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- un día mi madre (quiso / quería) ____ hacer una excursión pero mi padre (fue / iba) ____ a un partido de béisbol.
- nosotros (estuvimos / estábamos) ____ muy contentos cuando ellos (llegaron / llegaban) ____ a casa.
Analyze Question 4
We analyze the sentence: "Un día mi madre (quisio / quería) ____ hacer una excursión pero mi padre (fue / iba) ____ a un partido de béisbol."
- The time marker "Un día" (One day) indicates a specific, completed event in the past, which triggers the preterite tense. Therefore, for the first blank, we choose "quiso" (note: "quisio" is a misspelling of the preterite form "quiso", and the handwritten answer correctly writes "quiso").
- The second part of the sentence describes an ongoing plan, intention, or background state of the father ("but my father was going to a baseball game"). This background action or uncompleted plan in the past triggers the imperfect tense. Therefore, we choose "iba".
- Applying Spanish Past Tenses and Preterite vs Imperfect rules, the correct verbs are "quiso" and "iba".
Analyze Question 5
We analyze the sentence: "Nosotros (estuvimos / estábamos) ____ muy contentos cuando ellos (llegaron / llegaban) ____ a casa."
- The second clause describes a sudden, completed action that interrupted or occurred at a specific point in time ("when they arrived home"). This completed action triggers the preterite tense: "llegaron".
- The first clause describes an ongoing emotional state or background condition ("We were very happy") that was happening when the interruption occurred. Ongoing states in the past trigger the imperfect tense. Therefore, we choose "estábamos" (the handwritten "estuvimos" is incorrect because emotional states serving as background to another event use the imperfect).
- Applying Spanish Past Tenses and Preterite vs Imperfect rules, the correct verbs are "estábamos" and "llegaron".
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Question 4
Un día mi madre (quiso / quería) <blank>quiso</blank> hacer una excursión pero mi padre (fue / iba) <blank>iba</blank> a un partido de béisbol.
Question 5
Nosotros (estuvimos / estábamos) <blank>estábamos</blank> muy contentos cuando ellos (llegaron / llegaban) <blank>llegaron</blank> a casa.