2.2 Study Guide

2.2 Examen Study Guide

ALL vocabulary is fair game!  Make sure that you know everything from past vocabulary tests, even if we rarely used it!

 ALL grammar from past units will come back in this test. Make sure you review all your old study guides.

 Know the verb “ir” = to go

       Yo voy                              Nosotros vamos

        Tú vas                                Vosotros vais

           Él/ella/usted va                  Ellos/ellas/ustedes van

Know how to answer the following questions:

1)      ¿Adónde vas? = Where are you going?

Voy a la cafeteria. = I am going to the cafeteria.

Voy al gimnasio. (Remember that ‘a’ +‘el’ becomes ‘al’) = I am going to the gymnasium.

2) ¿Dónde está…?  = Where is…?

¿Dónde está Ricardo? Ricardo está en la clase. = Where is Richard? Richard is in class.

3) ¿Qué hora es? = What time is it?

Es la una/Son las dos. = It is one o’clock/It is two o’clock.

4) ¿A qué hora es…? = At what time is…?  

A la una/a las dos. = At one/two.

Know how to tell time

        1)   Any 1:00 time is considered singular, and you must start your sentence with

        “Es la una.”

Any 2:00-12:00 time is considered plural, and you must start your sentence with

“Son las dos.”

 2) Use ‘y’ + minutes for the number of minutes after the hour.

1:05    Es la una y cinco. (Do not say ‘cero” for zero)

2:10:   Son las dos y diez.

       3) Use ‘menos’ + minutes for the number of minutes before the hour.

12:50   Es la una menos diez.

1:50     Son las dos menos diez.

4) Use ‘cuarto’ for quarter past and ‘media’ for half past.

1:15    Es la una y cuarto.

2:30    Son las dos y media.

5) When you are talking about when something will happen, use “a la una/a las dos”

¿A qué hora es la clase de español? La clase de español es a las dos. = At what time is Spanish class? Spanish class is at 2 pm.

Know the verb ‘estar’ = to be

      Yo estoy                            Nosotros estamos   

      Tú estás                             Vosotros estáis

      Él/ella/usted está               Ellos/ellas/ustedes están

      We use the verb “estar” to say where people or things are located.

      La profesora está en la clase. = The teacher is in the classroom.

Know the interrogative (question) words

       Know how to form these kinds of questions and how to answer them.

Cómo = how                         ¿Cómo está Ricardo? = How is Ricardo?

Cuál(es) = which or what           ¿Cuál es el libro? = Which is the book?

                                                    ¿Cuáles son los libros? = Which are the books?

(‘Cuál’ cannot be followed directly by a noun: ‘Cuál libro’ is not correct)

Cuándo = when                     ¿Cuándo estudia Ricardo? = When does Ricardo study?

Por qué = why                       ¿Por qué va Ricardo a casa? = Why is Ricardo going home?

Qué = what                            ¿Qué es? = What is it?

(‘Qué’ can be followed directly by a noun: ‘Qué libro es’ is correct.)

Quién(es) = who                    ¿Quién habla con el professor? (1 person) = Who is talking

                                                with the teacher?

                                               ¿Quiénes hablan con el professor? (2 or more people) = 

                                                  Who is talking with the  teacher?