Question about these 10 sentences

Question

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could look over these 10 sentences?

They're labeled with an (imp) or (pret) at the end to indicate whether it's supposed to be in the imperfect or in the preterite. One of them has both...I think. My problem is that I'm not completely sure these sentences are in the right form (preterite vs imperfect).

Also, I know I'm missing accents.

1. Yo era un bebe hermosa (imp)
2. Durante navidad, me gustaba jugar con Legos (pret)
3. Para Halloween, yo fui un calabaza. Yo recibi muchos dulces (pret)
4. Yo era un maestro de los caballos. Yo era como John Wayne (imp)
5. Por la noche, yo siempre lei los libros de misterio (pret)
6. Cuando habia nieve, me gustaba jugar afuera con mi amigo caleb (imp)
7. Yo y mi amigo Chris eran maestros de pesca (imp)
8. Hasta que yo tenia 15 anos, yo jugaba en un equipo de beisbol (imp)
9. Cuando yo era en Nueva York, conocí a un gorila (both
10. El verana pasado, yo fui a Espana con mi orquestra (pret)

Answer 1

Only a few errors with the tenses. Also corrected some other errors with the sentences. Finally, don't overuse the "yo". It is usually not necessary.

• Yo era un bebé hermoso. (imp) Correct
• Durante navidad, me gustaba jugar con Legos. (pret) Imperfect
• Para Halloween, (yo) fui como una calabaza. (Yo) recibí muchos dulces (pret) Correct
• Yo era un maestro de los caballos. (Yo) era como John Wayne (imp) Correct
• Por la noche, (yo) siempre leía los libros de misterio. (pret) You need imperfect here because it is a habitual action in the past
• Cuando había nieve, me gustaba jugar afuera con mi amigo Caleb. (imp) Correct
• Yo y Mi amigo Chris y yo éramos maestros de pesca (imp) Correct, but you need the nosotros conjugation.
• Hasta que (yo) tuve 15 años, (yo) jugaba en un equipo de béisbol (imp) Both. The first one should be preterit because it is a defined moment in the past where an action was completed.
• Cuando (yo) era estaba en Nueva York, conocí a un gorila. (both) Correct except you should have used estar, not ser.
• El verano pasado, (yo) fui a España con mi orquestra. (pret) Correct

Please correct me if I have made a mistake. Thank you!

Answer 2

After reading up on it a bit, I'm a little dubious about my response "haste que tuve". Are you allowed to use the preterit with age in this case?

Answer 3

Durante navidad, me gustaba jugar con Legos (pret)

gustaba is imperfect past tense; not preterite past tense (gustó).

¡Bienvenido al foro!

Welcome to the forum!

....conocí a un gorila

I'm curious as to why the "a" is there. I would not consider a gorilla a pet if that is the personal "a".

Yo y mi amigo Chris eran éramos maestros de pesca (imp)

Sorry, I was just checking verb tenses. I didn't realize that your sentences need proofreading.

el verano

Nice choice for using the indicative mood after hasta que when the verb is in the past tense.

orquesta (only one r)