Español I: Guía de estudio
Examen final
Las preguntas esenciales
Para Empezar – Capítulo 4B
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detailed information and notes.
Para empezar
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How do you greet people at different time of the day?
Location: Textbook pg 2 & greetings chart
Example: Hola, Buenos días, Buenas tardes, ¿Comó estás?
How do you ask and state your name in Spanish?
Location: Textbook pg 2 & greetings chart
Example: ¿Cómo te llamas? -Me llamo Juan.
What are the numbers 0-100?
Location: Textbook pg 7.
Example: cero = 0, setenta y siete = 77, cincuenta y dos = 52, etc.
How do you ask and state the time?
Location: Textbook pg 8 and class note sheet (la hora).
Example: Es la una. = It’s 1:00. Son las dos y media. = It’s 2:30
Son las tres menos cuarto = It’s 2:45
What are the parts of the body?
Location: Textbook pg 9.
Example: Me duele el pie. = My foot hurts. Me duele el estómago = My
stomach hurts.
What are some objects that can be found in a classroom?
Location: Textbook pg 10.
Example: el lapis, el bolígrafo, el pupitre
How do you ask and state the date? The day of the week?
Location: Textbook pg 14-15.
Example: ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy? -Hoy es el veinticinco de mayo.
¿Qué día es hoy? – Hoy es martes.
How do you describe the weather and seasons?
Location: Textbook pg 18.
Example: Es verano. Hace sol y hace calor. / Es el invierno. Hace
viento y hace frío.
Capítulo 1A
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How to say the pastime activities in Spanish? How do you say what you like and
don’t like to do? How do you agree with statements in Spanish?
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Example: Me gusta esquiar. No me gusta nada ir a escuela.
Location: Textbook pg 46 & vocab list
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How do you ask and say what you like to do?
Example: ¿Te gusta leer? -Sí, me gusta leer.
Location: Textbook pg 46 and Me gusta/Te gusta Chart Notes
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How do you express how much you like to do different activities?
Example: Me gusta mucho esquiar. No me gusta nada trabajar.
Location: Textbook pg 46 and Me gusta/Te gusta Chart Notes
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What is an infinitive in Spanish? What does it mean in English?
Example: estudiar = to study, leer = to read, escribir = to write
Location: Textbook pg 32
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How do you make a sentence negative in Spanish?
Example: No me gusta tocar la guitarra. No me gusta nada esquiar.
Location: Textbook pg 36 & Negatives Note Sheet
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How do you express agreement or disagreement in Spanish?
Example: Me gusta patinar también. = I like to ski too. No me gusta
estudiar tampoco. = I don’t like to study either.
Location: Textbook pg 38
Capítulo 1B
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What are the words to describe someone’s personality? What words refer to
people? What are the questions used to ask people about themselves?
Location: Textbook page 70 & Vocab list
Example: ¿Cómo eres? Yo soy paciente y simpática.
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How do you make adjectives agree in gender?
Example: Marta es ordenada. José es ordenado.
Location: Textbook pg 55 & note sheet: Adjective Notes 1
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What are the words for “the” (definite article) and “a/an” (indefinite article)? Which
word agrees with a masculine noun and which agrees with a feminine noun?
Example: el libro= the book, un libro= a book, la chica= the girl,
una chica = a girl
Location: Textbook page 60 and note sheet: Definite and Indefinite Articles
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In Spanish, where are adjectives placed in relation to the noun?
Example: La chica artística
El profesor inteligente
Location: Textbook pg 62 and note sheet: Adjective Notes 2
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Capítulo 2A
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How do you describe a school schedule? What are the school subjects in Spanish?
What activities do you do in each class? What supplies do you need for each
class? What are the ordinal numbers in Spanish?
Location: Textbook pg 96
Example: Yo tengo la clase de arte en la primera hora. Es interesante y
divertida. Yo dibujo en la clase. Para la clase de arte necesito un lápiz y
papel.
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What are the subject pronouns in Spanish?
Location: Textbook pg 82 & class notes
Example: Yo = I, Tú = you (informal)
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How do subject pronouns show agreement?
Location: Textbook pg 82 & class notes
Example: Juan y yo = nosotros, María y Elena = ellas
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How are regular AR verbs conjugated in the present tense?
Location: Textbook pg 84 & class notes
Example: Yo hablo por teléfono, Tú hablas por teléfono.
Capítulo 2B
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What are the objects and furniture found in a classroom? Where are they located?
Location: Textbook pg 120 and vocab list
Example: El libro está encima del escritorio. La papelera está debajo de
la ventana.
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How is estar conjugated? What is the verb estar used to describe?
Location: Textbook pg 107 & class notes
Example: ¿Dónde está el libro? -El libro está en la mesa.
¿Cómo estás? -Estoy bien.
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How are nouns made plural? What are the plural forms of the articles?
Location: Textbook pg 110 & class notes
Example: la mesa – las mesas, un reloj – unos relojes
Capítulo 3A
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What foods do you eat for breakfast? For lunch? How do you describe these
foods? How are these words spelled?
Location: Textbook pg 144 and back of this sheet.
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How are compound words created with 2 nouns? How do you say ham
sandwich?
Location: Textbook pg 130 and class notes
Example: el sandwich de jamón = ham sándwich
How do you conjugate –er and –ir verbs in the present tense?
Location: Textbook pg 132 and class notes
Example: Yo como, tú comes, él come, nosotros comemos…
Yo escribo, tú escribes, él escribe, nosotros escribimos…
How do you say what you like and what you love? What are the plural forms of gustar
(to like) & encantar (to love things)?
Location: Textbook pg 135 and class notes
Example: Me gusta el sándwich. Me gustan los sándwiches.
Me encanta la hamburguesa. Me encantan las hamburguesas.
How do you express frequency in Spanish?
Location: Class notes
Example: Yo nunca bebo la leche. No bebo nunca la leche.
Capítulo 3B
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What foods and beverages do you eat for dinner? Where do these foods belong
on the food pyramid? What foods are good for you health? Bad for your health?
How do you express hunger & thirst? How do you spell these words?
Location: Textbook pg 168 and the reverse side of this sheet
How do you conjugate & use the irregular verb hacer?
Location: Textbook pg 168 & class notes
Example: Yo hago ejercicios. Tú haces la cena. Ella hace el almuerzo.
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How do adjectives agree with the noun/s that they describe?
Location: Textbook pg 156 & class notes
Example: La hamburguesa es sabrosa. Las hamgurguesas son sabrosas. El pastel es
malo para la salud. Los pasteles son malos para la salud.
How do you conjugate and use the irregular verb ser?
Location: Textbook pg 158 & class notes
Example: Yo soy muy sociable. Tú eres un estudiante bueno. El helado
es sabroso. Las verduras son buenas para la salud.
Capítulo 4A
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What are some leisure activities, places around the community? What are the
interrogatives (question words) in Spanish? How do you spell all these words?
Location: Textbook pg 194 and the reverse side of this sheet
How is the irregular verb ir conjugated and used?
Location: Textbook pg 180 & irregular verb chart
Example: Yo voy a la piscina. Tú vas al cine. Él va a la playa.
How do you say “to the” in Spanish? What happens to “a + el”?
Location: Textbook pg 173 Nota & irregular verb chart (ir)
Example: Yo voy al cine/ Yo voy a la piscina.
How do you form questions with interrogatives? How do you answer questions?
Location: Textbook pg 184 & Las preguntas note sheet
Example: ¿Va Elena a la biblioteca? –Sí, Elena va a la biblioteca.
¿Adónde va Elena? -Elena va a la biblioteca.
How do you express the idea of “in order to do something” in Spanish?
Location: Textbook pg 194 (vocab list) & class notes
Example: Yo voy a la piscina para nadar. I go to the pool (in order) to
swim.
Capítulo 4B
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How do you accept, decline and extend invitations? What are the different sports
and other leisure activities? How do you describe at what time you do different
activities? How do you describe your feelings? What are these words pronounced
and spelled?
Location: Textbook pg 218 and the reverse side of this sheet
How do you ask and state at what time something happens?
Location: Textbook pg 204 (Nota) & class notes
Example: Yo voy al parque a las tres de la tarde. I go to the park at 3:00 in
the afternoon.
How do you express the immediate future tense to describe what you are going to do?
Location: Textbook pg 206 (Gramática)& class notes: Futuro
Example: Yo voy a jugar al bésibol. I am going to play baseball.
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¿Vas a jugar al fútbol? Are you going to play soccer?
How do you conjugate the u–ue stem changing (boot) verb: jugar.?
Location: Textbook pg 208 & irregular verb chart.
Example: Yo juego al tenis. Nosotros jugamos al tenis.
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What are the 2 ways to politely extend and accept or decline invitations?
Location: Textbook page 218 (Vocab List) and class notes
Example: ¿Quieres jugar al básquetbol? Sí quiero jugar al básquetbol.
¿Te gustaría ir de pesca? Sí me gustaría ir de pesca.
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