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? (Review)
2.
Survival
Sentences: What are the most important oral
survival questions/phrases you have learned at this point in your Spanish
studies?
3.
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? When do you use "qué"
versus "cuál"? Can you create a
question with "yo" as the subject?
Which verb conjugation accompanies "quién"
or "quiénes"?
4.
Direct Object
Pronouns: What are “transitive verbs” and
how do they limit when you can use a “direct object pronoun”? When and why do
we use “direct object pronouns”? What are the “direct object pronouns” in
Spanish and where do we place them? Which questions can we use so as not to
mistake which object in a sentence is the direct object?
5.
Indirect
Object Pronouns: What is an indirect object
pronoun? When do we use it? What question do we ask to identify it? Which
indirect object pronouns and direct object pronouns are the same? Which ones
are different? What should you know about the indirect object pronouns “le” and
“les” and verbs like “gustar”?
6.
Double
Object Pronouns (237): What
questions help you determine which object is the DO versus the IO? In what order to the DOP and IOP appear in a
double object pronoun sentence? When can
you hook the pronouns to the end of a verb?
When do you use “se” as opposed to “le” or “les”?
7.
Demonstrative
Adjectives/Pronouns: Did you review the use of
demonstrative adjectives? What is their relationship to the indicators of space
(aquí, ahí, allá)? Did you remember that demonstratives can function as
adjectives and therefore must agree in number and gender with the noun they
describe? What is the difference between “ese” and “eso”? How can a demonstrative adjective be turned into a
demonstrative pronoun? Where do you place the demonstrative pronoun's accent?
8.
Indefinite
and Negative Expressions (225):
How many indefinite and negative words are there? Do you know how to construct
indefinite and negative sentences? Is there anything you should know about
negative sentences? With which ones of these do you need to use the
double-negative?
9.
Verbs:
a.
Can you conjugate all your verbs and
use them in context? Have you practiced generating a question/answer
sequence for each verb? Can you fill-in the blanks in a cloze paragraph?
What are your best strategies for completing this type of exercise?
b.
Have you been reviewing your AR, ER,
and IR verbs?
c.
How many irregular verbs should you
know (ser, estar, ir, tener, dar,
decir, etc.)?
d.
Do you know how to conjugate as well
as determine when to use "ser" and "estar"?
e.
How many compound verb structures
can you create (for example, “tener ganas de”, “tener que”, “ir a”, “poder”, “deber”, and “necesitar”?
f.
Do you remember how to conjugate
stem-changing verbs? When do verbs stem change? Have you studied the
initial list of stem-changing verbs as well as the second one?
g.
How do you form the present
progressive tense? When does a native Speaker use it? How does his/her use of
the verb differ with our linguistic patterns in English? Which two types of
verbs create irregular present participle? Did you forget that the present
progressive is a compound verb structure, must always be accompanied by the
verb “estar”, and establishes the same pronoun
placement relationships as other compound verb structures? Can the present
participle be used with other verbs than “estar”?
When it is used this way, what does it express? How do you correctly
express “I’m travelling to Madrid in a week?” in Spanish?
h.
Why is the "gustar"
verb so special? What are indirect object pronouns and how do you use them with
the "gustar" verb? What other verbs
function like “gustar”? Can you conjugate these verbs
in the present and preterit tenses?
i.
When do you use “ser”
versus “estar” (1)?
j.
What are the forms of “dar” and “decir” in the present
and preterit tenses? Can you use DOPs and IOPs with both of these verbs?
k.
Have you studied the cooking verbs
(199)? How many of these verbs are stem-changing? Can you conjugate
these verbs in the present and preterit tenses?
l.
Can you conjugate regular preterit
verbs? Which regular preterit verbs have spelling changes due to sounds like c
or z? What completely irregular preterit verbs have we studied? What happens to
stem changing verbs in the preterit? According to the professor’s system of
conjugating (the zig-zag method), how many
semi-irregular preterit verbs are there? How many base-changing verbs should
you know? What are their base changes? How do you conjugate irregular verbs
like SER, IR, and DAR? How does the meaning of verbs like “poder”,
“saber, “conocer”, and “tener”
change when they are conjugated in the preterit tense? Can you create a
question/answer sequence in the preterit tense in which you also utilize the
direct or indirect object pronouns?
m.
How do we conjugate verbs in the
imperfect tense? What three verbs are irregular in the imperfect tense? Do you recall when to use the imperfect
(“description”, “habit”, “repetitive description”, and “ongoing but uncompleted
action”)? Can you describe both in the present and past tense a few of your
pastimes? What did you do/used to do? Where did you go/used to go?
n.
When do you use the preterit tense
versus the imperfect tense? What system
of rules have we developed to answer this question? How important is context in determining which
past tense to use?
10.
Vocabulary: