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Realidades Guided Practice Activities For Vocabulary And Grammar Level 3 Student Edition

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Prentice Hall

ISBN: 9780131661493

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Page 74: Verbos con distinto sentido en el pretérito y en el imperfecto C

Exercise 1

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In this exercise, we need to complete the sentence with the correct imperfect or preterite *yo* form of the verbs given.
The sentence reads:
*”I ____ (want to) read in a cafe. So I asked the owner of the cafe if it was possible.”*

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Some verbs have different meanings in the imperfect and in the preterite tense.
Those verbs are *saber* (know/found out), *conocer* (know smth or someone/meet for the first time), *querer* (wanted to/tried to), *no querer* (didn’t want to/refused to), *poder* (be able to/tried to).

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Since in the sentence we have “pregunté….si era posible” (asked if it was possible) and from the context of the sentence, we know we will use the imperfect meaning of the verb *querer*, which is “want”.
The subject is *yo* (I). Therefore, we will use the first-person singular imperfect form of *querer*, which is “quería”.

Result

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quería

Exercise 2

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In this exercise, we need to complete the sentence with the correct imperfect or preterite *yo* form of the verbs given.
The sentence reads:
*”I _____ (tried to) read the poetry at the cafe, but I got nervous and couldn’t finish the poem.”*

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Since in the sentence we have “no pude” (couldn’t) and from the context of the sentence, we know we will use the preterite meaning of the verb *querer*, which is “tried to”.
The subject is *yo* (I). Therefore, we will use the first-person singular preterite form of *querer*, which is “quise”.

Result

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quise

Exercise 3

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In this exercise, we need to complete the sentence with the correct imperfect or preterite *yo* form of the verbs given.
The sentence reads:
*”Julia didn’t _____ (want) to go out with Pepe, but they went out because he is her boyfriend’s best friend.”*

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Since in the sentence we have “pero salieron” (but they went out) and from the context of the sentence, we know we will use the imperfect meaning of the verb *no querer*, which is “didn’t want to”.
The subject is *Julia*. Therefore, we will use the third-person singular imperfect form of *querer*, which is “quería”.

Result

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quería

Exercise 4

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In this exercise, we need to complete the sentence with the correct imperfect or preterite *yo* form of the verbs given.
The sentence reads:
*”Julia didn’t _____ (refused to) go out with Pepe and that’s why he had to go to the movies alone.”*

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From the context of the sentence, we know we will use the preterite meaning of the verb *no querer*, which is “refused to”.
The subject is *Julia*. Therefore, we will use the third-person singular preterite form of *querer*, which is “quiso”.

Result

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quiso

Exercise 5

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In this exercise, we need to complete the sentence with the correct imperfect or preterite *yo* form of the verbs given.
The sentence reads:
*”The director told us that we _____ (can) participate in the play.”*

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From the context of the sentence, we know we will use the imperfect meaning of the verb *poder*, which is “could”.
The subject is *nosotros* (we). Therefore, we will use the third-person plural imperfect form of *poder*, which is “podíamos”.

Result

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podíamos

Exercise 6

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Sinc in the sentence we have *comprar las entradas* (buy the tickets) and from the context of the sentence, we know we will use the preterite meaning of the verb *poder*, which is “tried and succeeded in doing”.
The subject is *nosotros* (we). Therefore, we will use the third-person plural preterite form of *poder*, which is “pudimos”.

Result

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pudimos

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