SPANISH 1 -
Sittig
Final Exam Review
Your final exam will be very
similar to all the other exams you have taken in Spanish 1, except that as many
as the activities as possible will be arranged in a multiple choice
fashion. Therefore, the test will require
a scantron form with 100 answers. You
will need to purchase the 100 question form at the library or bookstore before
the day of the exam. There will be listening sections, grammar questions,
questions over cultural information and writing sections.
The exam covers Pasos ABC and
Chapters 1-7. You should be able to use
all vocabulary and grammatical structures from these chapters, as well as
answer questions about the cultural information covered in each chapter. It would be a very good idea to review the
workbook exercises you’ve done throughout the chapter, covering the answers to
make sure you are still able to answer those questions correctly. The test will include listening, vocabulary,
grammar, writing, reading and culture sections.
Study list:
Pasos A
Communication skills: greetings,
introductions, class commands, clothing, describing people (physical
appearance, clothes, age, hair color, profession, nationality), numbers.
Cultural information: the molas from Panamá.
Grammar: commands, alphabet,
naming people, personal pronouns, definite/indefinite pronouns, gender, verbs ser,
llevar and llamarse.
Paso B
Communication skills:
Personal pronouns tú and usted, greetings, classroom vocabulary, more numbers,
body parts, describing people (personality and physical).
Cultural information: Sergio
Velásquez.
Grammar: tú and usted, verb ser, personal subject
pronouns, gender, hay = there is/there are, plural forms of nouns, making verbs
negative, adjective-noun agreement.
Paso C
Communication skills: family, belongings using verb tener, numbers,
talking about age, languages and nationalities.
Cultural information: Fernando
Botero.
Grammar: verb tener to
express possession and age, expressing possession with the verb ser, de + el =
Chapter 1
Communication skills: giving
dates, birthdays, birthplaces, address and telephone number, expressing what
you want with the verb querer, spelling in Spanish, telling time, activities
and sports, likes and dislikes with verb gustar.
Cultural information:
Casimiro González, Rigoberta Menchú, Virgilio Piñera, sports in the Spanish
speaking world, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
Grammar: numbers, dates,
present tense of regular er and ir verbs, question formation, interrogative
words, telling time, verb gustar + infinitive.
Chapter 2
Communication skills: talking
about plans in the future with ir + a + infinitive, classes and schedules, preferences
and desires, weather.
Cultural information: Miguel
Suárez-Pierra,
Grammar: ir + a + infinitive,
verb ir, ordinal adjectives (primero, segundo…), verbs preferir and querer with
infinitives, vamos = let’s, describing the weather, demonstrative adjectives.
Chapter 3
Communication skills:
explaining location of things and places and the activities associated with
different places, daily activities, meals, narrating events and saying how
often you do things, origin and nationality, actions in progress now,
Cultural information: Soraida Martínez, Antoni Gaudí, Madrid, Alfonsina
Storni, Hispanics in the United States.
Grammar: verb estar + en, ir +al/a la, a + el = al, present tense of
regular verbs, irregular verbs hacer, salir, jugar, interrogative words, ser de
/ estar en.
Chapter 4
Communication skills:
holidays and celebrations, daily routine, physical and emotional states.
Cultural information: Rafael
González y González, celebrations and festivals in the Spanish speaking world, carnival,
eating with family, José Martí’s Versos Sencillos y Guantanamera, el Día de los
Muertos and José Guadalupe Posada, música andina, Shakira.
Grammar: stem changing verbs in the present tense, irregular verbs tener,
venir, salir, poner, traer, oír, hacer, decir, reflexive verbs, telling a story
with sequencing words (primero, luego, después, más tarde…), antes de/después
de, estar + adjective, tener + noun.
Chapter 5
Communication skills:
activities in Spanish class, talking about what you know how to do, careers and
activities on the job, talking about obligations, talking about activities in
the future.
Cultural information: Gabriel
Bracho, influence of Spanish and English on each other, José Emilio Pacheco,
gestures and body language in Spanish.
Grammar: indirect object
pronouns, present progressive, expressing abilities with saber/poder + infinitive,
expressing plans and desires with pensar, quisiera, me gustaría, tener ganas
de, verb poder, present progressive.
Chapter 6
Communication skills: talking
about your neighborhood and home, making comparisons, activities in the home, activities
in the past tense, introductions.
Cultural information: Erika
Stanley, Gioconda Belli, pets in the Spanish speaking world, homes and maids in
Spanish speaking countries, las posadas, Hispanic cities.
Grammar: comparisons of
inequality with más/menos, mejor/peor, mayor/menor, comparisons of equality
with tan…como and tanto…como, preterite of regular verbs, key words triggering
the use of the preterite, saber and conocer, a personal, direct object
pronouns.
Chapter 7
Communication skills: talking
about activities in the past.
Cultural information: Guillermo Alio, Machu Picchu, Paraguay.
Grammar: preterite of regular verbs, verbs leer and oír, yo forms of
buscar, llegar, almorzar, irregular preterite verbs tener, estar, poder, poner,
saber, hacer, venir, querer, decir, traer, conducer, traducer, dar, ver, ser,
ir, stem changing verbs sentir, sugerir, preferir, mentir, morir, indirect
object pronouns and decir, expressing ago with hacer + time.