Expresate!: Spanish 1
Expresate!: Spanish 1
1st Edition
Rinehart, Winston and Holt
ISBN: 9780030452048
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Exercise 1
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In this question you’re asked to use the subject and adjective given to create a grammatically correct sentence. Remember, Roberto never says mean things so if the adjective isn’t a desirable quality, remember to add “no” before the conjugation of *ser*. The first question gives us “I/lazy”.
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Since “lazy” is generally not a good thing to be described as, we need to make sure that we add “no” before the *yo* form of *ser*. The *yo* form of *ser* is *soy*.
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No soy perezoso.
Exercise 2
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In this question you’re asked to use the subject and adjective given to create a grammatically correct sentence. Remember, Roberto never says mean things so if the adjective isn’t a desirable quality, remember to add “no” before the conjugation of *ser*. The second question gives us “you/beautiful”.
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Beautiful is definitely a good thing to be described as, so we don’t have to worry about adding “no” into this one. The subject that’s given to us is *tú*, and in the model was can see that the *tú* form of *ser* is *eres*.
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Eres bonita.
Exercise 3
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In this question you’re asked to use the subject and adjective given to create a grammatically correct sentence. Remember, Roberto never says mean things so if the adjective isn’t a desirable quality, remember to add “no” before the conjugation of *ser*. The third question gives us “my friend Carlos/intelligent”.
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Here we won’t negate the verb, since intelligence is a good thing to be said as having. The subject is my friend Carlos (*él*),so we need the *él* conjugation of the verb *ser*, which is *es*.
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Mi amigo Carlos es inteligente.
Exercise 4
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In this question you’re asked to use the subject and adjective given to create a grammatically correct sentence. Remember, Roberto never says mean things so if the adjective isn’t a desirable quality, remember to add “no” before the conjugation of *ser*. The fourth question gives us “Professor Garza/boring”.
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Especially as a teacher, being described as boring is not a good thing. For our answer, we’ll need to be sure to negate the sentence by adding “no” before the *usted* conjugation of *ser*, which is *es*.
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Profesor Garza no es aburrido.
Exercise 5
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In this question you’re asked to use the subject and adjective given to create a grammatically correct sentence. Remember, Roberto never says mean things so if the adjective isn’t a desirable quality, remember to add “no” before the conjugation of *ser*. The fifth question gives us “we/friendly”.
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We won’t need to negate this verb since being described as friendly is a good thing. We will need the *nosotros* form of *ser* to complete this sentence. Look back at Chapter 1 if you need a refresher on the various conjugations of *ser*.
Result
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Nosotros somos simpáticos.
Exercise 6
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In this question you’re asked to use the subject and adjective given to create a grammatically correct sentence. Remember, Roberto never says mean things so if the adjective isn’t a desirable quality, remember to add “no” before the conjugation of *ser*. The sixth question gives us “Mari and Gisela/witty”.
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The subject of the sentence is “Mari and Gisela”, which could also be replaced with the subject pronoun *ellas* (they). Since both Mari and Gisela are girls, we would use the feminine form *ellas* instead of the masculine or mixed-gender form *ellos*. The correct conjugation of *ser* in this case is *son*.
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Finally, since “witty” is generally not a negative quality, we will not worry about negating this sentence.
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Mari y Gisela son graciosas.
Exercise 7
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In this question you’re asked to use the subject and adjective given to create a grammatically correct sentence. Remember, Roberto never says mean things so if the adjective isn’t a desirable quality, remember to add “no” before the conjugation of *ser*. The seventh question gives us “my classmates/ unfriendly”.
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Since “they” would be another way of saying “my classmates”, the correct conjugation of *ser* would be *son*, as this is the “they” form of the verb.
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Finally, since “unfriendly” is not a good thing to be described as, we’re going to make sure that Roberto adds a “no” before *son*.
Result
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Mis compañeras de clase no son antipáticas.
Exercise 8
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In this question you’re asked to use the subject and adjective given to create a grammatically correct sentence. Remember, Roberto never says mean things so if the adjective isn’t a desirable quality, remember to add “no” before the conjugation of *ser*. This final question gives us “you (formal, plural)/ active”.
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Since the subject is *ustedes*, the correct conjugation of *ser* will be *son*.
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Finally, since being described as active is generally a good thing, you do not have to worry about negating this sentence with *no*.
Result
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Ustedes son activos.
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