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Doing Words 4 (Owe, Hunt)
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Doing Words 4 (Owe, Hunt)

This Spanish Difficult Review picture quiz will continue to focus on action words or doing words, i.e., verbs, such as owe and hunt. You are almost done with this series of Spanish Difficult picture review quizzes. How are you doing? Do you need to look back at some of the academic quizzes to refresh your memory on verbs and verb tenses? If so, please feel free to take your time to do so. When you feel comfortable, come back and retake this series to see how you may have improved. If you are doing well already, congratulations! You’re brain has come a long way down the Spanish pathway. However, you are not done yet so take a look at the next ten sentences and see if you are able to better your time from the Doing Words 3 time challenge. Now, let’s see how you are doing!

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1 .
Do you PREFER traditional or modern art?
prefiere
preferís
preferiste
preferirán
The capitalized verb in this sentence is a present tense verb and the pronoun of 'you' has been given. As you do not know who 'you' is you default to the singular/formal form. In Spanish that is usted. The Spanish present tense verb for 'you prefer' is prefiere. It is an IR verb and in this instance it is also an irregular verb.
2 .
How much do I OWE you for the takeaway?
deben
debo
deberá
debí
Here again the capitalized verb is a present tense verb. This time the given pronoun is I. The Spanish present tenses verb for 'I owe' is debo. It is an ER verb.
3 .
He had to BALANCE very carefully.
equilibrar
equilibramos
equilibraron
equilibra
In this sentence, as the preposition word of 'to' appears before the capitalized verb you know that it means that the verb should appear in its base form. The Spanish base word for 'to balance' is equilibrar. It is an AR verb.
4 .
He HUNTED high and low until he found the odd socks!
cazaste
caza
cazó
cazará
As the verb in this sentence ends with the letters of 'ed' you know it is a past tense verb. The pronoun of he has been given. Therefore, the Spanish past tense verb for 'he hunted' is cazó. It is an AR verb.
5 .
I COMPEL you to hear my side of the story.
compelimos
compeleremos
compeliendo
compelo
The capitalized verb in this sentence is a present tense verb and the pronoun of I has been given. The Spanish present tense verb for 'I compel' is compelo. It is an ER verb.
6 .
They were RIDING the waves.
montan
montando
montaron
montarán
In this sentence the capitalized verb ends in with the letters of 'ing' making it a gerund. It is also proceeded by the past tense 'to be' verb. This tells us that 'riding' is a gerund and progressive verb. The Spanish gerund for 'riding' is montando. It is an AR verb.
7 .
The committee said they will CONSIDER his application.
consideran
consideraste
considerarán
considerando
Here you have a capitalized verb with the word of 'will' before it. This tells you it is a future tense verb. The pronoun of they is given. The Spanish future tense verb for 'they will consider' is considerarán. It is an AR verb.
8 .
Look up at the birds SOARING in the sky.
elevan
elevarán
elevaron
elevando
In this sentence the capitalized verb ends in with the letters of 'ing' making it a gerund. Although you do not see the 'to be' verb, it is understood as the thought is that 'the birds are soaring'. The Spanish gerund for 'soaring' is elevando. It is an AR verb.
9 .
Let’s PRETEND to be detectives today!
pretenden
pretendemos
pretendieron
pretendimos
The capitalized verb in this sentence is a present tense verb. The word 'let’s' is the conjunction of 'let us'. The pronoun that can replace 'us' is 'we'. Therefore, the Spanish present tense verb for 'we pretend' is pretendemos.
10 .
Each year the family loves to see the Christmas lights TWINKLE.
brillaron
brilla
brilló
brillan
The capitalized verb in this sentence is in the present tense. Next you need to see the object or subject of that verb. It is Christmas lights. Now determine the pronoun that can replace that and it would be they. The Spanish present tense verb for 'they twinkle' is brillan.
Author:  Christine G. Broome

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