Untitled Flashcard Set

Set 1: The Legend Vocabulary

Focus on these for the Reading and Listening sections.

Front (Spanish)

Back (English)

Valiente

Brave

La bruja

The witch

La batalla

The battle

El guerrero

The warrior

Pelear

To fight

La moraleja

The moral / lesson

Cobarde

Coward

El personaje

The character

Tener celos

To be jealous

Érase una vez...

Once upon a time...


Set 2: The "Big 4" Irregular Preterites

These verbs from your list have "special" stems that do not use accents.

Front (Verb)

Back (Preterite Conjugation)

Estar

estuv- (estuve, estuviste, estuvo...)

Poner

pus- (puse, pusiste, puso...)

Ser

fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron

Decidir

(Regular: decidí, decidiste, decidió...)


🧠 Set 3: Preterite vs. Imperfect (Usage)

Crucial for the "Fill in the Blanks" and "Multiple Choice" sections.

Front (Scenario)

Back (Tense to Use)

Age and Time (I was 10 years old...)

Imperfect

Sudden Action (Suddenly, it started...)

Preterite

Physical Description (She was tall...)

Imperfect

Specific Number of Times (Twice, I ran...)

Preterite

Habitual Actions (I used to play...)

Imperfect

Completed Event (I bought a car...)

Preterite


Set 4: The Tricky Verbs Drill

Conjugations from your specific study list.

Front (Verb + Subject)

Back (Correct Form)

Pedir (Él - Preterite)

Pidió (e→i stem change)

Aparecer (Ellos - Preterite)

Aparecieron

Empezar (Yo - Preterite)

Empecé (z→c spelling change)

Ser (Nosotros - Imperfect)

Éramos (Don't forget the accent!)

Ver (Yo - Imperfect)

Veía

Continuar (Ella - Preterite)

Continuó


💡 Strategy for your exam:

When you hit the Reading Section, look for these "Speed Bumps":

  1. The "Interruption": If someone is doing something (Imperfect) and something else happens (Preterite).

    • Example: "Yo leía (Imperfect) cuando el teléfono sonó (Preterite)."

  2. The "Scene": If the paragraph is just describing the setting (the weather was nice, the palace was big), stay in the Imperfect.

Would you like a mock "True/False" reading passage using these words to test yourself?

Set 1: The Legend Vocabulary

Focus on these for the Reading and Listening sections.

Front (Spanish)

Back (English)

Valiente

Brave

La bruja

The witch

La batalla

The battle

El guerrero

The warrior

Pelear

To fight

La moraleja

The moral / lesson

Cobarde

Coward

El personaje

The character

Tener celos

To be jealous

Érase una vez...

Once upon a time...


Set 2: The "Big 4" Irregular Preterites

These verbs from your list have "special" stems that do not use accents.

Front (Verb)

Back (Preterite Conjugation)

Estar

estuv- (estuve, estuviste, estuvo...)

Poner

pus- (puse, pusiste, puso...)

Ser

fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron

Decidir

(Regular: decidí, decidiste, decidió...)


🧠 Set 3: Preterite vs. Imperfect (Usage)

Crucial for the "Fill in the Blanks" and "Multiple Choice" sections.

Front (Scenario)

Back (Tense to Use)

Age and Time (I was 10 years old...)

Imperfect

Sudden Action (Suddenly, it started...)

Preterite

Physical Description (She was tall...)

Imperfect

Specific Number of Times (Twice, I ran...)

Preterite

Habitual Actions (I used to play...)

Imperfect

Completed Event (I bought a car...)

Preterite


Set 4: The Tricky Verbs Drill

Conjugations from your specific study list.

Front (Verb + Subject)

Back (Correct Form)

Pedir (Él - Preterite)

Pidió (e→i stem change)

Aparecer (Ellos - Preterite)

Aparecieron

Empezar (Yo - Preterite)

Empecé (z→c spelling change)

Ser (Nosotros - Imperfect)

Éramos (Don't forget the accent!)

Ver (Yo - Imperfect)

Veía

Continuar (Ella - Preterite)

Continuó


💡 Strategy for your exam:

When you hit the Reading Section, look for these "Speed Bumps":

  1. The "Interruption": If someone is doing something (Imperfect) and something else happens (Preterite).

    • Example: "Yo leía (Imperfect) cuando el teléfono sonó (Preterite)."

  2. The "Scene": If the paragraph is just describing the setting (the weather was nice, the palace was big), stay in the Imperfect.

Would you like a mock "True/False" reading passage using these words to test yourself?