SPANISH FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE - (100 points) Spring *Please bring a purple scantron sheet and # 2 pencils for the exam*

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1 SPANISH FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE - (100 points) Spring 2016 *Please bring a purple scantron sheet and # 2 pencils for the exam* ACTIVIDAD A. Arriba! Readings. (10 points) Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions related to the selected readings from your textbook. Study: Salvador Dalí y Diego Rivera: p.25 Nombres, apellidos y apodos: p 56 Mi universidad: La UNAM p. 90 La familia hispana: p. 128 You read: Salvador Dalí es venezolano. You read: (a) cierto (b) falso ACTIVIDAD B. Reading comprehension. (10 points) Paso 1. Before you read the article, write complete answers in Spanish to the following questions. Paso 2. Read the article. Paso 3. Choose the most appropriate answer. Paso 4. Choose (a) cierto or (b) falso Paso 5. Write complete answers in Spanish to the following questions. No specific pages to study. This is a reading comprehension activity appropriate for the 101 level. ACTIVIDAD C. Las materias. Paso 1. Ricardo is playing a game in which he needs to identify the material needed for each school subject. Read the questions and the possible answers and carefully select the best choice. (4 points) Study school subjects: pp. 79, 80, 81 and classroom objects on pp. 21. You read: En una clase de geografía, usamos You read: (a) un microscopio (b) un piano (c) un mapa You choose: c Paso 2. Now help Ricardo associate these activities with the subjects. Write the school subject that is most logically associated with each description. (3 points) You read: Usas la computadora mucho. You write: La informática ACTIVIDAD D. Meses y estaciones. Antonio is from Panamá. He is an exchange student at Ole Miss. He has written a letter to his mother telling her about the seasons in the United States. 1

2 Unfortunately, Antonio has made some mistakes. Listen to the following sentences and indicate whether they are ciertas (a) or falsas (b). (4 points) You hear: Diciembre es un mes de verano en los Estados Unidos. You read: a. cierto b. falso Study the months and the seasons: pp. 13, 14, 15, 16. ACTIVIDAD E. Los miembros de la familia. Paso 1. Eulalio is telling José about his relatives. Fill in the blanks with the family member that matches each description (4 points) You see: a list of incomplete sentences: El padre de mi madre es mi. You write: abuelo Study the members of the family: pp. 115, 116, 117. Paso 2. Write sentences describing people. You will need to describe their physical traits. You see: a request to write about two people You write: Mi hermanastra es pequeña y bonita. Study the members of the family: pp. 115, 116, 117 and descriptive adjectives: pp. 43. ACTIVIDAD F. Las personas famosas. In the history class, Isabel studies about many famous people. Help her remember the nationality of each one of these people. (3 points) You see: Felipe Calderón es de México. Es You write: mexicano Study the adjectives of nationality: pp. 43, 44, 45, 59. ACTIVIDAD G. El sábado de Ana. Ana will be very busy today. Look at her calendar and write out the times at which she does each activity. Write out the numbers. (3 points) You see: pictures of Ana with a time and an incomplete sentence: (5:15 PM) Ana estudia a You write: las cinco y cuarto de la tarde Study how to tell the time: pp. 46, 47, 48. ACTIVIDAD H. A escribir! Paso 1: Mario is having trouble in his math class. Help him resolve the following problems. Write out the numbers in Spanish. DO NOT use numerals. (3 points) You see: You write: trescientos cuarenta y siete. Study the numbers: pp. 10, 11, 82, 83. 2

3 Paso 2: Now help Mario answer the following problem. (1 point) You see: a simple math problem You choose: the correct answer Study the numbers: pp. 10, 11, 82, 83. ACTIVIDAD I. Estudios en el extranjero. Jorge is in a small town in Mexico in a Study Abroad program. He is on the phone with his mom, who wants to know everything about the university where he is studying. Decide if Jorge s statements about the location of the buildings on the map are cierto (a) or falso (b). (4 points) You see: a. cierto b. falso You hear: La Facultad de Arte está lejos del gimnasio. You look: at the given map to check if the statement is cierto o falso. Study how to describe the location of certain buildings using prepositions: pp. 93, 94, 95. ACTIVIDAD J. Qué tienen estas personas? Your friends are describing where they are and they ask you to identify how they feel. Match the statements on the left with an appropriate expression with tener on the right. (5 points) You see: No hay agua en el refrigerador y yo (a) tengo frío (b) tengo sed (c) tengo cuidado Study expressions with tener: p. 87, 88. ACTIVIDAD K. Eres o estás bonito/a? You have posted some pictures on a blog and now you want to write some captions for them. Decide if you need ser or estar based on the content and context of each description. (4 points) You see: María mexicana. (a) es (b) está You choose: a Study the differences in use between ser and estar : pp. 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103. ACTIVIDAD L. La vida estudiantil. At the end of your semester at Ole Miss, you have many questions for your friend Raúl, who also studies here. Pay close attention to the questions and the answers, and complete the sentences with the appropriate interrogative words. (4 points) You see: está el laboratorio de lenguas? Está en Bondurant. You write: Dónde Study the interrogative words: pp. 52, 53, 54, 55. ACTIVIDAD M A divertirse! Federico and his friends are planning their weekend. Complete each description with the name of the correct place or activity. (4 points) You read: Marcos quiere caminar con su perro, va a la/ al You write: parque 3

4 Study the vocabulary for leisure time places: pp. 131, 132, 133. ACTIVIDAD N. Los compañeros de clase de Lucía. Lucía is describing her classmates to you. Listen to the following sentences and identify the people she talks about. Pay close attention to the verb forms and adjectives used. (5 points) You hear: Son introvertidos. You read: (a) Pamela (b) Rodrigo (c) Rosa y Roberto (d) José y yo You choose: c Study how to describe people: pp. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. ACTIVIDAD Ñ. La entrevista. You are being interviewed by the school newspaper in Spain. They want to know more about your habits. Read the questions and write complete answers using the stem-changing verbs below. (3 points) You see: Qué quieres estudiar? You write: Quiero estudiar informática. Study the present tense of stem-changing verbs: pp. 118, 119, 120, 121, 122. ACTIVIDAD O. La vida de estudiante. A friend of yours has several questions about your life at the university. Answer the questions replacing the underlined items by the appropriate direct object pronouns. (3 points) You read: Dónde bebes el café? bebo en mi casa. You write: Lo Study the direct object pronouns: pp. 124, 125, 126, 127. ACTIVIDAD P. Dónde? Carmen is at the bookstore and describes to her friends some of the things she likes. Fill in the blanks with the correct demonstrative adjective. (3 points) You read: Cuánto cuesta mochila allí? You see: (a) esta (b) esa (c) aquella You choose: (b) Study the demonstrative adjectives: pp. 134, 135. ACTIVIDAD Q. Sabes y conoces todo? Fernando is an exchange student in Mexico. He has just met some new people and he wants to share some information about himself. Help him decide when to use saber or conocer. Select the correct option for each description. (4 points) You see: a. saber b. conocer You read: California Study the differences between saber and conocer : pp. 139, 140, 141, 142. ACTIVIDAD R. Mi amigo tiene amnesia. Your friend Roberto keeps forgetting what you tell 4

5 him. Read the questions that he asks you and answer them using complete answers and a possessive adjective for each. (4 points) You see: Quiénes son tus hermanos? You write: Mis hermanos son John y Michael. Study the possessive adjectives: pp. 84, 85, 86. ACTIVIDAD S. Composition. Write a paragraph of 70 words in Spanish about a specific topic. Use the vocabulary you have learned during the semester. Paragraphs with less than 70 words will receive a 2-point deduction. Paragraph with less than 35 words will not be graded. (10 points) 5