Verbs-Llevar

Question 1

I’m wearing a jacket

Use Case: to wear

Answer 1

Llevo una chaqueta

Question 2

She was wearing a red dress

Answer 2

Llevaba un vestido rojo

Question 3

I’ll take you to the station

Use Case: to take someone

Answer 3

Te llevo a la estación

Question 4

He took me home

Answer 4

Me llevó a casa

Question 5

I’m carrying the books

Use Case: to carry

Answer 5

Estoy llevando los libros

Question 6

How long have you been here?

Main theme: to time & duration

Answer 6

¿Cuánto tiempo llevas aquí?

Question 7

How do you say ‘I have been doing something for X time’?

Answer 7

llevo + time + gerund

Question 8

How do you say ‘I had been doing something for X time’?

Answer 8

llevaba + time + gerund

Question 9

How do you say ‘I haven’t done something for X time’?

Answer 9

llevar + time + sin + infinitive

Question 10

How do you say ‘I spent X time (completed period)’?

Answer 10

llevé + time (no gerund)

Question 11

Key difference: estar vs llevar (duration)

Answer 11

estar = what was happening; llevar = how long

Question 12

I have been studying for two hours

Answer 12

Llevo dos horas estudiando

Question 13

I had been studying for two hours when he arrived

Answer 13

Llevaba dos horas estudiando cuando llegó

Question 14

I was studying when he arrived (no duration)

Answer 14

Estaba estudiando cuando llegó

Question 15

I haven’t eaten for a day

Answer 15

Llevo un día sin comer

Question 16

I hadn’t eaten for a day

Answer 16

Llevaba un día sin comer

Question 17

I spent two years in Madrid

Answer 17

Llevé dos años en Madrid

Question 18

Ahora: Llevo un día sin ___ (to eat)

Answer 18

comer

Question 19

Ayer: Llevaba dos horas ___ (to study) cuando llegó

Answer 19

estudiando

Question 20

Ahora: ¿Cuánto tiempo ___ (tú) viviendo aquí?

Answer 20

llevas

Question 21

Ayer: ¿Cuánto tiempo ___ (tú) esperando cuando te llamaron?

Answer 21

llevabas

Question 22

I have been working for 2 hours

Answer 22

Llevo dos horas trabajando

Question 23

I had been waiting for 1 hour when they called you (fml plural)

Answer 23

Llevaba una hora esperando cuando me llamaron

Question 24

I haven’t slept for 2 days

Answer 24

Llevo dos días sin dormir

Question 25

Before yesterday, you hadn’t eaten for a day!

Answer 25

Antes de ayer, llevabas un día sin comer!

Question 26

You spent 2 years in Madrid

Answer 26

Estuviste dos años en Madrid | Completed action=use estar. Ongoing duration use llevar.