Read the messages a group of friends sends every day to each other from different countries.

Be mindful of the tenses they use.

When they talk about how they are at the present moment, they use the present tense.

In the messages, they only used one verb when they asked each other how they were — the irregular verb *estar (to be).*

Since they mostly talked about things that happened in the past, they used the preterite. You will easily recognize the preterite because they used a common adverb to indicate past events — the adverb *ayer (yesterday).*

After you have read the messages, you can connect each person with the activity they did.

1. D

Ernesto estudió mucho.
*(Ernesto studied a lot.)*

2. A

Viviana comió en un restaurante.
*(Viviana ate at a restaurant.)*

3. C

Santiago conectó a Internet.
*(Santiago connected to the Internet.)*

4. B

Sofía pasó un rato con amigas.

See the explanation.

1. D
2. A
3. C
4. B

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 like to talk to friends on instant messenger? Why?*

The question is asked in the present tense; therefore, we will use the present tense in our answer.

It would be good to divide the answer 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, me gusta hablar con amigos por mensajero instantáneo.
*(Yes, I like to talk to friends on instant messenger.)*

2. our reason:

Me gusta porque puedo contactar amigos que viven lejos.
*(I like it because I can contact friends that live far away.)*