Guide for the Midterm

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Vocabulary:

1. Can you identify and utilize the vocabulary for Chapter 1 (la solicitud y los tipos de seguro [3], los verbos reflexivos [8], las profesiones [8], la oficina [12]) in your writing?

2. The vocabulary for Chapter 2 (33, 36) will not be actively be included in the test, but an occasional word may be used. You should be able to recognize this vocabulary.

Grammar:

1. Are you able to determine when to use the verb "ser" versus the verb "estar" given the meaning and context surrounding a sentence?

2. Can you determine which object is a direct object or indirect object ? Do you know how to replace either object with its corresponding pronoun? Are you able to replace both objects at the same time?

3. Is it clear to you when you should and when you should not use definite and indefinite articles?

4. Are you able to conjugate the Matrix of commonly used verbs in the present, preterit, and imperfect tenses? Do you remember which verbs in the preterit are stem-changing versus those in the present? Can you use the zig-zag system to determine the conjugation endings of the semi-irregular verbs? What were the irregular preterit verbs? What were the only three irregular imperfect verbs?

5. Can you determine when to use the preterit versus the imperfect? How does the model of the theatre help in this determination? What do you do in cases of an action being interrupted? Have you studied the list of verbs (p. 37) whose meaning differs when it is used in the preterit tense versus the imperfect? Could you create or answer a series of interview questions written in the past (preterit and/or imperfect)?

6. Can you determine when to use the preposition “por” versus the preposition “para”? Have you memorized the list of fixed or idiomatic phrases on page 41?

Literature and culture: Can you answer questions regarding the meaning and content of the following reading sections?

1. Geography and Culture: "Cruzando fronteras" (21-23; 49-52)

2. Journalistic Writing: "Camino corto hacia el éxito" (20)

3. Literary Exploration:

a. "Dulcinea del Toboso"

b. "Sensación de dolor"

c. "Los bomberos"

d. "Envío"

e. “Lo fugaz”

f. “El alacrán de fray Gómez”

g. “Idilio”

Review: Have you completed all of ACE practice exercises for these two Chapters? (http://college.hmco.com/languages/spanish/jarvis/entre_nosotros/1e/students/index.html)