This document is a study guide for a Spanish exam covering several grammar topics: 1) Affirmative and negative words in Spanish and their English meanings 2) Stem-changing verbs - students must know the stem changes, conjugations, and English meanings 3) Sample conjugation and vocabulary practice problems are provided to help students study for the exam. The study guide directs students to online resources for more information and practice.

1. 1A Study Guide www.freewebs.com/spanish2

2. Affirmative and Negative Words p. 31 Know how to spell out all of the affirmative and negative words in Spanish and what they mean in English

3. ¡ VAMOS A PRACTICAR!

5. alguien, nadie The above table will not be available on the test!

6. alguna, algunas The above table will not be available on the test!

7. algún, ningún The above table will not be available on the test!

8. nunca The above table will not be available on the test!

9. nada, ninguna, tampoco The above table will not be available on the test!

10. PRESENT TENSE STEM -CHANGING VERBS

11. Stem-changing p. 27 For this section, knowing what all the stem-changing verbs mean in English will be necessary as well as knowing what their stem-change is. Remember that there is no stem-change in the nosotros form. Knowing the present tense cojugations is a must for stem-changes! You will read a paragraph where knowing the chapter vocabulary words will help you understand. This paragraph will have blanks where you will have to choose between two stem-changing verbs and conjugate it in the present tense.

12. Back to the basics: Write the conjugation endings in the present tense for –ar, -er, -ir -ar -er -ir Yo o o o T ú as es es Él a e e Nosotros amos emos imos Ellos an en en

13. Write the meaning of the following: o>ue Poder Almorzar Costar Dormir e>ie Empezar Entender Pensar Preferir querer e>i Pedir Servir Repetir To be able to To eat lunch To cost To sleep To ask for To serve To repeat Jugar u>ue To play To start To understand To think To prefer To want

14. Do three conjugations boxes and conjugate the following verbs: Poder, empezar,and pedir

16. Conjugate the following: Yo (jugar) Mario y yo (repetir) T ú (pensar) Los estudiantes (empezar) Ud. (almorzar) Juan y tú (pensar) Ella (pedir) Yo j ue go Mario y yo rep e timos Tú p ie nsas Los estudiantes emp ie zan Ud. alm ue rza Juan y tú p ie nsan Ella p i de

17. Vocabulary p. 40 Normally I will be giving a vocabulary quiz where you must spell the words in Spanish, but for this chapter there will not be such a quiz. Just remember you must still know how to spell the affirmative and negative words and what they mean. You must also still need to know what the chapter vocabulary means in English.

18. Homework p. 12

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21. Answers to class work: p. 32

22. Go online for more info: www.freewebs.com/spanish2 Go online I will try to post this power point online for you.

23. Homework today: Workbook pp. 13, 14, 15 Study for the test! Use this study guide!