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Which of the following conjugated verbs should be used in the above sentence?
“¿ __________ hambre, Señor Ruiz? ¡Debe comer!
In Spanish, to say that a person is hungry one must use the verb "tener." Also, the question is directed to someone in a formal situation; therefore, the conjugation of "tener" is in agreement with the subject "Usted."
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Ellos _________ en la calle cuando vieron a Claudia.
In the first part of the sentence, the action that was interrupted before they saw Claudia was an action in progress in the past; therefore the imperfect tense must be used.
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Cuando llegaron ayer, tú ya __________.
The first part of the sentence, "when they arrived yesterday," is in the preterite; the next clause that has the word "ya," "already," in it, implies the next action had occurred before the first one; therefore we need the past perfect tense, which in the 2nd person singular would be, habías comido.
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Which is the correct verb form?
Estaba andando en el parque cuando, de repente, un ciervo me __________.
This sentence expresses the completed action of the deer surprising me in the park, thus the preterite tense is the only correct response.
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Which verb form is correct in context?
Estaba andando en la calle cuando, de repente, un ladrón __________ robarme.
An interrupted action sequence requires the imperfect tense for the interrupted action and the preterite tense for the interrupting action, in this case, "intentó." The other verbs either do not agree in tense or in number with "un ladrón."
English translation: "I was walking in the street when, all of a sudden, a thief tried to rob me."
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Which verb form properly completes the sentence?
__________ cerca de la orilla del rio cuando, de repente, vi un pez.
The first verb conveys an action that is interrupted, so it needs to be in the imperfect tense. Only "Andaba" is the first person imperfect form of "andar" (to walk).
English translation: "I was walking near the bank of the river when, all of a sudden, I saw a fish."
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__________ mi tarea antes del examen mañana.
The only possible tense that can be used correctly here is the future perfect, which uses the past participle of "hacer," "hecho" and the future form of the verb "haber," "habré."
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Which verb best completes this sentence?
Si hubiera hecho el crimen, __________ culpable, pero no lo hice.
This is a classic conditional haber/ser structure: the right answer is sería; estaría is in the right tense but does not agree with the adjective; estuviera both does not agree with the adjective and is in the wrong tense.
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“Si yo tuviera mucho dinero, __________.”
The statement “If I had a lot of money” requires the use of the conditional mood to complete the sentence. The only option that uses the conditional is “habría comprado” (I would have bought).
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Is something gramatically wrong with this sentence?
Siento como si no hubiera dormido por tres días, estoy muy cansado.
The sentence above is grammatically correct, and uses a properly constructed conditional perfect subjunctive clause to describe the feeling introduced by the verb, siento.
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Me __________ ir al concerto contigo, pero no tengo dinero.
The correct answer is "gustaría," the conditional tense. When translated the sentence means "I would like to go to the concert but I don't have money."
"Gusto" is the wrong tense and person. "Gustaba" and "gustó" are the wrong tense, and "gustan" is the wrong tense and number.
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Cuando era joven, yo __________ cada día.
The correct answer is "caminaba." Since the action happened repeatedly in the past, the tense that is needed is the imperfect. The other tenses cannot work, since they do not express the continuous action of the imperfect.
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Nosotros __________ allí por ocho años.
The correct answer is vivimos. Even though the example given "por ocho años" was an action that occurred over a long period of time, since a definitive beginning and ending period is given in the sentence, the only viable verb is "vivimos," as all of the other verbs are in the imperfect tense.
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Which of the following conjugated verbs should be used in the above sentence?
“¿ __________ hambre, Señor Ruiz? ¡Debe comer!
In Spanish, to say that a person is hungry one must use the verb "tener." Also, the question is directed to someone in a formal situation; therefore, the conjugation of "tener" is in agreement with the subject "Usted."
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Fill in the blank with the correct response.
Ellos _________ en la calle cuando vieron a Claudia.
In the first part of the sentence, the action that was interrupted before they saw Claudia was an action in progress in the past; therefore the imperfect tense must be used.
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Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
Cuando llegaron ayer, tú ya __________.
The first part of the sentence, "when they arrived yesterday," is in the preterite; the next clause that has the word "ya," "already," in it, implies the next action had occurred before the first one; therefore we need the past perfect tense, which in the 2nd person singular would be, habías comido.
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Which is the correct verb form?
Estaba andando en el parque cuando, de repente, un ciervo me __________.
This sentence expresses the completed action of the deer surprising me in the park, thus the preterite tense is the only correct response.
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Which verb form is correct in context?
Estaba andando en la calle cuando, de repente, un ladrón __________ robarme.
An interrupted action sequence requires the imperfect tense for the interrupted action and the preterite tense for the interrupting action, in this case, "intentó." The other verbs either do not agree in tense or in number with "un ladrón."
English translation: "I was walking in the street when, all of a sudden, a thief tried to rob me."
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Which verb form properly completes the sentence?
__________ cerca de la orilla del rio cuando, de repente, vi un pez.
The first verb conveys an action that is interrupted, so it needs to be in the imperfect tense. Only "Andaba" is the first person imperfect form of "andar" (to walk).
English translation: "I was walking near the bank of the river when, all of a sudden, I saw a fish."
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__________ mi tarea antes del examen mañana.
The only possible tense that can be used correctly here is the future perfect, which uses the past participle of "hacer," "hecho" and the future form of the verb "haber," "habré."
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