Spa 1101
Guide for Quiz 1
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- 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)
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- Vocabulary: Have you studied all the greetings and farewells, titles, and colors (p. 19) in this Chapter? Can you identify the objects in the classroom that we studied using the LOCI method? Have you studied the survival commands that we learned using the acrostic Las Vegas Race?
- Verbs: Can you match the subject pronouns in Spanish with the present tense conjugations of SER?