CSG105

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Complete Spanish Grammar

8. Nadia y yo (nos hacemos | nos ponemos | nos volvemos) mudos cuando tenemos miedo.

ejercicio

En espańol.

1.    Lina gets angry when she works too much. _

2.    I become very nervous when you (tu) shout! _

3.    People (la gente, singular) become crazy when there is a party.

4.    (Tu) Do not get angry! _

5.    Who becomes an expert without experience? _

The Reflexive Construetion in Other Tenses

In this unit, you have practiced reflexive constructions mostly in the present tense, along with infinitives and commands. Reflexive constructions are used in all tenses, present, past, and futurę, as we 11 as in all moods: indicative, subjunctive, conditional, and imperative. As always, the appropriate reflexive pronouns are required.

Los cliicos se acostaron a las ocho. Mień tras se reian, nosotros nos divertiamos tambien.

Me banare antes de acostarme. Ellos se acostarian.

The children went to hed at eight.

'While they laughed, we were having fun too.

I will take a bath before going to bed.

They would go to bed.

As usual, the context will help you determine the tense or mood you need. If necessary, review certain units on verb tenses or moods in this book.

ejercicio

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El sueńo de Martin. Traduce. Usa el vocabulario util.

Martin was tired. He got undressed, took a shower, and went to bed. He started watching a tele-vision program, and he felt better. He fell deeply asleep, and he dreamt of extraterrestrials. One of them moved into his neighborhood and met a girl. They fell in love and got married. In the morning, Martin woke up, got up, and went to the bathroom. He looked at himself in the mir-ror, and he shaved. When he finished, he became pale. Without his beard and mustache, he looked like the extratęrrestrial in his dream!