As much as possible, use Spanish resources (internet, newspapers, magazines, books), to write 1-2 paragraphs in English about a topic of personal interest. For example, if you are a soccer fan, you may consider researching information on Spain's national soccer team or a famous soccer player from a Spanish-speaking country.

Letizia ortiz (1) (nacía/nació) en 1972, en oviedo. (2) (estudió/estudiaba) periodismo en la universidad complutense de madrid. desde que (3) (terminaba/terminó), (4) (ha tenido/tiene) varios puestos importantes. cuando la reina letizia y el rey felipe (5) (se conocían/se conocieron), ella (6) (trabajó/trabajaba) como periodista de tve y por aquella época (7) (era/fue) una de las figuras del canal. desde hace unos días, la reina letizia y el rey felipe (8) (estarán/están) en méxico y (9) (anunciaban/han anunciado) que (10) (viajan/viajarán) a otros países de latinoamérica como representantes de la corona española.

Read and select the best answer. i am often asked, "why do some hispanic people use two last names? " well, in spanish a last name is not called a last name. in spanish, the last name is called an apellido. when you talk about someone's last name, you talk about their apellidos since there are two of them. the two apellidos are referred to as the first apellido and the second apellido. why are there two? well, my husband's first apellido is rodríguez, which is the first apellido (last name) of his father. his second apellido (last name) is pizano, which is the first apellido of his mom (this one is usually called the mother's maiden name in the us). his full name is francisco rodríguez pizano. below is his example: his dad's apellidos were: rodríguez abundis his mom's apellidos were: pizano lópez my husband's full name is: francisco rodríguez pizano

Fill in the blank with the spanish word that best completes the following sentence. es el día en que los americanos comen pavo. el día de acción de gracias el día de la independencia el día de la madre la nochebuena