1. Choose the answer that best completes the following sentence. Hay (There are) ________ gatos en la casa.
The right answer is d. tres
<em>Hay </em><em>tres </em><em>gatos en la casa (There are </em><em>three</em><em> cats in the house)
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The word tres works as an adjective. Recall that an adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. In Spanish, an adjective is usually placed after the noun it modifies. However, there are exceptions such as numbers, and must agree in gender and number with the noun. This sentence fulfills the exception.
2. The state with the highest percentage of an Hispanic population is ___________________.
The right answer is New Mexico
As of 2012, Hispanics and Latinos make up about 17% of the total U.S. population. The state with the largest percentage of Hispanics and Latinos is New Mexico at 47%, that is, over 765,386 Hispanics and Latinos.
Notice that the question asks for the largest percentage of Hispanics, <em>it does not tell us anything about</em> the largest population which is<em> California,</em> the state with the largest Hispanic and Latino population overall with over 14 million Hispanics and Latinos.
3. Choose the best words to complete Raúl’s description of his school schedule:
The right answer is primero, después
<em>Hoy tengo muchas clases. </em><em>Primero</em><em> tengo inglés y </em><em>después</em><em> tengo taller.
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Whose translation is:
<em>Today I have a lot of classes. </em><em>First </em><em>I have English and</em><em> then </em><em>I have a workshop.
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Primero: First
Después: After, then
4. Choose the best word to complete Raúl’s description of his school schedule.
The right answer is tarde
<em>Por la</em><em> tarde</em><em> tengo biología (In the </em><em>afternoon</em><em> I have biology)
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We use the sentence:
<em>Por la</em><em> mañana</em><em> (In the </em><em>morning</em><em>)
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<em>Por la tarde (In the</em><em> afternoon</em><em>)
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<em>Por la</em><em> noche</em><em> (at </em><em>night</em><em>)
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to point out actions that<em> happened </em>or that <em>will happen.
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5. Write complete sentences to tell what everyone does. Be sure to use the correct form of each verb.
The right answer is:
Nosotros estudiamos todos los días
In Spanish, the simple present tense (el presente or el presente de indicativo) is used to talk about habitual actions, routines, things happening now or in the near future, universal truths, facts, hypotheticals, lapses of time, and for ordering in restaurants and stores. So, the conjugation of the verb estudiar for the first-person plural is estudiamos.
6. Write the answer to this problem in Spanish.
We have the following math problem:
mil doscientos doce - docientos catorce = _______
So, in a mathematical language this is as follows:
1212 - 214 = 998
So, we can write this solution using words as follows:
mil doscientos doce - docientos catorce = novecientos noventa y ocho