Why was this marked wrong?
¿De dónde ________usted? - Yo soy de Venezuela.Where are you from? - I am from Venezuela.(HINT: Use verb "to be")I selected "eres" and it was marked as incorrect. The correct answer is "es." How should I have know they expected a third person answer?
Hola Kurt
The pronoun that you see in the question, "usted" gives you the clue as to use the form of the verb "es", not "eres".
Saludos
usted/el/ella -- you formal/he/she = de donde [es]
eres -- you informal = de donde [eres]
Why was this marked wrong?
¿De dónde ________usted? - Yo soy de Venezuela.Where are you from? - I am from Venezuela.(HINT: Use verb "to be")I selected "eres" and it was marked as incorrect. The correct answer is "es." How should I have know they expected a third person answer?
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