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Spanish 2: Unit 3- Speech Acts Written Assignment

1. Situation 1: A friend comes out looking all fancy. What compliment can you say?

Student A: ¡Que Linda!


Student B: ¡Que hermosa!


2. Situation 2: You do a really good job on a school project, and your professor tells you so. How can you express thanks to the compliment?

Student A: ¡Muchisimas gracias!


Student B: ¡Gracias! Se lo agradezco


3. Situation 3:

Student A: You accidentally bump into someone. What do you say?

Lo siento mucho


Student B: A friend of yours shares that his grandmother recently passed. What do you say?

Siento mucho tu perdida.


4. Situation 4:

Student A: You want to invite one of your besties to stop studying and to come out tonight. What do you say?

Vamos a Olive Garden esta noche- ¡ven!


Student B: There is a new international student visiting from Ghana and you want to invite them out to dinner with you and your group of friends. Since you don’t know the person well, your invitation is more on the polite side. What do you say?

Hola. Mis amigas y yo vamos al cine esta noche. Te gustaria salir con nosotras.


5. Situation 5:

Student A: Your group of best friends invite you out, but you have to finish an essay (due tomorrow! Oops). What do you say?

No puedo ir porque tengo que terminar mi tarea para manaña.


Student B: The university provost invites you to join the school’s newly formed chess team. While you’re all about that chess life you have too many other commitments. What can you say to politely turn down the invitation?

Me gustaría, pero lamentablemente tengo muchos compromisos y no tendria tiempo. Lo siento mucho.

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