Learn Spanish Level 2 Lesson 7

Question 1

The past tense of ‘we’:
You use either
-amos (for -ar verbs)
-imos (for -er or -ir verbs)

This means that for -ar and -ir verbs the past tense for ‘we’ is the same as the present tense. For example: hablamos (we speak / we spoke) and salimos (we go out / we went out)

Answer 1

Hablamos (-ar verb: Hablar)
Salimos (-ir verb: Salir)
Comimos (-er verb: Comer)

Question 2

To buy
We buy
We bought

Answer 2

Comprar
Compramos
Compramos

Question 3

We bought it yesterday

Answer 3

Lo compramos ayer

Question 4

We spoke a lot of Spanish

Answer 4

Hablamos mucho Espanol

Question 5

We went out yesterday, it was fun

Answer 5

Salimos ayer, fue divertido.

Question 6

We learned a lot

Answer 6

Aprendimos mucho

Question 7

For the irregular verbs we also use -imos:
I have, I had
We have, we had

Answer 7

Tengo, tuve
Tenemos, tuvimos

Question 8

I go, I went,
We go, we went

Answer 8

Voy, fui
Vamos, fuimos

Question 9

I do, I did
We do, we did

Answer 9

Hago, hice
Hacemos, hicimos

Question 10

We had to eat something

Answer 10

Tuvimos que comer algo

Question 11

To understand (to comprehend)

Answer 11

Comprender

Question 12

We couldn’t understand why he did it

Answer 12

No pudimos comprender por que lo hizo

Question 13

We were hungry, but we couldn’t find a restaurant

Answer 13

Tuvimos hambre, pero no pudimos encontrar un restaurante

Question 14

We wanted to see it

Answer 14

Quisimos verlo

Question 15

Our (ownership)

Answer 15

Nuestro / nuestra

Question 16

Our car is in the garage

Answer 16

Nuestro coche esta en el garaje
We are talking about a location here so we use ‘esta’ instead of ‘es’

Question 17

Our house is very small

Answer 17

Nuestra casa es muy pequena
We are describing a characteristic here so we use ‘es’ instead of ‘esta’

Question 18

To sell

Answer 18

Vender

Question 19

We sold our house

Answer 19

Vendimos nuestra casa

Question 20

Ours (multiple)

Answer 20

Nuestros, nuestras

Question 21

Our friends live in Madrid

Answer 21

Nuestros amigos viven en Madrid

Question 22

Our children are in England

Answer 22

Nuestros hijos están en Inglaterra

Question 23

We went to Spain with our two daughters

Answer 23

Fuimos a Espana con nuestras dos hijas

Question 24

There is / there are

Answer 24

Hay

Question 25

There was / there were

Answer 25

Habia

Question 26

There was a conference

Answer 26

Había una conferencia

Question 27

To attend

Answer 27

Asistir

Question 28

There was a conference that I wanted to attend

Answer 28

Había una conferencia que quise asistir

Question 29

Some words are masculine even though they end on an ‘a’, but they tend to end on ‘ma’.

Some examples of these ware:
A problem
The climate

Answer 29

Un problema
El clima

Question 30

There was a problem with our reservation

Answer 30

Había un problema con nuestra reserva

Question 31

Persons, people

Answer 31

Personas

Question 32

There were three people

Answer 32

Había tres personas