Accent marks

Question 1

Context Sentence (Fill in the blank)

Answer 1

Correct Word & Explanation

Question 2

Espero que me ______ (give) el libro mañana.

Answer 2

dé (Verb ‘dar’ requires accent; ‘de’ is a preposition)

Question 3

No ______ (I know) por qué ella no vino a la fiesta.

Answer 3

sé (Verb ‘saber’ requires accent; ‘se’ is a pronoun)

Question 4

Dime ______ (what) quieres comer esta noche.

Answer 4

qué (Indirect question requires accent; ‘que’ is a relative pronoun)

Question 5

Él siempre piensa en ______ (himself).

Answer 5

sí (Reflexive pronoun requires accent; ‘si’ is ‘if’)

Question 6

Quiero ir, ______ (but) no tengo dinero.

Answer 6

mas (Archaic/formal ‘but’ has no accent; ‘más’ means ‘more’)

Question 7

Todavía no ha llegado, ______ (even) así esperaremos.

Answer 7

aun (‘Aun’ meaning ‘even/including’ has no accent; ‘aún’ means ‘still’)

Question 8

Él es el ______ (the) mejor estudiante de la clase.

Answer 8

el (Definite article has no accent; ‘él’ is ‘he’)

Question 9

Ese es el libro ______ (that) me prestaste.

Answer 9

que (Relative pronoun has no accent; ‘qué’ is for questions/exclamations)

Question 10

No me gusta este ______ (tea), prefiero el café.

Answer 10

té (The noun ‘tea’ requires accent; ‘te’ is an object pronoun)

Question 11

______ (You) eres mi mejor amigo.

Answer 11

Tú (Subject pronoun requires accent; ‘tu’ is possessive ‘your’)

Question 12

Esta es ______ (your) mochila, ¿verdad?

Answer 12

tu (Possessive adjective has no accent; ‘tú’ is ‘you’)

Question 13

A mí me gusta el chocolate, ¿y a ______ (you)?

Answer 13

ti (Always NO accent; common mistake to mirror ‘mí’)

Question 14

Este regalo es para ______ (me).

Answer 14

mí (Prepositional pronoun requires accent; ‘mi’ is possessive ‘my’)

Question 15

Explícame ______ (how) resolviste el problema de cálculo.

Answer 15

cómo (Indirect question requires accent; ‘como’ is ‘as/like/I eat’)

Question 16

No importa ______ (where) vayas, te encontraré.

Answer 16

donde (Relative adverb here; no accent unless it’s a direct/indirect question)

Question 17

¿______ (Which) de estos es tu favorito?

Answer 17

Cuál (Interrogative requires accent; ‘cual’ is relative)

Question 18

Ignoro ______ (when) terminará la conferencia.

Answer 18

cuándo (Indirect question requires accent; ‘cuando’ is a conjunction)

Question 19

Ella es ______ (more) alta que su hermana.

Answer 19

más (Adverb of quantity requires accent; ‘mas’ is ‘but’)

Question 20

______ (If) vienes mañana, podemos estudiar juntos.

Answer 20

Si (Condition ‘if’ has no accent; ‘sí’ is ‘yes/self’)

Question 21

¡______ (How) calor hace hoy!

Answer 21

Qué (Exclamatory ‘what/how’ requires accent)

Question 22

No entiendo el ______ (reason) de su comportamiento.

Answer 22

porqué (Noun meaning ‘the reason’ is one word with accent)

Question 23

Estudio ______ (because) quiero graduarme pronto.

Answer 23

porque (Conjunction meaning ‘because’ is one word, no accent)

Question 24

¿______ (Why) no me llamaste anoche?

Answer 24

Por qué (Question is two words with accent)

Question 25

Esa es la razón ______ (for which) me preocupo.

Answer 25

por que (Relative 'for which' is two words, no accent)

Question 26

______ (I still) no he recibido el correo de la academia.

Answer 26

Aún (Adverb meaning 'still' requires accent; 'aun' means 'even')

Question 27

Ni ______ (even) su madre pudo convencerlo.

Answer 27

aun ('Aun' meaning 'even' has no accent)

Question 28

Ya ______ (I know) que me equivoqué.

Answer 28

sé (Verb 'saber' requires accent)

Question 29

¡______ (Be) valiente en el examen!

Answer 29

Sé (Imperative of 'ser' requires accent)

Question 30

Solo quiero estar ______ (alone).

Answer 30

solo (Adjective meaning 'alone' has no accent. RAE now discourages the accent on the adverb 'only' as well)

Question 31

Me pregunto ______ (who) llamó tan tarde.

Answer 31

quién (Indirect question requires accent; 'quien' is relative)