Study Guide

Spa 1101

Quiz 2

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Alphabet	Can you spell and pronounce all of the letters of the Spanish alphabet?
Pronunciation and Accents	What are the rules for dividing a word into syllables? How do you find the naturally accented syllable of a word?
Expression	Are you able to create a simple dialogue that goes beyond the greetings and questions of last chapter? What types of practical questions could you create for a student living here at MU? Would you be able to answer the same type of questions?
Articles	Do you know the difference between a definite and an indefinite article? Can you create plural and singular definite and indefinite articles? Which words are almost always feminine? What suffix do the irregular “Greek” nouns usually have?
Cognates	What are cognates and how are they important to you? Are you able to classify items according to these categories (nación, persona, lugar, casa, concepto, animal, comida, deporte, instrumento)? Can you think of a couple of common cognates?
Verbs	Are you able to recognize the subject (or subject pronoun) in sentences and questions? Can you conjugate all of the AR verbs according to a mixed bag of subjects? Which of the AR verbs can be used in “gustar” expressions like “me gusta hablar español con mis amigos”? Do you remember how to combine verbs together like “necesito trabajar” or “desean bailar”? Did you remember NOT to conjugate the second verb in this compound verb structure? When do we need to use the double “no” structure in responding to questions? Are you using and conjugating the verbs “ser” and “estar” correctly? What does the verb “hay” mean?
Question Words	Can you remember all of the question words and also use them to answer or generate questions?
Vocabulary	Have you been studying all of the vocabulary (Classroom objects 34, course catalogue 35, verbs as vocabulary 46, general vocabulary list 58-9)?