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ISBN: 9781618572004

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Exercise 1

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In the following exercise, we must say which character in the previous story said each of the following sentences.

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The characters are *Aguayo, Diana, Eric, Fabiola, Mariela.*

The first sentence is:

– *We can’t give you cookies.*

The character that said the above sentence is **Diana**.

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The second sentence is:

– *Tomorrow afternoon, we will be at the camp.*

The character that said the above sentence is **Aguayo**.

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The third sentence is:

– *Take a picture of it.*

The character that said the above sentence is **Fabiola**.

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The fourth sentence is:

– *I love the little fish, but I am going to have lunch.*

The character that said the above sentence is **Eric**.

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The fifth sentence is:

– *We could give you dessert.*

The character that said the above sentence is **Mariela**.

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First of all, we need to read the fotonovela to have a context of the situation, after that, we will put which character said which dialogue::

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First we have to establish that in the fotonovela we have 5 characters:
1. Aguayo.
2. Diana.
3. Éric.
4. Fabiola
5. Mariela.

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We have 5 dialogues, we are going to translate them to know what are we talking about:

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Exercise 2

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***Remeber:*** *The previous fotonovela can help you answering this exercise:*
1. Tu crees que ____ pueden sobrevivir al café de Aguayo?
In this first dialogue, we are gonna use ***”las cucarachas”*** to complete it, as in the orginal text they were talknig about cockroaches.

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2. Debe ser emocionante _______.
Now we are gonna put ***”tener contacto con la naturaleza”*** because Aguayo mentions that he is taking his vacations.

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3. Si, _____ como “Flipper “.
To complete this dialogue we are gonna use ***”un nombre original”*** because it is associated with when they talked about the fish.

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4. _____ sólo una vez al día.
The correct form to solve this is using ***”Denle de comer”*** when Aguayo gives indications on the care of his fish.

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5. ¿Cómo sabremos si ______ pone cara de perrito?
Here ***”el pez”*** is correct, since the rest of the guys talks about feeding the fish.

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6. Ya le he dado tres veces _______.
***”de comer”*** is the last sentence in the chart, also talks about the number of times they have fed the fish.

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In the following exercise, we must complete the sentences using the phrases in the box.

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The phrases in the box are:

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**(1)**

The first sentence is:

* *Fabiola: Do you think _________ can survive Aguayo coffee?*

The phrase that makes the most sense is **Las Cucarachas** *(The Cockroaches.)*

The complete sentence will be:

– *Fabiola: Do you think cockroaches can survive Aguayo coffee?*

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**(2)**

The second sentence is:

– *Mariela: It must be exciting ___________________.*

The phrase that makes the most sense is **Tener contacto con la naturaleza** *(Have contact with nature)*.

The complete sentence will be:

– *Mariela: It must be exciting to have contact with nature*

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**(3)**

The third sentence is:

– *Fabiola: Yes, ______________ as Flipper.*

The phrase that makes the most sense is **Un nombre original** *(an original name)*.

The complete sentence will be:

– *Fabiola: Yes, an original name as Flipper.*

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**(4)**

The fourth sentence is:

– *Aguayo: _______________ only once a day.*

The phrase that makes the most sense is **Denle de comer** *(Feed him)*.

The complete sentence will be:

– *Aguayo: Feed him only once a day.*

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**(5)**

The fifth sentence is:

– *Mariela: How will we know if _________ makes a puppy’s face?*

The phrase that makes the most sense is **El Pez** *(the fish)*.

The complete sentence will be:

– *Mariela: How will we know if the fish makes a puppy’s face?*

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**(6)**

The sixth sentence is:

– *Fabiola: I’ve already ________ three times.*

The phrase that makes the most sense is **De comer** *(feed him)*.

The sentence will be:

– *Fabiola: I’ve already fed him three times.*

Exercise 3

Solution 1

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In the following exercise, we must complete the questions and sentences of what the character does in the text. We must use the verb and subject in parentheses.

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**(1)**

The first sentence is:

– *Aguayo: Mariela, could you please take my messages? (ask, Mariela)*

What the character does is:

– **Aguayo le pide a Mariela que tome sus mensajes.** *(Aguayo asks Mariela to take his messages.)*

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**(2)**

The second sentence is:

– *Fabiola: Take a photo. (advise Aguayo)*

What the character does is:

– **Fabiola le aconseja a Aguayo que tome una foto.** *(Fabiola advises Aguayo to take a photo.)*

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**(3)**

The third sentence is:

– *Aguayo: Do not give him more even if he makes a doggy face (.) (order Mariela).*

What the character does is:

– **Aguayo le ordena a Mariela que no le de más aunque ponga cara de perrito.** *(Aguayo orders Mariela not to give him more even if he makes a doggy face.)*

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**(4)**

The fourth sentence is:

– *Mariela: Why don’t we feed him? (suggest Diana).*

What the character does is:

– **Mariela le sugiere a Diana darle de comer.** *(Mariela suggests that Diana feed him.)*

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This exercise requires us to complete the sentences with the complements in the chart.

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The first thing to do is to check the available add-ons, we will be able to see them in a table with their corresponding translation:

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1. *FABIOLA* – ¿Tu crees que **las cucarachas** pueden sobrevivir al café de Aguayo?

* *Do you think cockroaches can survive Aguayo’s coffee?*

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**HINT:** *To answer we must take into account the previous fotonovela, the characters and their dialogues to fill in the blanks.*

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2. *MARIELA* – Debe ser emocionante **tener contacto con la naturaleza.**

* *It must be exciting to be in contact with nature.*

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3. FABIOLA Sí, **un nombre original** como “Flipper “.

* *Yes, an original name like “Flipper”.*

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4. *AGUAYO* – **Denle de comer** solo una vez al día.

* *Feed only once a day.*

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5. *MARIELA* – ¿Cómo sabremos si **el pez** pone cara de perrito?

* *How will we know if the fish makes a puppy face?*

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6. *FABIOLA* – Ya le he dado tres veces **de comer.**

* *I have already fed him three times.*

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**REMEMBER:** *All the answers are in the dialogues, if you get lost or can’t find the solution you look for the part of the text you need to answer.*

Exercise 4

Solution 1

Solution 2

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In the next exercise, we have several topics in a box, and we must ask ourselves questions about these topics. The answers are in the text **Fotonovela**.

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The first topic is *Aguayo and his wife. (eat).*

The question will be:

– **¿Quiénes comieron?** *(Who ate?)*

The answer will be:

– **Aguayo y su esposa comieron.** *(Aguayo and his wife ate.)*

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The second topic is *take care of the pet*.

The question will be:

– **¿Quién cuidó a la mascota?** *(Who take care of the pet?)*

The answer will be:

– **Diana se ofreció a cuidar a mi mascota** *(Diana offered to take care of my pet)*.

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The third topic is *feed him*.

The question will be:

– **¿Quién le da de comer?** *(Who feed him?)*

The answer will be:

– **Fabiola le dio de comer tres veces.** *(Fabiola fed him three times.)*

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The fourth topic is *Go to lunch.*

The question will be:

– **¿Quién se fue a almorzar?** *(Who went to lunch?)*

The answer will be:

– **Eric se fue a almorzar.** *(Eric went to lunch.)*

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The fifth topic is *Feeling happy.*

The question will be:

– **¿Quién se siente feliz?** *(Who feel happy?)*

The answer will be:

– **El pez se ve feliz.** *(The fish looks happy.)*

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The sixth topic is *be afraid of spiders.*

The question will be:

– **¿Quién le tiene miedo a las arañas?** *(Who is afraid of spiders?)*

The answer will be:

– **Mariela le tiene miedo a las arañas.** *(Mariela is afraid of spiders.)*

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**Answer according to the example.**
*Create questions and answers for each topic.*

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**Answer**

1. Aguayo and his wife. (eats)
**Question:** ¿Quiénes comieron? / Who ate?
**Answer:** Aguayo y su esposa comieron. / Aguayo and his wife ate.

2. Take care of the pet.
**Question:** ¿Quién cuidó la mascota? / Who cared for the pet?
**Answer:** Diana cuidó la mascota. / Diana took care of the pet.

3. Feed him.
**Question:** ¿Quién le dio de comer? / Who fed him?
**Answer:** Fabiola le dio de comer. / Fabiola fed him.

4. Go to lunch.
**Question:** ¿Quién fue a almorzar? / Who went to lunch?
**Answer:** Eric fue a almorzar. / Eric went to lunch.

5. Feeling happy.
**Question:** ¿Quién se siente feliz? / Who is happy?
**Answer:** El pez se siente feliz. / The fish is happy.

6. Be afraid of spiders.
**Question:** ¿Quién tiene miedo a las arañas? / Who is afraid of spiders?
**Answer:** Fabiola y Mariela tienen miedo a las arañas. / Fabiola and Mariela are afraid of spiders.

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