In spanish what does entregar la tarea mean

An acorn seed becomes a seedling before it is an oak tree. this is an example of which characteristics of life?

¿qué fecha es el día del año nuevo?

Okay so i'm taking an online spanish course (penn foster), and in the study guide, you have to create a bunch of sentences with words you've learned so far. translating, reading, and those kinds of things are fairly easy, but when it comes to making my own sentences, my brain just kinda waltz's away. anyone got any tips?