¿Verdadero o falso? Separate into small groups of 3-4 people. You have roughly 3 minutes to prepare two statements about yourself in Spanish to introduce to your group - one true; one false. (Make it difficult to determine which statement is true and which is false.) Pause after each statement to let your group guess which is which.

Past tense verb practice: It’s time to get out those workplace-verb flash cards again. You and a partner can test each other to improve your past tense verb conjugation. Hold up an ar, er, or ir verb. Then choose a present tense form which your partner must match in the past tense. Take turns giving each other verb forms.

For example, let’s say you choose the verb vender (to sell). You say, “vende” - the third person singular form of the verb. Your partner should respond with the past tense equivalent “vendió.” Next, it’s your partner’s turn. Your partner says “terminan,” the third person plural form of the verb terminar. You respond with “terminaron.”

Work together for about 10 minutes. See how many verbs you can get through. Which team of partners in the class covered the most verbs? (See Work into Spanish for a great list of the most commonly used work-related verbs.)

Take this cultural quiz
Newsweek magazine gave 1,000 Americans the U.S. Citizenship Test- What percent failed? (from http://news.yahoo.com)

a. 18%
b. 28%
c. 38%
d. 48%

Ans. C.