Spanish Study Guide - 10A (1B)
Present Tense Verbs
Act 1: Conjugate different verbs for the present tense.
-ar ending verbs
-er ending verbs
-ir ending verbs
Question Words
Act 2: Insert the correct question word into the blank, so that the sentence makes sense.
Cómo - How?
Cuál - Which (one)?
Cuáles - Which (ones)?
Cuándo - When?
Cuánto - How much?
Cuántos/as - How many?;
Dónde - Where?
Por qué - Why?
Qué - What?
Quién - Who?
Quiénes - Who? (plural)
Gustar - Conjugations and Rules
Act 3: Write a sentence using gustar in the proper way.
Gustar is conjugated for the noun, not the verb - if a noun is singular you use gusta and if the noun is plural then you use gustan.
Instead of using the usual yo, tú, él/ella/Ud., nosotros/as, vosotros/as, or, ellos/ellas/Ud., you would use the list below.
When you conjugate for preterite tense for gustar on the test use these two in place of gusta and gustan: gustó (singular); gustaron (plural)
Vocab
Act 4: Find the intruder word in a list of 4 words.
Pages to review vocab for each unit:
Unit 1 - 47
Unit 2 - 107
Unit 3 - 159
Unit 4 - 215
Unit 5 - 267
Unit 6 - 321
Unit 7 - 375
Unit 8 - 431
Unit 9 - 489
Cultura
Act 5: The final Act asks questions about culture in Perú.
During the European Renaissance in the 15th to 16th centuries, a great civilization appeared in the Andes. The Inca Empire, with six million inhabitants and territories in southern Ecuador, parts of Peru, Bolivia and Chile, became the largest empire in the world. The Incas are famous for their advances in agriculture and architecture. They carved mountains, dried marshes, and built an aqueduct. They made stone cities above a mountain like the magnificent city of Machu Picchu, which still surprises visitors today. Cusco was the capital of the empire, but most people lived in small towns and traveled to Cusco for festivals or to buy and sell. The basis of the incan economy was agriculture. The Incas built terraces in the mountains like giant green stairs. There they made irrigation systems to grow potatoes, corn, cotton, and other producers. They also had llamas and alpacas to carry things and to get wool. Even today in Peru, the wool of these animals plays a very important role in the textile industry. The Incas also invented a financial system with strings and knots called quipu. They used it to register the number of people and products passing through the Andes. Another advance by the Incas was a system of streets to unite the entire empire. The system of streets went high in the Andes, passing valleys, snow-capped mountains, tunnels and rope bridges over the cliffs. This street system still exists today and is another evidence that the Inca legacy continues today in the lives of all Peruvians.
The Spanish Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incas in 1532. Then the colonial period began, with Lima as the capital. However, Inca culture continues to live within modern Peru. It is seen in the wonderful ruins, like the Temple of the Sun in Machu Picchu. It is seen in the daily life of the peoples of the Andes where the old people speak Quechua (the Inca language) and play music with caracol trumpets and quenas. They’re religion says that all life comes from Mother Earth, and in the summer solstice they still celebrate an ancient festival in honor of the sun, called Inti Raymi by the Incas. Many people come to see the ceremonies and admire the music and dances. Spanish influence continues in Peru. The Spaniards brought Christlike religious festivals such as Christmas and Holy Week which are celebrated today. The Spanish influence is lived every day in the language and architecture of the buildings, churches and houses. In the kitchen, the indigenous and the colonial are combined. A popular dish is papas a la huancaína, which combines the native potato with olives and cheese, two products introduced by the Spaniards. The combination of the indigenous and European races is called mestizaje. A model of the mestizo culture was the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. Son of a Spanish conqueror and an Inca princess, he was educated at the house of his father. As an adult, he wrote a book on the life, culture and conquest of the Inca empire. Some consider Inca Garcilaso the "first biological and spiritual mestizo of America''.
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