Read Soledad’s e-mail on her trip to Argentina.

Please pay attention to the tenses she uses.

In her e-mail, she writes about how she feels at the present moment, so she uses the present tense.

You will notice that most of the verbs in the present tense are irregular verbs like *estar (to be), saber (to know), poder (can / to be able to)*, and *ir (to go).*

When she talks about past events, she uses the preterite. You will easily recognize the preterite because she uses adverbs to indicate past events.

After you have read Siledad’s e-mail, you should label the activities she did with an ‘X.’ The activities she did not do will be left blank.

1. X

Soledad took photos.

2.

Nowhere in the e-mail is it mentioned that she went to a shopping mall. She went to a park, not to a shopping mall.

3. X

She ate a tasty piece of meat.

4. X

She did go for a walk.

5.

Soledad did not write to Jimena because she did not know her e-mail address.

6.

Going to the beach isn’t mentioned in the e-mail. Soledad went to a park, not to the beach.

7.

Having lunch in a big restaurant is nowhere mentioned. It was a big park that was mentioned.

8.

Nowhere is it mentioned that Soledad was sick for a week.

See the explanation.

1. X
2.
3. X
4. X
5.
6.
7.
8.

The aim of this exercise is to practice writing. Use the answer below as a reference.

**Hint:** You should answer in the same tense the question was asked.

The question is:

*Do you want to go to other countries and take photos? Why?*

The question is asked in the present tense, so that is the tense we will use in our answer.

For the answer, it would be good to divide it into two sentences. The first one should be your stance on it, and in the second one, you should give the reason for your stance.

1. our stance (it can be either negative or positive):

Sí, quiero ir a otros países y tomar fotos.
*(Yes, I want to go to other countries and take photos.)*

2. our reason:

Quiero ir porque puedo ver nuevos lugares y tener bonitos recuerdos.
*(I want to go because I can see new places and have nice memories.)*