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Classwork - check for errors

Jessica

November 21, 2008 04:10 PM

Classwork - check for errors

We were supposed to do this for classwork, but I didn't get to finish. It is graded for accuracy so I want to get a 10/10 (or whatever points it's worth) on it. So please check for any mistakes.
¡Gracias mis amigos! ¡Gracias a los todos! :)

1. Julio/2 meses/tener dolor de garganta >>> Hace dos meses que Julio tiene dolor de garganta.
2. Ellos/2 horas/estudiar >>> Hace dos horas que ellos estudian.
3. Yo/una semana/tener dolor de oídos >>> Hace una semana que tengo dolor de oídos.
4. Nosotros/3 días/tener fiebre >>> Hace tres días que tenemos fiebre.
5. Tú/un día/doler la mano >>> Hace un día que duele la mano.
6. Él/un mes/doler las piernas >>> Hace un mes que él duelen las piernas.
7. María y yo/2 semanas/estar enfermos >>> Hace dos semanas que estamos enfermos.
8. Yo/3 horas/hacer la tarea >>> Hace tres horas que hago la tarea.
9. Ellas/una hora/hablar por teléfono >>> Hace una hora que ella habla por teléfono.
10. Tú/4 días/tener gripe >>> Hace cuatro días que tienes gripe.

Rusty

November 21, 2008 04:52 PM

Numbers 5, 6, 9 have errors in them. And, it might be argued that number 7 is in error. The rest are fine.

CrOtALiTo

November 21, 2008 05:38 PM

I found a mistakes in your homework, I will correct you.

1. Julio/2 meses/tener dolor de garganta >>> Hace dos meses que Julio tiene dolor de garganta.
2. Ellos/2 horas/estudiar >>> Hace dos horas que ellos estudian.
3. Yo/una semana/tener dolor de oídos >>> Hace una semana que tengo dolor de oídos.
4. Nosotros/3 días/tener fiebre >>> Hace tres días que tenemos fiebre.
5. Tú/un día/doler la mano >>> Hace un día que me duele la mano.
6. Él/un mes/doler las piernas >>> Hace un mes que a él le duelen las piernas.
7. María y yo/2 semanas/estar enfermos >>> Hace dos semanas que estamos enfermos.
8. Yo/3 horas/hacer la tarea >>> Hace tres horas que hago la tarea.
9. Ellas/una hora/hablar por teléfono >>> Hace una hora que ella habla por teléfono.
10. Tú/4 días/tener gripe >>> Hace cuatro días que tienes gripe.

It's all I found of mistakes in your homework, good luck.

Jessica

November 21, 2008 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo (Post 20203)

For #5 it's not a question so you wouldn't use "me". so it's te

Thanks I will make the changes :)

CrOtALiTo

November 21, 2008 06:30 PM

Jessica, the sentence so you have wrote does make sence, because you aren't specifying the subject or object, in this case of the verb you need to be more specify with the sence of the same sentence, Hace un día que duele la mano (Aquien le duele la mano), it does make any sence, because it has not a subject proper, the mano is not a subject.

Jessica

November 21, 2008 06:33 PM

yes I know mano is not the subject - tú is.

Rusty

November 21, 2008 06:34 PM

Jessica found the correct answer for number 5. She was right to use the pronoun te.
Number 9 still has an error.

CrOtALiTo

November 21, 2008 06:38 PM

Yes, the option to use Te also is correct, but my correction in the number 5 is correct too, and the questions number 9 has not mistakes only that the sentence cans to be write of another way for example Hace una hora que ella te habla por teléfono, but this sentence without the TE Hace una hora que ella habla por teléfono, it's correct too.

Jessica

November 21, 2008 06:41 PM

here's the correct form of #9:
Hace una hora que ellas hablan por teléfono.
I just forgot it was ellas not ella. :P

CrOtALiTo

November 21, 2008 07:09 PM

The is correct the sentence.

Jessica

November 21, 2008 07:14 PM

That is the correct sentence ;)
correction :)

Jessica

November 24, 2008 07:00 PM

thanks everyone! I got a 10/10 on it!!!!!! :)

CrOtALiTo

November 24, 2008 09:13 PM

Congratulations, I hope you continue as smart all the live.

Rusty

November 24, 2008 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo (Post 20392)

Congratulations, I hope you continue as smart all the live.

I hope you continue (to be) as smart all your life. -or-
I hope you keep on being as smart your whole life through.

toda la vida
= all one's life
= one's whole life (through)

CrOtALiTo

November 24, 2008 10:49 PM

Thanks Rusty I will be grateful all one's life with you.

Rusty

November 25, 2008 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo (Post 20394)

Thanks Rusty I will be grateful all one's life with you.

We replace the word one's with an appropriate-to-person determiner, as in: Thanks, Rusty. I will be grateful all my life with you. :)

This table shows which determiner to use:

1st person
2nd person
3rd person

my
your
his|her|its

1st person pl.
2nd person pl.
3rd person pl.

our
your
their

Here are examples of the singular-person determiners:
I will be grateful all my life.
You will be grateful all your life.
He will be grateful all his life.
She will be grateful all her life.
It will be grateful all its life.

If the subject is plural, you use a plural determiner AND a plural noun. The plural of life is lives.

Here are examples of the plural-person determiners:
We will be grateful all our lives.
You will be grateful all your lives.
They will be grateful all their lives.

As a side note, don't confuse the plural noun lives with the 3rd-person singular verb lives. They aren't pronounced the same way!

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