LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST TEST REVIEW CHAPTER 1 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST

A. Listen to the statement and match it to the picture on your test. You will hear the following statements in Spanish. Write down some key words in Spanish to prepare. -He is serious -He is tall -She is funny.

She is very lazy She is blonde **Note: the actual sentences on the test with have people’s names rather than he and she.

B. You will hear three statements. Circle a if the statement describes a boy Circle b if the statement describes a girl. Hint: Listen for the ending on the adjective O = boy A = girl

READING AND WRITING TEST Vocabulario A. Complete the paragraph with an appropriate word. There is no word bank. Review the following vocabulary that will be used in this section: High school – colegio Boy - muchacho

Student – alumno Friend (f) – amiga Serious - serio

B. Answer questions based on the illustration. Be sure to make you adjectives masculine or feminine as needed There is no word bank Review the following:

Funny Serious Handsome Tall Short

Opposites Give the opposite – There is no word bank Gracioso Rubio Alto Guapo

D. Complete the sentence with un/una or el/la as appropriate. Remember that un and una mean a, an and el and la mean the. Example: _____________escuela donde Elena es alumna es muy buena. The correct answer is la. You need the because it is referring to a specific school and it is feminine.

E. Masculine or feminine? Choose the correct form of the adjective to describe the person. Example: Teresa es amigo/amiga de José Luis.

F. Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of ser. (Remember your choices are soy, eres, es) Example: José______________amigo de Teresa.

G. Read a paragraph and complete the statments based on it. Let’s translate the paragraph that you will see on your test.

Luisa Ruiz es una amiga de Carlos Sepúlveda. Luisa es colombiana Luisa Ruiz es una amiga de Carlos Sepúlveda. Luisa es colombiana. Ella es alumna en un colegio en Bogota, la capital. Carlos no es de Colombia. El es de México. El también es alumno en un colegio-el Colegio Benito Juárez. Luisa es alta y morena. Carlos es bajo y rubio. Ella es una alumna muy seria. Carlos también es serio. Martín Oliver es un amigo de Carlos. Martín es de Chicago. Es alto y rubio. Es alumno en una escuela secundaria. Martín es un muchacho muy simpático (nice).

Example questions: La muchacha es de________________. Colombia (Bogota) El Colegio Benito Juárez es el colegio de_________ Carlos

Cultura: NOT EXTRA CREDIT The questions are taken from the reading on Don Quijote (text pg. 30)

Extra credit These questions are taken from the readings at the end of the chapter. We have read them all in class.