Maida 15

Question 1

Cerré LA PUERTA DEL FRENTE de un portazo

Answer 1

I slammed the front door

Question 2

Haz estO. Haz LO OTRO. OrdenA tu cuarto. FriegA los platos.

Answer 2

Do this. Do that. Clean your bedroom. Wash the dishes.

Question 3

No lo pOdía soportar más

Answer 3

I couldn´t stand it anymore

Question 4

1. YA había tenido SUFICIENTE.

2. ME HABIA COLMADO LA PACIENCIA

Answer 4

1. I´d had enough.

2. I´d reached my limit (of patience),

Question 5

Asi que salí de la casa y nunca MÁS volví.

Answer 5

So I left the house and never returned

Question 6

Aquí está estacionado el auto en caso DE QUE quierAS conducir a la casa esta tarde.

Answer 6

The car is parked her in case you want to drive it home this afternoon.

Question 7

habían CHARCOS de agua enfrente de la pared delantera

Answer 7

there were pools of water in front of the back fence

Question 8

Más temprano hubo relámpagos y retumbos de truenoS

Answer 8

Earlier there was lightening bolts and rolls of thunder

Question 9

1. unos de ellos habían hecho temblar la casa

2. hacer temblar

Answer 9

1. some of them made the house shake

2. to shake (eg a house)

Question 10

Los retumbos LE DIERON un susto a Ysa y A Maida

Answer 10

The rolls (of thunder) gave Ysa and Maida a shock

Question 11

1. En cambio ESTOS ME EMOCIONABAN

2. emocionarse

Answer 11

1. In contrast I was excited

2. to get excited

Question 12

SONRÍO AL RECORDAR ESTE DIA.

Answer 12

I smile when I remember that day

Question 13

muy ACOGEDOR

Answer 13

very cosy eg a room

Question 14

1. El ambiente que rodeaban su discípulos cambiABA mientras ellos contemplaban sus palabras de sabiduría.
2. used “cambiado” ie p.p
3. mientras = p .imp + 2 actions developing in parallel

Answer 14

1. The atmosphere that surrounded his disciples changed while they contemplated his words of wisdom.
2. what was error?
3. Why this tense?

Question 15

Todos miraron al guru en una forma muy atentA

Answer 15

Everyone looked at the guru very carefully

Question 16

1. ESTABA sentado en la terraza fuera de la cafetería. “Si, si, mujer, siéntATE”
2. “me estaba sentado”
3. because me is implicit in estaba. It is like saying I I twice

Answer 16

1. I was sitting on the terrace outside the care. Yes, yes, sit.
2. What was error?
3. Why was it an error?

Question 17

Era un día atípico cALUROSO siendo un día en la mitad deL invierno

Answer 17

It was an unusually hot day being a day in the middle of winter

Question 18

En verdad, YO prefería estar solo, pero al mismo tiempo no tenía ganas de PASAR POR UNA PERSONA sin educación

Answer 18

In truth, I’d rather have been alone, but at the same time I didn’t want to appear bad mannered

Question 19

Hubo un ruido DE LAS PATAS de la silla siendo arrAstraDA por el pavimento

Answer 19

There was a noise of chair legs being dragged across the pavement

Question 20

Momentos DESPUES me desperté en una celda de la policía.

Answer 20

Moments later I awoke in a police cell