Question

Teresa y yo (1) en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Teresa (2) lenguas extranjeras. Ella (3) trabajar en las Naciones Unidas (United Nations). Yo (4) clases de periodismo. También me gusta (5) y (6) . Los sábados (7) con una tuna. Una tuna es una orquesta (orchestra) estudiantil. Los jóvenes de la tuna (8) por las calles (streets) y (9) canciones (songs) tradicionales de España.

Answer 1

Answer:

Teresa y yo ESTUDIAMOS (1) en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Teresa ESTUDIA (2) lenguas extranjeras. Ella QUIERE (3) trabajar en las Naciones Unidas. Yo TENGO (4) clases de periodismo. También me gusta IR (5), PRACTICAN (6)  y CANTAN (7) los sábados con una tuna. Una tuna es una orquesta estudiantil. Los jóvenes de la tuna CAMNAN (8) por las calles y CANTAN (9) canciones tradicionales de España.

Explanation:

To fill the blanks in any exercise we have to understand the context of the space in what we need to write something; to achieve it there are three main things that we can do to make this process easier:

1. UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MAIN TOPIC IS ABOUT: Read the lines and if you need it to search all those words that you ignore, then reread the text and make some notes if you need.

2. IF NECESSARY, SEARCH MORE CULTURAL INFORMATION: It is common to face some texts that refer to social or cultural actions related to the language that we are learning; this will be in general terms helpful to us because we will be learning not just the structural part, we were learning more about other culture. If it is hard for you understanding a text try to learn about it.

3. CHECK YOUR BOOK: Commonly, our workbooks have all the information that we need, so checking them we can understand the exercises easier.

In our case, the text is about Madrid, capital city from Spain. These are the answers.

Teresa y yo ESTUDIAMOS (1) en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Teresa ESTUDIA (2) lenguas extranjeras. Ella QUIERE (3) trabajar en las Naciones Unidas. Yo TENGO (4) clases de periodismo. También me gusta IR (5), PRACTICAN (6)  y CANTAN (7) los sábados con una tuna. Una tuna es una orquesta estudiantil. Los jóvenes de la tuna CAMNAN (8) por las calles y CANTAN (9) canciones tradicionales de España.

NOTE: Depending on the context the words can change, follow the advice number three and check your book to make yourself sure about the answers; any way you can take this text as an example.

Answer 2

Answer:

Teresa y yo (1)estudiamos en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Teresa (2)estudia lenguas extranjeras. Ella (3)desea trabajar en las Naciones Unidas. Yo (4)tomo clases de periodismo. También me gusta (5)cantar y (6)bailar. Los sábados (7)canto con una tuna. Una tuna es una orquesta estudiantil. Los jóvenes de la tuna (8)caminan por las calles y (9)cantan canciones tradicionales de España.

Explanation:

In this activity we have to fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb based on a listening track. We have to use the appropriate conjugation or verb form, based on the pronoun and context. The paragraph in English is:

Teresa and I STUDY at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Teresa STUDIES foreign languages. She WISHES to work at the United nations. I TAKE journalism classes. I also like TO SING and TO DANCE. On Saturdays I SING with a tuna. A tuna is a students orchestra. The young people from the tuna WALK through the streets and SING traditional songs from Spain.

All the verbs are in simple present tense, as the speaker is describing habits, routines and facts. The verbs (5)Cantar (to sing) and (6) Bailar (to dance) are in infinitive form, as they follow the verb gustar (to like).