Help With Spanish Grammar Exercises.
I need help with some of these grammar exercises. I have filled out what I think are correct answers. Please let me know if any are wrong.
Exercise A: Pretérito perfecto. Completa las oraciones con el pretérito perfecto. 1) Hoy yo hube abierto una nueva cuenta de ahorros en el banco. 2) Hubiste visto tú el anuncio para el puesto de vendedora? 3) Ellos todavía no hubieron dicho que el puesto sea tuyo. 4) Nosotros ya hubimos escrito la descripción del puesto. 5) Rosa hubo descubierto que la compañía está en venta. 6) ¿Ustedes ya hubieron vuelto de la reunión?
Exercise B: Se en oraciones pasivas. Completa las oraciones con se y el pretérito de los verbos entre paréntesis.
Medelo: (contratar) a un ejecutivo con un currículum impresionante.
Answer to modelo: Se contrató a un ejecutivo con un currículum impresionante.
1) (invertir) mucho dinero en un nuevo aeropuerto.
My Answer: Se invirtió mucho dinero en un nuevo aeropuerto .
2) (despedir) al contador por sus continuos errores.
My Answer: Se despidió al contador por sus continuos errores .
3) (entrevistar) a un candidato extranjero para ese puesto.
My Answer: Se entrevistó a un candidato extranjero para ese puesto .
4) (informar) al sindicato del acuerdo con el gobierno.
My Answer: Se informó al sindicato del acuerdo con el gobierno .
5) (ascender) al contador al puesto de gerente.
My Answer: Se ascendió al contador al puesto de gerente .
6) (exigir) a todos los empleados un
My Answer: Se exigieron a todos los empleados un compromiso total con la compañía .
¡Muchas gracias por tu ayuda!
7 Answers
First Exercise Preférito perfecto compuesto es:
Yo he estudiado
tú has estudiado
él ha estudiado
nosotros hemos estudiado
ellos han estudiado
You conjugated with
Yo hube estudiado
tú hubiste estudiado etc.
This is not pretérito perfecto compuesto.
Neither is it pretérito (perfeco), which would be
yo estudié
tú estudiaste
él estudió
nosotros estudiamos
ellos estudiaron
The second exercise is correct in my opinion but I have a doubt with the last sentence.. Why not
Se exigió a todos los empleados. Just because it's "empleados"? Who demanded? We don't know. It could have been only one person..Let's see what other people have to say.
Dilken corrected me or let's say clarified my doubt and of course he knows Spanish grammar better than I do.
This reminds me of signs that appear in houses , apartments, cars etc saying: SE VENDE. This was the usual way : FOR SALE. Some decades ago I saw a car in the street with a sign and a telephone number. It said: " me venden". This would be translated as "They sell me" or " I'm being sold". I stopped walking and couldn't believe my eyes. It was the first time I saw an object "speaking"., "feeling", From then on, things have changed and I've seen this "me venden" many times though not as often as you can see "se vende".
This reminds me of an anecdote. A Spanish- speaking girl was traveling to Europe in a ship. She was dancing with a sailor and he said: "She is moving". He was speaking about the ship. ...................... For us that a ship is "ella" sounds fun.... LOL
For some reason, it's giving me incorrect for all of my choices for second exercise. Only part of the question that is correct is 'Se'. Is there any other way of doing this? - Syeda6547
Hi sye, your answers are correct, as already pointed out by Polenta, both of us are native speakers.
Sometimes it is something very silly, these computer based questions are stupid, you make a spelling mistake and the whole answer is wrong.
The first question however is completely wrong. The tense you have used is technically speaking "pretérito anterior", which is not even used anymore and you can only find it in very old books.
'm talking about a car for sale. I don't think one should use amar for things, but this is like a joke. Would you think it funny or weird if you saw that? - DilKen
Hi Ken, I think Polenta will agree on this one: no way, that would not be funny...it sounds weird.
In any case, amar is hardly ever used in Spain, now that I think of it...I wouldn't find it odd to see a sign:
ya no me quieren...me quieres tú?
for example, jeje, that would really be funny.
You might want to review haber to see where you went wrong. It is an easy mistake to make.
Ah, I confieso. I didn't read all the answers in this thread. But I understand how the system can say that your answer was wrong, even though it may have been correct. It has to do with speed.
I learned on my own not too long ago, that if you submit your answer before the system accepts it, it is marked wrong. Keep the pinkie off the ENTER key until you get a "green light"!
Speaking of selling things. I found this cartoon on the internet. It took me a few seconds to get the joke, but once I did, I love it. 
