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Avancemos 2

1st Edition

Holt McDougal

ISBN: 9780554025322

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Exercise 1

Solution 1

Solution 2

Result

1 of 1

El héroe miraba por la ventana cuando el ejército llegó.

Step 1

1 of 4

Tell what people were doing when the enemy arrived. The example reads: “the hero: to look out the window / the army: to arrive.”

Step 2

2 of 4

You can apply the imperfect and the preterite tense to talk about two overlapping events. The preterite for the action that occurred while the imperfect for what was going on at the time.

Step 3

3 of 4

Translation of the answer: The hero looked out the window when the army arrived.

Result

4 of 4

El héroe miraba por la ventana cuando el ejército llegó.

Exercise 2

Solution 1

Solution 2

Result

1 of 1

Los jóvenes bailaban cuando la música terminó.

Step 1

1 of 4

Tell what people were doing when the enemy arrived. The example reads: “young people: to dance / music: to finish”

Step 2

2 of 4

You can apply the imperfect and the preterite tense to talk about two overlapping events. The preterite for the action that occurred while the imperfect for what was going on at the time.

Step 3

3 of 4

Translation of the answer: The young people were dancing when the music ended.

Result

4 of 4

Los jóvenes bailaban cuando la música terminó.

Exercise 3

Solution 1

Solution 2

Result

1 of 1

El guerrero se entrenaba para la batalla cuando el emperador lo llamó.

Step 1

1 of 4

Tell what people were doing when the enemy arrived. The example reads: “the warrior: to train for battle / the emperor: to call him”

Step 2

2 of 4

You can apply the imperfect and the preterite tense to talk about two overlapping events. The preterite for the action that occurred while the imperfect for what was going on at the time.

Step 3

3 of 4

Translation of the answer: The warrior was training for the battle when the emperor called him.

Result

4 of 4

El guerrero entrenaba para la batalla cuando el emperador le llamó.

Exercise 4

Solution 1

Solution 2

Result

1 of 1

La princesa dormía cuando su mamá la despertó.

Step 1

1 of 4

Tell what people were doing when the enemy arrived. The example reads: “the princess: to sleep / her mom: to wake her up”

Step 2

2 of 4

You can apply the imperfect and the preterite tense to talk about two overlapping events. The preterite for the action that occurred while the imperfect for what was going on at the time.

Step 3

3 of 4

Translation of the answer: The princess was sleeping when her mom woke her up.

Result

4 of 4

La princesa dormía cuando su mamá la despertó.

Exercise 5

Solution 1

Solution 2

Result

1 of 1

Las mujeres preparaban comida cuando los enemigos entraron en el palacio.

Step 1

1 of 4

Tell what people were doing when the enemy arrived. The example reads: “the women: to prepare food / the enemies: to enter the palace”

Step 2

2 of 4

You can apply the imperfect and the preterite tense to talk about two overlapping events. The preterite for the action that occurred while the imperfect for what was going on at the time.

Step 3

3 of 4

Translation of the answer: The women were preparing food when the enemies entered the palace.

Result

4 of 4

Las mujeres preparaban comida cuando los enemigos entraron en el palacio.

Exercise 6

Solution 1

Solution 2

Result

1 of 1

Los guerreros salían del palacio cuando la batalla empezó.

Step 1

1 of 4

Tell what people were doing when the enemy arrived. The example reads: “the warriors: to leave the palace / the battle: to begin”

Step 2

2 of 4

You can apply the imperfect and the preterite tense to talk about two overlapping events. The preterite for the action that occurred while the imperfect for what was going on at the time.

Step 3

3 of 4

Translation of the answer: The warriors went out of the palace when the battle began.

Result

4 of 4

Los guerreros salieron del palacio cuando la batalla empezó.

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