Classical Subjects Creatively Taught™ SpanIsh for ChIldren Learn more than how to order a taco™ Primer A Julia Kraut, Sarah Foose, & Grant Durrell Spanish for Children: Primer A © Classical Academic Press, 2008 Version 1.0 All rights reserved. This publication may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior permission in writing of Classical Academic Press. Classical Academic Press 3920 Market Street Camp Hill, PA 17011 www.ClassicalAcademicPress.com ISBN: 978-1-60051-047-2 Book cover and illustrations by: Rob Baddorf Book design by: Lenora Riley and David Gustafson Memory Page : Grammar Page : Worksheet : Quiz A. Translation: W 1. hablar to speak _________________________ 6. la casa house _________________________ 2. entrar to enter _________________________ 7. la iglesia church _________________________ 3. amar to love _________________________ 8. la muchacha young lady/girl _________________________ 4. mirar to look at/watch _________________________ 9. la niña girl _________________________ 10. la tierra land/earth _________________________ to walk 5. caminar _________________________ camino a la iglesia 11. ¿Muchacha, caminas a tu casa? No, _______________________. B. Canto: Conjugate the verb hablar (to speak). See if you can remember how to label the boxes. Singular ________________________ Plural 1st person ________________________ hablo: I speak hablamos we speak __________: ______________ 2nd person hablas you speak habláis you all speak _______: __________________ ________: ________________ rd 3 person ________________________ habla __________________ he/she/it speaks hablan they/you all speak _______: _______: __________________ Chapter 1 15 W Memory Page : Grammar Page : Worksheet : Quiz C. Grammar: speech word 1. A part of _______________________ is a type of _______________________. verbs endings 2. Spanish _____________________ have more _____________________ than English verbs. verb action 3. A ____________________ names the ____________________ or state of being in a sentence. conjugate endings 4. To _______________________ a verb is to list it with its _______________________. D. Cognados:5 entrance 1. A doorway or place for going in is an _______________________. (entrar) terrarium 2. A container enclosing a garden of small plants is a _______________________. (tierra) 5. Cognados, or “cognates,” are English words that are similar to Spanish words. You can find more information about cognados in chapter 5. 16 Unit 1 Memory Page : Grammar Page : Worksheet : Q Quiz A. Translation: Spanish English hablar: hablo, hablé, hablaré to speak: I speak, I spoke, I will speak _________________________________________________ amar: amo, amé, amaré to love: I love, I loved, I will love _________________________________________________ mirar: miro, miré, miraré to look at/watch: I look at/I watch, I looked at/I watched, I will look at/I will watch _________________________________________________ entrar: entro, entré, entraré to enter: I enter, I entered, I will enter _________________________________________________ to walk: I walk, I walked, I will walk caminar: camino, caminé, caminaré _________________________________________________ la muchacha young lady/girl _________________________________________________ la niña girl _________________________________________________ la casa house _________________________________________________ la iglesia church _________________________________________________ la tierra land/earth _________________________________________________ B. Canto: Conjugate the verb hablar (to speak). See if you can remember how to label the boxes. Singular ________________________ Plural 1st person ________________________ hablo: I speak hablamos we speak __________: ______________ 2nd person hablas you speak habláis you all speak _______: __________________ ________: ________________ rd 3 person ________________________ habla __________________ he/she/it speaks hablan they/you all speak _______: _______: __________________ C. Grammar: Define the following words. joining a verb with its endings 1. Conjugation: ______________________________________________________________ a word that describes an action or something that someone can do 2. Verb: ____________________________________________________________________ Chapter 1 17 Memory Page : Grammar Page : Worksheet : Quiz A. Parts of Speech W In the list below, circle the verbs. Next, underline the verb endings. Finally, translate all of the nouns and verbs. (Hint: the nouns have el or la before them): to use __________________________ 6. la escuela school __________________________ work 2. trabajas you __________________________ 7. la caja box __________________________ prepare 3. preparo I__________________________ 8. visitamos we visit __________________________ cup __________________________ 1. usar 4. la cosa thing __________________________ 9. la taza 5. llaman they/you all call __________________________ door 10. la puerta __________________________ sabados 11. Visito a mi abuela los _______________________. taza Ella siempre me prepara galletas y una _______________________ de leche. B. Canto: Fill in the present-tense -ar verb endings. Singular Plural 1st person -o _____________________________ -amos _____________________________ 2nd person -as _____________________________ -áis 3rd person -a _____________________________ -an _____________________________ Chapter 2 21 W Memory Page : Grammar Page : Worksheet : Quiz C. Grammar: person 1. Singular endings refer to one _______________________. how many 2. The number of a verb answers “_______________________?” 3. Write the -ar ending that fits the description below: Description Ending 1st-person singular -o _________________________________ 3rd-person plural -an _________________________________ 2nd-person singular -as _________________________________ singular plural 4. Number is the difference between _____________________ and _____________________. D. Cognados port 1. A harbor or _______________________ is an entryway by water for boats. (puerta) scholar 2. A _______________________ is someone who studies hard in school. (escuela) 22 Unit 1 Memory Page : Grammar Page : Worksheet : A. New Vocabulary: Quiz Spanish English usar: uso, usé, usaré to use: I use, I used, I will use _______________________________________________ visitar: visito, visité, visitaré to visit: I visit, I visited, I will visit _______________________________________________ Q prepare: I prepare, I prepared, I will prepare preparar: preparo, preparé, prepararé to _______________________________________________ llamar: llamo, llamé, llamaré to call: I call, I called, I will call _______________________________________________ trabajar: trabajo, trabajé, trabajaré to work: I work, I worked, I will work _______________________________________________ la taza cup _______________________________________________ la caja box _______________________________________________ la puerta door _______________________________________________ la escuela school _______________________________________________ la cosa thing _______________________________________________ B. Review Vocabulary: Spanish English hablar: hablo, hablé, hablaré mirar: miro, miré, miraré to speak: I speak, I spoke, I will speak _______________________________________________ to look at/watch: I look at/watch, I looked at/ watch, I will look at/watch _______________________________________________ caminar: camino, caminé, caminaré to walk: I walk, I walked, I will walk _______________________________________________ la niña girl _______________________________________________ la muchacha young lady/girl _______________________________________________ Chapter 2 23 Q Memory Page : Grammar Page : Worksheet : Quiz C. Canto: Give the present-tense -ar verb endings. Singular Plural 1st person -o _______________________ -amos 2nd person _______________________ _______________________ -áis -as 3rd person -an -a _______________________ _______________________ D. Grammar: Define the following terms. the difference between singular and plural 1. Number:����������������������������������������������������������������� who is doing the action or being talked about in a sentence 2. Person:������������������������������������������������������������������� 24 Unit 1 Memory Page : Grammar Page : Worksheet : Quiz A. Translation: W 1. cenar to eat dinner __________________________ 6. la cama bed __________________________ 2. observar to observe __________________________ 7. la cena dinner __________________________ 3. descansan they/you all rest __________________________ 8. la mesa table __________________________ 4. tomar to take/drink __________________________ 9. la luna moon __________________________ 5. necesito I need __________________________ 10. la silla chair __________________________ la mesa cenar 11. La niña pone _______________________ antes de _______________________. Toma antes de _______________________ una taza de café _______________________ la cena. Después de en _______________________ la cena, descansa _______________________ la cama. B. Canto: Noun Endings Fill in the gender endings and their English translation for the noun muchacho. Masculine Feminine Singular Plural o muchach_______________________: os muchach_______________________: boy _______________________ boys _______________________ a muchach_______________________: as muchach_______________________: girl _______________________ girls _______________________ Chapter 3 27 W Memory Page : Grammar Page : Worksheet : Quiz C. Grammar: Number 1. _______________________ tells you if a noun is singular or plural. Gender 2. _______________________ tells you if a noun is masculine or feminine. 3. Finish filling in the gender endings in the boxes below: Singular Plural muchacho: boy Masculine _________________________________ muchachos: boys _________________________________ muchacha: girl _________________________________ muchachas: girls _________________________________ Feminine D. Cognados: lunar 1. A _______________________ eclipse is an eclipse of the moon. (luna) 28 Unit 1 Memory Page : Grammar Page : Worksheet : Quiz A. New and Review Vocabulary: Spanish Q English cenar: ceno, cené, cenaré to eat dinner: I eat dinner, I ate dinner, _____________________________________________ I will eat dinner to rest: I rest, I rested, I will rest descansar: descanso, descansé, descansaré _____________________________________________ necesitar: necesito, necesité, necesitaré to need: I need, I needed, I will need _____________________________________________ observar: observo, observé, observaré I will observe _____________________________________________ to observe: I observe, I observed, tomar: tomo, tomé, tomaré to take/have something to eat or drink: I take/have..., I took/had..., I will take/have _____________________________________________ amar: amo, amé, amaré to love: I love, I loved, I will love _____________________________________________ la cena dinner _____________________________________________ la mesa table _____________________________________________ la silla chair _____________________________________________ la cama bed _____________________________________________ la luna moon _____________________________________________ la muchacha young lady/girl _____________________________________________ la escuela school _____________________________________________ B. Canto: Noun Endings Fill in the gender endings and their English translation for the noun muchacho. Singular Plural Masculine o muchach_______________________ os muchach_______________________ Feminine a muchach_______________________ as muchach_______________________ C. Grammar: Define the following term. Whether something is masculine or feminine 1. Gender:������������������������������������������������������������������ When a noun or verb is talking about just one of something 2. Singular: _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 3 29