Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers. 1. Mark: What are you doing with those scissors? Beth: I (cut) that picture of the ocean out of the travel magazine. Mark: What (you, do) with it? Beth: I (paint) a watercolor of the ocean for my art class, and I thought I could use this photograph as a model. 2. Mark: (you, do) me a favor, Sam? Sam: Sure, what do you want me to do? Mark: I (change) the broken light bulb in the lamp above the dining room table. I need someone to hold the ladder for me while I am up there. Sam: No problem, I (hold) it for you. 3. Gina: Where are you going? Ted: I (go) to the store to pick up some groceries. Gina: What (you, get) ? Ted: I (buy) some milk, some bread, and some coffee. 4. John: Wow, it's freezing out there. Jane: I (make) some coffee to warm us up. Do you want a piece of pie as well? John: Coffee sounds great! But I (have) dinner with some friends later, so I'd better skip the pie. Jane: I (go) to dinner tonight too, but I'm having a piece of pie anyway. 5. Frank: I heard you're taking a Spanish class at the community college. Tom: Yeah, I (go) to Guatemala next spring and I thought knowing a little Spanish would make the trip easier. Frank: I (visit) my brother in Marseilles next year. Maybe I should take a French class. Tom: I have a course catalog in the other room. I (go) get it, and we can see whether or not they're offering a French course next semester.
Respuestas
Respuestas en negrita y subrayadas:
1. Mark: What are you doing with those scissors? Beth: I (cut) that picture of the ocean out of the travel magazine. Mark: What (you, do) with it? Beth: I (paint) a watercolor of the ocean for my art class, and I thought I could use this photograph as a model.
Respuesta 1:
Mark: What are you doing with those scissors?
Beth: I'm going to cut that picture of the ocean out of the travel magazine.
Mark: What are you going to do with it?
Beth: I'm going to paint a watercolor of the ocean for my art class, and I thought I could use this photograph as a model.
Traducción 1:
Mark: ¿Qué estás haciendo con esas tijeras?
Beth: Voy a recortar esa foto del océano de la revista de viajes.
Mark: ¿Qué vas a hacer con ella?
Beth: Voy a pintar una acuarela del océano para mi clase de arte, y pensaba que podría usar esta fotografía como modelo.
2. Mark: (you, do) me a favor, Sam? Sam: Sure, what do you want me to do? Mark: I (change) the broken light bulb in the lamp above the dining room table. I need someone to hold the ladder for me while I am up there. Sam: No problem, I (hold) it for you.
Respuesta 2:
Mark: Could you do me a favor, Sam?
Sam: Sure, what do you want me to do?
Mark: I'm going to change the broken light bulb in the lamp above the dining room table. I need someone to hold the ladder for me while I am up there.
Sam: No problem, I will hold it for you.
Traducción 2:
Mark: ¿Podrías hacerme un favor, Sam?
Sam: Claro, ¿Qué quieres que yo haga?
Mark: Yo voy a cambiar la bombilla fundida de la lámpara sobre la mesa del comedor. Necesito alguien que me sostenga la escalera mientras estoy arriba.
Sam: No hay problema, yo te la sujetaré.
3. Gina: Where are you going? Ted: I (go) to the store to pick up some groceries. Gina: What (you, get) ? Ted: I (buy) some milk, some bread, and some coffee.
Respuesta 3:
Gina: Where are you going?
Ted: I am going to the store to pick some groceries.
Gina. What are you going to get?
Ted: I will buy some milk, some bread, and some coffee.
Traducción 3:
Gina: a donde vas?
Ted: Voy a la tienda a comprar algunos comestibles.
Gina: ¿Qué vas a conseguir?
Ted: Compraré leche, pan y café.
4. John: Wow, it's freezing out there. Jane: I (make) some coffee to warm us up. Do you want a piece of pie as well? John: Coffee sounds great! But I (have) dinner with some friends later, so I'd better skip the pie. Jane: I (go) to dinner tonight too, but I'm having a piece of pie anyway.
Respuesta 4:
John: Wow, it's freezing out there.
Jane: I am going to make some coffee to warm us up. Do you want a piece of pie as well?
John: Coffee sounds great! But I am having dinner with some friends later, so I'd better skip the pie.
Jane: I am going to dinner tonight too, but I'm having a piece of pie anyway.
Traducción 4:
John: Vaya, hace mucho frío ahí fuera.
Jane: Voy a hacer un poco de café para entrar en calor. ¿Quieres un trozo de pastel también?
John: ¡El café suena genial! Pero voy a cenar con unos amigos más tarde, así que sería mejor que me salte el pastel.
Jane: Yo también voy a cenar esta noche, pero de todos modos voy a comer un trozo de pastel.
5. Frank: I heard you're taking a Spanish class at the community college. Tom: Yeah, I (go) to Guatemala next spring and I thought knowing a little Spanish would make the trip easier. Frank: I (visit) my brother in Marseilles next year. Maybe I should take a French class. Tom: I have a course catalog in the other room. I (go) get it, and we can see whether or not they're offering a French course next semester.
Respuesta 5:
Frank: I heard you're taking a Spanish class at the community college.
Tom: Yeah, I am going to Guatemala next spring and I thought knowing a little Spanish would make the trip easier.
Frank: I am going to visit my brother in Marseilles next year. Maybe I should take a French class.
Tom: I have a course catalog in the other room. I will go get it, and we can see whether or not they're offering a French course next semester.
Traducción 5:
Frank: Escuché que estás tomando una clase de español en el colegio comunitario.
Tom: Sí, voy a ir a Guatemala la próxima primavera y pensé que hablar un poco de español facilitaría el viaje.
Frank: Yo voy a visitar a mi hermano en Marsella el próximo año. Tal vez debería tomar una clase de francés.
Tom: Yo tengo un catálogo de cursos en la otra habitación. iré a conseguirlo, y podemos ver si ofrecen o no un curso de francés el próximo semestre.