Study Guide for Quiz 2

Spa 1101-F10

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Review Items:

1. Question Words: How many questions words have we learned? What is the question word for "do" in Spanish? Can you create a question with each word?  What are the three patterns for answering a question?

2. AR Verbs: Have you learned each verb as both a vocabulary word and conjugated form? Are you familiar enough with these verbs to be able to fill out in a CLOZE paragraph with blank spaces for the missing verbs?

New Items:

1. “Qué” versus “cuál”: When do you use "qué" versus "cuál"?

2. ER/IR verbs:  Have you honed your skills in verb recognition, usage, and conjugation?

3. Gustar: Why do we refer to the “gustar” verb as a “backwards verb”? What does “gustar” literally mean? What conjugations of this verb do we usually avoid? What indirect object pronouns do we use with this verb? For instance, how would you restate “a mí”, “a ti”, “a ella”, “a Ud.”, “a Uds.”, or “a nosotros”?

4. Tener: How do we conjugate “tener”? How do we use this verb as part of a compound verb structure?  For instance, expressions like “tener que” or “tener ganas de”.

5. Numbers 1-1000+: Can you count and spell the numbers between 0 and 1000+? Do you know how to apply the rules for adjective agreement to numbers when used as adjectives?  For example, how would you write “two hundred one pages” correctly in Spanish?

6. Possession: What are two ways of stating “his books” in Spanish? Do you recall that, unlike the “de” construction, all possessive adjectives must agree in number and some in gender? Which ones agree in gender? What does “su” mean in English?

7. Vocabulary: Don’t forget to study your class subject words (70).