Capítulo 4 - Lección B "En la Finca" & Capítulo 5 - "¿Qué compraron?"

You will have a test on Thursday, April 16, 2015 (tendrán n examen de Español II el jueves 16 de abril del 2015). Please check the PowerPoint on Possessive Adjectives - Long Form in Edmodo.

You need to know the following: Lección B, Vocabulario II "En la finca" (all the vocab on pages 182 and 183). Please add: el perro, el gato, la yegua, el chivo y la cabra. You must know the Possessive Adjectives - Long Form (Stressed), and the Possessive Pronouns. Please study pages 186 & 187 (LIBRO). Exercises No. 23 (p. 187), 25, 26 and 27 (p. 188), and No. 28 (p. 189). The G&V pages 63 & 64 (I gave you) are very important too. I will include THE PRETERITE and THE IMPERFECT on the test, so please review/study the handouts and photocopies I gave you.

We will start Chapter 5 the week of March 30th.

QUIZ: on April 23 you will have a quiz on the new vocab pages 202 & 203 (matching) and The Imperfect of Regular and Irregular Verbs. Add the following vocab: banano(s), fresa(s), manzana(s), limón (limones), leche, lechuga, tomates, mantequilla, naranja(s), and uvas. WB page 67 is important to review the Imperfect and the G & V pages 52, 53, 55 and 56 (handout I gave you in class 4/22/15).

Next Test (4/30/15): The verbos reír(se) and freír (Present Tense) LIBRO page 216. Exercises No. 26, page 216, and No. 23, page 217 are important, as well as WB pages 89 (# 11) and 90 (# 12); and G & V page 73. The Imperfect Progressive, page 228, p. 229, Exercises No. 7 & 8; p. 230, Exercises No. 9, 10 & 11; and p. 231, No. 12. G & V page 77 and G & V page 78 (click links). Also the vocab on page 212 (I'll skip p. 224).

Check these sites to review the Imperfect Progressive and Imperfect Progressive 2 (click links).

On Capítulo 5 you will learn new vocab - fruits and other supermarket items (other foods) in Spanish, page 202 and pages 212 & 213. You will review the Preterite Tense on page 206. You need to try to understand when to use the Preterite and when to use the Imperfect ("Estructura" on page 208); Workbook page 86. On WB page 87 and LIBRO p. 209 when to use "hay, había and hubo." You will review/study the Irregular of Preterite Tense verbs ("Estructura" on page 218). You will learn the Imperfect Progressive Tense on page 228 and adverbs ending in "-mente" o page 232, and more vocabulary pages 224 & 225 and 234 & 235 (I will let you know which is the most important vocab to learn).

Possessive Pronouns (above)

Present Tense of Reír and Freír (above)

Capítulo 4 - Verbos SER and ESTAR & More...

You already learned the imperfect of regular and irregular verbs; now you will review the verbs SER and ESTAR and learn the uses of these verbs (how to use them properly). You will practice the present tense and the imperfect of Ser and Estar. Please check the following Señor Jordan's videos: Uses of Estar, Uses of Ser, Ser Practice, Estar Practice and Ser vs. Estar Test 1. 

These are the USES of SER and ESTAR:

Please complete the handouts I gave you to review Ser and Estar in the present tense and the imperfect. This is very important for the test you will have Thursday, March 12, 2015. The test will also include the adjectives of nationality (LIBRO page 166), the imperfect of verbo GUSTAR, and the Diálogo II and exercises on page 158, plus the vocabulary on pages 156 and 157. Review/study the "Repaso Rápido" on page 164 and try to do exercise No. 27 on page 165. Also review exercises No. 28 and 29 on page 167.

HOMEWORK DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015: Please translate the Diálogo II on page 158 (including the title) and answer the questions on exercises No. 17 and 18. I will collect for a grade.