Spanish II
Final Exam Outline
Listening
• For each of 15 questions, you will hear
some background information in English
once. Then you will hear a passage in
Spanish twice and a question in English
once. Choose the correct answer and write
the number on your answer sheet. These are
from checkpt B exam 1 per 15 vocabulary
topics.
Speaking
• You will be asked 3 questions and you must
answer with at least 5 correct sentences in Spanish
(15):
• What did you used to do when you were little?
(Imperfect)
• What do you do to prepare yourself in the morning
or at night? (Reflexive)
• What did you do this year in Spanish class?
(Preterit)
Culture
• Cultura. Please explain the major
similarities and differences between
Spanish-speaking cultural celebrations and
those in the US as discussed in class. You
may organize your ideas in paragraph (2 or
more) form or create a VENN diagram. You
must include specific details and
examples(10)
Reading
• Los días festivos del mundo hispanoreading in Spanish about Hispanic holidays
with 10 T/F questions to answer (10)
• 5 short realia readings with one question to
answer each in English (5)
Vocabulary and Grammar
• This section will contain 20 multiple choice
questions worth ½ point each (10).
• There will also be 40 short answer fill ins
(20)
• It will cover all vocabulary topics studied
and major grammatical areas.
• Remember- there are a lot of topics for each
area, so there will be few questions per
topic.
Grammatical Content Covered
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Ser vs. estar
Regular present tense verbs
Irregular present tense verbs
Question words- interrogatives
Reflexive verbs –se
Stem-changing verbs- “boot” verbs
Demonstrative adj. And pronouns
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Possessive adjectives and pronouns
Regular preterit verbs
Irregular preterit verbs
Imperfect verbs
Preterit vs. Imperfect to talk about the past
Progressive tenses
Objects- direct and indirect
Commands
Writing
• I. Choose 5 of 10 questions and answer in
complete Spanish sentences.(5)
• II either 2 short essays 75 words each or 1
longer essay 120 words (10 pts.)
• Short essay topics:
Writing
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Un viaje que hice
Mi mejor amigo cuando era niño/a
Lo que hice en la clase de español este año
Una carta a la Sra. Crowe usando mandatos
directos para pedirle que cambie cosas para
el año que viene
Writing Continued
• Long essay topics:
• Mi niñez
• La cultura hispana tiene diferecias y
similitudes a la cultura de los Estados
Unidos
• Mi fin de semana pasado