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Let’s put it all together!

So far this chapter we have talked about articles, nouns, gender, subject pronouns, the verb “ser” and adjectives. Let’s see if we can take some sentences apart, then put some sentences together!

Read the following sentences. Identify the parts of speech like so: Circle the subject pronouns or the subjects of the verb Underline the nouns Put a square around the verb Put a triangle around the articles Draw arrows pointing to the adjectives

Ex: El muchacho es un alumno tímido.

1. Roberto es un muchacho americano.

2. Maria es una muchacha muy seria.

3. el muchacho pelirrojo es muy guapo.

4. La muchacha morena es una alumna buena.

5. Ella es una alumna en el Colegio Hidalgo.

Unscramble the word order below to make correct sentences.

1. simpática / amiga / la / es ______. 2. un/ él /sincero /es /muchacho ______. 3. las /son /generosas /personas /muy ______. 4. Los/ secundaria/ una /alumnos /son /en /escuela /amigos ______.

Translate the above sentences on the lines below. 1. ______. 2. ______. 3. ______. 4. ______. 2

Read the following letter from an American student to a new Spanish speaking pen pal. Can you find and correct the mistakes? The errors may be anything, missing/extra words, misspellings, no accents, wrong verb form, wrong gender, etc. Write the corrections in the space above the error. There are at least 20 errors. Find them all.

Ronaldo,

¡Hola! Me llamo es Sergio. ¿Qué tal? Soy fantástico. Soy altos, guapo, moreno, y flaca. Yo no es bajo, antipaticos, o atrrevido.

Soy Chicago. Soy americana. ¿De dónde eres tú? ¿De qué nacionalidad somos tú? ¿Eres alumna en unas colegio?

Soy una alumno en el Colegio de George Washington. Soy un alumno buena. ¡No soy perezoso de ninguna manera! Soy muy ambiciososo. Mi amiga

Claudia es alumna en una escuela secundario. Ellas es bastante timido, pero

(but) es simpatica. Somos amigas buenos. Somos hnestos y generoso.

¡Adiós amigo!

Sergio

Translate the following sentences into Spanish. 1. I am pretty. ______. 2. You are a sincere friend (to a guy) ______. 3

3. Sr. Posey, you are very tall. ______. 4. The blonde girl is a good student. ______. 5. She is rather hard-working. ______. 6. The male student is funny but lazy. ______. 7. He is very nice and generous. ______. 8. The Cuban girls are shy. ______. 9. My friend (girl) and I (girl) are silly and red headed. ______. 10. Are you unfriendly? ______. 11. No, by no means. I am handsome. ______. 12. The blonde male students are serious. ______. 13. The Puerto Rican friends of Susan are students in a secondary school. ______. 14. The brunette guy is short. ______. 15. You all are fantastic! ______. Write a letter to another group in class! Tell me their names, what they are like physically and what their personalities are like, and how they normally feel using the verbs ser, estar and tener. You need at least 3 plural sentences and 3 singular sentences. 4

Mis Amigos,______

Now look for any errors.