Spa 2225

Guide to Exam 2

  1. Basics:

a)      What are the rules for dividing a word into syllables?

b)      How do you find the naturally accented syllable of a word? (Review)

c)      Have you been reviewing all of your verb conjugations we have studied?  In particular, how about the perfect tenses (those irregular past participles)?  

  1. Commands:

a)      Can you create formal commands (UD or UDS)? 

b)      Can you create informal commands (TÚ or VOSOTROS)?

c)      How do the positive informal commands differ from the negative informal commands?

d)     Where do you place pronouns in positive commands versus negative commands?

  1. Reflexive Verbs:

a)      What are reflexive verbs and how do you conjugate them (1, 2)?

b)      How do you create a reciprocal reflexive verb?

c)      Can you use reflexive verbs in a non-reflexive sentence?

d)     When does “se” not represent a reflexive pronoun?

  1. Complements:

a)      What are direct object pronouns?   

b)      How do they differ from indirect object pronouns and subject pronouns?  

c)      What kind of verb do you need in a sentence in order to use a direct or indirect object pronoun? 

d)     What questions to you use to distinguish between a direct object and an indirect object?

e)      Where do you place direct and indirect pronouns in a sentence that is a command?

f)       Where do you place them in a sentence with a compound verb?

g)      How do you construct a sentence with a double object pronoun? 

h)      How do compound verbs affect pronoun placement?  

i)        Do we need to do anything special with commands and object pronouns?

  1. Passive Voice:

a)      What is the passive voice? 

b)      How many different forms exist in Spanish?  

c)      When do you use each of them?  Why?  

d)     What do you need to do to create a passive sentence from an active sentence for each form? 

e)      What happens to these sentences if the active verb is in the preterit versus imperfect? 

f)       Can you create passive sentences in all the verb tenses?

  1. Impersonal Voice:

a)      What is the difference between the passive voice and the impersonal voice?

b)      How do they differ in grammatical form?

  1. No-fault Sentences:

a)      What is the “no fault” verb structure? 

b)      When would you use this in real life?

  1. Subjunctive:

a)      What conditions in the independent clause will force the nominal clause to be conjugated in the subjunctive tense?

b)      Which verbs will usually be found in the independent clause that precedes a nominal subjunctive clause?

c)      What conditions in the independent clause will force the adjectival clause to be conjugated in the subjunctive tense?

d)     Which words are important to identify in the independent clause that precedes an adjectival subjunctive clause?