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Can anyone check my answers please? (past subjunctive)

Can anyone check my answers please? (past subjunctive)

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The model asked me to form the sentences like the one below.

EXAMPLE: De pequeño, yo nunca comía verduras. (ser malo que) ---> Era malo que no comieras verduras.

I have to Respond to the statements using the past subjunctive with the expressions in parentheses. I'm not to sure that if my answers are correct. Can anyone check it for me please?

Here is the ORIGINAL problems.

1.Mi madre me leía cuentos todas las noches. (ser importante que)

2.Mis amigos y yo jugábamos en el parque todos los días. (ser bueno que)

3.Mi tío se murió en un accidente automovilístico. (ser una lástima que)

4.Yo no podía dormir con la luz apagada. (ser difícil que)

5.Me rompí el brazo durante un partido de fútbol. (ser terrible que)

6.Mis abuelos me venían a visitar con frecuencia. (ser maravilloso que)

and here is my ANSWERS.

  1. Era importante que tu madre leyera cuentos todas las noches
  2. Era bueno que jugaras en el parque todos los días.
  3. Era una lástima que tu tío muriera en un accidente automovilístico.
  4. Era difícil que no pudieras dormir con la luz apagada.
  5. Era terrible que rompieras el brazo durante un partido de fútbol.
  6. Era maravilloso que tu abuelos vinieran a visitar con frecuencia.
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updated Jul 12, 2013
edited by risak0w0
posted by risak0w0

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The use of the imperfect subjunctive is correct in each example. They are all conjugated and spelled correctly.

There are a few smaller mistakes. One, I'm not sure if you are supposed to change the subject in the sentence. For example 1 is mi madre, and your answer is tu madre.

No. 5 should be me rompiera, or te rompieras,,,or if you really want to impress your teacher, you could say "se me rompiera" or "se te rompiera".

No. 6 tu should be tus.

updated Jul 12, 2013
posted by antonioquieto
muchas gracias. - risak0w0, Jul 12, 2013
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Antonio's made some pretty good annotations on your answers; I have some other thing to say:

In answers 1, 3 and 6 you missed the object pronoun (me leía, se murió, me venían):

Era importante que tu madre te leyera...

Fue(you're not talking about a recurrent event) una lástima que tu tío se...

Fue(you're referring to the single fact that they came frequently) que tus abuelos te...

In sentences 4 and 5, the main verb should also be in preterit tense, not imperfect; there's no count of the recurrence of the situation.

updated Jun 15, 2013
posted by diagonx