Multiple Choice
Escoge el mandato correcto para las siguientes oraciones. Nota el tono, formal o informal.
6. Chicas por favor ____ (venir) conmigo a la pelicula. No quiero ir sola.
A) venid
B) vengais
C) vengan
D) vengamos
7. Estimados senores y senoras, les agradecemos su apoyo esta noch, _______(pedir) sus recibos en la oficina despues de las festividades.
A) pidamos
B) pidais
C) pidan
D) pidas
8. Ricardo, te digo que no ____ (ir) a ese club. Es muy peligroso y tu no tienes auto.
A) vayas
B) vayais
C) vaya
D) vayan
9. Oye Ana _____ (comer) en ese restaurante donde tú y yo comimos el otro día. La comida estuvo estupenda!
A) come
B) coman
C) coma
D) comamos
10. Sr. Manzanares, ____ (estar) seguro y no ____ (dar) nada de dinero a los vendedores que vienen a su compania. Como su asesor financiero le tengo que avisar.
A) estad, dad
B) estemos, demos
C) este, de
D) esten, den
11. Beto, ya no aguanto tus groserias. ________ (salir) de aqui de una vez!
A) salga
B) salgais
C) sal
D) salgas
6)C
7)A
8)C
9)C
10)C
11)A
Help me please!!! Did I get them all right????? If not, please help me with the ones I got wrong. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!
7. With proper punctuation, (comma after señoras)it would be clear that you are speaking to them . C
8. Do you see the "te" which means you are using the informal or familiar? A
9. The first-name basis plus the tú means you need the familiar command. A
10. The answer IS C but it would be totally wrong without the required accents = esté & dé.
11. Again, first-name basis and "tus" signify the familiar command. C
Review again the difference between using the tú command versus usted/ustedes. Does your text use vosotros? If so, depending upon the age of the "chicas" another possibility is A.
Sra
oh thank you! one more question: for 9. if it is the familiar command aren't i supposed to take comer drop the -er and add the opposite ending so it becomes coma? so shouldn't the answer be C?
No. Here's why.
For the familiar tú command, with a regular verb -ar, -er, -ir, the command looks EXACTLY like the 3rd person singular of the Present Indictive tense. And, here's why the comma is so important in direct address.
1. Ana come el desayuno ahora.
This is the 3rd person singular of the Present Indicative Tense, saying: "Ana eats, does eat, is eating breakfast now."
2. Ana, come el desayuno ahora.
This is the familiar tú command BUT note the comma after Ana, signifying that I am talking TO HER and says: "Ana, EAT breakfast now."
See the difference? See how close they are?
Now the formal or usted command IS what h appens when I use the "opposite" vowel. That means an -ar verb uses e while an -er or -ir verb uses the theme vowel a
Let me take 3 iregular verbs and walk them through the familiar affirmative command and then the familiar negative command plus the usted & ustedes commands, whether affirmative or negative.
hablar (tú) = habla, no hables
(ud) = hable, no hable
(uds.) = hablen, no hablen
comer (tú) = come, no comas
(ud) = coma, no coma
(uds.) = coman, no coman
vivir (tú) = vive, no vivas
(ud) = viva, no viva
(uds.) = vivan, no vivan
It is the tú familiar AFFIRMATIVE command that is "out of step." All the other commands are actually the same form as the Present Subjunctive (when you get to it!) I don't want to give y ou too much, too soon!
Sra
Oh!!! I understand now! Wow, that really cleared it up for me! Muchas gracias Sra! This will really help me with the rest of my class.
To determine if your answers are correct, we should review the correct form for each question.
6. The correct imperative form for "venir" in a formal tone is "vengan." Therefore, your answer is correct.
7. The correct imperative form for "pedir" in a formal tone is "pidan." Therefore, your answer is correct.
8. The correct imperative form for "ir" in an informal tone is "vayas." Therefore, your answer is correct.
9. The correct imperative form for "comer" in an informal tone is "come." Therefore, your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is A) come.
10. The correct imperative form for "estar" in a formal tone is "este," and the correct form for "dar" in a formal tone is "de." Therefore, your answer is correct.
11. The correct imperative form for "salir" in a formal tone is "salga." Therefore, your answer is correct.
Based on this analysis, your answers for questions 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11 are correct. The answer for question 9 is incorrect. The correct answer is A) come.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.