Chapter 3 -- Verbs

Exercise 68 -- page 63

Give the Spanish equivalent of the following:

1.

The man was in the city.

2.

But he was not from the city.

3.

He was from a small town

4.

that was located about a hundred kilometers from the city.

5.

The man was about twenty.

6.

He was tall and thin

7.

and had blue eyes and brown hair.

8.

The poor man was tired and sad

9.

because he was working a lot

10.

and found himself far from his family and loved ones.

11.

He felt like returning home.

12.

He wanted to rest and to see his family

13.

but he couldn't

14.

because he had to keep working.

15.

His family needed the money

16.

that he was earning

17.

and that he was sending to them each week.

18.

It was eleven at night,

19.

and he was in the room,

20.

but he couldn't get to sleep

21.

because it was cold outside,

22.

and it was snowing.

23.

The poor man didn't have enough money

24.

to buy himself a blanket,

25.

and the humble room

26.

that he was renting

27.

didn't have any heating.