Question

Which pair of verbs best completes this sentence?

Ayer, mi prima se __________ de la bicicleta y se ____________ la pierna.

cortó, quemó

golpeó, lastimó

cayó, rompió

lastimó, quemó

Answer 1

Answer: The pair of verbs that best completes this sentence are:

Ayer, mi prima se cayó de la bicicleta y se rompió la pierna.

Explanation:

We use the past tense (preterite tense ) to talk about past events and with finished actions. The following temporary expressions are usually used with the past tense: yesterday, the day before yesterday, last night, once, twice, last week, etc.

In this case:

• "Ayer" means "Yesterday"
• "Mi prima se cayó "means "My cousin fell".
• "De la bicicleta" means "from the bicycle"
• "Y se rompió la pierna" means "and broke her leg".

Answer 2

Correct answer:

cayó, rompió

Both words are conjugations of different verbs but in the same tense. So this tense is the preterite. The preterite tense is one of two simple past tenses. It is used to describe actions that took place or were completed at a certain point in the past. So cayó comes from the verb caer and rompió comes from the verb romper. Both conjugations stands for the third person singular. On the other hand, this sentence uses the reflexive pronoun se (third person singular). In Spanish, we use Reflexive Pronouns with a verb to point out that a person carries out an action to or for himself or herself. Finally:

Ayer, mi prima se cayó de la bicicleta y se rompió la pierna