1. Right answer:
eran
In general, the imperfect is used to talk about past actions, conditions, or events that occurred regularly or frequently or that were in progress in a moment in the past. Eran is the conjugation of the verb ser that matches the subject pronoun ustedes (second person plural) in the imperfect. Finally:
Uds. eran guapos y rubios
2. Right answer:
chango
Basically, mono and chango means the same word in English and is an animal with a long tail that climbs trees and uses its hands in the same way that people do. This is a small to medium-sized primate that typically living in trees in tropical countries.
3. Right answer:
el tigre
El tigre translates into tiger and is a large Asian wild animal that has yellowish fur with black lines. It's a member of the cat family. In fact, this is a solitary cat, native to the forests of Asia but becoming increasingly rare. Tigre is a masculine singular noun, so the matching definite article is el.
4. Right answer:
selva
The words jungla and selva translates into the same English word and is an area of land filled with dense forest and tangled vegetation, usually in the tropics. Both words are feminine singular nouns. So we can write it as la selva and la jungla.
5. Right answer:
eran
Eran is also the conjugation of the verb ser for the third person plural in the imperfect. This is a negative sentence because of the word no. Negation is an expression that means no and is used to contradict some or all of the meaning of a positive sentence. Therefore, they weren't friends. Finally:
Ellos no eran amigos.
6. Right answer:
era
Era is the conjugation of the verb ser for the first person singular in the imperfect. Here we use the verb ser as occupations. Basically, it's what someone does for a living or as a hobby. We know that the speaker of this sentence is a woman because of the word profesora, which is feminine and singular and means teacher. So I was a teacher in the past. Finally:
Yo era profesora
7. Right answer:
ibamos
In the imperfect tense, there are only three verbs with irregular conjugations, namely: ir, ser, and ver. So íbamos is the conjugation of the verb ir for the first person plural in the imperfect. Recall that for irregular verbs, you need to learn by heart conjugations. Finally:
Nosotros íbamos a la selva.
8. Right answer:
iban
Iban is the conjugation of the verb ir for the third person plural in the imperfect. We know that only women were to the jungle because of the subject pronoun ellas. Recall that jungle translates into selva and jungla. Another definition is that a jungle is a thick tropical forest. Finally:
Ellas iban a la jungla
9. Right answer:
bailabas
Bailabas is the conjugation of the verb bailair for the second person singular in the imperfect. So you used to dance in the youth club. Therefore, club de jóvenes in Spanish matches youth club in English. Since club is a masculine singular noun, we also use the masculine singular definite article el before this noun. Finally:
Tú bailabas mucho en el club de jóvenes
10. Right answer:
sabes
Sabes is the conjugation of the verb saber for the second person singular in the simple present. This is a negative sentence. Unlike English, double negatives are acceptable in Spanish. So here we use two negative word, that are no and nada. Finally, this sentence can be written as follows:
Tú no sabes nada.
11. Right answer:
vivían
Vivían is the conjugation of the verb vivir for the third person singular in the imperfect. This sentence stands for the third person singular because los monos can be replaced by ellos. So the monkeys used to live in the jungle. Finally, we can write this sentence as follows:
Los monos vivían en la jungla.
12. Right answer:
estuvo
Estuvo is the conjugation of the verb estar for the second person singular (formal you - ustedes) in the imperfect. The verb estar is being used here as location, describing where a person is temporarily. So you were in English class. Finally, this sentence can be written as follows:
Ud estuvo en la clase de inglés
13. Right answer:
estuvimos
Estuvo is the conjugation of the verb estar for the first person plural (nosotros) in the imperfect. The verb estar is also being used here as location. So we were in a country in the past and this country is Costa Rica. Finally, this sentence can be written as follows:
Nosotros estuvimos en Costa Rica.
14. Right answer:
estuve
Estuve is the conjugation of the verb estar for the first person singular (yo) in the imperfect. The verb estar is also being used here as location. In the past, I was in a country and this country is Mexico. Finally, this sentence can be written as follows:
Yo estuve en México
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