Now that you have worked through a lot of material that includes these basic patterns, and you have compared grammatically correct and incorrect sentences, write down what you think is a rule that could explain what makes a sentence grammatically correct or not. For example, you might write something like: "verbs always match nouns in number, and they usually come before the noun." In other words, make your best guess for the grammar rule that makes sense out of the pattern(s) you see in the phrases you have been working with. Review if you need to, and you might briefly check your hunches against the sentences you have been working with in this or previous modules. Keep in mind that what you're after is your hunch, not a grammar rule from a text book. Now check your hunch with the explanation of this principle in the following pattern.

¿cuáles artículos corresponden con las siguientes palabras? (which definite articles correspond with the following words? watch out for gender exceptions. re-write the following nouns preceded by the correct article. 1. perro 2. ventanas 3. dogmas 4. calculación 5. caridad ¿cuáles indefenidos corresponden con las siguientes palabras? (which indefinite articles correspond with the following words? ) re-write the following nouns preceded by the correct indefenido. 6. primos 7. apartamentos 8. idioma 9. naciones 10. ¿cómo se dice "step sister" en español? the following is a family tree where "-" indicates a married couple and the names below them are their children. the "& " indicates siblings. ana - victor dora - rafael & jose - isabel carlos & maría paula & jorge rafael and jose are ana and victors kids; rafael married dora; jose married isabel. carlos and maria are dora and rafael's kids; and paula and jorge are jose and isabel's kids. what is the relationship? re-write the following sentences adding the correct family relationship where there is a blank. for example: victor es el de ana. victor es el esposo de ana. 16. jose es el de rafael (jose is rafael' 17. ana es la de jorge: 18. jose es el de maría: 19. carlos es el de ana: 20. isabel es la de jorge: 21. victor es el de isabel: 22. carlos es el de isabel: answer the questions below: 23. ¿cómo se dice "the cousins" en español? 24. ¿cómo se dice "some dogs" en español? 25. what is a correct plural of "vacación" (vacation)? 26. what is a quinceañera? 27. now use what you learned in this lesson to write a few simple sentences in spanish telling who is in your family.

Irene es una joven ciega, talentosa e independiente que va a la biblioteca para escuchar las grabaciones (recordings) de pablo, un lector de poemas. ella se enamora de su voz y consigue información sobre él un día que se queda hasta tarde en la biblioteca. comienza a llamarlo sin identificarse. pablo está solo y se siente triste. sin darse cuenta, se va enamorando de irene y está ansioso (anxious) por saber quién es. ă‰l sospecha que la misteriosa mujer es una usuaria (user) de sus grabaciones. se dirige a la biblioteca para buscar información sobre ella y finalmente se conocen.

Complete the sentence with the correct option. spanish incorporates words from native american languages