Spa 1102

Guide for the Midterm

 

  1. What are the rules for dividing a word into syllables? How do you find the naturally accented syllable of a word?
  2. Can you remember all of the question words and also use them to answer or generate questions?
  3. Do you remember all of the survival questions and when to use one versus the other?
  4. Can you recall two secrets to studying a foreign language?
  5. Have you studied all your vocabulary (Classroom items, class subjects and disciplines, numbers, colors, clothing, family, personality, rooms in the house, prepositions of time)?
  6. How well can you solve math problems? Is your spelling good when it comes to numbers (1-1000+)? What happens to numbers when you use them like adjectives (example, 101 shirts)?
  7. How do you use demonstrative adjectives and pronouns?
  8. How many –AR ,-IR, ER verbs do you know? Have you studied them as vocabulary and also in all of their “conjugations”?
  9. Have you studied all the stem-changing verbs, the go-verbs, and the reflexive verbs?
  10. Have you learned all the "tener" idiomatic expressions?
  11. Can you create sentences using the "tener +que" and "ir + a" and other compound verb structures?
  12. What happens to sentence structure when we use “backwards verbs” like gustar?  How many indirect object pronouns can you use with these verbs?
  13. Are you placing and forming your adjectives correctly (number and gender agreement)?
  14. Can you show possession using the Spanish equivalent of an apostrophe “s” and also using an equivalent possessive adjective?
  15. Do you remember what happens to "a" and "de" when they are next to "el"?