Spanish Speaking Practice Test: Customs and Experiences

Take the Spanish Speaking Practice Test: Customs and Experiences to check the key language, meanings and communication skills covered in this lesson. Use this quiz after the lesson to check understanding and identify anything worth reviewing.

Estimated time: 18 minutes

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Instructions

Complete all sections carefully. Follow the instruction for each question type and choose or enter the best answer.

Read the instructions shown at the start of each section before answering.

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer.

1. What is the best opening for limiting the scope of the custom explanation?

2. In Marta's family, what happens first on the night of January 5?

3. What do the children do before going to bed?

4. What happens the following morning in Marta's family?

5. According to the lesson, what is most important for Marta's family?

6. Which sentence gives a specific similarity between the two family experiences?

True or False

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

7. In the second family account, the family gets together on December 24 and opens gifts after dinner.

8. The lesson says that the two families handle the timing of gifts in exactly the same way.

9. "Nuestra costumbre es mejor" is recommended as a neutral comparison.

10. "Son formas diferentes de celebrar con la familia" avoids ranking one custom above the other.

11. If asked whether all families in the city follow the same custom, the speaker should claim yes to sound confident.

Fill in the Blanks with Options

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.

12. Complete the sentence.

Primero .

13. Complete the sentence.

Después los niños .

14. Complete the sentence.

Antes de acostarse, ponen .

15. Complete the sentence.

A la mañana siguiente .

16. Complete the sentence.

Para mí, significa pasar tiempo con mi familia y .

Reading

Read the text and answer the question.

Reading passage

En mi familia no hacemos eso. Nosotros nos reunimos el 24 de diciembre y abrimos los regalos después de cenar.

17. What specific difference can be compared with Marta's family?

Reading passage

¿Todas las familias de tu ciudad lo hacen así?
No lo sé. Yo solo puedo explicar cómo lo hacemos en mi familia.

18. Why is the response strong according to the lesson?

Reading passage

En mi experiencia, las dos celebraciones tienen un ambiente familiar, pero el momento de los regalos es diferente.

19. What makes this comparison appropriate?

Reading passage

Performance criteria: meanings are attributed to the people who express them, similarities and differences are based on specific information, and follow-up questions receive direct answers.

20. Which response best follows these criteria?

Dialogue

Complete the dialogue with the correct answer.

21. Complete the dialogue.
Listener
¿Todas las familias de tu ciudad lo hacen así?
Speaker
Choose an answer
Complete the dialogue:

22. Complete the dialogue.
Listener
¿Qué significa para ti esa tradición?
Speaker
Para mí, significa Choose an answer.
Complete the dialogue:

23. Complete the dialogue.
Listener
¿Qué diferencia concreta hay entre las dos experiencias?
Speaker
En una familia los niños buscan los regalos por la mañana y en la otra los Choose an answer.
Complete the dialogue:

24. Complete the dialogue.
Listener
¿Cómo puedes comparar sin hacer un juicio cultural amplio?
Speaker
Puedo hablar de Choose an answer y limitar lo que afirmo.
Complete the dialogue:

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