Teach Y G - 18 - Referring to past events

Question 1

1. simple past or preterit

Answer 1

1. what tense use for events happened in past AND completed in past? (situation 1)

Question 2

1. simple past or preterit

Answer 2

1. what tense use for events which lasted over a period of time in the past AND completed in the past?

Question 3

Time phrases connected with preterit:

1. ayer
2. anteayer
3. anoche
4. el lunes/martes pasado

Answer 3

Time phrases connected with preterit:

1. yesterday
2. the day before yesterday
3. last night
4. last Monday/Tuesday

Question 4

Time phrases connected with preterit:
5, la semana pasado
6. el mes/el año pasado
7. en 1970/en 1980
8. hace dos mesas/tres años

Answer 4

Time phrases connected with preterit:
5, last week
6. last month/last year
7. in 1970/in 1980
8. two moths/three years ago

Question 5

for

Answer 5

what does hace mean = verb present tense + hace?

Question 6

ago

Answer 6

what does hace mean = verb preterit tense + hace?

Question 7

1. Vive aqui desde hace dos años

2. verb present tense + hace

Answer 7

1. He´s been living here for two years.

2. Why does hace have that meaning?

Question 8

1. Vivió aquí hace dos años

2. verb preterite tense + hace

Answer 8

1. He lived here two years ago.

2. Why does hace have that meaning?

Question 9

1. Hace seis meses que estoy en Madrid

2. verb present tense + hace

Answer 9

1. I´ve been in Madrid for six months.

2. Why does hace have that meaning?

Question 10

1. Hace seis meses estuve in Madrid.

2. verb preterite tense + hace

Answer 10

1. I was in Madrid six months ago.

2. Why does hace have that meaning?

Question 11

1. ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que llegaste?

2. verb preterite tense + hace

Answer 11

1. How long ago did you arrive?

2. Why does hace have that meaning?

Question 12

1. ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que murió?

2. verb preterite tense + hace

Answer 12

1. How many years ago did he die?

2. Why does hace have that meaning?

Question 13

Llegué hace dos semanas

Answer 13

I arrived two weeks ago

Question 14

Pagué la cuenta anoche

Answer 14

I paid the bill last night

Question 15

1. Saqué dos entradas para el cine

2. sacar

Answer 15

1. I got two tickets for the cinema

2. To get eg tickets

Question 16

Ella no leyó la carta

Answer 16

She didn´t read the letter

Question 17

1. ¿Tú has estado alguna vez en Inglaterra?

2. Perfect

Answer 17

1. Have you ever been to England?

2. What tense?

Question 18

1. alguna vez, nunca

2. To establish a relationship with the present.

Answer 18

1. What is Spanish for “ever” and “never”?

2. Why these 2 words used with perfect tense?

Question 19

¿Hay algún recado para mi?

Answer 19

Are there any messages for me?

Question 20

In a NARRATIVE context (eg literature, history) to give more force to the actions described.

Answer 20

When is the present used IN WRITING to describe past events?

Question 21

It can be used COLLOQUIALLY in a NARRATIVE context to describe recent past events.

Answer 21

When is the present used ORALLY to describe past events?

Question 22

1. Estuve allí hace cuatro años.

2. Hice un curso de inglés en Brighton …

Answer 22

1. I was there four years ago.

2. I did an English course in Brighton …

Question 23

1. Ella vivió en Inglaterra durante siete años

2. situation 2 - definite period which ended in past

Answer 23

1. She lived in England for seven years.

2. Why preterit?

Question 24

1. Llegué el lunes pasado

2. situation 1 - event which happened in past and complete

Answer 24

1. I arrived last Monday.

2. Why preterit?