Leccion 2 Gramatica 2.3 2 - Escoger You will hear some sentences with a beep in place of the verb. Decide which form of ser or estar should complete each sentence, and select it.

Since this is a type of exercise in which an audio is necessary to be able to solve it, I will give you some tips so you can solve it for yourself.

First you must bear in mind that the verb SER and ESTAR in Spanish differ from English, where the verb "to be" is used for both cases.

The verb SER it is used to describe appearances, identity, family relationships, when and where an event takes place, time and date.

On the other hand, ESTAR is used to express a mood or health status, an aspect, the marital status of a person, their location.

The ways to conjugate each verb for different people of the present is as follows:

SER:

yo soy

tú eres  

él/ella es  

nosotros somos

ellos son

ESTAR:

yo estoy

tú estás

él/ella está  

nosotros estamos

ellos están

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

dang did this test hmmm lemme think

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