Modern Spanish Syntax: Chapter 2

Question 1

Last month she did not call me once

Answer 1

El mes pasado no me llamo ni una sola vez

Question 2

This week all of a sudden she has called me several times

Answer 2

Esta semana de repente me ha llamado varias veces

Question 3

I found out yesterday that she was sick, but I have not been able to go to see her yet.

Answer 3

Supe ayer que estaba enferma, pero no he podido ir a verla todavia

Question 4

In this century science has progressed tremendously

Answer 4

En este siglo la ciencia ha progresado muchisimo

Question 5

However, in previous centuries it also made great advances

Answer 5

Sin embargo, en siglos pasados tambien hizo grandes avances

Question 6

He has never lacked anything

Answer 6

Nunca le ha faltado nada

Question 7

He never lacked anything

Answer 7

Nunca le falto nada

Question 8

He has not spoken to me in a whole week

Answer 8

No me ha hablado en toda una semana

Question 9

He did not speak to me for a whole week

Answer 9

No me hablo en toda una semana

Question 10

We have gone to the theater several times during the last few weeks

Answer 10

Hemos ido al teatro varias veces en las ultimas semanas

Question 11

We went to the theater several times during the winter season

Answer 11

Fuimos al teatro varias veces durante la temporada de invierno

Question 12

She has been seriously ill during the last few months

Answer 12

Ha estado gravemente enferma en los ultimos meses

Question 13

He has been a very conscientious worker all along

Answer 13

Ha sido un trabajadr muy consciente en todo momento

Question 14

He was a very conscientious worker while he was with this company

Answer 14

Fue un trabajador muy consciente mientras estuvo con esta compania.

Question 15

Fleming has proven that penicillin is an effective agent against certain infections

Answer 15

Fleming ha comprobado que la penicilina es un agente contra ciertas infecciones

Question 16

It has been proven that the environmental factor is as important as the hereditary factor in human behavior

Answer 16

Se ha demostrado que el factor ambiente es tan importante como el factor hereditario en la conducta humana

Question 17

His parents died four years ago

Answer 17

Sus padres han muerto hace cuatro anos

Question 18

Yesterday he worked all day long

Answer 18

Ayer ha trabajado todo el dia

Question 19

How long have you lived here?

Ud.

Answer 19

Cuanto tiempo hace que Ud. vive aqui?

Question 20

He has loved her ever since he saw her.

Answer 20

La quiere desde que la vio.

Question 21

She has been with them ever since she became a widow

Answer 21

Esta con ellos desde que enviudo

Question 22

He has worked for them since December

Answer 22

Trabaja con ellos desde diciembre.

Question 23

He has grasped it

Answer 23

Lo ha entendido

Question 24

He has known her for years

Answer 24

La conoce desde hace anos

Question 25

He has understood it for a long time

Answer 25

Lo entiende desde hace tiempo

Question 26

We have seen each other daily for months

Answer 26

Nos vemos diariamente desde hace meses

Question 27

When I arrived, they had already left

Answer 27

Cuando yo llegue ellos habian salido ya

Question 28

That day I found out that he had deceived me.

Answer 28

Aquel dia supe que me habia enganado

Question 29

I had not heard her speak like that until now

Answer 29

No la habia oido hablar asi hasta ahora

Question 30

It had been a long time since we had seen each other

Answer 30

Hacia mucho tiempo que no nos habiamos visto

Question 31

As soon as he finished his work, he left

Answer 31

En cuanto termino su trabajo se fue

Question 32

As soon as he saw me he recognized me

Answer 32

Ni bien me vio, me reconocio

Question 33

After he talked to her, he became convinced of her innocence.

Answer 33

Despues que hablo con ella, se convencio de su inocencia

Question 34

After he finished several poems he sent them to the journal

Answer 34

Luego que termino varios poemas, los envio a la revista

Question 35

As soon as he had bid them farewell, he left

Answer 35

En cuanto se habia despedido salio.

Question 36

By the time you return, she will have married already

Answer 36

Cuando regreses, ella se habra casado

Question 37

By the time you arrive, we will have finished

Answer 37

Cuando llegues, habremos terminado

Question 38

By Monday, we will have made the decision

Answer 38

Para el lunes habremos hecho la decision

Question 39

She must have left already

Answer 39

Se habra ido ya

Question 40

I saw that they were not talking to each other. they must have had a fight.

Answer 40

Vi que no se hablaban. Se habran peleado

Question 41

He did not understand me. Perhaps I did not make myself clear.

Answer 41

No me entendio. No habre sabido explicarme.

Question 42

He might have been indiscreet but he meant no harm.

Answer 42

Habra sido indiscreto, pero no fue mal intencionado.

Question 43

You might have understood that, but that is not what I said.

Answer 43

Ud. habra entendido eso, pero eso no fue lo que yo dije

Question 44

She told me that by the time I returned she would have married already.

Answer 44

Me dijo que para cuando yo regresara, ella se habria casado ya.

Question 45

He promised me that by the time I arrived, they would have finished

Answer 45

Me prometio que para cuando yo llegara, habrian terminado.

Question 46

He said that by Monday they would have made the decision

Answer 46

Me dijo que para el lunes habrian hecho la decision.

Question 47

Mary was asking herself whether her friend might have left already

Answer 47

Maria se preguntaba si su amiga se habria ido

Question 48

He did not understand me. Perhaps I did not make myself clear.

Answer 48

No me entendio. No habria sabido explicarme.

Question 49

She could not stop thinking about what might have become of her friend's life.

Answer 49

No podia dejar de pensar en lo que habria sido de la vida de su amiga.

Question 50

If you had been here that would not have happened.

Answer 50

Si tu hubieras estado aqui eso no habria pasado

Question 51

If you knew English you would have understood what he was saying

Answer 51

Si tu supieras ingles, habrias entendido lo que te decia

Question 52

I would not have done that.

Answer 52

Yo no habria hecho eso.

Question 53

I would have liked to speak to you but I did not have time

Answer 53

Me habria gustado hablar contigo, pero no tuve tiempo.