Spanish 2 Final Exam Study Guide
2015
Para Empezar
1. How do you conjugate the verb ser? What does the acronym DOCTOR represent?—page 5 (also on class
notes)
2. What are the appropriate endings for –ar, –er and –ir verbs in the present tense?—page 9
Chapter 1A—review the vocabulary on page 40
3. Poder, empezar, almorzar, dormir, entender, jugar, pensar, preferir, querer, repetir, servir and pedir are all
stem-changing verbs. What are the original stems of these verbs, and what do they change to? Which
form of the conjugated verb does not receive the stem change?—page 27
4. What do the following affirmative words mean and what are their opposite (negative) words (in Spanish)?:
alguien, algo, algún, siempre, también—page 31
Chapter 1B—review the vocabulary on page 68
5. When comparing people or things that are equal to one another, you use the expression _____. To say “as
much as” or “as many as”, you use ______.
6. What do the verbs saber and conocer both mean? The yo form for both of these verbs is irregular. What
are they? In which situations would you use saber instead of conocer? And vice versa?—page 56
7. What is the time expression we use to say how long something has been happening? What is the
expression we use to ask how long something has been happening? Translate the following sentence into
Spanish: I have played tennis for ten years.—page 58
Chapter 2A—review the vocabulary on page 96
8. When do you use reflexive verbs? What are the 6 reflexive pronouns (draw them on a chart)? Write an
example sentence, using a reflexive verb/pronoun.—page 80
9. How do you conjugate the verbs ser and estar? What do they both mean? When do you use each verb?—
page 86
10. What are the possessive adjectives for my, your, his/her, our, their? Why are there 4 options for each?—
page 88
Chapter 2B—review the vocabulary on page 124
11. What are the preterite endings for –ar, -er, & -ir verbs? Put them in chart format.—page 110
12. What are the 4 demonstrative adjectives for things that are close? For things that are further away? For
things that are really far away?—page 114
13. Use an adjective as a noun in 2 sentences.—page 116
Chapter 3A—review the vocabulary on page 152
14. What is a direct object pronoun? Write a sentence in English and circle the direct object. Write this same
sentence in Spanish, using a direct object pronoun.—page 138
15. How are ir and ser conjugated in the preterite?—page 140
16. What are the stems of the following verbs in the preterite tense? Hacer, tener, estar, poder—page 142
Chapter 3B—review the vocabulary on page 180
17. What are the “Vin Deisel” commands? What are the infinitives in Spanish? What are the affirmative tú
commands? What do they mean in English?—page 168
18. Write 3 sentences using verbs that are irregular in the present progressive forms.—page 171
Chapter 4A—review the vocabulary on page 208
19. When do you use the imperfect tense? Conjugate the following verbs in the imperfect tense: creer,
montar, escribir—page 194
20. Conjugate the following verbs in the imperfect tense: ser, ir, ver—page 196
21. What is an indirect object pronoun? Write a sentence in English and circle the direct object. Write this
same sentence in Spanish, using an indirect object pronoun.—page 198
Chapter 4B
22. What are 4 reasons you would use the imperfect tense?—page 219
23. What 2 pronouns are used to express reciprocal actions? What are reciprocal actions? Write a sentence in
English that uses a reciprocal verb. Translate this same sentence into Spanish.
Spanish 2 Final Exam Study Guide
Chapter 6A/B
24. Review the vocabulary for television and movies. How are verbs like “gustar” used. P. 291
25. Review the preterit of –ir stem-changing verbs p. 302
26. Review reflexive verbs p. 305
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