Great observation! Yes - you'll notice as we get further into your Spanish course, I do this thing where I peek ahead, let you sort of just get a little exposure to a new concept without any responsibility to memorize or comprehend... so that when you ARE in that lesson, it feels just a bit easier as your language ability snowballs.

I don't have my guide book in front of me right now, but I don't believe it has exercises from that page listed, does it? - Just listen? Each assignment is specifically listed, so you don't have to guess.

Yes, please follow along with the instructions and speak and repeat. You have to learn it the way you hope to use it - without speaking, you'll never learn to speak! :-)