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** Spanish I MIDTERM ** 2023-24

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¡Hola! This year, we have learned to talk about four different topics in Spanish. They are:

✔ Greetings, introductions, and the Spanish basics (alphabet, numbers, time, seasons, months, days)
✔ Your Spanish identity and how to discuss what you and your friends are like
✔ What you and your friends like to do and do not like to do (verbs)
✔ School life (your classes, school, school supplies, and classroom objects)

Each section of this test is based around one of these four core units. As you move through each section, be sure to work slowly and carefully. As I’ve mentioned before, small errors occur when you rush through the questions. If you’re not positive how to spell a vocabulary word, do your best.

✔ Remember, it is most important that you communicate your answers clearly. Re-read your work and make sure it sounds correct as you read it over.

The situation: You’re in college, and you have just received your letter of acceptance to the study abroad program you applied to! You’re going to be studying in Madrid, España. The letter tells you that next week, you will receive a phone call from one of the program’s directors. He or she is going to ask you some questions to see if you remember the Spanish basics.

ANSWER all questions directly in this goFormative exam page. ¡Buena suerte!

I. Escuchar (Listening)

PART A: You’ve just received your first phone call. It’s hard to hear the director, Sra. Molinero over the phone, so you have to ask her how to spell your host mother and father’s first names. Write the letters out as you hear them being spelled. You will hear each name twice.

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(Write out the first name you hear in the space below)

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(Write out the second name you hear in the space below)

PART B: You also found yourself having to write down your host family’s phone numbers. Listen as the director states the numbers out loud and write them in the following spaces. You do NOT have to write the numbers as words.
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(Write the phone number on the following line)

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(Write the phone number on the following line)

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(Write the phone number on the following line)

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(Write the phone number on the following line)

PART C: Some of your paperwork still needs to be filed, so she asks you to write your date of birth. Please write your entire birthdate out below in a complete sentence.
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Write your birthday in the following space in a complete sentence in Spanish:

PART D: Sra. Molinero calls you back a week later. You pick up the phone. Fill in the blanks of the conversation you have with her. You will hear the conversation twice.
Sra. Molinero:¡ Buenos días! Me llamo Sra. Molinero. Tengo algunas (some) preguntas para ti.
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Tú: ¡Hola, Sra. Molinero! ¡Buenos días! ¿Cómo _______ Ud.?
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Sra. Molinero: _______ , gracias. ¿Y tú? ¿Cómo estás?
Tú: Bien, gracias. ¿Ud. tiene preguntas para mí?
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Sra. Molinero: ¡Sí! Pues, ¿cuántos años _______ ?
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Tú: Yo _______ 19 años.
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Sra. Molinero: Bien, bien. Y, ¿qué hora _______ en los Estados Unidos?
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Tú: Pues, _______ las doce y media.
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Sra. Molinero: Excelente, gracias. ¿Cómo se _______ tu profesor de español?
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Tú: El Señor MacNamara. Él _______ muy simpático.
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Sra. Molinero: ¡Qué bien! ¿Te _______ la clase de español?
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Tú: Pues, ¡sí! Es mi clase favorita. Me gusta _______ películas en español.
PART E: The director reads you a sample schedule of the school. You quickly note what times the different classes are so that you are prepared for your first day. Choose the time that you hear. You will hear each statement twice.
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Tienes la clase de español a las _____.

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Tienes la clase de historia a las _____.

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Tienes la clase de inglés a las _____.

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Tienes la clase de biología a las _____.

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Tienes la clase de arte a las _____.

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Tienes la clase de educación física a las _____.

PART F: It is time to leave for Madrid! You have just boarded your plane, and you hear everyone speaking Spanish around you. Each of the sentences that you hear contains an article (EL, LA, LAS, LOS, UN, UNA, UNOS, or UNAS). Choose the article that you hear in each statement. You will hear each statement twice.
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Choose the article that you hear in this sentence.

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Choose the article that you hear in this sentence.

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Choose the article that you hear in this sentence.

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Choose the article that you hear in this sentence.

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Choose the article that you hear in this sentence.

PART G: You also hear people saying different words that you have learned in Spanish I this quarter. As you hear each word, choose whether it is masculine or feminine. You will hear each word twice.
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Choose whether the word you hear is masculine or femenine:

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Choose whether the word you hear is masculine or femenine:

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Choose whether the word you hear is masculine or femenine:

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Choose whether the word you hear is masculine or femenine:

The listening section is now over. You may move on to complete the rest of the written portion of the midterm. Good luck! Buena suerte!

II. LA IDENTIDAD

To prepare for your upcoming trip next semester, you pick up a copy of Vanidades, a Spanish magazine. You flip to an interview with the Mexican actress. At the top of the interview, the magazine has written information about her. In complete sentences, answer the following questions about the actress.
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¿Cómo se llama ella?

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¿Cuando es su cumpleaños? *Remember the order of dates in Spanish

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¿Cuál es su nacionalidad?

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¿Cuántos años tiene ella?

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¿Qué le gusta hacer a ella? (2 actividades)

III. LOS VERBOS Y PASATIEMPOS

PARTE A: Your host sister, Matilda, picks you up at the train station. She’s excited to show you around the city and the school you will be attending. She wants to get to know you as quickly as possible so she asks you a lot of questions in a row. Read her questions below and answer them in Spanish to the best of your ability.
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¿Qué le gusta hacer a tu profe de español?

IV. LA ESCUELA

PARTE A: Matilda shows you a picture of a typical Spanish classroom so you will know what to expect. Write a description in Spanish of the classroom saying at least 5 items that are in the classroom and 2 items that are not in the classroom. Use the expressions in Spanish for « there is/are » and « there is not/are not »
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¿Qué hay en el salón de clase? (Remember to include at least 3 items)

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¿Qué no hay en el salón de clase? (Remember to include at least 2 items)

V. UN CORREO

You are asked to get in touch with Rose, an American student who is interested in an exchange trip to Spain similar to the one you just did. You have to write this student an email. You want to tell them about yourself and ask them some questions.

Be sure to cover the following topics:
  1. A greeting
  2. Say your name
  3. Say where you’re from
  4. Say your age
  5. Tell your personality
  6. Say what you like and don’t like to do and why
  7. Say which classes you like and why
  8. Say which classes you don't like and why
  9. Talk about one of your teachers:
- what is his/ her name
- where he/she is from
- his/her physical appearance
- his-her personality
10. Ask: Rose: where they are from, how old she is, what she likes to do.
11. Say: Do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions - Escríbeme si tienes preguntas.
12. Say nice to meet you and good-bye

Remember: Try to use advanced grammar and vocabulary. If you write the minimum, you will get 8/10 but if you write extra and use complex sentence structures, you can get 20/20.

Example:
I am smart. I am not studious. = 16/20
I am smart sometimes, but I am not studious because my classmates are very social in Spanish class. = 20/20

Write as much as you can and be as descriptive as possible.
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Write:
  1. A greeting
  2. Say your name
  3. Say where you’re from
  4. Say your age
  5. Describe your personality

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Write:
6. Say what you like and don’t like to do and why, where, when or with who you like to do these activities
7. Say which classes you like and why
8. Say which classes you don't like and why

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Write:
9. Talk about one of your teachers:
- what is his/ her name
- where he/she is from
- his/her physical appearance
- his-her personality

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Write:
10. Ask: Rose: where they are from, how old she is, what she likes to do.
11. Say: Do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions - Escríbeme si tienes preguntas
12. Say nice to meet you and good-bye