El Oso Perezoso de Ecuador

The title of the article talks about...

• A Sloth from Ecuador who stole the hearts of Manasquan High school students

• A Sloth from Ecuador who stole the hearts of internet users

• A Jaguar from Ecuador who stole the hearts of internet users

• A Sloth from Peru who stole the hearts of internet users

What was the traffic agent doing when he saw the baby sloth?

• He was walking near the guardrail.

• He was arresting someone.

• He was circling the highway.

• He was giving a ticket.

What is this sentence an example of: "Circulaban por una carretera cuando repararon..."

• A weather sentence

• A sentence using a physical description.

• A sentence that is a series of one-time completed actions

• An ongoing action followed by an interruption

What did the baby sloth want to do before giving up?

• He wanted to cross the highway.

• He wanted to see the cars.

• He wanted to go for a walk.

• He wanted to hug the guardrail.

Which tense is being used here and why: 'quería cruzar la carretera'

• Preterite- it is a completed action

• Preterite- wanted ends with an -ed

• Imperfect- He wanted to is a description of an internal emotion- static

• Imperfect- you are describing a physical feature

What was the baby sloth hugging? What did he think it was?

• The traffic agent- he was he was a tree.

• A tree- he was in the woods.

• The guardrail- he though it was his mom.

• The guardrail- like they do in the trees.

What did the vet NOT say?

• He is happy and has returned to his habitat.

• He is very sick and needs to stay in the hospital for awhile.

• He's the most famous sloth in the world.

• Thank you for worrying about him.

What tense is used and why? 'Dieron la feliz noticia'

• Imperfect- he described the health of the sloth

• Imperfect- he repeatedly gave the good news every day

• Preterite- he interrupted an ongoing action

• Preterite- he gave the good news once