Spanish 103 Exam Questions With Well Elaborated Answers.

Present Tense Verb (Conjugate and Define) - correct answer -Used to talk about actions, feelings, and states of being. Use the present tense to express what the subject generally or habitually does or doesn't do Articles and Nouns (Define and List) - correct answer -Refers to a person, place, or thing -Masculine: El/Un (Singular definite article vs singular indefinite article) -Feminine: La/Una (Singular definite article vs. singular indefinite article) Possessive Adjectives (Define and List) - correct answer -Modify nouns to express possession; always proceed the noun they modify; possessive adjectives change number to agree with the things possessed, not the possessor -Mi(s), tu(s), su(s), nuestro/a(s), vuestro/a(s), and su(s) Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns (Define and List) - correct answer -Express what people do to or for themselves; reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence Present Progressive (Define and Conjugate) - correct answer -Emphasize that an action or event is in progress at the moment of speaking, rather than habitual action Direct Object Nouns and Pronouns (Define and List) - correct answer -Direct object answers the question "what?" or "whom?" in relation to the verb -Direct object pronouns replace direct object nouns and are used to avoid repeating the noun while speaking or writing; the pronouns may refer to people, animals, or things -Me, te, lo/la, nos, os, los/las Preterite of Regular Verbs (Define and Conjugate) - correct answer -Used to talk about past events, actions, and conditions that are viewed as completed or ended Indirect Objects Nouns and Pronouns (Define and List) - correct answer -Tell "to whom" or "for whom" an action is done. In other words, who is affected by an action? -Me, te, le, nos, os, les Preterite of Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns (Define and Conjugate) - correct answer -Express what people do to/for themselves; same rules that applied to the reflexive in the present apply in the past The Imperfect (Define and Conjugate) - correct answer -Focuses on how things used to be years ago; if the sentence were talking about a specific, completed action, like something that was done yesterday, the PRETERITE would be used -Imperfect is used to express habitual or repeated actions in the past (w/out focus on the completion of the action); express an action or state that was in progress in the past; to describe characteristics and conditions in the past; express someone's ago in the past When to use the Preterite vs the Imperfect - correct answer -Preterite: express a sequence of actions completed in the past (forward movement of narrative time); talk about the beginning or ending of an event, action, or condition that occurred over a specific period of time; talk about the beginning of an event, action, or condition -Imperfect: Talk about habitual actions, events, or conditions in the past; express an ongoing part of an event, action of condition Comparisons of Inequality (Define and list) - correct answer -Use "mas... que" or "menos... que" to express comparisons of inequality. -Mas/menos [adjective] que.... Comparisons of Equality (Define and List) - correct answer -Indicares that two people, activities or things are alike in some way -Tan [adj/adv] como (as...as) -Tanto/a [noun] como (as much... as] -Tantos/as [noun] como (as many... as) -Tanto como (as much as) Present Perfect (Define and Conjugate) - correct answer -Perfect tense refers to past events, actions, and conditions -Present perfect refers to a past even, action, or condition that has some relation to the present Present Subjunctive (Define and Conjugate) - correct answer -Used to express expectations and hopes