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2nd Edition
Vista Higher Learning Staff
ISBN: 9781618572004
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Page 377: Practica y comunicacion

Exercise 1
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*This time we have to complete the sentences using the appropriate perfect conditional.*
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*We will respond by attaching the conditional to the verb asked for in each sentence by filling in the blank. After responding, we will translate.*
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*It would look something like this:*

1. No me gustó la obra de teatro . Incluso yo mismo **habría imaginado** (imaginar) un protagonista mas interesante.

* *I did not like the play. Even I myself would have imagined a more interesting protagonist.*

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2. Yo, en su lugar, lo **habría dibujado** (dibujar) de modo mas abstracto.

* *If I were you, I would have drawn it in a more abstract way.*

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3. A la autora le **habría gustado** (gustar) escribir ficción histórica, pero el publico solo quería mas novelas rosas.

* *The author would have liked to write historical fiction, but the public only wanted more pink novels.*

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4. Nosotros **haríamos escrito** (escribir) ese cuento desde otro punto de vista.

* *We would have written that story from another point of view.*

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5. ¿Tú **habrías hecho** (hacer) lo mismo en esa situación?

* *Would you have done the same in that situation?*

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**HINT:** *The perfect conditional is used for actions that never took place in the past, joining the verb “haber” with the verb to be used in each case.*
Exercise 2
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*We will answer and translate when answering, to know how to use the stories and their endings we will put them in a chart.*

| STORY| ENDING|
|–|–|
|Beauty and the Beast | She marries the prince. |
|Frankenstein | The monster kills its creator. |
| The Lord of the Rings|Frodo destroys the ring. |
|Romeo and Juliet |The lovers are getting dead. |
| The Wizard of Oz|She returns home to Kansas. |

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*Let’s begin:*
1. *Beauty and the Beast* / *She marries the prince.*

* **En nuestra versión, la Bella no se habría casado con el príncipe y este hubiera sabido que el amor propio resolvería sus problemas.** / *In our version, Beauty would not have married the prince and he would have known that self-love would solve his problems.*

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**HINT:** *The perfect conditional is used for actions that never took place in the past, joining the verb “haber” with the verb to be used in each case.*
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2. *Frankenstein* / *The monster kills its creator.*

* **En esta ocasión, el monstruo no habría matado a s creador, este hubiera desarrollado inteligencia y resolver todo pacíficamente.** / *On this occasion, the monster would not have killed its creator, it would have developed intelligence and resolved everything peacefully.*

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3. *The Lord of the Rings* / *Frodo destroys the ring.*

* **Un final diferente, aquí Frodo no habría destruido el anillo y escapa con el para siempre.** / *A different ending, here Frodo would not have destroyed the ring and escapes with it forever.*

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4. *Romeo and Juliet* / *The lovers are getting dead.*

* **Aquí Romeo y Julieta No habrían muerto, sino que resolvían la disputa entre sus familias.** / *Here Romeo and Juliet did not die, but resolved the dispute between their families.*

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5. *The Wizard of Oz* / *She returns home to Kansas.*

* **Aquí la protagonista no habría regresado a su hogar en Kansas, sino que se queda en la tierra de Oz.** / *Here the protagonist would not have returned to her home in Kansas, but stays in the land of Oz.*

Exercise 3
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*Look at the drawings and say what we would have done in each situation using the perfect conditional.*
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*We will do it individually, with only one example per drawing and translating each result.*
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1. Yo no le **habría quitado** el chupón al bebe.

* *I would not have taken the pacifier away from the baby.*

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**HINT:** *We will use the perfect conditional when we talk about actions in the past that were not carried out.*
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2. Yo no **habría puesto** atención a la obra del pintor.

* *I would not have paid attention to the work of the painter.*

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**REMEMBER:** *We are associating each number with its consequent drawing, which is in the book.*
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3. Yo me **habría escondido** en un closet.

* *I would have hidden in a closet.*

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4. Yo no me **habría distraído** con la mujer.

* *I would not have been distracted by the woman.*

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5. Yo **habría tenido** más cuidado para no tirar mi helado.

* *I would have been more careful not to throw my ice cream away.*

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6. Yo **habría tratado** de hablar pacíficamente con el ladrón.

* *I would have tried to talk peacefully with the thief.*

Exercise 4
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*We will write in one paragraph an autobiography with 3 things you would not change and 3 things you would change about it.*
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*We will use the perfect conditional to make the paragraph.*
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*First of all, let’s make a brief paragraph to follow:*

* **Yo me llamo Alcides Del Torno, nací el 16 de oct del año 2000 en la ciudad de México. viví durante casi toda mi vida en la ciudad que me mude al puerto de Veracruz en 2015, donde entre y salí de la academia naval y actualmente estudio la carrera de negocios.**
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* *My name is Alcides Del Torno, I was born on Oct 16, 2000 in Mexico City. I lived almost all my life in the city I moved to the port of Veracruz in 2015, where I entered and left the naval academy and currently studying business career.*

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**HINT:** *The conditional perfect is the union of the verb haber plus the complementary verb in the past participle.*
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*Now let’s list 3 things we would NOT change:*

* **Yo no me habría quedado en en la ciudad de México.** / *I would not have stayed in Mexico City.*

* **Yo no habría permanecido en la naval.** / *I would not have remained in the navy.*

* **yo no habría estado el resto de mi vida sin estudiar o trabajar.** / *I would not have spent the rest of my life without studying or working*

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*Now 3 things we WOULD have changed:*

* **Yo me habría salido de la naval mucho antes.** / *I would have left the navy much earlier.*
* **Yo habría evitado caerme de un segundo piso.** / *I would have avoided falling from a first floor.*
* **Yo habría aprendido francés.** / *I would have learned French.*

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