Jackson, Stephen: Spanish
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Para el examen necesitas estudiar...
- The spelling and meaning of all the words on our vocabulary lists.
- How to tell what time it is and at what time a future event begins (see "La Hora" grammar sheet)
- How to talk about your school schedule (primero tengo español, después tengo educación física, etc... )
- How to talk about being in a hurry and being late (tengo prisa, estoy atrasado, etc...)
- How to use the verb SER and adjectives to describe people or things ("Las formas de SER" grammar sheet, "Los adjectivos" grammar sheet (#4))
- How to talk about what you like and why (i.e. Me gusta la clase de inglés porque es interesante)
1. Write the six forms of the verb SER:
Yo _____________ Nosotros_____________
tú _____________ Vosotros _____________
Usted Ustedes
Él_____________ Ellos_____________
Ella Ellas
2. Fill in each sentence with the correct form of the verb SER.
1. Yo _____________ muy alto.
2. Elena _____________ muy inteligente.
3. Marco y yo _____________ guapos.
4. Las chicas _____________ bonitas.
5. ¿De dónde _____________ tú?
6. Raúl _____________ cómico.
7. Vosotros_____________ rubios.
8. Las sillas _____________ grandes.
3. Write each sentence in Spanish:- We are boring.
- I am intelligent.
- You (inf. sing. ) are tall.
- They (fem.) are pretty.
- You (for. Plu.) are funny.
- The videogame is interesting.
- Sports are fun.
- David and I are bad.
- The tests are hard.
- He is from New York
4. Tell me about one thing that you like and why you like it (I like…because…)
5. Tell me about one thing that a friend of yours likes and why he/she likes it (Bobby likes… because…)
6. Tell me about one thing that you don’t like and why you don’t like it (I don’t like … because…)
7. Tell me about one thing that another person doesn’t like and why he/she doesn’t like it (Bobby doesn’t like…because…)
8. Put the following sentences in order:
A - Luego, tengo matemáticas a las once.
B - Después de geografía, tengo ciencias sociales.
C - Primero tengo la clase de geografía a las ocho de la mañana.
D - Por fin tengo un descanso.
E - Después de matemáticas,tengo historia.
9. Write the following in Spanish:
- I am in a hurry because I'm late.
- It's three o'clock in the afternoon on the dot.
- It's five-thirty in the morning.
- Hurry up!
ANSWERS/RESPUESTAS:
1. Write the six forms of the verb SER:
soy somoseres sois
es son
2. Fill in each sentence with the correct form of the verb SER.
1 – soy2 – es
3 – somos
4 – son
5 – eres
6 – es
7 – sois
8 – son
3. Write each sentence in Spanish:
- Somos aburridos (aburridas if all girls)
- Soy inteligente
- Tú eres alto (alta if speaking to a girl)
- Ellas son bonitas.
- Ustedes son cómicos (cómicas if all girls)
- El videojuego es interesante
- Los deportes son divertidos.
- David y yo somos malos
- Los exámenes son difíciles.
- Él es de Nueva York.
4. Tell me about one thing that you like and why you like it (I like…because…)
Example – Me gusta la natación porque es divertida.
5. Tell me about one thing that afriend of yours likes and why he/she likes it (Bobby likes… because…)
Example – A Alfredo le gustan las matemáticas porque son interesantes.
6. Tell me about one thing that you don’tlike and why you don’t like it (I don’t like … because…)
Example – No me gustan los exámenes porque son difíciles
7. Tell me about one thing that another person doesn’t like and why he/she doesn’t like it (Bobby doesn’t like…because…)
Example – A Rosalia no le gusta el béisbol porque es aburrido.
8. Put the following sentences in order:
- C
- B
- A
- E
- D
9. Write the following in Spanish- I am in a hurry because I'm late.
- Tengo prisa porque estoy atrasado/a.
- It's three o'clock in the afternoon on the dot
- Son las tres de la tarde en punto.
- It's five-thirty in the morning.
- Son las cinco y media de la mañana.
- Hurry up!
- ¡Date prisa!