Día 08

Question 1

1. acción sin limites precisos, en desarollo
2. acción habitual o repetida en el pasado
3. descripción del escenario donde ocurre algo situación
4. siempre aparece en coneción con otros verbos explicita o implicitamente

Answer 1

1. What are 3 uses of pretérito imperfecto?

4. What is the connection between the PP and other verbs

Question 2

1. Volvía a casa cuando …

2. It is a period without precise limits in which s.th was developing

Answer 2

1. I returned to the house when …

2. why pretérito imperfecto?

Question 3

1. siempre iba de vacaciones a la playa

2. because it is a habitual action which happened in the past

Answer 3

1. I always holidayed at the beach

2. why pretérito imperfecto?

Question 4

1. llovía, hacía frio, todo estaba oscura

2. because describing the scene where something happened

Answer 4

1. it was raining, it was cold, everything was dark

2. why pretérito imperfecto?

Question 5

1. Acción más o menos larga pero con limites, cerrada.

2. Acción puntual

Answer 5

What 2 situations do we use the Preterito perfecto o Indefinido?

Question 6

1. El año pasado viajó mucho.

2. Because the action took place over a defined period which no longer is relevant to now ie last year

Answer 6

1. He travelled a lot last year

2. Why pretérito perfecto?

Question 7

1. Ha llovido durante toda el día

2. Because the action took place over a defined period which is relevant to now ie today

Answer 7

1. Today it´s rained all day.

2. Why pretérito indefinido?

Question 8

1. En octubre estuve en los Pirineos.

2. Because the action took place at a point in time in the past which is no longer relevant to today ie in October

Answer 8

1. I was in the Pyrennes last October.

2. Why pretérito perfecto?

Question 9

1. El despertador ha sonido a las 7:05 h.

2 Because the action took place at a point in time in the past which is still relevant to today ie today

Answer 9

1. The alarm clock went off at 7:05 am

2. Why pretérito indefinido?

Question 10

1. it is like a photo where everything is static.

2. It is like a video where hay movimiento en la linea del tiempo, una acción sucede detrás de otra

Answer 10

1. what is a metaphor for the uses of the pretérito imperfecto?
2. 1. what is a metaphor for the uses of the pretérito perfecto o indefinito?

Question 11

1. Cuando BAJABA las escaleras SE CAYÓ.
2. pretérito imperfecto + pretérito perfecto
3. the most common instance ie situación + suceso = historía

Answer 11

1. when he was walking down the stairs he fell.
2. What is the order of the verbs?
3. What is the sequence and how frequent is this order?

Question 12

1. nosotros PASAMOS un mes en el Pais Vasco y ellos ESTUVIERON en Andulucía
2. P perfecto + P perfecto. Because action in a defined period. The clue is un mes?
3. Two events happening concurrently

Answer 12

1. we spend a month in the Basque country and they (pl) were in Andulucía.
2. What is the order of the verbs?
3. What is the sequence and how frequent is this order?

Question 13

1. Mientras dormía un ladrón abrío la puetra, entró y robó todas los objetos de valor
2. P imperfecto P perfecto. PImp because the period is developing. Clue = mientras.
3. One event developing without precise limits, with multiple events happening in succession.

Answer 13

1. While I was sleeping a robber oped the window, entered and stole everything of value
2. What is the order of the verbs?
3. What is the sequence and how frequent is this order?

Question 14

1. Sullivan se encontraba en un mirador de X …
2. p. imperfecto, developing situation imprecise limits
3. cuando recibío su primera descarga électrica
4. acción puntual

Answer 14

1. Sullivan was on a viewing platform at X (not estar)
   2 What tense and why?
2. when he received his first electric shock?
3. What tense and why?

Question 15

para expresar o preguntar por la existencia

Answer 15

What do we use hay or había to do?

Question 16

Hay + un, una, unos, unas eg hay un chico,
Hay + numero eg hay 26 botellas de agua
Hay + mucho – a –os –as eg hay mucha gente
Hay + poco –a – os – as pe hay poco tráfico
Hay + nombre pe hay gente, hay agua

Answer 16

What are the 5 structures of hay o había?

Question 17

para expresar o preguntar la localización

Answer 17

What do we uses estar to do?

Question 18

Estar + el, la , los, las ¿Dónde está el libro?
Estar + mi, tu, su , nuestro, vuestro, su Su casa está a la derecha de la mía
Estar + nombres propios eg ¿Dónde está Granada?

Answer 18

what are the 3 structures of estar?

Question 19

In the 1st example we don´t know if a restaurant exists, in the 2nd we know the restaurant exists but we don´t know where.

Answer 19

What is the difference between

1. ¿hay un restaurante italiano por aquí?
2. ¿Dónde está la restaurante italiano por aquí?

Question 20

1. las camas ESTABAN en la pared de la izquierda. (location)

2. En el lado derecho de la habitación HABÍA una estantería (existance)

Answer 20

1. The beds were on the left wall. Which verb? why?

2. On the bedroom´s right hand side there was a bookshelf. Which verb? why?

Question 21

Las paredes ESTABAN llenas de posters

Answer 21

The walls were covered with posters

Question 22

1. El siguiente LE quemó el pelo
2. because it burnt the hair not him
3. we get the his because we have the IO ie le

Answer 22

1. the following burnt his hair
2. why is to burn in 3rd person pretérito perfecto
3. how do we communicate idea of his in sentence

Question 23

the idea of a developing action which is INTERRUPTED by another action

Answer 23

what do we use estar in pretérito perfecto + gerundío to communicate?

Question 24

estaba conduciendo cuando SE CRUZÓ una moto

Answer 24

I was driving when a motorbike cut in front of me

Question 25

Both mean the same thing but the first emphasises the impact of the motorbike cutting in front of me ie and I had to break suddenly, whereas in the second you carried on driving as is.

Answer 25

what is the difference 1. estaba conduciendo cuando se cruzó una moto 2. conducía, cuando se cruzó una moto