey viene. El viene con la reina. La
princesa detesta el loro porque el loro siempre dice la verdad. La princesa
está en la cocina con la cocinera. La cocinera está preparando sopa de
tomate para dar al loro. El agente secreto número cero cero siete ve que la
princesa echa algo en la sopa. ¿Piensa Ud. que el loro bebe la sopa?
¿Piensa Ud. que el agente secreto número cero cero siete viene?
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You can find the English equivalent of the story in the appendix.
Now create more of your own mini-story plots. Write them out or,
better, just plan them and give them orally.
THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
DAY SEVEN—1000
THREE DAYS TO RENDEZVOUS
The next morning, you and Stump walk to the dance school. Una
clase de ballet is in progress.
“That looks painful,” says Stump. “I wouldn’t even want to imagine bending my body that way.”
“Be quiet,” you tell him. “It’s an art form.”
The class’s young-looking teacher notices you and Stump in the
doorway and excuses herself. She walks toward you. You notice
that she leans heavily on a cane but still has the graceful figure and
elegant movements of a classically trained dancer.
“Me llamo Marta Hernández,” she tells you in accented English.
“How may I help you today?”
You explain your search and Stump’s suspicions that the quest has
something to do with food. She nods. “Yo soy la mujer you seek,
but before I help, you must complete these.” She assigns you
another set of Spanish activities and returns to her ballet class.
With música clásica playing in the background, you and Stump start
this new challenge.