Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish, Second Edition (2015)
Part VI
27. Two-verb constructions Adverbs of time
Two-verb constructions
NOTA BUENA You have already learned to conjugate the verbs poder, querer, and tener (que). The remaining verbs listed above are regular.
¿Verdadero o falso?
- ______ En la clase de español, yo aprendo a hablar francés.
- ______ Debo beber agua cada día.
- ______ Espero tener trabajo (work) muy interesante un día.
- ______ Cuando quiero recibir una “A” en una clase, necesito estudiar mucho.
- ______ Puedo caminar encima del agua.
- ______ Tengo que correr un maratón cada dos semanas.
- ______ Trato de ser una persona honesta.
- ______ Para (In order to) vender un carro, una persona tiene que tener un carro.
- ______ Muchas personas quieren beber gasolina.
- ______ En un concierto, el pianista trata de tocar bien el piano.
Traducción simple
- I should eat. _________________________________________
- I need to drink the water. _________________________________________
- You should study more. _________________________________________
- She hopes to read the book tomorrow. _________________________________________
- Kanye West shouldn’t speak in public (en público).
- We try to dance every day. _________________________________________
- We learn how to play the piano. _________________________________________
- You all hope to buy a new shirt. _________________________________________
- They [m.] don’t need to read the magazine.
- They[m.] try to hide the money in the basement.
¿A, B o C?
Un párrafo para traducir (A paragraph to translate)
I am very busy! Every day I have to do a lot. In the morning I have to make my bed. I have to eat a good breakfast. And I have to go to school. When I am in school, I need to read and I should to study a lot. In the gymnasium I can run, and one time each week I learn how to play something new with my friends. I don’t want to play volleyball every day because I like to play basketball more. Every day I try to do something new. In the afternoon I have to study and I have to do homework (the assignment).