5. You will be asked for directions on how to get to three places on the map provided below. You may choose your three destinations. You will give those directions in Spanish making sure that you use verbs in command forms, not just “right, two blocks, left, three blocks” or that kind of thing.

Mario hola, lilia. ven a buscarme en cuanto (yo) (1) (salir) de clase. lilia voy a buscarte tan pronto como la clase (2) (terminar), pero no quiero esperar como ayer. mario cuando iba a salir, (yo) me (3) (encontrar) con mi profesora de química, y hablé con ella del examen. lilia no quiero esperarte hasta que (4) (ser) demasiado tarde para almorzar otra vez. mario hoy voy a estar esperándote en cuanto (tú) (5) (llegar) a buscarme. lilia después de que (yo) te (6) (recoger), podemos ir a comer a la cafetería. mario en cuanto (tú) (7) (entrar) en el estacionamiento, me vas a ver allí, esperándote. lilia no lo voy a creer hasta que (yo) lo (8) (ver). mario recuerda que cuando (yo) te (9) (ir) a buscar al laboratorio la semana pasada, te tuve que esperar media hora. lilia tienes razón. ¡pero llega allí tan pronto como (tú) (10) (poder)!

Now that you have worked through a lot of material that includes these basic patterns, and you have compared grammatically correct and incorrect sentences, write down what you think is a rule that could explain what makes a sentence grammatically correct or not. for example, you might write something like: "verbs always match nouns in number, and they usually come before the noun." in other words, make your best guess for the grammar rule that makes sense out of the pattern(s) you see in the phrases you have been working with. review if you need to, and you might briefly check your hunches against the sentences you have been working with in this or previous modules. keep in mind that what you're after is your hunch, not a grammar rule from a text book. now check your hunch with the explanation of this principle in the following pattern.

Alos chicos (gustar) correr y jugar baloncesto