Question

Could someone help? Choose three of the following sentences. First, change your three chosen sentences into questions in Spanish by changing the word order and using correct punctuation. Second, translate the three Spanish questions you wrote into English. Third, translate the original three Spanish sentences you chose into English. You will need to submit a total of nine sentences in the answer box (three for each step that has been described).
I chose these sentences:

Sophie sabe andar en bicicleta bien.

Saca Charlie muchas fotografías bonitas.

pasean Sophie y Charlie en bote en el parque grande.

Could someone change them to into questions and explain to me what you did to change a statement to a question? Thank you!

Answer 1

In this problem we have the following three sentences:

→ Sophie sabe andar en bicicleta bien (Sophie knows how to ride a bicycle well)

→ Charlie saca muchas fotografías bonitas (Charlie takes many beautiful photographs)

→ Sophie y Charlie pasean en bote en el parque grande (Sophie and Charlie take a boat ride in the big park)

First.

To change each sentence into questions by changing the word order you need to exchange the order of the verb and the subject of the sentence, so:

1. Sophie sabe andar en bicicleta bien

Sabe which is a conjugation of the verb saber (to know) exchange the order with Sophie. You, as well, need to add question marks in the beginning and the end of the sentence, so the answer is:

¿Sabe Sophie andar en bicicleta bien?

2. Charlie saca muchas fotografías bonitas

Saca which is a conjugation of the verb sacar (to take, in this context) exchange the order with Charlie. By adding question marks in the beginning and the end of the sentence, the answer is:

¿Saca Charlie muchas fotografías bonitas?

3. Sophie y Charlie pasean en bote en el parque grande

Pasean which is a conjugation of the verb pasear (take a boat) exchange the order with Sophie y Charlie. By adding question marks in the beginning and the end of the sentence, the answer is:

¿Pasean Sophie y Charlie en bote en el parque grande?

Second.

By translating these questions we have:

1. Does Sophie know how to ride a bicycle well?

We use the auxiliary verb does since Sophie can be replaced by the pronoun she. In English, unlike Spanish, we use one question mark in the end of the question.

2. Does Charlie take many beautiful photographs?

As in the previous question we use the auxiliary verb does because Charlie can be replaced by the pronoun he.

3. Do Sophie and Charlie ride by boat in the big park?

In this case, we use the auxiliary verb do because Sophie and Charlie can be replaced by the pronoun they.

Third.

1. Sophie knows how to ride a bicycle well

Sophie can be replaced by ella (she). Sabe is the conjugation of the verb saber (to know) for the third-person singular in the simple present. Recall that the simple present is used to talk about ongoing actions.

2. Charlie takes many beautiful photographs

Charlie can be replaced by él (he). Saca is the conjugation of the verb sacar (to take, in this context) for the third-person singular in the simple present.

3. Sophie and Charlie take a boat ride in the big park

Sophie and Charlie can be replaced by ellos (they). Pasean is the conjugation of the verb pasear (to take a boat) for the third-person plural in the simple present.

Answer 2

¿Sophie sabe montar bien?
¿Charlie toma muchas imágenes hermosas?
¿Sophie y Charlie caminan por el bote en el parque?

Does Sophie know how to ride well?
Does Charlie take many beautiful pictures?
Sophie and Charlie walk by the boat in the park?


Sophie knows how to ride well.
Charlie takes many beautiful pictures.
Sophie and Charlie walk by boat in the big park.