PRACTICE QUIZ FOR STORIES 5 – 7

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PRACTICE QUIZ FOR STORIES 5 – 7
A. Can you conjugate these story verbs without looking at your notes?
In the PRETERITE:
In the IMPERFECT:
IR
ROGAR
SER
HABER
DESPERTARSE
DAR
QUERER
PODER
PEDIR
DORMIR
ROGAR
REHUSAR
B. Mark each of the following uses with a P for Preterite or an I for Imperfect.
1. (P) (I) To give descriptive detail when telling a story.
2. (P) (I) To speak in general terms about the past.
3. (P) (I) To tell about something that happened one time.
4. (P) (I) To say the date when you were born.
5. (P) (I) To talk about repeated events in the past.
6. (P) (I) To talk about events in a sequence.
7. (P) (I) To talk about the beginning or end of an action.
8. (P) (I) To talk about the main action in a story.
9. (P) (I) To say “I was walking in the park on day”.
10. (P) (I) To introduce a new element into a story.
11. (P) (I) To talk about two things that were happening at the same time.
12. (P) (I) To say someone lived happily ever after.
13. (P) (I) To say, “I never read your diary!”
C. VOCABULARIO Escribe las palabras en español.
1. gives permission ______________________________ 7. starts _______________________________________
2. suddenly ____________________________________ 8. functions (works) _____________________________
3. forgets ______________________________________ 9. fall in love ___________________________________
4. thick hair ____________________________________ 10. becomes bored _______________________________
5. begs ________________________________________ 11. song _______________________________________
6. is seated ____________________________________ 12. goes on a date _______________________________
D. EL PASADO Escribe la forma del verbo.
(There was)_______________ una chica tonta que siempre (sang) ________________ en el medio de la noche.
Cada noche, a las dos de la mañana, ella (woke up) ____________________, (opened) __________________
las ventanas, y (sang) _________________ muy fuerte a la luna.
Cada noche, los vecinos ( would wake up) ________________________ y (couldn’t) ______________________
dormir. Ellos le (begged) __________________ a la chica, “¡Por favor, cállate!” Pero cada noche, la chica les
(would say) ___________________, “No puedo practicar durante el día. Necesito practicar ahora.”
Un día, los vecinos (entered) _____________________ a la casa de la chica mientras ella no (was there)
____________________. Ellos (stole) ___________________ todos los relojes y los (put) _________________
en un lugar secreto. Esa noche, la chica (arrived) ________________ a su casa, (ate) __________________ la
cena y (fell asleep) _____________________ a las diez. Pero a las dos de la mañana, la chica (woke up)
_____________________ y (sang) ________________ otra vez. Los vecinos (were-tener) ________________
muchísimo sueño. Ellos (decidir) ___________________ hacer algo drástico.
Los vecinos (called) ___________________ a Simon Cowell y le (said) ___________________, “Esta chica tiene
más talento que toda América!” Simon (came) _________________ y (listened) __________________ a la
chica mientras ella (sang) ___________________ en la noche. Simon (said) ______________, “¡Esta chica es
fantástica!” Simon y la chica (left) __________________ inmediatamente a Hollywood.
Los vecinos (made) ___________________ una pequeña fiesta y entonces (went) ____________________ a
sus camas y todos (slept) ______________________ muy bien.