As indicated in the schedule, the Examen parcial I will be held next week on October 4th Please try and arrive 5 minutes early to our regularly scheduled classroom that day. You may begin writing as soon as I hand out the midterms.
I suggest you bring a pencil or white-out/corrector so that you can erase your mistakes. The format is very similar to 101/102 exams. It will include all information from Chapter 2 listed on the syllabus; including both direct and indirect object pronouns, and the vocabulary list which I emailed out from Chapter 1.
CONTENT FOR 201 EXAM I: Students are expected to: I) PARTE I (approx. 1/3) – Fill in the blanks in situations where they have to use:
- ¿Ser vs. Estar?
- Los adjetivos posesivos
- Los pronombres posesivos
- El pretérito
- Conteste las siguientes preguntas en EL PRESENTE DE INDICATIVO reemplazando las palabras en cursiva por los pronombres de COMPLEMENTO DIRECTO, COMPLEMENTO INDIRECTO o LOS DOS (both). (pp. 12, 21, 23, 55-57)
- ¿Tienes las tarjetas postales? No, no _________________________.
¿Me mandas unas tarjetas postales? Sí, _____________________________
¿Nos compras una torta de chocolate? Sí ____________________________.
?Quién te escribe los correos electrónicos? _____________________.
PARTE II (approx. 1/3): UN DIALOGO O UN PARRAFO: You may be asked to write an original párrafo / diálogo in Spanish using the active vocabulary and grammar points from chapters 1 & 2. Min. 75 words.
You will be given 2 options in this section.
- a) One option will include the Imperfect& Preterit
- b) The second option will use the present indicative
Remember to keep in mind: Content, Flow, Degree of Difficulty, Originality and Grammar in the target language. Overly simplistic paragraphs / dialogs will NOT receive top marks.
PARTE III (approx. 1/3):
Translate into Spanish. This section is text-specific and comprises the translation into Spanish of short situations or paragraphs similar to those we practice in class [with Práctica de Traducción I]. This section is also all inclusive in terms of vocabulary and grammar structures that were covered in class – see syllabus. Knowledge of the specific vocabulary of these lessons is very important!