Spanish Essentials - AP Spanish Language and Culture

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.

The question asks the student if they are familiar with various vocabulary words used throughout their Spanish studies. "La paz" (peace), "la amistad" (friendship), and "el acuerdo" (agreement) all fit together; however, "la guerra" (war) represents conflict and does not belong in this group.

"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.

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.”

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.

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."

The noun “día” is masculine and singular. Whenever the adjective “bueno” is directly in front of a masculine/singular noun, it is shortened to “buen.” Bien is an adverb.

The superlative version of the adjective "bueno;" "good" is "el mejor." "Mejor" goes before the noun.

The correct answer is "peor." "Peor" is the comparative version of the adjective "mal," so "más mal" and "más peor" cannot exist in Spanish. Likewise because of the context, "la peor;" "the worst" cannot be used in a comparison, only as a superlative. "Peor" is an adjective that does not change based on gender, so "peora" is also wrong.

Las ventanas means “windows” in English; therefore, abiertas (open), cerradas (closed), and rotas (broken) could all be used to describe windows. Graciosas (funny) is an adjective more commonly used to describe people.

The correct answer is "sucios" (dirty) because it agrees in number and gender with "los platos" and because it makes sense in context. The answer choice "rotos" (broken) wouldn't make sense because there's no reason to wash broken plates.

English translation: "The plates are dirty, so one must wash them."

Both "único" (only) and "segundo" (second) agree in number and gender with "hijo;" however, only "único" (only) fits in context, as it would not make sense for someone to say that they are an "hijo segundo" (second child) if that person is claiming not to have any siblings.

English translation: "I do not have siblings; I am an only child."

Based on context, only "roto," which means broken, would fit in this sentence. "Calificado" means qualified or proven, "maltratado" means mistreated or abused, and "involucrado" means involved (in something).

English translation: "The electronic device is not charging; it seems to me that it is broken."

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.

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.

The time at which the even will take place is clearly indicated by la semana que viene; therefore, we should the future tense.

The use of si quisiera suggests a hypothetical situation, in which case we use the conditional.

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.

The speaker places no conditions on what will later do, so we use the future tense.

This sentence states simply what will happen the following Friday, so we use the future tense.