Read the text about the players getting sick. Pay special attention to the tense used to talk about past events. You should be able to recognize *the preterite.*

There is also the construction *”tener que” (to have to)* used to express importance. It could be useful to remember it for future writing.

When using it, you conjugate *tener* like this:

|Singular |Plural |
|–|–|
|Yo tengo |Nosotros tenemos |
|Tú tienes|Ustedes tienen (Mexico)/Vosotros tenéis (Spain) |
|Él/Ella tiene |Ellos/Ellas tienen |

In this exercise, you should complete the sentences with words or phrases from the text you’ve read.

1. … **están enfermos.**
(The players did not play today’s game because they are sick.)

2. … **el estómago.**
(Guys’ stomachs hurt.)

3. … **cocinaron comida poco nutritiva.**
(It hurts them because they cooked poorly nutritious food.)

4. … **la salud.**
(One of the most important things is health.)

5. … **comer comida sana.**
(We have to do everything to eat healthy food.)

See the explanation.

1. están enfermos
2. el estómago
3. cocinaron comida poco nutritiva
4. la salud
5. comer comida sana

The aim of this exercise is to practice writing complete sentences.

The first question reads:

Do you think it is important to eat nutritious food? Why?

– Sí, ***pienso*** que es importante comer comida nutrituva. ***Es*** importante porque ***es*** bueno para la salud.
(Yes, I think it is important to eat nutritious food. It is important because it is good for the health.)

In our answer, we gave our opinion using the verbs ***pensar (to think)*** and ***ser (to be)*** in the **present tense.** We used the present tense because it is a general truth that nutritious food is good for the health.

The second question reads:

What things did you do yesterday to stay healthy?

– Ayer ***cociné*** pollo con verduras y ***hice*** ejercisios.
(Yesterday, I cooked chicken with vegetables and did exercises.).

In our answer, we used the verbs ***cocinar (to cook)*** and ***hacer (to do)*** in the **preterite** because we are talking about what happened in the past.

See the **detailed explanation.**