171.) Translation and grammar exercise 2. Simple Present

Translation exercise (see solution below)
Ver tema 14 - Febrero 2011

A lot of people love to eat paella





Traducir este texto al inglés y compruébalo con el mío más abajo

Margaret viene de Finlandia. Tiene una hija de trece años. No les gusta vivir en su país porque hace mucho frío.
Ahora vive en un pueblo pequeño en la provincia de Alicante en España.
De momento vive en una casa de un amigo, pero quiere comprarse una casa más grande hecha de piedra.
Tiene bastante dinero para comprar quinientas ovejas. Quiere hace queso y venderlo.
Ella sabe hacer un queso muy bueno. Su hija le gusta mucho comer este queso.
En su país la gente lo comen todos los dias.
Están muy contentos viviendo en este pequeño pueblo. Se levantan temprano por las mañanas para pasear por el campo. Tienen naranjos y les encanta hacer zumo de naranja para desayunar.
Margaret y su hija les gusta la gente del pueblo y saben hablar el español muy bien.
En su país, la gente estudian el inglés y el español porque les gusta viajar y especialmente venir a España para sus vacaciones. Les encanta la comida española.

Grammar exercise (see solution below)
Poner el verbo adecuado para la frase

1. She................for a walk every morning.
2. Do you..............paella in your country?
3. Susan...............Spanish in an academy.
4. Does Susan................English? Yes, she............it very well.
5. Juan.................the piano very well.
6. Do you.................in an office?
7. We don´t............. to the cinema because it´s very expensive.
8. How much does this book.............?
9. We always..............films in English.
10. I don´t.................you. You speak too fast.
11. Spanish people................very late in the evening.
12. I ................work at half past six in the evening.
13. Paula..............food for a month in a big supermarket.
14. She likes to...............books in bed.
15. Do you...............the bus to work?
16. Carmen..............to music on the bus.
17. Nice to...............you.

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 Translation check

Margaret comes from Finland. She has a thirteen year old daughter. They don´t like to live in her country because it´s very cold.
Now she lives in a small village in the province of Alicante, Spain.
At the moment she lives in a house of a friend, but she wants to buy a bigger house made of stone.
She has enough money to buy five-hundred sheep.She wants to make cheese and sell it.
She knows how to make a very good cheese. Her daughter likes to eat this cheese very much.
In their country people eat it everyday.
They are very happy living in this small village. They get up early in the morning to walk in the countryside.
They have orange trees and they love to make orange juice for breakfast.
Margaret and her daughter like the village people and they can speak Spanish very well.
In their country, people study English and Spanish because they like to travel and especially come to Spain for their holidays.They love Spanish food.

Grammar solution

1.goes   2.eat   3.studies   4.speak / speaks   5.plays   6.work   7.go   8.cost   9.watch   10.understand  11.have dinner   12.finish   13.buys   14.read   15.take   16.listens   17. meet