Please check the following sentences

Question

Sofía started to work at the market when she was seventeen years old.

1) Sofía empezó a trabajar en el mercado cuando tenía diecisiete años.

---

Josefina was thinking about learning French, but she decided it was too difficult to understand.

2) Josefina estaba pensando en aprender francés, pero decidió que fue demasiado difícil de comprender.

---

To stop feeling lethargic, one has to exercise daily.

3) Para parar de sentir apático, se tiene que hacer ejercicios a diaro.

---

They are going to ask for money, but don't give it to them.

4) Van a preguntar por dinero, pero no se lo des.

---

The baby started to cry when its mother walked away.

5) El bebé comenzó a llorar cuando su madre se fue.

---

I appreciate all of your corrections! Thank you!

I agree with tc84's answer. - pesta, Aug 8, 2011

Ok, thanks, Pesta. I'll make those changes! - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 8, 2011

I've seen a few of these now. What book do these exercises come from? - bafalck, Aug 8, 2011

They're actually not from a book :) I'm working on using "linked verbs" right now, so I just pulled together some sentences using linked verbs. - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 8, 2011

Answer 1

Here are some things I saw:

1) I think "tenía" would be better than "tiene".

2) "era" instead of "fue"

3)

4)"pedir dinero" instead of "preguntar por dinero"

5)

Thank you!!! - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 8, 2011