Question

Cuando ____( comenzar) a escribir la novela mi madre ___ ( ceer) que era una novela de amor yo le ____( explicar) que se trataba de una novela policiaca.

Answer 1

cuando comencé a escribir la novela mi madre creyó que era una novela de amor y yo le expliqué que se trataba de una novela policiaca.

Answer 2

Answer: Cuando comencé a escribir la novela, mi madre creyó que era una novela de amor, yo le expliqué que se trataba de una novela policiaca.

Translation: When I started writing the novel, my mother thought it was a love novel, I explained her that it was a police novel.

Step-by-step explanation:

He describes a fact that happened only once in the past: I started writing the novel. That is preterite tense. Yo comencé.

He describes a fact that happened only once in the past: His mother thought it was a love novel. That is preterite tense. Ella creyó.

He describes a fact that happened only once in the past: I explained her that it was a police novel. That is preterite tense. Yo expliqué.

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