Spa 2201
Guide for Quiz 1

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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: 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”?
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. Verbs: 
   1. 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?  
   2. Have you been reviewing your AR, ER, and IR verbs? 
   3. How many irregular verbs should you know (ser, estar, ir, tener, dar, decir, etc.)? 
   4. Do you know how to conjugate as well as determine when to use "ser" and "estar"? 
   5. How many compound verb structures can you create (for example, “tener ganas de”, “tener que”, “ir a”, “poder”, “deber”, and “necesitar”? 
   6. 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? 
   7. 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?
   8. 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”?When do you use “ser” versus “estar” (1)?
9. Vocabulary:
1. Have you been studying the food vocabulary?
2. Could you describe a day's worth of food (breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.)?
3. Can you use this vocabulary in conversation (order food at a restaurant) or in paragraphs related to daily life (preparing food at home)?