• De niño (niña), ¿Veías mucho la televisión?

• As a child, did you used to watch a lot of televisión?

Answers:• Sí, veía mucho la

televisión.Or• No, no veía mucho la

televisión.

• It is a yes/no question, so the only possbilities are sí (yes) or no, no (no, I don’t)

• -The question has the tú form (veías) so the answer must have the yo form (veía)

• De pequeños, ¿Cuándo iban tú y tus hermanos a la cama?

• As children, when did you and your brothers used to go to bed?

Answers:• Mis hermanos y yo íbamos

a la cama a las……Or• Mis hermanos y yo íbamos

a la cama [temprano, tarde]

• This asks for a time. You can give clock time [a las seis,etc.] or you can use words like early [temprano] or late [ tarde]

• -Do not be fooled by iban; Tú y tus hermanos [you and your brothers] is you all, or ustedes. If the question has ustedes, the answer has nosotros. [íbamos]

• -tus [your] in the question becomes mis [my] in the answer.

• De chiquito, ¿Cuáles comidas te gustaban?

• As a small child, which foods did you used to like?

Answer:• Me gustaban + names

of foods.

• -Te in a question usually changes to me in the answer.

• -Remember that the form of gustar depends on how many things come after it. Since you will mention more than one food you need to use gustaban

• Cuando eras niño (niña), ¿Leías muchas historias?

• When you were a child, did you used to read many stories?

Answers:• Sí, leía muchas historias.Or• No, no leía muchas

historias.

• It is a yes/no question, so the only possbilities are sí (yes) or no, no (no, I don’t)

• -The question has the tú form (leías) so the answer must have the yo form (leía)

• -Note: historias means stories in this sentence, not histories

• Cuando eras joven, ¿Adónde iban tú y tu familia?

• When you were young, where did you and your family used to go.

Answer:Mi familia y yo íbamos a +

place

• the verb iban is in the ustedes form, because you are being asked about you and your family. It the question has ustedes, the answer has the nosotros form. (ibamos).

• -Tú y tu familia (you and your family) in the question must become mi familia y yo (My family and I) in the answer.

• Cuando tenías trece años, ¿ En cuál empleo querías trabajar?

• When you were thirteen years old, in which job did you wish to work?

Answer:• Quería ser + profession.

• The tú form (querías) in the question requires the yo form (quería) in the answer. Ser means “to be”

• -One of the professions listed will show up on the test. Some professions:

• Médico (doctor)• Abogado (lawyer)• Ingeniero (engineer)• Professor/a (teacher)

• ¿Cuántos años tenías cuando fuiste a la escuela por primera vez?

• How old were you when you went to school the first time?

Answer:Fui a la escuela la primera

vez cuando tenía ______ años.

• -fuiste is one of the irregular preterite verbs meaning “you went”. Fui (I went) must be in the answer.

• -tenías is the tú form so the answer must be yo (tenía)

• -the imperfect of tener is used to express age

• ¿Cómo se llamaba tu primer maestro o tu primera maestra?

• What was your first teacher named?

Answer:• Se llamaba +name

• When you indicate someone’s name in the past, the imperfect may be used

• -Se llamaba in the question is the same in the answer, because él/ella verbs do not change from question to answer

• ¿Tenías un apodo? ¿Cuál era?

• Did you used to have a nickname? What was it?

Answer:Sí tenía un apodo. Era _____

• Even if you don’t have a nickname, the answer on the test will

• -Same old , same old. The tú form (tenías) is in the question so the yo form (tenia) is in the answer.

• -Era (was) does not change because it is talking about the nickname, not a person.

• ¿Dónde vivías cuando tenías cinco años?

• Where did you used to live when you were

five years old?Answer:Cuando tenía cinco años,

vivía en + place.

• Once again, there are tú forms in the question (vivías and tenías) so yo forms have to show up on the answer. (If you are sick of hearing this again, I am sick of typing it again so we’re even!!)

• ¿Qué personajes de los dibujos animados te gustaban?

• What cartoon characters did you used to like?

• Answer:Me gustaban + cartoon

characters.

• Gustaban is correct because you are talking about more than one cartoon character.

• Gustaban is used because you are talking about the cartoon characters.

Spanish vocab on page 196

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As a child (two ways)As a small child When I was youngWhen I was a childWhen I was six years old (six = seis)