AP Spanish : Spanish Verbs
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Example Question #11 : Spanish Verbs
Which verb best completes the sentence?
Mi coche no está __________, tengo que arreglarlo.
trabajando
funcionando
funciona
roto
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 #12 : Spanish Verbs
Which verb best completes the sentence?
La pagina de la red se está __________.
cargando
cargó
cargaba
filtra
cargando
The estar + gerund structure of this sentence means that only right answer is the gerund, cargando.
Example Question #13 : Spanish Verbs
Which verb best completes this sentence?
Mereces un pena doblada, buen rey, porque has __________ a sus amigos más leales.
traicionado
traicionaste
traicionando
traicionó
traicionado
The verb has (haber) requires the past participle, the only example of which here is traicionado.
Example Question #14 : Spanish Verbs
Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
__________ mi tarea antes del examen mañana.
Hecho
Había hecho
He hecho
Habré 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 : Past Tenses
Fill in the blank with the correct response.
Ellos _________ en la calle cuando vieron a Claudia.
caminaban
han caminado
habían caminado
caminaron
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 __________.
sorprendía
sorprendió
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 #2 : Preterite / El Pretérito
Which verb form is correct in context?
Estaba andando en la calle cuando, de repente, un ladrón __________ robarme.
intentó
intenté
intentaban
intentaba
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 #3 : Preterite / El Pretérito
Which verb form properly completes the sentence?
__________ cerca de la orilla del rio cuando, de repente, vi un pez.
Andaré
Anduve
Andaba
Andé
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."
Example Question #15 : Spanish Verbs
Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
Cuando llegaron ayer, tú ya __________.
has comido
había comido
comiste
habrías comido
habías comido
habías comido
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.
Example Question #1 : Conditional Tenses
Which verb best completes this sentence?
Si hubiera hecho el crimen, __________ culpable, pero no lo hice.
none of the other answers
estaría
estuviera
sería
sería
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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