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Learn Spanish Faster
1. Read magazines and newspapers in Spanish
2. Listen to Spanish radio stations
3. Watch a Spanish newscast and take notes
4. Surf the Internet in Spanish
5. Make flash cards of new Spanish vocabulary
6. Use an English/Spanish dictionary
7. Check out Spanish books from the library
8. Attend Hispanic cultural events
9. Make friends with Spanish speaking students
10. Eat at Latino restaurants and order in Spanish
11. Cook a meal using a Spanish cookbook in Spanish
12. Talk to yourself in Spanish when you are alone
13. Try to think in Spanish
14. Sing along with Spanish artists while listening to their CD’s
15. Visit Olvera Street in Los Angeles and the Museum of Latin American Art in
Long Beach
16. Read aloud in Spanish
17. Practice reading Spanish poetry
18. Volunteer your time with organizations that serve the Spanish-speaking
community
19. Record yourself reading Spanish and listen to the playback
20. Use a Spanish software program for additional practice
21. Attend your friend’s Quinceañera
22. Attend a play at the Bilingual Foundation of Arts
23. Learn to play Spanish songs on a on a musical instrument
Review for Spanish 1 Final Exam
Your final comprehensive exam will consist of 100 multiple choice questions (with a choice of
A,B,C or D). You will answer the questions on a scantron using a number 2 pencil. Your final exam
is worth 15% of your final grade. Here is what you must do to review:
1) Complete your review sheet in its entirety. For each grammar concept listed, write all the relevant
information in the space that follows it. The more information you have about that concept, the better the
review sheet will help. As you are filling in each section for the grammar concepts, make sure you
understand what you are writing. If not, those are the sections you must review. Along with writing the
rules for each section, make sure to conjugate and translate all the verbs and give examples with sentences,
including the translations, for each grammar concept.
2) Review your vocabulary on http://quizlet.com/group/3222/ Combine all the vocabulary words you
learned this semester into one multiple choice test. Follow these steps:
a) Once you have logged on to the site, click the title of the FIRST vocabulary list of the semester.
b) Under “Play Scatter” click “combine with other sets.”
c) Click the “+” for every chapter you want to combine for the given semester.
d) After you have added all the applicable chapters, choose “test” instead of “familiarize” from the
scroll down menu and click “go.”
e) On the test page, make the following changes on the right side of the page:
- Question Types: check only “multiple choice”
- Question Limit: change the number to the highest number available
- Click “reconfigure”
f) Answer all the questions.
3) On PearsonSuccessnet, do all the multiple choice questions found at the end of each chapter. These
questions are VERY similar to the questions you will see on the test. Follow these steps:
a) Log on to www.pearsonsuccessnet.com and click on the textbook.
b) On the left side of the page, click an applicable chapter, then click "Repaso del capítulo"
(chapter review) under the chapter title.
c) In the box entitled "Chapter Review" (purple heading), click "Preparación para el examen."
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d) On the right side of the page click "Go online: for test preparation."
e) Click "continue" to open a new window with the Flash activity and to begin the test.
There will be 20 multiple choice questions which will prepare you for the test and help you target
the areas that you need to study more.
Buena suerte. (Good luck.)
Useful Classroom Expressions
May I go to the bathroom? ¿Puedo ir al baño?
May I go to my locker? ¿Puedo ir a mi armario?
May I get a drink of water? ¿Puedo tomar agua?
May I go to the office? ¿Puedo ir a la oficina?
May I use the computer? ¿Puedo usar la computadora?
I don’t feel well. No me siento bien.
I have a headache. Me duele la cabeza.
I have a stomach ache. Me duele el estómago.
I’m (very) thirsty. Tengo (mucha) sed.
I’m (very) hungry. Tengo (mucha) hambre.
How do you say______? ¿Cómo se dice ______?
What page are we on? ¿En qué página estamos?
How do you write/spell ______? ¿Cómo se escribe ______?
What does ______mean? ¿Qué quiere decir ______?
What is the homework for today? ¿Qué tarea es para hoy?
Do we need our books today? ¿Necesitamos los libros hoy?
Lend me a pen/pencil please. Préstame un bolígrafo/lápiz, por favor.
Is there a test/quiz today? ¿Hay un examen/una prueba hoy?
I don’t understand. No entiendo. Or No comprendo.
What is the answer to number ___? ¿Cuál es la respuesta al número ____?
I don’t know. No sé.
Help me, please. Ayúdame, por favor.
Repeat, please. Repite (tú)/Repitan (Uds.), por favor.
No problem. No hay problema.
I have a question. Tengo una pregunta.
I’m lost. Estoy perdido/perdida.
I don’t understand the homework. No entiendo la tarea.
Do you have your book/homework? ¿Tienes tu libro/tarea?
I lost it. (book/homework) Lo/La perdí.
I forgot. Se me olvidó.
It’s in my locker. Está en mi armario
I left it at home. (book/homework) Lo/La dejé en casa.
I’m sorry. Lo siento.
Bless you. (after someone sneezes) Salud
Pardon me. Perdón.
Thank you. Gracias.
You’re welcome. De nada.
It doesn’t matter. No importa.
I think so./I don’t think so. Creo que sí/no.
I (don’t) agree. (No) estoy de acuerdo.
Realidades 1
Pronunciation and Capitalization
a = as in “father”
e = as in “set”
i = as in “machine”
o = as in “obey”
u = as in “rule”
b = b; between two vowels or followed by l = v
d = th as in “the”
h = silent
j = h
ll = y
ñ = ny
p = p and b together
qu = k and g together
r = slightly “trilled” r
rr = “trilled” r
v = v or b
y = long e sound (when used as a vowel)
z = s
c (before a consonant or before a, o or u) = k (k and g together)
c (before e or i) = s
c (before ua) = kw (k and g together)
g (before a consonant or before a, o, u, ue, or ui) = g
g (before e or i) = h
g (before ua) = w
Capitalize the first letter at the beginning of a sentence.
Capitalize the names of people, cities, states, and countries.
Don’t capitalize the days of the week, months of the year,
seasons of the year, nationalities or the names of school subjects.
Realidades 1
Para Empezar (1a) “En la escuela” (2-6)
Buenos días.
Buenas noches.
Buenas tardes.
¡Hola!
¿Cómo te llamas? (familiar)
Me llamo ______.
Encantado/Encantada.
Igualmente.
Mucho gusto.
señor (Sr.)
señora (Sra.)
señorita (Srta.)
tú (familiar)
usted (Ud.) (formal)
¿Cómo estás (tú)? (familiar)
¿Cómo está Ud. (usted)? (formal)
¿Qué pasa? (familiar)
¿Qué tal? (familiar)
¿Y tú? (familiar)
¿Y Ud. (usted)? (formal)
(Estoy) bien.
(Estoy) muy bien.
nada
regular
gracias
de nada
¡Adiós!
Hasta luego.
Hasta mañana.
¡Nos vemos! (familiar)
sí
no
Realidades 1
Stress Rules
Spanish words that have two or more syllables and do not have accent marks use one
of the following two stress rules:
1. Words that end with the letters “n,” “s” or a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) are stressed on the
second-to-last syllable.
bue/nos mu/cho na/da en/can/ta/do
lla/mas se/ño/ra gra/cias i/gual/men/te
2. Words that end with a consonant (not “n” or “s”) are stressed on the last syllable.
se/ñor us/ted re/gu/lar es/pa/ñol
es/cu/char es/cri/bir ha/blar es/toy
Every syllable must contain at least one vowel/vowel sound.
Strong vowels: a,e,o
Weak vowels: i,u
A diphthong is a weak vowel + a strong vowel or a weak vowel + a weak vowel.
A diphthong is treated as a single sound/syllable, unless an accent mark
separates it.
gra/cias vien/to pai/sa/je trein/ta ciu/dad
cua/tro cin/cuen/ta gui/san/tes oi/go cau/sa
Any strong vowels that are together must be divided into separate syllables.
They are not combined to form one sound/syllable.
cre/o le/es se/an can/o/a
Realidades 1
Para Empezar (1b) “En la escuela” (7-9)
los números
cero
uno
dos
tres
cuatro
cinco
seis
siete
ocho
nueve
diez
once
doce
trece
catorce
quince
dieciséis
diecisiete
dieciocho
diecinueve
veinte
veintiuno
veintidós
veintitrés
veinticuatro
veinticinco
veintiséis
veintisiete
veintiocho
veintinueve
treinta
treinta y uno
cuarenta
cincuenta
sesenta
setenta
ochenta
noventa
cien
¿Qué hora es?
Es la una.
Son las dos.
Son las tres.
Son las cuatro.
Son las cinco.
Son las seis.
Son las siete.
Son las ocho.
Son las nueve.
Son las diez.
Son las once.
Son las doce.
y 1-29
y cuarto
y media
menos 1-29
menos cuarto
el cuerpo
la cabeza
el ojo, los ojos
la nariz
la boca
el brazo, los brazos