Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!

Reflection and review  • 351 Lengua 4.3: Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns ❏ I understand the difference between a demonstrative adjective and a demonstrative pronoun. ❏ I can usually use demonstrative adjectives correctly in my writing and sometimes also in my speech. ❏ I can easily understand demonstrative adjectives when reading or listening. ❏ When I encounter a demonstrative pronoun while reading, I can usually figure out what it refers to. Lengua 4.4: Present progressive ❏ Although it may take me some time, I can form the present participle of any regular verb as well as several irregular verbs. ❏ I can use the present progressive to express (in speech and in writing) what I am currently doing, as long as the verb is familiar to me. ❏ I can identify some situations in which English speakers would use the -ing form of a verb but in which the present participle would not be correct in Spanish. Lengua 4.5: Irregular preterite 2 ❏ While reading and listening, I can recognize and understand many verbs that are irregular in the preterite. ❏ I can sometimes correctly use a few of the most common irregular preterite verbs, such as dar and ver . ❏ With access to notes or reference pages, I can accurately conjugate almost all irregular preterite verbs I have learned about. Lengua 4.6: Expressions with the infinitive 2 ❏ While reading and listening, I can understand many common expressions with the infinitive. ❏ I understand acabar de and hay que in reading and listening, and I can sometimes correctly use them in my own writing. ❏ I know to avoid conjugating verbs immediately following prepositions (such as hasta , antes de , para , and sin ). ❏ In my speech and writing, I can sometimes correctly use infinitives as nouns that in English would be translated as nouns ending in -ing . ❏ While reading and listening, I can recognize some common expressions in the conditional tense such as “ podrías + infinitive” and “ me gustaría + infinitive.” Lengua 4.7: Imperative—informal affirmative ❏ In reading and listening, I can easily understand affirmative informal commands using common verbs I am familiar with.