In this exercise, you need to fill in the blanks in the sentences in the words in the box.

The words are:

**Distrito Federal**
**sobrinas** (nieces)
**enchiladas**
**acuáticos** (aquatic)
**familias** (families)

The first sentence reads:

*Painter María Izquierdo is famous for her portraits of ____.*

The most appropriate word is **familias**, families.

The second sentence reads:

*María Izquierdo painted her ____.*

The most appropriate word is **sobrinas**, nieces.

The third sentence reads:

*On the beaches of Mexico you can practice ____ sports.*

The most appropriate word is **acuáticos**, aquatic.

The fourth sentence reads:

*Financial activity and the principal colleges in Mexico are in the ____.*

The most appropriate word is **Distrito Federal**.

The last sentence reads:

*____ are a typical Mexican dish.*

The most appropriate word is **enchiladas**.

1. familias, 2. sobrinas, 3. acuáticos, 4. Distrito Federal, 5. enchiladas.

In this exercise, you need to answer these questions about Mexico with full sentences.

The first question reads:

*What’s the currency of Mexico?*

So, you can write:

*La moneda de México es el peso mexicano.*
The currency of Mexico is the Mexican peso.

The second question reads:

*Where can you see the divers of La Quebrada?*

So, you can write:

*Se puede ver a los clavadistas de La Quebrada en Acapulco.*
You can see the divers of La Quebrada in Acapulco.

The last question reads:

*What was mexican writer Laura Esquivel’s first novel?*

So, you can write:

*La primera novela de Laura Esquivel fue “Como agua para chocolate”.*
Laura Esquivel’s first novel was “Como agua para chocolate”.

In this exercise, you need to describe what you can do in either La Quebrada or Tulum. Then, you need to explain which of those places you’d prefer to go to and why.

So, you can write:

*La Quebrada es un acantilado en México donde se puede ver un espectáculo de clavadistas. Tulum es una ciudad amurallada con ruinas del imperio Maya en la costa del mar Caribe. Me gustaría visitar Tulum, porque me gustaría ver ruinas antiguas.*

La Quebrada is a cliff in Mexico where you can see a diver show. Tulum is a walled city that contains ruins from the Mayan empire located on the coast of the Caribbean sea. I’d rather visit Tulum, because I would like to see ancient ruins.