Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish, Second Edition (2015)
Part IV
20. Numbers Expressing age Idioms with tener Using tener que
Expressing age
NOTA BUENA The word “old,” from the phrase “years old,” is not translated.
¿Cuántos años tienes tú? (How old are you?) Translate each of the following sentences, writing out all numbers in words.
- I am sixteen years old. _______________________________________________
- You are twenty years old. ______________________________________________
- He is ten years old. _________________________________________________
- She is fifty-one years old. _______________________________________________
- We are thirty-five years old. ______________________________________________
- You all are fifty years old. _______________________________________________
- They [m.] are seventy-five years old. ____________________________________________
- They [f.] are twenty-three years old. ________________________________________________
- How old are you? _______________________________________________
- How old is he?________________________________________________
Idioms with tener
¿Cómo estás? Respond to the following statements with a complete sentence, using an idiom with tener.
- Quiero comer. __________________________________________
- Quiero una siesta. _________________________________________
- Creo que dos y dos son cuatro. ________________________________________
- Creo que tres y tres son siete. _______________________________________
- Quiero beber algo. _________________________________________
- Gano la lotería. ________________________________________
- Estoy en una sauna. __________________________________________
- Estoy en el Polo Antártico. _______________________________________
- Estoy tarde (late) para el autobús. _______________________________________
- Hay una rata en mi cama. _________________________________________
- Gano un Óscar para mi película. ________________________________________
- Hay un tigre debajo de mi cama. _________________________________________
Using tener que
Traducción: tener que + verb
- I have to speak. __________________________________________________
- I have to buy milk. __________________________________________________
- I have to clean my bedroom. _________________________________________________
- You have to eat the chicken sandwich. __________________________________________________
- You have to sell your books. _________________________________________________
- You have to learn a lot. __________________________________________________
- He has to run in the gymnasium. __________________________________________________
- She has to open the doors. ___________________________________________________
- We have to read the blog. ___________________________________________________
- They have to suffer in silence(el silencio). __________________________________________________
¿Qué tiene que hacer esta persona? (What does this person have to do?) Pretend that each person is still living; match the pairs.
Traducción compleja: Repaso de los aspectos del verbo tener (Complex translation: Review of aspects of the verb tener)
- I have to clean my bedroom every day because I am fifteen years old.
- She is afraid of the dogs because they are big and she is seven years old.
- I wear a big sweater in the classroom because I am very cold.
- We are in a hurry because we have to read the book by(para) tomorrow.
- You don’t have to eat when you’re not hungry.