Question

Armando toma ____ clases en la universidad. cuatro cinco seis julia toma dos clases de ____. matemáticas lengua ciencias armando toma italiano y ____. astronomía japonés geología armando y julia estudian ____ los martes y jueves. filosofía antropología italiano

Answer 1

1. Right answer:

cinco

Armando takes five subjects:

• Antropología that translates into Anthropology
• Filosofía that translates into Philosophy
• Italiano that translates into Italian
• Cálculo that translates into Calculus
• Japonés that translates into Japanese

So Armando toma cinco clases en la universidad means Armando takes five classes at the university. It is important to say that this sentence stands for the simple present. In this way, toma is the conjugation of the verb tomar for the third person singular.

2. Right answer:

ciencias

Julia takes four subjects:

• Astronomía that translates into Astronomy
• Italiano that translates into Italian
• Geología that translates into Geology
• Cálculo that translates into Calculus

So Julia toma dos clases de ciencias means Julia takes two science classes. These two science classes are Astronomy (astronomía) and Geology (geología).

3. Right answer:

japonés

From the four subjects Armando takes, we know that two are Italian (italiano) and  Japanes (Japonés), that is, 50% if his classes are language classes. In other words, Armando toma italiano y japonés translates into Armando takes Italian and Japanese. This sentence is also given in the simple present standing for the third person singular.

4. Right answer:

italiano

If you take a look on the lists of Armando and Julia, you can realize that the matching subjects are italian (italiano) and cálculo (calculus). In this way, we know that the correct answer is italiano because this option is given in the answers. So Armando y Julia estudian italiano los martes y jueves translates into Armando and Julia study Italian on Tuesdays and Thursdays.