Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish (156 page)

Translate the following sentences into Spanish. Write out each sentence in Spanish, using the columns above as a guide. Check your sentences with the translations below this exercise.

1. I laughed when I saw the clown.
   
2. Peter laughed when he saw the cartoon.
   
3. We laughed when we saw the clown.
   
4. They laughed when they heard the joke.
   
5. Albert laughed when he read the joke.
   
6. John laughed when he saw the hat.
   
7. I smiled when I saw him last night.
   
8. Helen smiled when she talked with John.
   
9. We smiled when we saw the baby.
   
10. They smiled when they saw him with Martha.
    

Check your sentences with the translations below.

1. Me reí cuando ví al payaso.
   
2. Pedro se rió cuando vió la caricatura.
   
3. Nos reímos cuando vimos al payaso.
   
4. Se rieron cuando oyeron el chiste.
   
5. Alberto se rió cuando leyó el chiste.
   
6. Juan se rió cuando vió el sombrero.
   
7. Me sonreí cuando lo ví anoche.
   
8. Elena se sonrió cuando habló con Juan.
   
9. Nos sonreímos cuando vimos al nene.
   
10. Se sonrieron cuando lo vieron con Marta.
    

Combine the words below in different ways to form as many sentences as you can. Be sure to use words from each of the columns in every sentence you form.

A

1	2
Me vestí ( I dressed )	pronto
El niño se vistió ( The child [boy] dressed )	esta mañana en el dormitorio
Nos vestimos ( We dressed )	después del desayuno
Se vistieron	en cinco minutos
Me visto ( I dress )	muy despacio ( slowly )
El niños se viste	solos
Los niños se visten

B

1	2	3
Mido ( I measure )	la tela	antes de cortarla
Alberto mide ( Albert measures )	( the material ) las tablas	( before cutting it ) en la carpintería
Medí ( I measured )	( the boards )	( in the carpenter shop )
¿Midió usted    ( Did you measure ?)	la tela el olán	para las cortinas  ( for the curtains )
Medimos	( the ruffle )	para la blusa
Midieron	la seda  ( the silk ) la lana  ( the wool )	para el vestido para el saco

Remember that in the command and in the present subjunctive “ar” verbs end in “e” and “er” and “ir” verbs end in “a.”

Remember also that irregularities in the present tense are carried over to the command and the present subjunctive.

Remember that irregularities in the preterite are carried over into the past subjunctive.

RADICAL CHANGING VERBS I

In these verbs the “e” changes to “ie” or the “o” changes to “ue” in the present, but the preterite is regular (as explained in Lesson 30).

RADICAL CHANGING VERBS II

In these verbs the “e” changes to “i” in the present and in the third man singular and plural of the past (as explained at the beginning of this lesson).

RADICAL CHANGING VERBS III

These verbs combine the present tense of Radical Changing Verbs I with the past of Radical Changing Verbs II. That is, in these verbs the “e” changes to “ie” in the present (except for the first person plural) and the “e” changes to “i” in the third man singular and plural of the past (preterite).

PREFERIR,
to prefer

The following verbs belong to Radical Changing Verbs III and have the same irregularities as “preferir” above.