Conversational Spanish Volume I

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CONTENTS Subject CD 1 & 2 The Alphabet Changes in Sound Numerical Adjectives Ordinal Numbers Cardinal Numbers The Days of the Week The Months of the Year The Seasons of the Year Cardinal Numbers 100 -1000 Telling Time Game: Bingo Quizzes: Quiz # 1 Quiz # 2 CD 3 The Colors Nouns: Fruits Vegetables Food Beverages Meals Articles: Definite Indefinite Game: Rompecabezas ¿Cuánto Cuesta? Quizzes: Quiz # 1 Quiz # 2 CD 4 Vocabulary: Family Collective Nouns Proper Nouns Descriptive Adjectives Possessive Adjectives Subject Pronouns Verbs: Ser Tener Idioms with Tener Reading - La Familia de Carlos

Exercise

Page

24 - 26 27

1 2 6 6 7 19 19 22

28 - 32 33 - 36 37

23 28 34

1- 6 7- 8 9 - 23

35 36

38 - 41

37

42 - 46 47 - 51 52 - 56 57 - 61

41 45 49 53 57 59 59 60 61 62 64 65

62 - 63 64 65 66 - 68

69 - 70 71 72 - 76 77 - 78 79 80 81 - 82 83 84 - 86

66 69 70 71 74 76 77 78 80 81

Quizzes:

Quiz 1 Quiz 2

CD 5 & 6 Greetings Vocabulary:

The Table The House Women’s Clothing Men’s Clothing Underwear and Sleepwear Verbs: Regular AR Regular ER Regular IR Direct Object Quizzes: Quiz 1 Quiz 2 ANSWERS TO WRITTEN EXERCISES: ANSWERS TO THE PUZZLES

82 83 87 88 - 91 92 93 - 94 95 - 96 97 - 104 105 - 111 112 - 116 117 - 121 122

84 85 88 89 91 93 101 102 110 115 121 122 123 124

Ejercicio 9

Write the odd numbers from 1 to 20 in the spaces provided. uno

_____________ ______________ ______________ _____________

___________ _____________ ______________ ______________ _____________ Ejercicio 10

Complete the puzzle by writing out the numbers in Spanish. Numbers from 0 to 20 20 7 6

3

14

13 2 10 1 15

8

5

4

12

9

16 18 11

17

19

Ejercicio 14

Tell how many objects there are in each square.

1.______________

2.______________

3.______________

4.______________

5.______________

6.______________

7.______________

8.______________

CARDINAL NUMBERS FROM 21 TO 40 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

veintiuno veintidós veintitrés veinticuatro veinticinco veintiséis veintisiete veintiocho veintinueve treinta treinta y uno treinta y dos treinta y tres treinta y cuatro treinta y cinco treinta y seis treinta y siete treinta y ocho treinta y nueve cuarenta

twenty-one twenty-two twenty-three twenty-four twenty-five twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine thirty thirty-one thirty-two thirty-three thirty-four thirty-five thirty-six thirty-seven thirty-eight thirty-nine forty

Ejercicio 16

Follow the example below to complete the following addition exercises. Example:

35 + 5 = 40

treinta y cinco y cinco son cuarenta

1. 15 + 8 = 23 ________________________________________________________________________ 2. 10 + 9 = 19 ________________________________________________________________________ 3. 12 + 16 = 28 ________________________________________________________________________ 4. 33 + 5 = 38 ________________________________________________________________________ 5. 26 + 0 = 26 ________________________________________________________________________ Ejercicio 17

Complete the following subtraction exercises, following the example below. Example:

40 – 20 = 20 cuarenta menos veinte son veinte

1. 12 – 8 = 4 _______________________________________________________________________ 2. 10 – 7 = 3 _______________________________________________________________________ 3. 18 – 9 = 9 _______________________________________________________________________ 4. 35 – 10 = 25 _______________________________________________________________________ 5. 28 – 17 = 11 _______________________________________________________________________

Ejercicio 32

Complete the exercise by writing the numbers in Spanish. 7 2 1

8 3

1.589 11.732

10.654

7.751

15.974

11

4

9

5.009

6 5

9.921

954

12 10

14.089

773 8.321 2.789

1._____________________________________________________________________ 2._____________________________________________________________________ 3._____________________________________________________________________ 4._____________________________________________________________________ 5._____________________________________________________________________ 6._____________________________________________________________________ Ejercicio 36 ¿Qué hora es? 11

12

1

10

11 2

9

3 8

4 7

6

5

1._______________________________

12

1

10

2

9

3 8

4 7

6

5

2.__________________________________

QUIZ 2

I.

WRITE THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR

1. ___________________________

7. _______________________________

2. ___________________________

8. _______________________________

3. ___________________________

9. _______________________________

4. ___________________________

10. _______________________________

5. ___________________________

11. _______________________________

6. ___________________________

12. _______________________________

II.

WRITE THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR

1. ______________________________ 2. __________________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. __________________________________ III.

WRITE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS IN SPANISH

12.534 _______________________________________________________________________ 25.978 _______________________________________________________________________ 37.790 _______________________________________________________________________ 153.821 _______________________________________________________________________ IV.

WRITE THE ANSWER IN SPANISH WORDS

1. Ciento cincuenta y cuarenta son ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Quinientos menos doscientos veinticinco son ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Dos mil menos cuatrocientos cinco son ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Setecientos y trescientos son

Ejercicio 40

Unscramble the letters in each balloon and discover its color. Write the answer on the space provided below. 1

a r

i

a

o

o d m

ll m

2

5

3

a

o r

l

7 a

o s 6 a r d 9 o

4

j

d v r e e

o 8 a l

o c

r o

b n

s a c ñ o a n r n a j a d

o

e r

z

o

a

g u

a t

n

10

1.

____________________

6.

___________________________

2.

____________________

7.

___________________________

3.

____________________

8.

___________________________

4.

____________________

9.

___________________________

5.

____________________

10.

___________________________

Ejercicio 44

Write the name of each picture in the puzzle.

f

r

u

t

a s

QUIZ 1

I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II.

Translate the following words to Spanish. red orange green yellow apple

_________________ 6. _________________ 7. _________________ 8. _________________ 9. _________________10.

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

Match the following words to its English equivalent. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

III.

cherry strawberry plum pineapple peach

lettuce celery mushroom cabbage carrot onion salad fish

______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h.

pescado cebolla ensalada apio lechuga repollo hongo zanahoria

Name the following foods.

1.

__________________

6.

____________________

2.

__________________

7.

____________________

3.

__________________

8.

____________________

4.

__________________

9.

____________________

5.

__________________

10.

____________________

Ejercicio 70

LA FAMILIA Translate the English words to Spanish and then place each word into its appropriate space. Horizontal

Vertical

1.

father

__________________1.

mother

__________________

2.

grandfather

__________________2.

aunt

__________________

3.

sister

__________________3.

grandmother __________________

4.

daughter

__________________4.

son

5.

uncle

__________________5.

grandchildren __________________

6.

brother

__________________

__________________

2 1 3 1 3 2 5 6 4 4 5

WOMEN'S CLOTHING - LA ROPA DE MUJER

1.

el vestido dress

6.

la bolsa purse

2.

la blusa blouse

7.

el traje suit

To conjugate ER verbs, omit the ER and add o, es, e, emos éis, en Example: yo aprendo tú aprendes él aprende ella aprende usted aprende

aprender

to learn nosotros aprendemos vosotros aprendéis ellos aprenden ellas aprenden ustedes aprenden

Ejercicio 113

Conjugate the following regular verbs. Follow the above example. 1. yo tú Ud. nosotros vosotros ustedes Alberto Tú y yo

comprender _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________

2. yo tú él nosotros vosotros ellos Enrique Felipe

romper ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

Sample Answer Key Primer Capítulo Ejercicio 1

1. K

2. K

3. S & K 4. K

5. K

6. S

7. K

8. S

9. S

10. S

Ejercicio 2

1. G 12. J

2. J 13. G

3. J 14. G

5. G

6. G

7. J

8. G

9. G

10. G

11. J

4. G

Ejercicio 3 & 4 (oral) Ejercicio 5

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

ene-a-b de vaca-a-jota-a ene - a - b de vaca - e- ge - a - ere ene - a - te - i - b de vaca - o b de burro - a - ele - ce - o - ene b de vaca - o - ele - u - ene - te - a - de b de vaca - o - ele - u - ene - te - a - ere - i - o b de vaca - i - o - ele - e - ene - te - o b de burro - a - ele- de- e b de vaca - i - ge - e - ene - te - e b de vaca - i - de - ere - i - o - ese - o b de vaca - e - ere - de - a - de

Ejercicio 6

Answers will vary

Ejercicio 7

Antonio vive en la tercera casa. No, Juan vive en la segunda casa. No, María vive en la cuarta casa. Manuela vive en la primera casa.

Ejercicio 8

No, ella vive en la cuarta casa. Ellos viven en la primera casa.

Ejercicio 9

tres cinco siete nueve once trece quince diecisiete diecinueve

Ejercicio 10

See page 137 puzzle # 1

Ejercicio 11

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

uno y dos son tres cuatro y tres son siete dos y cuatro son seis uno y tres son cuatro cinco y cinco son diez tres y dos son cinco siete y cuatro son once seis y seis son doce

Ana vive en la segunda casa. Sí, José Rojas vive en la tercera casa.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

cinco y cuatro son nueve cuatro y cuatro son ocho siete y dos son nueve nueve y cinco son catorce doce y tres son quince once y nueve son veinte diecisiete y dos son diecinueve diez y tres son trece

Ejercicio 12 two, seven, ten, one, four, eleven, sixteen, thirteen, nineteen, zero, five, nine, eight, three, six, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen, twenty, eighteen. Ejercicio 13 cero, uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce, trece, catorce, quince, dieciséis, diecisiete, dieciocho, diecinueve, veinte. Ejercicio 14

1. dieciocho 2. siete 3. nueve 4. catorce 5. ocho

6. ocho 7. siete 8. trece 9. catorce 10. seis

11. doce 12. doce 13. nueve 14. dieciocho 15. uno

16. dieciséis 17. cinco 18. veinte 19. nueve 20. nueve