Leccion Numero Uno

Question 1

Words that end with “ent” or “ant” require …

Answer 1

adding the letter “e” at the end

• el presidente
• diferente
• excelente
• conveniente
• el elefante
• importante

Question 2

Words that end with “ic” require …

Answer 2

adding the letter “o” at the end

• el Atlantico
• Democratico
• elastico
• aristocratico

Question 3

Words that end with “ble” are …

Answer 3

usually identical to in Spanish and English

• el cable
• notable
• flexible
• inevitable

Question 4

Words that end with “al” are …

Answer 4

usually identical to in Spanish and English

• el animal
• el criminal
• central
• rural
• personal

Question 5

Words that end with “or” are …

Answer 5

usually identical to in Spanish and English

• el actor
• el doctor
• un tractror
• interior

Question 6

Form a question from:

El actor es popular

Answer 6

Es popular el actor?

Question 7

Form a question from:

El tenor es romantico

Answer 7

Es romantico el tenor?

Question 8

Form a question from:

El presidente es diplomatico

Answer 8

Es diplomatico el presidente?

Question 9

Form a question from:

El canal es importante

Answer 9

Es importante el canal?

Question 10

El

Answer 10

the

Question 11

un

Answer 11

a, an

Question 12

curioso

Answer 12

curious

Question 13

popular

Answer 13

popular

Question 14

ay no

Answer 14

oh no

Question 15

el mono

Answer 15

the monkey

Question 16

el estudiante

Answer 16

the student

Question 17

en mi opinión

Answer 17

in my opinion

Question 18

es

Answer 18

is

Question 19

no es

Answer 19

is not

Question 20

sí

Answer 20

yes

Question 21

In Spanish “ph” becomes …

Answer 21

In Spanish “ph” becomes “F”

• elephant => elefante
• telephone => telefono
• phonetic => fonetico
• phonograph => fonografo

Question 22

In Spanish “th” becomes …

Answer 22

In Spanish “th” becomes “T”

• cathedral => catedral
• author => autor
• authentic => autentico
• methodist => metodista
• catholic => catolico

Question 23

What are the only letters that are doubled in Spanish?

Answer 23

Double only “L” and “R”

All other letters that are doubled in English become single letters in Spanish

• commission => comision
• apparent => aparente
• annual => anual
• attractive => atractivo
• different => diferente

Question 24

T/F You will find “cc” in Spanish

Answer 24

True. But in Spanish, it is not a double “c”, because each “c” is pronounced separately since each belongs to a different syllable.

The first “c” has a “k” sound. The second “c” has an “s” sound.

• correction => correccion

The two “c’s” go into separate syllables

• correc-cion
• instruc-cion
• construc-cion

Question 25

In Spanish “tion” becomes …

Answer 25

In Spanish “ tion “ becomes “cion”

• convention => convencion
• conventional => convencional

Question 26

Some words that end in “tor” in English end in … in Spanish

Answer 26

Some words that end in “tor” in English end in “dor” in Spanish

• the senator => el senador
• acelerador
• claborador
• creador
• dictador
• educador
• ellevador
• generador
• investigador
• operador
• orador
• radiador
• ventilador

Question 27

In Spanish “j” is always pronounced as …

Answer 27

In Spanish “j” is always pronounced as “h”.

For example: jovial is pronounced hovial