SPA 1101	Fall 2007
Study Guide for the Final Exam
Vocabulary	Common greetings, descriptive cognates, numbers 1-1000+, time,  family and extended family members (1,2,3), physical attributes and general character traits [64], pets, the various world nationalities [70] and languages, question words (1), descriptive adjectives (2) [69], classroom objects, course subjects, university buildings, clothing (1,2,3), fabrics, colors, tener idioms, adverbs of frequency, conjunctions [and, but, or], prepositions [to, from, on, of, at], verbs as vocabulary, and anything else in the general vocabulary lists at the end of each chapter.
Expression	Do you remember a few of the secrets to learning Spanish? ( Review) Can you spell out the sounds of the Spanish alphabet? (Review) What are the rules for dividing a word into syllables?  How do you find the naturally accented syllable of a word? What are the most important oral survival questions at this point in your quest to learn Spanish? (Review) Which consonant-vowel combinations have special sounds? (Review) Why are the "sticky" vowels so important? Can you explain when and why you would use "tú" versus "usted”? How many greetings and expressions of courtesy have we learned? (Review 1,2) How many pairs of basic conversation question-answer combinations can you come up with in Spanish? (Review) What are the two ways can we use to answer a question negatively?  What does the second “no” in a negative reaffirmation answer mean? Are you able to generate more than a couple of simple conversation questions with our new vocabulary and verbs? If you were asked to generate a simple conversation, how far could you go? Are you able to create a simple dialogue that now includes vocabulary and expressions from Chapters Ante Todo – 3?
The Small Stuff	What have you learned about cognates? (Review) How do we use the sentence structure "me gusta" or the sentence structure "¿A qué hora …?" Do you know the difference between a definite and an indefinite article? Can you create plural definite and indefinite articles? Are you keeping track of all the small changes in Spanish (for instance, the a+el=al combination, noun-adjective agreement, noun-verb agreement, or the difference between the adverb “Como mucho” and adjective “tengo mucha comida”)? Can you tell time and distinguish when to use “son las” as opposed to “a las”? What about adjective agreement? What are the two ways of showing possession in Spanish? What are possessive adjectives?  Do possessive adjectives have to agree in number and gender like all other adjectives?  Where do we place them in a sentence? Have you learned the noun-number agreement scheme well? When do we use demonstrative adjectives (1,2)? Which spatial relationships are implied by each type of demonstrative adjective? How does a demonstrative adjective become a demonstrative pronoun?  Extra practice? How many "es + adjective + verb..." expressions can you create? What does "hay" mean in Spanish? When do you use “por” versus “para”?
Grammar	What are the subject pronouns in Spanish? How many –AR, -ER, and -IR Verbs [80] should you know? Need some practice (1,2,3, 4,5 )? Are you using and conjugating the verb “ser” and "estar" correctly? When do you use the verb "estar" versus the verb "ser"? More practice (1,2)?  How do you use the “me gusta” expression in a question? What should you know about the indirect object pronouns “le” and “les”? What does the “hay” verb mean?  How is it used? How do you express age in Spanish? Did you remember to study your verbs as vocabulary words and also drill their conjugations? Are you able to conjugate the verb "Tener"?  How is this verb related to the expression of age in Spanish ([63]? How many tener idioms are there? How many stem changing verbs are there? What are the forms of the verb IR?  Do we conjugate both of the verbs in a compound verb structure? What should we remember to do if we create a compound verb using expressions like IR+a, TENER +ganas +de, or TENER+que?  Can you create sentences using the "tener +que", "ir + a" , "poder+", "querer +", etc. structures?Have you reviewed less stressed verbs like “comprar” and “vender”? Can you conjugate the stem-changing verb like “costar” or “poder”? Need more practice with tener, venir, preferir, querer, poder--(1)?