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Example Question #4 : Spanish Verbs
Which verb form is grammatically correct?
Para mi, es mejor __________ libre que tener riqueza.
tener
haber
soy
ser
ser
Ser is the only correct answer as it is both the only verb that agrees grammatically with the adjective libre. Further, the infintive structure is neccesary as the verb's indicative form, soy, would be incorrect in an impersonal statement.
Example Question #1 : Spanish Verbs
Which verb form best completes this sentence?
El perro huele mal, pues hay que __________ lo.
baña
bañar
bañaba
voltar
bañar
The only verb that fits the impersonal necessity haber construction of this sentence is the infinitve bañar. Bañaba and baña are in the wrong tenses, and voltar, while in the right tense, makes no sense in context.
Example Question #1 : Verbals In Spanish
Which verb best completes the sentence?
Mi coche no está __________, tengo que arreglarlo.
roto
funciona
trabajando
funcionando
funcionando
The present participle funcionando is correct; funciona is in the wrong tense; roto doesn't make sense in context (one doesn't fix a car that isn't broken); trabajando is bad Spanish and wrong in context, although it is in the right tense.(Machines function, men and animals work).
Example Question #1 : Participles / Participios
Which verb best completes the sentence?
La pagina de la red se está __________.
cargando
cargaba
cargó
filtra
cargando
The estar + gerund structure of this sentence means that only right answer is the gerund, cargando.
Example Question #1 : Verbals In Spanish
Which verb best completes this sentence?
Mereces un pena doblada, buen rey, porque has __________ a sus amigos más leales.
traicionaste
traicionando
traicionó
traicionado
traicionado
The verb has (haber) requires the past participle, the only example of which here is traicionado.
Example Question #12 : Spanish Verbs
Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
__________ mi tarea antes del examen mañana.
Habré hecho
Hecho
He hecho
Había hecho
Hice
Habré hecho
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."
Example Question #1 : Imperfect / El Imperfecto
Fill in the blank with the correct response.
Ellos _________ en la calle cuando vieron a Claudia.
habían caminado
caminaron
caminaban
han caminado
habrán caminado
caminaban
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.
Example Question #1 : Preterite / El Pretérito
Which is the correct verb form?
Estaba andando en el parque cuando, de repente, un ciervo me __________.
sorprendió
sorprendía
sorprenderá
sorprendido
sorprendió
This sentence expresses the completed action of the deer surprising me in the park, thus the preterite tense is the only correct response.
Example Question #1 : Preterite / El Pretérito
Which verb form is correct in context?
Estaba andando en la calle cuando, de repente, un ladrón __________ robarme.
intentaba
intentó
intenté
intentaban
intentó
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."
Example Question #1 : Preterite / El Pretérito
Which verb form properly completes the sentence?
__________ cerca de la orilla del rio cuando, de repente, vi un pez.
Andaba
Anduve
Andé
Andaré
Andaba
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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