Study Guide for Semester Exam 2014-2015
Spanish 2
VOCABULARY
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All verbs: Verbs from Spanish 1 and from this semester. (We have learned very few
verbs this semester.) Use your verb notebooks from last year, the list of all the verbs we
covered last year and this year or use Quizlet (the “70 essential verbs from Spanish 1”).
Tip: Practice them from Spanish to English first, then from English to Spanish. Also, if you
struggle with them, take 10 or 15 words at a time, master them, then move on to
another group. Too many words at once is overwhelming.
Vocabulary list from Unit 3 Chapter 3: Weather, seasons, clothing and accessories,
geographical places, seasonal activities and tener expressions.
Vocabulary list from Unit 4 Chapters 1 and 2: (This is what we tested on right before
break). Places in town, (stores and shops), forms of transportation, prepositions of
place, and giving directions.
GRAMMAR
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You should know how to form the present tense of verbs (conjugate them), understand
them when they are in a specific form (ex: compramos= we buy). You will be writing
some verbs in the correct form. For this, you need to remember which verbs are
irregular, irregular yo, stem changing.
You should also be able to form the present progressive to express what is happening
now. (estar + ______ando/iendo or yendo)
You should be able to form the future tense to say what is going to happen. (ir + a +
infinitive)
You should be able to form Tú Commands (él/ella form of verb except for the irregular
verbs)
What will you do on the Exam?
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You will have a listening section. (Multiple choice and T/F)
There will be a reading section. (Multiple choice)
There will be a vocabulary section. (Multiple choice and sort words in categories)
There will be a verb section. (multiple choice and write verbs in the 4 verb tenses
mentioned above)
There will be a writing section in which you will have a picture to describe in a
paragraph. You will write sentences about the place, the season/weather, the person or
people in the picture, what they are wearing, and what they are doing.
TIP: For the multiple choice sections you must be able to understand your prompts. Go
back to your worksheets and re read sentences just to practice understanding.
Remember: you have to understand words in context, not in lists.