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Avancemos 2

1st Edition

Holt McDougal

ISBN: 9780554025322

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Exercise 1

Solution 1

Solution 2

Result

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Los mazatecas son indígenas que viven en la región norte de Oaxaca.

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This is a Reading exercise. Answer the following questions. The example reads: “Who are the mazatecas?”

Step 2

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In this example, we will use the verb “ser” (to be).

Step 3

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Since the subject of this sentence is “los mazatecas” (the mazatecas), we will use the third-person plural form of the verb “ser” in the present tense.

Step 4

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Translation of the answer: The mazatecas are indigenous people who live in the northern region of Oaxaca.

Result

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Los mazatecas son indígenas que viven en la región norte de Oaxaca.

Exercise 2

Solution 1

Solution 2

Result

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Ella no quería darle fuego a otros porque no era simpática y no le gustaba compartir. La mujer lo usaba para cocinar la comida y para dar luz y calor.

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This is a Reading exercise. Answer the following questions. The example reads: “Did the old woman want to set the others on fire? Why? What did she use fire for?”

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In this example, we will use the verb “querer” (to want to).

Step 3

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Since the subject of this sentence is “ella” (she), we will use the third-person singular form of the verb “querer” in the preterite tense.

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Translation of the answer: She did not want to set fire to others because she was not nice, and she did not like to share. The woman used it to cook food and to give light and heat.

Result

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Ella no quería darle fuego a otros porque no era simpática y no le gustaba compartir. La mujer lo usaba para cocinar la comida y para dar luz y calor.

Exercise 3

Solution 1

Solution 2

Result

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Fue una noche y le pidió estar un rato al lado del fuego para calentarse.

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This is a Reading exercise. Answer the following questions. The example reads: “How could the opossum get into the old woman’s house? What did she say?”

Step 2

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In this example, we will use the verb “ir” (to go).

Step 3

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Since the subject of this sentence is “el tlacuache” (the tlacuache), we will use the third-person singular form of the verb “ir” in the preterite tense.

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Translation of the answer: The tlacuache went one night and he asked her to stay by the fire for a while to warm up.

Result

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El tlacuache fue una noche y le pidió estar un rato al lado del fuego para calentarse.

Exercise 4

Solution 1

Solution 2

Result

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Porque el tlacuache se quemó la cola para tomar el fuego y llevarlo a los demás.

Step 1

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This is a Reading exercise. Answer the following questions. The example reads: “Why do tlacuaches have hairless tails?”

Step 2

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In this example, we will use the verb “quemarse” (to burn).

Step 3

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Since the subject of this sentence is “los tlacuaches” (the tlacuaches), we will use the third-person plural form of the verb “quemarse” in the preterite tense.

Step 4

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Translation of the answer: Because the tlacuaches burned their tails to take the fire and take it to the others.

Result

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Porque los tlacuaches se quemaron la cola para tomar el fuego y llevarlo a los demás.

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