Spanish II Final Exam Outline

Listening For each of 15 questions, you will hear some background information in English once. Then you will hear a passage in Spanish twice and a question in English once. Choose the correct answer and write the number on your answer sheet. These are from checkpt B exam 1 per 15 vocabulary topics.

Speaking You will be asked 3 questions and you must answer with at least 5 correct sentences in Spanish (15): What did you used to do when you were little? (Imperfect) What do you do to prepare yourself in the morning or at night? (Reflexive) What did you do this year in Spanish class? (Preterit)

Culture Cultura. Please explain the major similarities and differences between Spanish-speaking cultural celebrations and those in the US as discussed in class. You may organize your ideas in paragraph (2 or more) form or create a VENN diagram. You must include specific details and examples(10)

Reading Los días festivos del mundo hispano- reading in Spanish about Hispanic holidays with 10 T/F questions to answer (10) 5 short realia readings with one question to answer each in English (5)

Vocabulary and Grammar This section will contain 20 multiple choice questions worth ½ point each (10). There will also be 40 short answer fill ins (20) It will cover all vocabulary topics studied and major grammatical areas. Remember- there are a lot of topics for each area, so there will be few questions per topic.

Grammatical Content Covered Ser vs. estar Regular present tense verbs Irregular present tense verbs Question words- interrogatives Reflexive verbs –se Stem-changing verbs- “boot” verbs Demonstrative adj. And pronouns

Grammatical Content Covered Possessive adjectives and pronouns Regular preterit verbs Irregular preterit verbs Imperfect verbs Preterit vs. Imperfect to talk about the past Progressive tenses Objects- direct and indirect Commands

Writing I. Choose 5 of 10 questions and answer in complete Spanish sentences.(5) II either 2 short essays 75 words each or 1 longer essay 120 words (10 pts.) Short essay topics:

Writing Un viaje que hice Mi mejor amigo cuando era niño/a Lo que hice en la clase de español este año Una carta a la Sra. Crowe usando mandatos directos para pedirle que cambie cosas para el año que viene

Writing Continued Long essay topics: Mi niñez La cultura hispana tiene diferecias y similitudes a la cultura de los Estados Unidos Mi fin de semana pasado