Change

Question 1

Ponerse and quedarse + adjective

Answer 1

used for external changes

Question 2

Te pondrás muy cachas (fuerte) si sigues levantando pesas

Answer 2

You’ll get very buff if you keep on lifting weights

Question 3

Ya, pero es que me quedé muy flojo después de la operación y necesito ponerme en forma

Answer 3

Yeah, I know, but I got very weak after my surgery and I need to get in shape

Question 4

Volverse + adjective

Answer 4

internal changes, permanent

Question 5

Se ha vuelto muy creído y no hay quien lo aguante

Answer 5

He’s become so snobbish that nobody can stand him

Question 6

Hacerse + adjective or noun

Answer 6

Professional Changes: Neutral

Question 7

Siempre quiso ser como su padre, así que al final se hizo médico

Answer 7

He had always wanted to be like his father, so he eventually became a docto

Question 8

¡Vaya! con lo religioso que era, siempre pensé que se haría cura

Answer 8

Wow! He was so religious, I had always thought he would become a priest

Question 9

Llegar a ser + noun

Answer 9

Professional Changes: Positive

Question 10

Llegó a ser una deportista de élite

Answer 10

She became a top athlete

Question 11

Acabar + Gerund + Noun

Acabar + Noun

Answer 11

Professional Changes: Negative

Question 12

Sí, cierto. Prometía llegar a ser una reconocido tenista, pero desafortunadamente, acabó trabajando de recogepelotas / acabó de recogepelotas

Answer 12

Yes, that’s right. She had vowed to become a well-known tennis player, but unfortunately, she just ended up working as a ball girl