Spa 2201
Guide for Quiz 1
*Items before Quiz 1 are indicated in RED
- 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)
- Survival
Sentences:
What are the most important oral survival questions/phrases you have
learned at this point in your Spanish studies?
- 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"?
- 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?
- 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”?
- Double
Object Pronouns:
Do you know how to use both a direct object pronoun and an indirect object
pronoun in the same sentence? Which one do you place nearest to the verb
(review)? When do you replace “le” or “les” with “se”?
- 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?
- Verbs:
- 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?
- Have you
been reviewing your AR, ER, and IR verbs?
- How many
irregular verbs should you know (ser, estar, ir, tener, dar, decir,
etc.)?
- Do you
know how to conjugate as well as determine when to use "ser"
and "estar"?
- How many
compound verb structures can you create (for example, “tener ganas de”,
“tener que”, “ir a”, “poder”, “deber”, and “necesitar”?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- When do
you use “ser” versus “estar” (1)?
- 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?
- 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?
- Have you been studying the regular
preterit tense as well as the semi-irregular preterit tense? Which
stem-changing verbs change in the preterit tense? When do they change?
How many preterit verbs change in spelling in order to conserve the
proper pronunciation pattern?
- Vocabulary:
- Have you been studying the food
vocabulary? Could you describe a day's worth of food (breakfast, lunch,
dinner, etc.)? Can you use this vocabulary in conversation (ordering food
at a restaurant) or in paragraphs related to daily life (preparing food
at home)?
- How many kitchen appliances and
cooking equipment can you identify?
- Can you describe your pastimes
(219)?
- How many different “reactions”
have you learned? For example: “¡Qué rico!”, “¡Qué
asco!”, “A propósito”, “Me da igual”, etc.