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Family (la Familia)

    

Household Chores (Quehaceres Domésticos)
sweep - barrer 
vacuum - aspirar
mop - trapear
wash - lavar
dry - secar
scrub - restregar
polish - pulir
dust - quitar el polvo

Practice
Select the correct word to describe the picture.

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Participles
Here are this lesson's irregular verbs.  Study the list below and then do the practice sections.

Verb Past Participle  
grow  (crecer) grew grown
hold  (sostener) held held
keep  (mantener) kept kept
lend  (prestar) lent lent
let  (dejar) let let
pay  (pagar) paid paid
ride  (cabalgar) rode ridden
sell (vender) sold sold
wake  (despertar) woke woken
write  (escribir) wrote   written

Practice
In the spaces provided use your imagination to write creative sentences using the irregular verbs.  (Since there are so many possible answers I can't check this exercise.  This is just for your practice.)

example
go - went - gone

Past
Participle

 

grow - grew - grown

Past
Participle

hold - held - held

Past
Participle

keep - kept - kept

Past
Participle

lend - lent - lent

Past
Participle

let - let - let

Past
Participle

pay - paid - paid

Past
Participle

ride - rode - ridden

Past
Participle

sell - sold - sold

Past
Participle

wake - woke - woken

Past
Participle

write - wrote - written

Past
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Instructions
Fill in the irregular verb forms. If you type a space after the word the computer will think that it's an error.
(Si escribe un espacio después de la palabra la computadora va a interpretar que es un error al revisar.)

Verb Past Participle
grow    
hold    
keep    
lend    
let    
pay    
ride    
sell    
wake    
write

              

If you made a mistake in the chart above, click on the Clear button and try it again.

 

Practice
Write the verb in parentheses in the correct form (present, past, participle) in the sentences below.

example
He's (find) a lot of interesting books at the library.

1.  I've (write) three letters. 
    

2.  My children (grow) up very fast.
     

3.  I've (wake) up very early every day this week.
     

4.  He's (keep) the secret for three years.
     

5.  She's (sell) over two thousand copies of the book.
     

6.  He (lend) me $50.
     

7.  They've (ride) horses since they were very young.
     

8.  She's (pay) all of her bills.
     

9.  I (let) my son go to the party.
     

10. He (hold) my hand.
      

            

 

Other Vocabulary
rinse - enjuagar
milk the cows - ordeñar las vacas
allowance - dinero dado a los niños cada semana (generalmente lo reciben en domingo si se han portado bien durante la semana)
chore - quehacer doméstico
punish - castigar
reward - premio
punishment - castigo
misbehavior - mal comportamiento
gather - juntarse
involve - involucrar
benefit - beneficio
safety - seguridad
agreement - acuerdo
enforce - aplicar una ley
enforcement - aplicación de la ley
kite - cometa; papalote (Mex.) 
ceiling - techo interior
lie - mentir

Practice
Select the correct word.

1.  My family together every Christmas.
2.  When I was little I had to do many such as wash the dishes and mop the floor. 
3.  If I did my chores all week my parents would give me an of $1 on Sunday. 
4.  I always the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. 
5.  If my son doesn't do his homework, his is that he can't watch TV. 
6.  I try to teach my children to always tell the truth.  You shouldn't . 
7.  I think it's important to children in family decisions.  They have opinions too. 
8.  If my daughter gets a good grade on a test, her is that she can go to the movies. 
9.  The police officers job is to the law. 
10. Although we have different opinions, we were able to come to an . 

 

Pronunciation of the Vocabulary
Click on the "Vocabulary" button to see a list of the vocabulary in this lesson and listen to the pronunciation.

 

 

 

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