Help, why are my responses wrong?

Question

anoche (yo) / llegar tarde a casa

Your response: Anoche llegué tarde a casa

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durante / noche mi hermano / oír / ruido

Your response: Durante la noche mi hermano oyó rudio

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yo / sacar la linterna (flashlight)

Your response: yo saqué la linterna

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(yo) comenzar / buscar la causa del ruido

Your response: Comencé buscar la causa del ruido

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mi hermano / empezar a marcar el 911

Your response: Mi heemano empezó a marcar el 911

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cuando yo / alcanzar a ver el jardín…

Your response: Cuando yo alcancé alcanzar a ver el jardín…

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mi hermano / oír las noticias en la radio

Your response: Mi hermano oyó las noticias en la radio

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are not r - Eddy, Nov 15, 2011

It would be helpful to know which tense you are supposed to use for this exercise - 005faa61, Nov 15, 2011

julian is of course right, what tenses do you have to use? - 00494d19, Nov 15, 2011

past tense - 1helpspanish, Nov 15, 2011

Answer 1

Hello:

Maybe it's a question of writing the first letter in Capital Letter and ending your line with a "." In some of the frases, I think you needed an "a" between two verbs as in "Comencé a buscar la causa del ruido."

Best of luck

Answer 2

Your response: Mi hermano empezó a marcar el 911

Just picking this out as an example, your typing looks like mine, typos, typos....you need to pass a spell check before submitting!