Study Guide

Spa 1102

Midterm

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Pronunciation and accents	What are the rules for dividing a word into syllables? How do you find the naturally accented syllable of a word?
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?
The little things.	Are you placing and forming your adjectives correctly? Can you show possession using the Spanish equivalent of an apostrophe “s” and also using an equivalent possessive adjective? Do you remember what happens to "a" and "de" when they are next to "el"?
Question words	Can you remember all of the question words and also use them to answer or generate questions? Do you remember all of the survival questions and when to use one versus the other?
Countries	Are you able to identify each Latin American country and its capital?
Comparisons	What is the difference between comparative and superlative adjectives, adverbs and nouns? When do you use “tan” versus “tanto”? What happens to “bueno” in a comparison sentence?
Demonstrative Adjectives	How do you use demonstrative adjectives and pronouns? Could you do an exercise like that on page 113?
Expression	Can you remember all of the question words and also use them to answer or generate questions? If you were asked to generate a simple conversation, how far could you go? Are you able to generate more than a couple of questions? How many?
Numbers	How well can you solve math problems? Is your spelling good when it comes to numbers (1-1000+)? What happens to numbers when you use them like adjectives (example, 101 shirts)?
Verbs	How many –AR ,-IR, ER verbs do you know (86)? Have you studied your stem-changing verbs (114, 139-40)? What are reflexive verbs and how many of them are there 143-4? What are the reflexive pronouns we use with each subject pronoun? How do we use reflexive pronouns in compound sentences like “Le encanta levantarse tarde”? How many -go verbs do you need to study (137)? How do you use the prespositions "antes de", "después de", and "hasta" with infinitive verbs? How do you form and use the progressive tense (166)? What were the irregular progressive tense verbs? When do you use “ser” versus “estar”?
Vocabulary	Have you studied all your vocabulary (Classroom Vocabulary34, numbers 107, colors 105, clothing 103, family 66, personality 69&83, weekdays 133, house 133, Days of the week 132, prepositions of time 134, Climate 160, Months and seasons 162, prepositions of place 164, special adjectives 172, verbs as vocabulary 137, 139-40, 143-4, General Vocabulary list 153-4, 186-7)?