Read Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish Online
Authors: Margarita Madrigal
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Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish (82 page)
In the above exercise (E) the forms of the verb “ir” (
to go
) have been used with the infinitive to show what people are going to do or did. Notice that the second column of this exercise is made up entirely of infinitives. In the exercise below (F) the forms of the verb “ir” (
to go
) are used with places to show where people are going or went, so the second column of the exercise is made up entirely of a list of places.
F
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Voy ( I’m going, I go ) | al cine | esta noche |
 ¿ Va (Are you going? ) | a la clase | mañana ( tomorrow ) |
| Vamos ( We are going ) | al campo | el sábado ( on Saturday ) |
 Van (They are going, they go ) | al teatro | con frecuencia ( often ) |
| Fuí ( I went ) | a una fiesta | todas las semanas ( every week ) |
| ¿ Fué ( Did you go? ) | a la ópera | con Carlos |
| Fuimos ( We went ) | al parque | esta tarde |
| Fueron ( They went ) | a la estación | con Marta |
Translate the following sentences into Spanish. Write out each sentence in Spanish, using the columns above as a guide. Check your sentences with the translations below this exercise.
- I was at home last night.
- I was in the park all afternoon.
- Were you in Mexico last summer?
- I had a cold last week.
- I had a lovely party.
- I had company on Saturday.
- Did you have a party on Saturday?
- I came to New York by train.
- Did Charles come to the party last night?
- Did Mary come to the beach last week?
- Did you have company on Saturday?
- Did you come to Mexico by plane?
- I did an interesting thing.
- Did Charles come to the office this afternoon?
- Did you do the work this morning?
- Charles did the work in the office.
- I did many interesting things in Cuba.
- Charles did many interesting things.
- I’m going to work tomorrow.
- We are going to sell the car.
- They are going to buy a house.
- Are you going fishing (to fish) tomorrow?
- Are you going swimming (to swim) tomorrow?
- We went to work this morning.
- They went to walk in the park.
- They went fishing (to fish) with my cousin.
- I’m going to the movies tonight.
- Are you going to the class tomorrow?
- We are going to the country on Saturday.
- They go to the theater often.
- I’m going to a party tonight.
- They are going to the country on Saturday.
- Are you going to the movies tonight?
- I go to the movies often.
- We go to the opera every week.
- I go to the country every week.
- They went to the station with Martha.
- We went to the park this afternoon.
- Did you go to the country on Saturday?
- Did you go to the class this afternoon?
- I went to the movies with Charles.
- I went to a party on Saturday.
Check your sentences with the correct translations below.
- Estuve en casa anoche.
- Estuve en el parque tocia la tarde.
- ¿ Estuvo en México el verano pasado?
- Tuve catarro la semana pasada.
- Tuve una fiesta linda.
- Tuve visitas el sábado.
- ¿ Tuvo una fiesta el sábado?
- Vine a Nueva York en tren.
- ¿ Vino Carlos a la fiesta anoche?
- ¿ Vino María a la playa la semana pasada?
- ¿ Tuvo visitas el sábado?
- ¿ Vino a México en avión?
- Hice una cosa interesante.
- ¿ Vino Carlos al despacho esta tarde?
- ¿ Hizo el trabajo esta mañana?
- Carlos hizo el trabajo en el despacho.
- Hice muchas cosas interesantes en Cuba.
- Carlos hizo muchas cosas interesantes.
- Voy a trabajar mañana.
- Vamos a vender el auto.
- Van a eomprar una casa.
- ¿ Va a pescar mañana?
- ¿ Va a nadar mañana?
- Fuimos a trabajar esta mañana.
- Fueron a caminar en el parque.
- Fueron a pescar con mi primo.
- Voy al cine esta noche.
- ¿ Va a la clase mañana?
- Vamos al campo el sábado.
- Van al teatro con frecuencia.
- Voy a una fiesta esta noche.
- Van al campo el sábado.
- ¿ Va al cine esta noche?
- Voy al cine con frecuencia.
- Vamos a la ópera todas las semanas.
- Voy al campo todas las semanas.
- Fueron a la estación con Marta.
- Fuimos al parque esta tarde.
- ¿ Fué al campo el sábado?
- ¿ Fué a la clase esta tarde?
- Fuí al cine con Carlos.
- Fuí a una fiesta el sábado.
N
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: Remember the subject pronouns are frequently dropped in Spanish. “Yo vine” means “I came,” but you almost always drop the pronoun “yo” and simply say, “Vine.” “¿ Vino usted a la fiesta?” means “Did you come to the party?” but you almost always drop the “usted” and simply say “¿ Vino a la fiesta?” You can either use the word “usted” or drop it. Both forms are absolutely correct and complete. However, you will find that in ordinary conversation Spanish-speaking people almost always drop subject pronouns.
| el hotel, the hotel | el tercer piso, the third floor |
| la llave, the key | el cuarto piso, the fourth floor |
| la cuenta, the bill | el quinto piso, the fifth floor |
| un cuarto con baño, a room with bath | el sexto piso, the sixth floor |
| un cuarto exterior, an outside room | el séptimo piso, the seventh floor |
| el cuarto, the room | el octavo piso, the eighth floor |
| el primer piso, the first floor | el noveno piso, the ninth floor |
| el segundo piso, the second floor | el décimo piso, the tenth floor |
Copy the material that is shown on the samples below on cards. Carry the cards with you and glance at them whenever you get a chance.
| Hice ( I did ) | una cosa interesante |
| ¿ Hizo ( Did you do? ) | muchas cosas |
| ¿ Hizo Carlos ( Did Charles do? ) | el trabajo |
| Carlos hizo ( Charles did ) | |