Preliminar - Lección 1

Alphabet, pronunciation, accents, nouns & articles 
Use the audio bar to listen to the alphabet and follow along with the letters below.
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This Prezi is exactly the same as the one above, but the first part is abbreviated so that you can get to the nouns and articles part of the lesson faster by skipping over the alphabet and accent rules.


​Práctica

P-1-A  Rules of stress and accent marks

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Underline the vowel where the stress naturally fall on these words.  If the word needs an accent mark, put it over the correct vowel.

1.  abril           2.  cuaderno        3.  miercoles       4.  calor           5.  computadora             
6.  escribir      7.  lapiz                8.  alfabeto         9.  avion           10.  desafortunadamente

P-1-B  Gender and articles

Put the correct definite article in front of the following nouns.  "The"

1.  _______ puerta     2._______ cuaderno     3.  _______ mes     4.  _______ estudiante     5.  _______ profesor     6.  _______ profesora

Now make them plural:

1.  _______  __________________          2. _______  __________________           3._______  __________________

4.  _______  __________________          5._______  __________________            6._______  __________________

Put the correct indefinite article in front of the following nouns.  "A or Some"

1.  _______ escritorio     2.  _______ lápiz     3.  _______ computadora     4.  _______ examen     5.  _______ bolígrafo     6.  _______ sillón

Now make them plural:

1.  _______  __________________          2. _______  __________________           3._______  __________________

4.  _______  __________________          5._______  __________________            6._______  __________________

Put M or F for Masculine or Feminine for the following words.

1.  _______ reloj     2.  _______cartel     3.  _______  pupitre     4.  _______ mapa     5.  _______ foto     6.  ​_______  moto

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P-1-C    Listening Comprehension

Listen to the audio link below and see if you can correctly spell the words you hear in Spanish.  Remember to add the correct definite article in front of each word for numbers 1-5 and the correct indefinite article for numbers 6-10.  

Be patient after clicking the play button.  It may take a minute to load.
​If you feel that you don't have enough time to write down the words as you hear them, pause the audio between words.  You can also move the curser to hear the words more than once.  Listen to it as many times as you need to in order to understand the pronunciation.

Remember that it's not important to know what each of these words mean.  The important element here is... Can you spell what you here?
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P-1-D More listening comprehension

Think P-1-C was hard?  Try these words!  Same instructions.
Listen to the audio link below and see if you can correctly spell the words you hear in Spanish.  Remember to add the correct definite article in front of each word for numbers 1-5 and the correct indefinite article for numbers 6-10. 
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