Modern Spanish Syntax: Chapter 2

Question 1

Last month she did not call me once

Answer 1

El mes pasado no me llamó 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 todavía

Question 4

In this century science has progressed tremendously

Answer 4

En este siglo la ciencia ha progresado muchísimo

Question 5

However, in previous centuries it also made great advances

Answer 5

Sin embargo, en siglos pasados también 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 faltó 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 habló 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 últimas 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 últimos 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 compañía.

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 años

Question 18

Yesterday he worked all day long

Answer 18

Ayer ha trabajado todo el día

Question 19

How long have you lived here?

Ud.

Answer 19

Cuanto tiempo hace que Ud. vive aquí?

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

Está con ellos desde que enviudó

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 años

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 llegué ellos habían salido ya

Question 28

That day I found out that he had deceived me.

Answer 28

Aquel día supe que me había engañado

Question 29

I had not heard her speak like that until now

Answer 29

No la había oído hablar así hasta ahora

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Hacía mucho tiempo que no nos habíamos visto

Question 31

As soon as he finished his work, he left

Answer 31

En cuanto terminó su trabajo, se fue.

Question 32

As soon as he saw me he recognized me

Answer 32

Ni bien me vio, me reconoció.

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Después que habló con ella, se convenció de su inocencia.

Question 34

After he finished several poems he sent them to the journal

Answer 34

Luego que terminó varios poemas, los envió a la revista.

Question 35

As soon as he had bid them farewell, he left

Answer 35

En cuanto se había despedido salió.

Question 36

By the time you return, she will have married already

Answer 36

Cuando regreses, ella se habrá casado ya.

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 decisión.

Question 39

She must have left already

Answer 39

Se habrá 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 habrán peleado.

Question 41

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

Answer 41

No me entendió. No habré sabido explicarme.

Question 42

He might have been indiscreet but he meant no harm.

Answer 42

Habrá sido indiscreto, pero no fue mal intencionado.

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Ud. habrá 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 regresase, ella se habría casado ya.

Question 45

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

Answer 45

Me prometió que para cuando yo llegase, habría terminado.

Question 46

He said that by Monday they would have made the decision

Answer 46

Me dijo que para el lunes habrían hecho la decision.

Question 47

Mary was asking herself whether her friend might have left already

Answer 47

María se preguntaba si su amiga se habría ido.

Question 48

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

Answer 48

No me entendió. No habría sabido explicarme.

Question 49

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

Answer 49

No podía dejar de pensar en lo que habría sido de la vida de su amiga.

Question 50

If you had been here that would not have happened.

Answer 50

Si tú hubieras estado aquí eso no habría pasado.

Question 51

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

Answer 51

Si tú supieras inglés, habrías entendido lo que te decía.

Question 52

I would not have done that.

Answer 52

Yo no habría hecho eso.

Question 53

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

Answer 53

Me habría gustado hablar contigo, pero no tuve tiempo.