Now that you have worked through a lot of material that includes these basic patterns, and you have compared grammatically correct and incorrect sentences, write down what you think is a rule that could explain what makes a sentence grammatically correct or not. For example, you might write something like: "verbs always match nouns in number, and they usually come before the noun." In other words, make your best guess for the grammar rule that makes sense out of the pattern(s) you see in the phrases you have been working with. Review if you need to, and you might briefly check your hunches against the sentences you have been working with in this or previous modules. Keep in mind that what you're after is your hunch, not a grammar rule from a text book. Now check your hunch with the explanation of this principle in the following pattern.
Answer:
estoy, estas, esta, estamos, estais, están
Explanation:
Number one is Roberto, did you go to the gym this afternoon.
Number two is Lucia and Victoria made the suitcase.
Answer:
Mis compañeros de case y yo (1)
de Michigan y ahora estamos en Costa Rica con la
escucla. Nosotros (2) somos
muy buenos estudiantes, y
(3) estamos cansados porque (4) somos
muy trabajadores y tenemos
muchos exámenes. Necesitamos descansar! Nuestro hotel (5) es
bonito y todas las decoraciones (6) son de coral. Tiene habitaciones cómodas y (7) estan muy limpias. Pero mis amigas Rebeca y Daniela
(8) estan enojadas porque su habitación (9) esta en la planta baja
y no pueden ver el mar. Mañana (10) es domingo y regresamos a casa. Mis padres (11) estan preocupados porque (12) está nevando (snowing) mucho en Michigan.
Explanation:
I speak Spanish, I hope it helps you ^^
