Somebody help!
I cannot seem to pinpoint why these are wrong.
Complete the paragraph with the preterite of verbs of the word list.
conocer poder querer saber
Hola, Juan, Lo siento, pero no (1) pude ir a la fiesta porque me sentía un poco enferma. Hablé con Paola y me dijo que la fiesta estuvo buenísima. Ella (2) conoció a todos los integrantes de la banda (band members). ¿Sabes? Yo los (3) conocí en México el año pasado. Fui sola a un concierto de ellos porque mis padres no (4) pudo ir, para mis padres era aburrido. (5) supimos que ellos tienen una gira (tour) por todo el país el próximo mes (next month). Ah...! y Paola me dijo que (6) conoció a la hermana de Jaime. ¿Cómo te pareció? Respóndeme pronto. Chau, María
Only 4, 5, and 6 are wrong.
5 Answers
I agree with F-E for the most part, If the instructions were to put ALL the verbs in the preterite I would offer.
4) mis padres no pudieron ir , para mis padres (el concierto) fue aburrido. (was boring) (It would help if I knew what the English is supposed to be here. 5) Supimos (OK we learned) que ellos TUVIERON ( if the pretérito is required) I don't like this either If the tour was going to be next month, I would leave it at "tienen" or "tendrán"
I'm with you, Falda. I only made minor changes from yours. Maybe Myspanishisbad can give us more on what the requirements were. Maybe he or she can put in my sugerencias and see if that will improve su calificación. (Isn't Spanish great?! we don't have to bother with "his or her". Si tengo razón ¿quién me va a pagar a mí?
Chau, Dani
Hello My Spanish is bad
you asked:
I cannot seem to pinpoint why these are wrong.Complete the paragraph with the preterite of verbs of the word list.conocer poder querer saber Hola, Juan, Lo siento, pero no (1) pude ir a la fiesta porque me sentía un poco enferma. Hablé con Paola y me dijo que la fiesta estuvo buenísima. Ella (2) conoció a todos los integrantes de la banda (band members). ¿Sabes? Yo los (3) conocí en México el año pasado. Fui sola a un concierto de ellos porque mis padres no (4) pudo ir, para mis padres era aburrido. (5) supimos que ellos tienen una gira (tour) por todo el país el próximo mes (next month). Ah...! y Paola me dijo que (6) conoció a la hermana de Jaime. ¿Cómo te pareció? Respóndeme pronto. Chau, María Only 4, 5, and 6 are wrong.
Firstly, the instruction you seem to have been given says that you should: Complete the paragraph with the preterite of verbs of the word list.conocer, poder, querer y saber
I can see that you have used the preterite form of the verbs for almost all your answers except ¿sabes? Was this verb here not meant to be part of your homework? If not, just ignore the next question , but if it was meant to be included: what should this verb saber be in the preteirite? It seems that your teacher wants you to put all the verbs in the verb list in the preterite but this does not seem to include the verb tener unless your teacher has forgotten to add this verb, although I agree with Daniela that It would sound strange as tuvieron and would be better left in the present or written in the future indicative.
Secondly, would we be right in assumng that you have already submitted this homework to your Spanish teacher who has returned it and told you that numbers 4 , 5 and 6 are wrong?
I can clearly see why number 4 is obviously wrong: "porque mis padres no (4) pudo (X) ir,
It should be/read: "porque mis padreS no pudieron ir (They couldn't go /weren't able to go) padres is not like the words gente or policía 3rd person singular; instead, it is plural so the verb form needs to match it in the plural form they
5 Supimos is preterite for we knew but did you mean to say we knew or you knew??? Julian is right in saying that we need to know what you were trying to say in English. Have you included all the instructions given to you by your Spanish teacher in this answer?
6 is written in the preterite but is it referring to the correct person? If conocer as you have conjugated it here: conoció is, meant to refer to only one person who knows Jaime's (Jame's) brother then I cannot see why it would not be correct, but if it refers to we, they or you (plural form) then you will need to look at the correct conjugation.
I think that it would be a lot easier for everyone if you were to simply include the English translation for the sentences you have tried to correct using the preterite then we will be better able to see / we should then have a clearer view ...why your teacher marked them wrong!
I hope this helps 
Hola, Juan, Lo siento, pero no (1) pude ir a la fiesta porque me sentía un poco enferma. Hablé con Paola y me dijo que la fiesta estuvo buenísima. Ella (2) conoció a todos los integrantes de la banda (band members). ¿Sabes? Yo los (3) conocí en México el año pasado. Fui sola a un concierto de ellos porque mis padres no (4) pudo ir, para mis padres era aburrido. (5) supimos que ellos tienen una gira (tour) por todo el país el próximo mes (next month). Ah...! y Paola me dijo que (6) conoció a la hermana de Jaime. ¿Cómo te pareció? Respóndeme pronto. Chau, María.
(1) 'Pude' doesn't strike me as wrong, although maybe 'podía' could work just as well or even 'he podido'. (2) 'Conocía' would seem more correct because one knowing people is a continuous activity, therefore the preterite is perhaps not appropriate. (3) As above for (2). (4) 'Padres' is plural so this should be 'pudieron'. (4)(b) It should be 'mi padres eran', not 'era'. (4)(c) It should be 'aburridos' because 'padres' is plural. (5) 'Sabíamos' is preferable (see explanation under (2), above). NB Use of preterite of saber is exceptional & has the sense of 'suddenly realised'. (6) See (2) above.
Hope this helps. He hecho tu tarea y espero que vas a pagarme más tarde 
Hola, Juan, Lo siento, pero no pude ir a la fiesta porque me sentía un poco enferma. Hablé con Paola y me dijo que la fiesta estuvo buenísima. Ella conoció a todos los integrantes de la banda. ¿Sabes?, yo los conocí en México el año pasado. Fui sola a un concierto de ellos porque mis padres no quisieron ir; para mis padres era aburrido. Supe que ellos tendrán una gira por todo el país el próximo mes. Ah...! y Paola me dijo que conociste a la hermana de Jaime. ¿Qué te pareció? Respóndeme pronto. Chau.
María.
- quisieron
- Supe
- conociste
