In this exercise, you need to mark the following sentences as true or false.

1. *Mexican writer Laura Esquivel wrote “Como agua para chocolate”.*
**True**

2. *La Quebrada is a famous archaeological site in Mexico.*
**False**: it is a cliff.

3. *María Izquierdo is famous for her paintings of landscapes.*
**False**: she’s famous for her paintings of families.

4. *México is located in South America.*
**False**: it’s located in North America.

5. *You can practice water sports on the coast of Mexico.*
**True**.

1. cierto, 2. falso, 3. falso, 4. falso, 5. cierto

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

The first question reads.

*What show can tourists see in Acapulco?*

So, you can write:

*En Acapulco, los turistas pueden ver a los clavadistas de La Quebrada.*
In Acapulco, tourists can see the divers of La Quebrada.

The second question reads:

*What’s a good place to see archaeological sites in Mexico?*

So, you can write:

*Un buen lugar para ver sitios arqueológicos en México es la península de Yucatán.*
A good place to see archaeological sites in Mexico is the Yucatan peninsula.

The last question reads:

*Who painted “Mis sobrinas”?*

So, you can write:

*La pintora del cuadro “Mis sobrinas” fue María Izquierdo.*
María Izquierdo painted “Mis sobrinas”.

In this exercise, you need to explain what was life like in Mexico in the 1900s. You need to write about how families lived, how were chores done, and what the differences are between that and today.

So, you can write:

*En el 1900 en México, no había electricidad. Las familias vivían juntas en casas grandes, y se iluminaban con velas y lámparas a gas. Los quehaceres se hacían a mano. Hoy en día, podemos iluminarnos con lámparas eléctricas, y usar electrodomésticos para hacer los quehaceres.*

In the 1900s in Mexico, there was no electricity. Families lived together in big houses, and illuminated their spaces with candles and gas lit lamps. Chores were done by hand. Today, we can use ellectric lamps to illuminate, and use appliances to do chores.