Nombre: ______________________________________________ Fecha: ___________ Período: ______
Review Guide: First Semester 2014-15
Spanish 1 - Sra. Velin
Your first semester Spanish 1 final exam will consist of the following parts:
 a multiple choice final exam addressing all topics studied this semester (outlined below)
Wednesday, January 21
 an oral final in which you respond to questions asked by the teacher in a one-on-one situation
Monday, January 26 – Thursday, January 29
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To prepare for your final exam, study the topics below.
Lesson 1: Hola, ¿qué tal?
Contextos
Greetings and goodbyes
Identifying yourself and others
Courtesy expressions
Vocabulary summary
Estructura
Lesson 2: En la clase
Contextos
Estructura
Lesson 3: La familia
Contextos
Estructura
p. 2-3
p. 38
1.1 Nouns and articles
1.2 Numbers 0-30
1.3 Present tense of ser
1.4 Telling time
p. 12-13
p. 16-17
p. 19-21
p. 24-25
Classroom and school life
Days of the week
Fields of study and school subjects
Class schedules
Vocabulary summary
p. 40-41
2.1 Present tense of –ar verbs
2.2 Forming questions in Spanish
2.3 Present tense of estar
2.4 Numbers 31 and higher
p. 50-52
p. 55-56
p. 59-60
p. 63-64
p. 76
The family
p. 78-79
Identifying people
Professions and occupations
Vocabulary summary (all except verbos) p. 114
3.1 Descriptive adjectives
3.2 Possessive adjectives
p. 88-90
p. 93
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Nombre: ______________________________________________ Fecha: ___________ Período: ______
Lección 1
Gender and articles
In Spanish, all nouns have a ____________________. This means each noun is either __________________ or
__________________.
The endings -o or -or indicate that the noun is usually _________________________________.
The endings -a or -ora indicate that the noun is usually _____________________________.
The ending -ista can be either.
If a noun does not end in -o, -or, -a, -ora or does not follow the typical pattern, then you must memorize its
__________________ when you learn the new noun.
The endings -ma or -s are also typically __________________________. (ex. programa, autobús)
The endings -ción and -dad are also typically _____________________. (ex. lección, nacionalidad)
There are two types of articles: definite and indefinite.
Definite articles (“___________” in English) have these four forms:
Sing.
Pl.
Masc.
Fem.
Indefinite articles (“_____ or ___________” in English) have these four forms:
Sing.
Pl.
Masc.
Fem.
Provide the appropriate articles for the words below:
Definite
_____ lápiz
_____ calculadoras
Indefinite
_____ hermana
_____ actor
_____ autobús
_____ padres
_____ programa
_____ comunidades
_____ maletas
_____ nacionalidad
_____ conductor
_____ lecciones
#s 0-30
Write the following numbers in Spanish words.
5
13
26
30
21
22
7
15
Ser
Write the English equivalent of the following subject pronouns:
Yo
Tú
Él
Ella
Usted
Nosotros
Ellas
Ustedes
Vosotros
Ellos
Ser means:
It is an irregular verb. Conjugate below:
Yo
Nosotros
Tú
Vosotros
Él/Ella/Usted
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes
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Nombre: ______________________________________________ Fecha: ___________ Período: ______
Write the subject pronoun you would use to talk ABOUT these people and the correct form of ser.
ex. el padre Él es
Juan
los primos
Alicia y Mariela
tu familia y tú
Ana
yourself
Which “you” would you use when talking directly TO these people and which form of ser?
tu madre
los amigos de tu padre
tu amigo
tus hermanos
Telling Time
To express time :01 to :30 you ___________________ minutes
To express time from :31 to :59 you ___________________________________ and _______________ minutes
:15 can be expressed these two ways:
:30 can be expressed these two ways:
12:00 can be expressed these three ways:
Translate:
what time is it?
In the morning
at what time…?
In the afternoon
on the dot
in the evening
Lección 2
-AR verbs
The endings for AR verbs are:
Yo
Tú
Él/Ella/Ud.
Nosotros
Vosotros
Ellos/Ellas/Uds.
To conjugate an AR verb:
1. start with the ______________________ of the verb
2. Take off the _______________________
3. Add _________________________________
Conjugate the following verbs:
1. Tú/bailar
2. Ella/tomar
3. Yo/viajar
4. Nosotros/dibujar
5. Ellos/mirar
6. Juan/hablar
7. Anita y tú/practicar
8. Miguel y yo/comprar
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Nombre: ______________________________________________ Fecha: ___________ Período: ______
The Spanish present tense can be translated to mean these three things:
1.
2.
3.
Gustar does not act like other AR verbs. Instead of agreeing with the person who likes something, it agrees
with:
This means that most of the time there are only two forms of gustar:
Write sentences saying you like the following things:
1. bailar
2. los gatos (cats)
3. tarea
4. practicar el piano
Forming questions in Spanish
There are three ways to form a question in Spanish:
1.
2.
3.
The most common of these is:
Translate the following question words into English:
adónde
cómo
quién
por qué
dónde
cuántos
qué
Estar
Estar means:
There are two verbs that have this meaning. ESTAR and _______________________
When do you use estar?
When do you use ________________________________?
Conjugate estar below
Yo
Tú
Él/Ella/Ud.
Nosotros
Vosotros
Ellos/Ellas/Uds.
#s 31++
Write the numbers in words below:
493
711
64
588
1.000
1.000.000
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Nombre: ______________________________________________ Fecha: ___________ Período: ______
Lección 3
Descriptive adjectives
Adjectives must always agree in _______________________ and ___________________________ with the
noun they describe.
Adjectives that end in -o have 4 endings:
Sing.
Pl.
Masc.
Fem.
Adjectives that end in -e or a consonant have two endings
Sing.
Pl.
Adjectives that end in -or have 4 endings
s
pl
m
f
Adjectives of nationality that end in -n, -l, or -s have four endings (different than other adjectives that end in a
consonant!)
s
pl
m
f
Adjectives in Spanish are usually placed ________________ the noun.
Adjectives of quantity (mucho, #s) go _____________________ the noun.
Bueno and malo are shortened to __________ and _____________ before a _______________________
___________________ noun.
Grande is also shortened to ________________________ before a _____________________ noun. When
placed before the noun it means __________________________________.
Write sentences using these sentence parts.
1. yo/ser/rubio
2. hay/mucho/chicas/en la clase
3. Nosotros/ser/japonés
4. Ellas/ser/inteligente
5. Doña Elena/ser/grande/mujer
Possessive adjectives: Add your own notes here.
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