Review V - Lessons 29-35

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REVIEW 5


I

1. (a) Repeat the rules governing the Spanish accent. (b) Repeat the rules governing the division of syllables in Spanish.
(c) Translate into Spanish the following nouns, and divide each one into syllables: 1. Lettuces. 2. Flag. 3. Cage. 4. Apples. 5. Pride. 6. Peas. 7. Plums. 8. Celery. 9. Salad. 10. Strawberries. 11. Carrots. 12. Watermelons. 13. Grapes. 14. Onions. 15. Trip. 16. Mishap. 17. Skin. 18. Parrot. 19. Cucumbers. 21. Luck.

2. Translate into English the following expressions: 1. Poco a poco. 2. Al llegar. 3. ¡Qué lástima! 4. Se me ocurre. 5. De cuando en cuando. 6. Hacer una pregunta. 7. Se llevó un chasco. 8. Me llevé un chasco. 9. Sacar de apuros. 10. Acabo de estudiar. 11. Acabar de. 12. Dar un paseo. 13. Al fin. 14. El que. 15. Los que, las que.

3. Translate into Spanish: 1. Mary learns Spanish little by little. 2. The one who learns little by little learns well. 3. Miss Brown has just returned from Mexico City. 4. She says that she was disappointed on arriving there. 5. I took a notion to ask her a question. 6. Those who know mexico City say that it is a beautiful and interesting city. 7. We take a walk once in a while. 8. From time to time we ask questions in class. 9. The dictionary does not help always; that is too bad. 10. At last we know some rules of the Spanish grammar.

II

1. (a) Explain the use of the preterite, giving the endings for this tense.

(b) Give in Spanish the preterite of the following verbs: 1. To prepare. 2. To return. 3. To learn. 4. To open. 5. To explain. 6. To see. 7. To go out. 8. To begin. 9. To finish. 10. To wish. 11. To break. 12. To receive. 13. To climb.

(c) Give the preterite of the following verbs: 1. To tell. 2. To put. 3. To have (both verbs). 4. To be (both verbs). 5. To want. 6. To bring. 7. To translate. 8. To begin. 9. To finish. 10. To wish. 11. To break. 12. To receive. 13. To climb.

(d) In Exercises (b) and (c), tell which are regular verbs, and which are irregular. Explain why.

(e) Tell how the preterite is formed of some verbs of the second and third conjugations, whose stems end in a vowel.

(f) Conjugate in the preterite: 1. To read. 2. To believe. 3. To hear. 4. To instruct. 5. To fall down.

2. (a) Explain the use of the imperfect tense (past descriptive). Give the endings for the imperfect tense.

(b) Name the only verbs which are irregular in the imperfect tense.

(c) Give the imperfect tense of the following verbs: 1. To tell. 2. To speak. 3. To believe. 4. To buy. 5. To be (temporary). 6. To have (both). 7. To put. 8. To learn. 9. To take. 10. To read. 11. To translate. 12. To be able. 13. To give. 14. To know. 15. To do (or make).

3. (a) Which tense is expressed in English by the words "shall" or "will"? by "should" or "would"?

(b) How do you translate into Spanish the words "shall" or "will" to express the future? And "should" or "would" to express the conditional?

(c) Do you drop the infinitive endings when you add the future and conditional endings?

(d) Give the future and the conditional of the following verbs: 1. To speak. 2. To understand. 3. To buy. 4. To see. 5. To go. 6. To open. 7. To learn. 8. To shout. 9. To hear. 10. To read. 11. To bring. 12. To be (both).

(e) Give the future and the conditional of the following verbs: 1. To have (both). 2. To tell. 3. To put. 4. To make (or do). 5. To come. 6. To go out. 7. To know.

(f) In the exercises (d) and (e), which are regular verbs, and which irregular? Why?

III

1. (a) Explain the difference between "haber" and "tener".

(b) How is the past participle formed in Spanish?

(c) Give the past participle of the following verbs: 1. To speak. 2. To eat. 3. To read. 4. To show off. 5. To explain. 6. To learn. 7. To sing. 8. To go. 9. To promise. 10. To be (both). 11. To have (both). 12. To know (both). 13. To want. 14. To be able.

(d) Give the past participle of the following verbs: 1. To tell. 2. To do (or make). 3. To see. 4. To put. 5. To open. 6. To write. 7. To break.

2. (a) Give the present perfect tense, and the pluperfect tense of the following verbs: 1. To buy. 2. To understand. 3. To go. 4. To tell. 5. To put. 6. To see. 7. To make. 8. To open. 9. To write. 10. To break.

(b) Give the future perfect and the conditional perfect of the verbs in the above exercise (a).

3. Explain relative pronouns in Spanish.

IV

1. Tell the tenses of the verbs in the following reading:

2. Memorize the following idiomatic expressions from the "Lectura": 1. Tener en cuenta--to take into consideration: "la opinión de la mona se tenía mucho en cuenta." 2. Ponerse a--to start, to commence: "el oso se puso a bailar." 3. Servir para el caso--to anser the purpose; to fit: "Vd. no sirve para el caso." 4. Lanzarse a--to begin, to launch forth: "El oso se creyó listo para lanzarse a su carrera artística."

Vocabulario

zanahorias, carrots





A

acabar de, (followed by infinitive), to have just (followed by past participle)
acariciar, to caress
además, besides
alabar, to praise
alabanza, praise
alegremente, happily
amar, to love
amante, lover
ambas(os), both
apariencias, appearances
aplauso, applause
apuro, trouble
sacar de apuros, to help in trouble
arrancar, to pull out
arte, art

B

bailar, to dance
balazo, shot
banderita, little flag

C

cabizbajo, crestfallen, melancholy
cantar, to sing
carretilla, wheelbarrow
cebolla, onion
censurar, to censure, reprove
censura, censure, blame
cerdo, pig
chasco, disappointment
llevarse un chasco, to be disappointed
cielito lindo, beautiful heaven, sweetheart, "honey"
cierto, certain
ciruelas, plums
compás, compass, time (in music)
completo, complete, whole
convenir, to agree
convenirle a uno, to fit
criada, maid
(la) cuenta, bill, check
culto(a), cultured
cuyo(a), whose

CH

D

decidir, to decide
desalentado, desanimado, discouraged
desconsolado, disconsolate
despedirse de, to take leave of
diccionario, dictionary
divertirse, to amuse oneself
dorado(a), golden
dudar, to doubt
durar, to last

E

engañar, to decieve
ensalada, salad
(el) entrecejo, space between the eyes
entusiasmar, to be enthusiastic
envidia, envy

F

faltar, to lack
faltos, lacking in
fresa, strawberry
fruncir, to frown
fruta, fruit

G

gozar, to enjoy
gracia, grace
guisantes, peas

H

I

J

jaula, cage

L

lanzar, to throw
lanzarse a, to begin, to launch forth
lástima, pity
lechuga, lettuce
legumbres, vegetables
lucirse, to show off

LL

M

malhumor, bad humor
manzanas, apples
melones, melons
mona(o), monkey
moras, blackberries
música, music

N

necio, fool

O

ocurrírsele a uno, to take a notion to
orgullo, pride
oso(a), bear

P

paciencia, patience
pájaros, birds
partir, to part, to leave
patatas, potatoes (papas in Mexico)
peras, pears
percance, misfortune, mishap
pepinos, cucumbers
pícaro, roguish, rascal
picotazo, bite (with the beak of a bird) peck
piel, skin
prometer, to promise

Q

R

reprobar, to reprove

S

sabio, wise person
sandías, watermelons
servir, to serve
servir para el caso, to answer the purpose, to fit
sin embargo, nevertheless
sonriente, smiling
(la) suerte, luck
suspirar, to sigh

T

tomates, tomatoes
traducir, to translate
 

U

última(o), last
uvas, grapes

V

vecina(o), neighbor
ventaja, advantage
verdadero(a), true
(la) verdura, verdure, greenness
verificarse, to verify, to take place
(el) viaje, trip, journey
violentos(as), vioent, quick

Z

 

 

End of Review 5


Spanish Conversations in the Classroom
by Estefania D. De Chavez

 


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