Placement Evaluation Name:



Roca Blanca Spanish Language School

Placement Evaluation Name:       Date:      

This is not a test that will be evaluated by a pass or fail grading system. This is a brief evaluation of your present knowledge of Spanish, and must be completed without assistance of any kind in order for your placement to be correctly assessed. You will need to type some Spanish characters (accent marks, ñ, ¿). Instructions for typing these are at the bottom of the last page of this evaluation. The use of a dictionary is prohibited.

1. Fill in the blanks with el or la:

      salvación       casa       mano       camión

      tema       carro       ciudad       padre

2. Write the meaning of and conjugate the following verbs in the present tense:

hablar –      

comer –      

vivir –      

ir –      

tener –      

hacer –      

poder –      

venir –      

3. Translate:

a. We want to speak to the pastor.      

b. You can’t see the pastor today.      

c. The water comes from the well. (well = pozo)      

4. Make the following nouns and articles plural:

el profesor –      

la silla –      

el lunes –      

5. Translate:

a. We are going to eat.      

b. You have to eat.      

c. I am not going to listen.      

d. They do not have to come.      

6. Briefly explain the difference between ser and estar, and conjugate both: explain –      

ser –      

estar –      

7. Translate, showing the proper Spanish punctuation:

Who?       When?       Where?       Whose?       How?       Which?       What?       How many?       How much?      

Why?      

8. Conjugate the following verbs in the imperfect tense:

hablar –      

vivir –      

ir –      

ser –      

ver –      

9. Briefly describe the difference between the imperfect and the preterit tenses:

     

10. Conjugate the following verbs in the preterit tense:

hablar –      

comer –      

hacer –      

salir –      

caer –      

traer –      

dar –      

saber –      

querer –      

11. Translate:

a. I brought my books. Did you bring yours?      

b. They went to his house. We went to mine.      

c. We saw your friends yesterday.      

d. He used to go to my school.      

e. You were six years old then.      

f. My grandfather was a doctor.      

g. In those days there were no cars.      

h. Where were his shoes?      

12. Write the different ways to translate:

this       /       /      

that       /       /       /       /      

these       /      

those       /       /       /      

13. Translate:

a. I read slowly.      

b. He listens patiently.      

c. They learn quickly and easily.      

d. We bought too much milk.      

e. Did you eat too much?      

f. There were a lot of children.      

g. He doesn’t study much.      

14. In Spanish, write a few sentences to introduce and briefly describe yourself (what you are like and where you are from, etc.) and tell why you want to study Spanish.      

15. Translate:

a. I am looking for my watch.      

b. She is listening to the radio.      

c. They asked for seven.      

d. We want to learn to read.      

e. He began to cry.      

f. You taught me to pray.      

g. I came to see Richard.      

16. Write the present and past participles of the following verbs:

present participle (-ing form) / past participle (-ed form)

decir –      

abrir –      

dormir –      

pedir –      

hacer –      

ver –      

17. Translate:

a. I live five kilometers from here.      

b. You need to speak with the man in the red shirt.      

c. She is at the hospital.      

d. It is 9:00 at night.      

e. These flowers are for you.      

f. I am working for Hector because he is sick.      

g. Jesus died for us.      

h. I will be there for two years.      

i. It will be ready by Monday.      

j. Jesus lives in me.      

k. Can you go with me?      

l. Everyone went except me.      

18. Conjugate these verbs in the yo form of the future and conditional tenses:

future / conditional

poder –      

hablar –      

tener –      

decir –      

correr –      

19. Conjugate the following verbs in the present tense:

conocer –      

dirigir –      

seguir –      

construir –      

entender –      

recordar –      

20. Conjugate the following verbs in the preterit tense:

buscar –      

llegar –      

empezar –      

traducir –      

servir –      

morir –      

21. Translate the entire sentence, replacing the underlined word(s) with the

Spanish object pronouns:

a. I gave the book to the boy.      

b. I gave the book to the boy.      

c. I gave the book to the boy.      

d. I am going to give the book to the boy.      

e. She gave the apples to the teacher.      

f. She gave the apples to the teacher.      

g. She gave the apples to the teacher.      

h. She wants to give the apples to the teacher.      

22. Translate:

a. I liked what you said.      

b. She likes those shoes.      

c. They like the house.      

d. My head hurts.      

e. Her feet hurt.      

23. Translate:

a. I took a bath last night.      

b. Can I sit here?      

c. She complains a lot.      

d. No one got sick.      

e. He got angry.      

f. I forgot.      

g. They respect each other.      

h. They left early.      

i. We fell asleep.      

j. I feel God’s peace.      

k. I feel fine.      

l. The house was sold last week.      

m. Smoking is prohibited.      

n. I ate what they served me.      

o. Apples are sold by the kilogram.      

p. Two men were seen near the building.      

q. I’m going to visit the family that I lived with.      

r. He became a doctor.      

s. She went crazy.      

t. I haven’t seen Richard.      

u. You wouldn’t have told me.      

v. She will have arrived by then.      

w. We hadn’t eaten yet.      

24. Translate the following comparatives:

a. as big as –      

b. as much as –      

c. as many as –      

25. Translate:

a. I have more than three.      

b. He speaks more Spanish than before.      

c. I took more food than I can eat.      

d. This costs more than we wanted to spend.      

Please email this Placement Evaluation to rocablancaspanish@ as far in advance as possible to insure a place for you in the class session(s) that you wish to be in. We’ll confirm your place in the Spanish Language School by return email.

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