Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!

242 •  Chapter 3: La cultura y los viajes ❏ I understand when to use the different forms of tanto , tanta , tantos , and tantas . ❏ I know that más and menos are used with que , while tan and tanto are used with como . ❏ I understand when it is correct to use de after más or menos . Lengua 3.8: Indefinite and negative words ❏ I can almost always understand indefinite and negative words I encounter while reading or listening. ❏ I understand how the concept of a double negative differs in Spanish and English. ❏ I can often correctly use the most common negative words ( nada , nadie , nunca ) in my own writing. ❏ I can sometimes correctly use the most common negative words in conversation. 56. Las preguntas One of the main distinctions between a novice and an intermediate speaker is their ability to ask questions to keep a conversation going. Write the questions you can ask a partner in order to learn the information listed below. 1. What they like to do ¿Qué te gusta hacer? 2. Whether they are familiar with Ashland ___________________________________ 3. What they know about Ashland ___________________________________ 4. What tourists can do there ___________________________________ 5. What the places of interest are ___________________________________ 6. Whether it is hot there ___________________________________ 7. Whether they like museums ___________________________________ 8. Where they want to travel ___________________________________ 9. Why they want to travel there ___________________________________ 10. Whether there is a beach there ___________________________________ 11. Where they went ¿Adónde fuiste __________________ ? 12. When they went there ¿ ________________________ a (lugar)? 13. What they ate, drank, or saw ___________________________________ 57. Las respuestas Another challenge for novice speakers is expanding on their responses. Novice speakers tend to give a simple answer and then stop. To practice expanding on your answers, write