Marta estaba/estuvo leyendo un libro en su apartamento cuando martín la llamaba/llamó por teléfono. martín le preguntaba/preguntó si quería /quiso ir al parque cerca de la plaza san salvador con él. marta le decía/dijo que sí, aunque tenía/tuvo mucho que leer para la semana próxima. martín venía/vino a las 3: 00 y los dos salían/salieron juntos al parque. mientras ellos caminaban/caminaron, los dos se hablaban/hablaron cariñosamente. los dos se sentían/se sintieron muy contentos porque hacia/hizo buen tiempo y era/fue sábado. no tenían/tuvieron que levantarse temprano el día siguiente. en el parque ellos se sentaban/se sentaron en un banco y miraban/miraron a la gente por un rato. cuando ellos observaban/observaron a una pareja vieja en otro banco, un señor se les acercaba/acercó con unos globos grandísimos. el señor les explicaba/explicó que él los vendió/vendía en el parque todos los sábados. martín le compraba/compró uno a marta y los dos se reían/se rieron.

Marta estaba¹ leyendo un libro en su apartamento cuando Martín la llamó² por teléfono. Martín le preguntó³ si quería⁴ ir al parque cerca de la Plaza San Salvador con él. Marta le dijo⁵ que sí, aunque tenía⁶ mucho que leer para la semana próxima. Martín vino⁷ a las 3:00 y los dos salieron⁸ juntos al parque. Mientras ellos caminaban⁹, los dos se hablaban¹⁰ cariñosamente. Los dos se sentían¹¹ muy contentos porque hacía¹² buen tiempo y era¹³ sábado. No tenían¹⁴ que levantarse temprano el día siguiente. En el parque ellos se sentaron¹⁵ en un banco y miraron¹⁶ a la gente por un rato. Cuando ellos observaban¹⁷ a una pareja vieja en otro banco, un señor se les acercó¹⁸ con unos globos grandísimos. El señor les explicó¹⁹ que él los vendía²⁰ en el parque todos los sábados. Martín le compró²¹ uno a Marta y los dos se rieron²².

estaba¹↪ imperfect. This action was happening when the call interrupted the action.

llamó²↪ preterite. This action interrupted what was happening.

preguntó³↪ preterite. This action happened only once and ended in the past.

quería⁴↪ imperfect. We are providing background information.  

dijo⁵↪ preterite. This action happened only once and ended in the past.  

tenía⁶↪ imperfect. We are providing background information.

vino⁷↪ preterite. This action happened only once and ended in the past.

salieron⁸↪ preterite. This action happened only once and ended in the past.

caminaban⁹↪ imperfect. We are providing background information.

hablaban¹⁰↪ imperfect. We are providing background information.

sentían¹¹↪ imperfect. We are providing background information.

hacía¹²↪ imperfect. We are providing background information.

era¹³↪ imperfect. We are providing background information.

tenían¹⁴↪ imperfect. We are providing background information.

sentaron¹⁵↪ preterite. This action happened only once and ended in the past.

miraron¹⁶↪ preterite. This action happened only once and ended in the past.

observaban¹⁷↪ imperfect. This action was happening when the man interrupted the action.

acercó¹⁸↪ preterite. This action interrupted what was happening.

explicó¹⁹↪ preterite. This action happened only once and ended in the past.

vendía²⁰↪ imperfect. To describe in Spanish a habitual activity in the past we have to use the imperfect past.

compró²¹↪ preterite. This action happened only once and ended in the past.

rieron²²↪ preterite. This action happened only once and ended in the past.

Marta was reading a book in her apartment when Martin called her on the phone. Martin asked her if she wanted to go to the park near Plaza San Salvador with him. Marta said yes, although she had a lot to read for next week. Martin came at 3:00 and they went out to the park together. When they walked, they talked to each other affectionately. They both felt very happy because it was good weather and it was Saturday. They did not have to get up early next day. In the park they sat on a bench and looked at people for a while. When they watched an old couple on another bench, a man approached them with huge balloons. The man explained that he sold them at the park every Saturday. Martín bought one for Marta and they both laughed.



4) read the following excerpt. cognitive psychology has been widely developed, not only in brazil, but also in the world. it studies human intellectual capacities, analyzing the ways in which people solve mental tasks, and construct models for understanding such processes, understood from the information processing paradigm. this occurs through basic and superior cognitive processes. is one of the basic cognitive processes, considered the gateway to the stimuli that will be processed cognitively. through it we can extract meanings from the external environment, either through vision or through hearing. check the alternative that fits the gap correctly. select an alternative: a) perception. b) attention. c) memory. d) consciousness. e) intelligence.