Study Guide

Spa 1101

Quiz 1


 

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?

Greetings

What are the most important simple greetings and questions?  What is the difference between the and the Ud. Forms of greetings?  How does this affect your conversation?

Time

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

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 using and conjugating the verb “ser” correctly? Which were those six verbs we used with the “me gusta” expression?  And how do you use the “me gusta” expression in a question?  What should you know about the indirect object pronouns “le” and “les”?

Numbers

How well can you solve math problems?  Is your spelling good when it comes to numbers?

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 (descriptive cognates, cognate categories, question words, general vocabulary from Ante Todo [numbers, time, verbs, greetings, etc.])