SECTION A

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Instructions: Read items 1-20 carefully and then circle the letter that corresponds with the
most appropriate answer. (20 marks)
1. How many Spanish speaking countries are there in the world?
a. 31
b. 12
c. 21
d. 23
2. How many of these Spanish speaking countries are located in the Caribbean?
a. 5
b. 3
c. 4
d. 21
3. The names of the Spanish speaking countries in the Caribbean are______________.
a. Dominican Rebublic, Cuba, Puerto Rico
b. Venezuela, Colombia, Panamá
c. Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela
d. Panamá, Honduras, Belice
4. What is the capital of Cuba?
a. Habana
b. Santa Clara
c. San Juan
d. La ciudad de Cuba
5. ‘Buenas tardes’ is Spanish greeting used for which time of the day?
a. Early night
b. Afternoon
c. Morning
d. Late night
6. You would answer: ‘Me llamo Antonio’ to which one of the following questions?
a. ¿ Cómo llamas?
b. ¿ Cómo te llamas?
c. ¿Cuándo llamas?
d. ¿A quién llamas?
7. You would answer: ¡Muy bien! to which one of the following questions?
a. ¿ De dónde eres?
b. ¿ Cómo te llamas?
c. ¿ Dónde estás?
d. ¿ Cómo estás?
8. The first Spaniard to visit Jamaica was?
a. Rafael Nadal
b. Christopher Columbus
c. Enrique Iglesias
d. Pitbull

9. _____ llamo Alejandro. 10. ____________ la vista, papá.

a. Se a. Hasta
b. Le b. Adiós
c. Te c. Chao
d. Me d. Chaito

11. Seis, cinco, cuatro, _____ 12. Buenos __________, papá.

a. siete a. noches
b. catorce b. tardes
c. diez c. días
d. tres d. tardes

13. _______, uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco.

a. Tres
b. Seis
c. Uno
d. Cero

14. When we want to say welcome to a group of male students, we say:

a. Bienvenida
b. Bienvenido
c. Bienvenidos
d. Bienvenidas
15. How many letters are there in the 16. What sound does the Spanish P make?
Spanish Alphabet? a. Erreh
a. 24 b. Peh
b. 26 c. Eh-keese
c. 30 d. Eee-gree
d. 34
 17. What sound does the Spanish O 18. What sound does the Spanish X make?
make?  a. Errreh
a. Oh b. Kah
b. Hotah c. Eh-keese
c. Eh d. Ne-yay
d. Coo

19. What sound does the Spanish N make? 20. What sound does the Spanish T make?
a. Say a. Teh
b. En ey b. Day
c. Oh
c. Ah-chay
d. Peh
d. Coo
SECTION B
THE SPANISH ALPHABET
Instructions: Write the words that have been spelled below using your knowledge of the
Spanish alphabet. (5 marks)
1. Be, o, ele, i, ve, i, a = _______________________
2. ene, o, eme, be, ere, e = _______________________
3. o, ce, ache, o = _______________________
4. ce, u, eme, pe, ele, e, a, eñe, o, ese = _______________________
5. e, ese, pe, a, eñe, o, ele = _______________________

SECTION C

MATCHING GREETINGS & FAREWELLS

Match the Spanish items in Column A with their corresponding translations in Column B
by writing the letters on the lines provided. Do not draw any lines. (10 marks)
Column A Column B
1. Hasta mañana _______ A. Good afternoon
2. Mucho gusto _______ B. Goodbye
3. Buenas tardes _______ C. See you tomorrow
4. Gracias _______ D. Good morning
5. Adiós _______ E. Welcome
6. Buenos días _______ F. How are you?
7. ¿Y tú? _______ G. Good night
8. ¿Qué tal? _______ H. Thank you
 9. Buenas noches _______ I. Pleased to meet you
10. Bienvenido _______ J. And you?
EL DIÁLOGO
Instructions: Read the dialogue below about the different greetings and farewells in
Spanish and then answer the questions 1-3 in English. (3 marks)

Ana: Hola Pedro. Buenas tardes, “¿Cómo estás?”

Pedro: “Muy bien, gracias, Ana” “¿Y tú?”
Ana: “Estoy bien, gracias, Pedro”
Pedro: “¡Adiós, Ana!”
Pedro: “¡Hasta la vista, Pedro!”
Questions:
1. Who are the two persons in the dialogue?
________________________________________________________________________

2. What was the first question that was asked in the dialogue?
________________________________________________________________________

3. Hasta la vista means _________________________________________ in English.

SECTION D
SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES & THEIR CAPITALS
Complete each sentence with the capital of each country. (5 marks)

1. The capital of Cuba is ________________________

2. The capital of Spain is ________________________
3. The capital of Panama is ________________________
4. The capital of Mexico is ________________________
5. Santa Domingo is the capital of ________________________

SECTION E
GREETINGS
Instructions: Which greeting in Spanish would you use with the given times? (5 marks)
 1. 2:00 PM _____________________________
2. 8:00 AM _____________________________
3. 6:10 PM _____________________________
4. 11:00 PM _____________________________
5. 11: 57 AM _____________________________

SECTION F
SITUATIONS

Instruction: What would you say in the following situations? All responses to these
situations should be in SPANISH. (10 marks)

1. You arrive at school in the morning. Greet your form teacher.

________________________________________________________________________
2. It is the end of the school day and you are leaving school. What do you say to your
friend? _________________________________________________________________
3. You are about to go to bed at night. What do you say to your parents?
________________________________________________________________________
4. The Minister of Education and the Prime Minister come to your school. Welcome them.
________________________________________________________________________
5. A new student is placed in your class. Introduce yourself to him/her.
________________________________________________________________________

SECTION G
THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING SPANISH
List THREE reasons why it is important to learn Spanish. (6 marks)

1. ________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________
 ________________________________________________________________________

SECTION H
ELIMINATION
Instructions: Circle the word that does NOT belong to each numbered list.
1. Chao Hola Buenas noches Buenas tardes
2. Once Equis Dos Diecisiete
3. Adiós Cuatro Chao Hasta pronto
4. France Panamá Venezuela Cuba
5. Paraguay Portugal Costa Rica Perú
6. ¿Cómo te llamas? ¿Qué tal? ¿Cuál es tu nombre?