SPA 101-Fall 2002

Guide for Midterm


1.     Remember the Midterm is an accumulative exam that covers Chapters Ante Todo-2.

2.     Have you tried to use any of the practice material at the McGraw Hill site? (http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/spanish/puntos/student_index.mhtml)

3.     Can you correctly use all the survival questions?

4.     Can you spell the entire alphabet in Spanish, break words into syllables, and find their natural accents?

5.     Have you studied all vocabulary for Chapters Ante Todo-2 (question words, greetings, likes and preferences, numbers, places, languages, school subjects, classroom objects, descriptive adjectives, family members)? 

6.     Are you able to classify your vocabulary according to these categories (nación, persona, lugar, casa, concepto, animal, comida, deporte, instrumento)?

7.     What are all the subject pronouns in Spanish?

8.     Are you able to conjugate all the verbs we’ve studied so far in the present tense (“ar” verbs [bailar, buscar, cantar, comprar, desear, enseñar, escuchar, estar, estudiar, hablar, necesitar, pagar, practicar, regresar, tocar, tomar, trabajar],ser, estar, “er” and “ir” verbs [abrir, aprender, asistir, beber, comer, comprender, creer, deber, escribir, leer, llegar, mirar, recibir, vender, vivir])?  Have you studied these verbs as vocabulary?

9.     How well can you solve math problems?  Have you studied your numbers 1-199?

10. Can you use the “me gusta” expression? 

11. Can you tell time?  And, when do you use “son las” as opposed to “a las”? Do you remember how to tell time and express A.M and P.M in Spanish?

12. Do you know the difference between a definite and an indefinite article?  Can you create plural definite and indefinite articles?

13. Can you describe the members of your family and tell us their age?

14. How do you express possession in Spanish using either the “de” or a possessive adjective?

15. If you were asked to generate a simple conversation, how far can you go?  How many questions can you create?  Have you used a variety of verbs in these questions?