Spa 1101

Guide to Quiz 1

1. Accents and Punctuation : Do you remember how to divide a word into its basic syllables? Where does the natural accent fall in Spanish? Why are the "sticky" vowels so important?
2. Alphabet : If you listened to someone spell a word out, could you write the correct word down on a piece of paper?
3. Introduction and Simple Conversation : Can you write a simple dialogue between two people in both a formal and informal situations? How many questions and answers can you include? What types of questions have you learned? Can you introduce your friend to someone else?
4. Numbers : Can you count and spell the numbers between 0 and 199? 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?
5. Days, Seasons, and Months: Can you name and spell each day of the week, each month of the year, and all the four seasons? Do the seasons in relation to months change in South America? How so? Could you determine which season it is in, for instance, Chile during the month of May? Are any of the days, months, or seasons capitalized in Spanish?
6. Las Vegas Race : Have you studied the survival commands that we le arned using the acrostic Las Vegas Race? Which letters have two words? What is the difference between formal and informal commands? How do you give a command to a group of people (usted versus ustedes)? In what types of situations might you use these c ommands?
7. Subject Pronouns and the Verb SER: Do you remember all the subject pronouns? How do the gestures we learned in class help us recall the communication cycle? How do we conjugate the verb SER using these gestures or within the communication cycle?
8. Vocabulary: Have you studied all the greetings, farewells, and titles?