¡Acción! Verb Studio: teacher answer key

Public sample teacher key. Includes model answers; open the student worksheet when assigning the activity.

WL.3: Learners present information and ideas on a variety of topics adapted to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers to describe, inform, narrate, explain, or persuade. WL.1: Learners understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, received, or viewed on a variety of topics, using a range of diverse texts, including authentic resources.

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Worksheet opens the questions. New questions follow each take; misses add a reflection prompt.
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Numbers like "#4" match the printed worksheet. Questions marked "After a miss" appear in the game only after a missed take; on paper they are combined into one question near the end.

Escena 1: Al parque (caminar)

Goal: get all five characters to the park. The tiles are camin- (caminar), every ending, and al parque.
The 3-line script (★★★ on take 1), lines in any order: Caminamos al parque. (YO + Sofía) Camina al parque. (Marta) Caminan al parque. (Pablo + Pilar)
Also accepted, with 1 ★ off for the extra line: Camino, Caminas, Camina, Caminan al parque (4 lines, any order).
Typical wrong endings: Caminas for "I" (Sofía walks off, YO stays home); Camino on every line (only YO moves, again and again); Caminamos meant for the twins (YO and Sofía go, the twins stay); Caminar (the infinitive: «¿Quién?», nobody moves); Caminen or Camines (-er/-ir endings on an -ar verb: «¿Qué?»).

#1. Write the script that got all five to the park, one sentence per line. After each sentence, write who walked. WL.3

Caminamos al parque. (YO and Sofía) Camina al parque. (Marta) Caminan al parque. (Pablo and Pilar) The lines can be in any order. Four lines also work: Camino, Caminas, Camina, Caminan al parque.

Common wrong answer	What it shows
Caminamos al parque. (Pablo and Pilar)	Thinks -amos means "they." Nosotros always includes YO.
Caminas al parque. (YO)	Thinks -as means "I." -as is tú: Sofía, the friend you talk to.

#2. Write the sentence that sends only YO (I) to the park. WL.3

Camino al parque.

Common wrong answer	What it shows
Caminas al parque.	-as for "I," the most common mistake. -as means tú, so Sofía walks and YO stays home.
Caminar al parque.	The infinitive does not say who. The cast asks «¿Quién?»
Yo camina al parque.	Leans on the pronoun and uses the ella ending. In the game the ending alone must say yo (-o).

After a miss: A take missed. Which line sent the wrong person, or nobody? What ending did that line need? WL.1

Example: "Line 1, Caminas al parque, sent Sofía, not YO. -as means tú. I needed -amos: Caminamos al parque sends YO and Sofía." Look for the line, the ending, the person it really sent, and the fix.

Escena 2: El picnic (llevar, correr)

Goal: all five characters and the picnic basket on the bus before it leaves at 19.5 s. The basket needs two people.
Two 3-line scripts work, lines in any order: (a) Llevamos la cesta al autobús. Corre al autobús. Corren al autobús. (done at 18.0 s) (b) Llevan la cesta al autobús. Corremos al autobús. Corre al autobús. (done at 18.2 s)
Every working 4-line script is one of those plus an extra line (1 ★ off). No working script needs caminar: walking (3 m/s) is too slow.
Typical wrong endings: Lleva, Llevo, or Llevas la cesta (one person: the basket falls, «¡Pum!»); Corran or Corramos (-ar endings on an -er verb: «¿Qué?»); Camina or Caminan (too slow, they miss the bus); Llevamos la cesta without al autobús («¿Cómo?»).

#3. Write the script that got everyone and the basket on the bus. After each sentence, write who moved. WL.3

Llevamos la cesta al autobús. (YO and Sofía) Corre al autobús. (Marta) Corren al autobús. (Pablo and Pilar) Also correct: Llevan la cesta al autobús. (Pablo and Pilar) Corremos al autobús. (YO and Sofía) Corre al autobús. (Marta) Any order.

Common wrong answer	What it shows
Lleva la cesta al autobús. (Marta)	Didn't use a plural ending for a two-person job.

#4. «Lleva la cesta al autobús» does not work. Who does -a send, and why does the line fail? WL.1

-a means ella, so only Marta goes. The basket needs two people, so she drops it. The line needs a plural ending: Llevamos (YO and Sofía) or Llevan (the twins).

Common wrong answer	What it shows
"It sends everyone."	Doesn't connect one ending to one person.
"-a means I."	Mixes up ella and yo.

#5. correr is an -er verb. Write the sentence that sends YO and Sofía (nosotros) running to the bus. WL.3

Corremos al autobús.

Common wrong answer	What it shows
Corramos al autobús.	Used the -ar ending -amos on an -er verb. In the game: «¿Qué?», nobody moves.
Corren al autobús.	-en is ellos (the twins), not nosotros.

After a miss: A take missed. Which line went wrong? Name the ending, who it sent, and what the line needed. WL.1

Example: "Line 1, Lleva la cesta al autobús, sent only Marta (-a = ella). The basket needs two people, so I needed Llevamos." Or: "Line 3 used Caminan. Walking is too slow, so the twins missed the bus. Corren is faster."

Escena 3: El gato (abrir, subir, bajar)

Goal: rescue the cat. Only Marta has the gate key, the cat only trusts YO, and the branch holds one person.
Only one 3-line script works, in this order: Abre la puerta. (Marta) Subo al árbol. (YO) Bajo con el gato. (YO) The gate must open before anyone goes to the tree.
Groups: abrir and subir are -ir verbs (-o, -es, -e, -imos, -en), but bajar is an -ar verb (-o, -as, -a, -amos, -an). Baje con el gato gets «¿Qué?».
Typical wrong endings: Abro la puerta (YO has no key, the gate stays locked); Abremos or Abramos (wrong group: «¿Qué?»); Abrir (infinitive: «¿Quién?»); Sube al árbol (Marta climbs, the cat hisses); Subimos (two people: the branch breaks); Bajas (Sofía is not in the tree).

#6. Write the script that rescued the cat. After each sentence, write who moved. WL.3

Abre la puerta. (Marta) Subo al árbol. (YO) Bajo con el gato. (YO) This is the only 3-line script, and the order matters.

Common wrong answer	What it shows
Abro la puerta. (YO)	Picked yo for the gate. Only Marta (ella, -e) has the key.

#7. abrir is an -ir verb. Write the sentence for "We open the gate" (YO and Sofía). WL.3

Abrimos la puerta. (It is a real sentence: in the game YO and Sofía walk to the gate. They have no key, so it stays locked.)

Common wrong answer	What it shows
Abremos la puerta.	Used the -er ending. -ir verbs use -imos for nosotros. In the game: «¿Qué?»
Abramos la puerta.	Used the -ar ending -amos on an -ir verb.

After a miss: A take missed. Which line went wrong? Name the ending, who it sent, and what the line needed. WL.1

Example: "Line 1, Abro la puerta, sent YO. YO has no key, so the gate stayed locked. Only Marta has the key, so I needed Abre (-e = ella)."

When a take missed (#8)

Any of the After a miss answers above. Look for the rule named correctly and the specific thing that went wrong.

Wrap-up: the ending tells who

#9. How does the verb ending tell you who does the action? Use sentences from at least two scenes as your evidence. WL.1

Claim: The verb ending tells who does the action, so Spanish does not need yo, tú, or ella before the verb. Evidence: In Escena 1, Caminamos al parque moved YO and Sofía, but Caminan al parque moved Pablo and Pilar. In Escena 3, Abre la puerta sent Marta, but Abro la puerta sent YO, who has no key. Reasoning: The stem tells the action and the ending tells the person: -o yo, -as/-es tú, -a/-e ella, -amos/-emos/-imos nosotros, -an/-en ellos. The ending also has to match the verb group (-ar, -er, -ir), or nobody moves («¿Qué?»).