AP Spanish : Spanish Essentials
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Example Question #11 : Spanish Essentials
Which of the following cannot be used as a direct object noun in the sentence below?
Which of the following answer choices could NOT be used to correctly complete the following sentence?
Estoy lavando __________.
mi coche
All of the other answer choices are acceptable direct object nouns.
mi hermanito
los platos
mi hermanito
The phrase "mi hermanito" (my little brother) cannot be used to complete this sentence because there is no presence of the personal “a.” Direct object nouns that represent people must have “a” inserted directly in front of them.
Example Question #12 : Spanish Essentials
Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
¿Dónde están __________ fotos?
los
unos
el
la
las
las
"Foto" is a shortened form of the noun fotografía, which is feminine; therefore, "fotos" is a feminine plural noun and should take "las" as its article.
Example Question #13 : Spanish Essentials
Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
__________ viajé a España.
El cuarto día
El día cuarto
La cuatra día
El cuatro día
La cuarta día
El cuarto día
Ordinal numbers in spanish always come before the noun. The noun "día," though it ends in an "a," is masculine. The correct answer is el cuarto día.
Example Question #14 : Spanish Essentials
Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun
“A ella no le gustan las fresas. Entonces, ella no __________ va a comer.”
La
Lo
Los
Las
Las
The blank requires the use of a direct object pronoun. The pronoun must agree in gender and number with the original direct object. In this sentence, “las fresas” is the direct object; therefore, the correct direct object pronoun is “las.”
Example Question #15 : Spanish Essentials
Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
—"¿Compraste los libros?"
—"Si, __________ compré."
ellos
lo
las
los
la
los
The direct object must agree with the noun that it replaces. "Libros" is masculine plural, and the correct direct object in the masculine plural form is "los."
Example Question #16 : Spanish Essentials
Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
—¿Quieres leer un libro a Marta?
—Ya estoy __________.
leéndoselo
leyéndosele
leyéndolelo
leyéndoselo
leyéndolose
leyéndoselo
The correct gerund of "leer" is "leyendo." This is due to the double-object pronoun; the indirect "le"-to her and "lo"- it (the book) are next to each other, so the "le" must change to "se." Indirect objects always come before direct objects.
Example Question #17 : Spanish Essentials
Choose the correct future or conditional form of the verb in parenthesis to complete each sentence.
Si pudiera, mañana yo __________ contigo al concierto. (ir)
iría
irá
vaya
iré
iría
The past conditional form a verb, poder in this case, is a good indication that we should continue to use the conditional to complete the sentence.
If I could, I would go with you to the concert.
Example Question #18 : Spanish Essentials
Choose the correct future or conditional form of the verb in parenthesis to complete each sentence.
La semana que viene, ellos __________ que regresar al colegio. (tener)
tenerían
tenerán
tendrán
tendrían
tendrán
The time at which the even will take place is clearly indicated by la semana que viene; therefore, we should the future tense.
Example Question #19 : Spanish Essentials
Choose the correct future or conditional form of the verb in parenthesis to complete each sentence.
¿Cuantas clases él __________ que completer si quisiera graduarse? (haber)
habrá
habería
habría
haberá
habría
The use of si quisiera suggests a hypothetical situation, in which case we use the conditional.
Example Question #20 : Spanish Essentials
Choose the correct future or conditional form of the verb in parenthesis to complete each sentence.
Ya leiste Don Quijote, pero si yo fuera tú, lo __________ otra vez para comprenderlo mejor. (leer)
leeré
leerás
leería
leerías
leería
In this sentence, the term si yo fuera tu (if I were you) indicates what would happen given a particular circumstance. To express this, we use the conditional.
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