homework help (4B La semana Santa)

Question

Patricia, una estudiante norteamericana que está pasando un año en España, les escribe a sus padres sobre una esperiencia fantástica que tuvo. Completa su descripción con la palabra correct. Decide si es pretérito o el imperfecto.

Queridos padres: Acabo de pasar unos días increíbles. Mi familia española __ ( decidió / decidía)ir a Sevilla para celebrar la Semana Santa. Nosotros __ ( llegamos/ llegábamos)el martes por la noche y las calles y __ ( estuvieron / estaban )llenas de personas. Había un desfile que en la Semana Santa se llama procesión. En la procesión __ (vimos / veíamos) pasos muy grandes con flores y estatuas enormes (que se llaman imágenes) de las iglesias. Las imágenes __ (fueron / eran) muy impresionantes. Había bandas y otras personas que tocaban música durante las procesiones. Y luego ocurrió algo fantástico. Una mujer __(salió / salía) a un balcón y __ ( empezó / empezaba) a cantar una saeta. Una saeta es una canción del estilo flamencso que cantan aquí en Sevilla. Todas las personas en la calle escucharon con atención mientras ella cantaba. Por fin (at last), el paso __ ( llegó / llegaba)a la entrada de la catedral y entró, como es la costumbre durante la Semana Santa. ¡Qué experiencia maravillosa! Besos y abrazos, Patricia

Did you ever figure out how to do this activity? If so can you explain to me how you got / figured out each answer. Or can you give me the answers and explain? - Claire_BearMe, Feb 26, 2016

Answer 1

Hi DallasUpling, and

Welcome to the SpanishDict forum.

Judging by your assignment, it seems you are going over the so-called imperfect and preterit verb forms. If you are unfamiliar with these forms and when to use them, I might suggest the following reference articles:

Imperfect

SpanishDict Reference: imperfect

E Learn Spanish Article: imperfecto

Preterit

SpanishDict Reference: preterit

E Learn Spanish Article: pretérito

Preterit vs. Imperfect

E Learn Spanish Article: Preterit vs. Imperfect

If you also need practice conjugating these verb forms, you might try the following verb trainer. It should get you familiar with these verb endings fairly quickly:

Spaleon Verb trainer

And here is a link to our conjugation tool which can be used to look up a full conjugation for each specific verb if you like:

Conjugation tool

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Nice answer Iza and good to see she followed your advice :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 18, 2011

Answer 2

Give it a try first. We'll be happy to correct your work once you're done

Are the answers as follows? Decidio, Llegamos Estaban, Vimos, Eran, Salio, Empezaba, Llegaba? - Claire_BearMe, Feb 26, 2016

Answer 3

Good tip izan, I had not seen her...ok threads deleted, she DID post more threads. Sad really