Maida 18

Question 1

Me hubiese gustado despedirme de mi mamá pero ella falleció antes DE QUE LLEGASE aL hospital

Answer 1

I had wanted to say goodbye to my mum but she died before I reached the hospital

Question 2

1. HABÍA perdido mi trabajo ESTABLE, seis o siete meses anteS
2. Only use anterior at the start of a sentence, otherwise always use antes to mean before.

Answer 2

1. I had lost my steady job six or 7 months earlier

2. What was mistake 1?

Question 3

Trabajaba pARA el sindicato de los bancarios a tiempo parcial.

Answer 3

I was working for the bankers association on a part time basis

Question 4

EN ESE MOMENTO ME INVADIÓ LA DUDA

Answer 4

In that moment I was filled with doubt

Question 5

¿SI deBía salir inmediatamente o esperar hasta la mañana por la mañana?

Answer 5

Should I leave immediately or wait until tomorrow morning?

Question 6

REVISÉ LOS horarioS de los vuelos a Auckland

Answer 6

I checked the flight timetable to Auckland

Question 7

1. ASI QUE TOMÉ la decisión DE tomar el vuelo muy temprano el día siguiente
2. When make a decision its “tomar” NOT “hacer”
3. used “de” not “para” ie tomar la decisión de = make the decision to

Answer 7

1. So I made the decision to take the very early flight the following day
2. What was mistake 1?
3. What was mistake 2?

Question 8

había perdido el momento DE verla AÚN CON VIDA

Answer 8

I had missed the opportunity to see her still alive

Question 9

1. Todavía, siento tristeZA al recordar esa situación y LAMENTO NO HABER TOMADO OTRA decisión.
2. Using simplified English structure to express the Spanish ie I still feel said when I remember that situation and that decision
3. used me siento = only use sentirse when feeling sick
4. used triste instead of the noun tristeza

Answer 9

1. I still feel sad when I remember that situation and I regret not having made the other decision
2. What was mistake 1?
3. What was mistake 2?
4. What was mistake 3?

Question 10

Esta mañana me he levantado tarde COMO HA ESO DE las 10.

Answer 10

This morning I got up late at about 10

Question 11

1. MIS FOSAS NASALES ESTAN bloqueadAs.
2. fosa nasal
3. fosa = pit, grave

Answer 11

1. My nostrils are blocked
2. nostril
3. what does the 1st word for nostril here also mean?

Question 12

Este dolor ME CAUSA MOLESTIA PERO es soportable

Answer 12

This pain is uncomfortable but it isn’t unbearable

Question 13

Pero, …LO que SÍ ES CIERTO, … es que me falta energía.

Answer 13

But, … what is true… is that I´m lacking energy

Question 14

YA SON PASADA LAS 12 DEL MEDIODIAy todavía llevo PUESTO mis pijamas

Answer 14

It´s already after 12 midday and I´m still wearing my pyjamas

Question 15

DEBAJO DE MI BATA DE BAñO, guantes, un gorro de lana y un par de zapatillas.

Answer 15

Beneath my bath robe, gloves, a woollen beanie and a pair of slippers

Question 16

1. Desde ESTA Mañana HASTA AHORA ….
2. … NO HE HECHO NADA MAS,
3. …. QUE SOLO VER televisión

Answer 16

1. Since this morning [] …
2. … I’ve done nothing much ..
3. [except] just watch television

Question 17

1. Ahora estoy DE NUEVO cansado.

2. I put “de nuevo” after cansado

Answer 17

1. Now I was tired again

2. What was my mistake?

Question 18

El ruido de los bebés gritando, DE Los jóvenes PIDIENDO más comida y DE las mamás quejanDOSE que los chicos no estaban nunca satisfechos.

Answer 18

1. The sound of the babies crying, the youngsters asking for more food and the mothers complaining that the kids were never satisfied.

Question 19

1. Pues PARA aquel entonces tanto los ricos como los pobres vivían [] este estilo de vida
2. didn’t have “para”
3. wrote “lived in” as “vivían en”

Answer 19

1. Well in those days the rich like the poor lived that life style
2. What was mistake 1?
3. What was mistake 2?

Question 20

1. ERA COMUN VER A Bisabuelos, abuelos, padres, tíos y niños todos mezcladoS vivíENDO en una sola habitación grande.
2. Thinking in short-hand ie started by just saying “habían”
3. used “vivían” ie past imperfect instead of present participle

Answer 20

1. It was common to see great-grandparents, grand parents, parents, uncles and children all mixed together living in a single large room.
2. What was mistake 1?
3. What was mistake 2?

Question 21

1. Hoy en día puede ser sorprende VER A todA nuestra familia vivíENDO juntoS
2. Thinking in short hand ie “that all etc”
3. used “vivíamos” ie past imperfect instead of present participle

Answer 21

1. These days you would be surprised that (to see) all our family lived together
2. What was mistake 1?
3. What was mistake 2?