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Can you help me understand this, please.  In my answer, I used 'ayudaban' on the basis that the help given happened more than once. It was corrected to 'ayudaron'.  Don't we have to assume though that the help/assistance was ongoing?

Many thanks

Trefor

Muchas gracias por compartir esta leyenda.

Sinceramente,

I. Pati Ecuamiga

¡ Guau! He leído las preguntas y respuestas sobre la voz pasiva y la pasiva refleja, y me ayudó muchisimo.

Muchas gracias a los estudiantes por tus preguntas especificas y claras. Y muchas gracias a Inma por tus descripciones claras y simples. 

I have a question about the placement of the subject when using la pasiva refleja.

First, the examples ...

Se buscan secretarias con experiencia.

Aquí se vende el periódico barato.

Se venden apartamentos de lujo en la playa.

Mis cortinas nuevas se han hecho en dos días.

Las negociaciones se harán pronto.

In the top 3 examples the subjects are:

secretarias con experiencia, el periódico barato y apartamentos de lujo.

In the last 2 examples, the subjects are:

Mis cortinas nuevas y las negociaciones.

Obviously, the position of the subjects is different. Is there any reason or do they have the same meaning?

Could, for example, the first 3 sentences be written as..

Secretarias con experiencia se buscan.

 El periódico barato se vende aquí.

Apartamentos de lujo se venden en la playa.

?

Por fin...

Could the last two sentences be written as ..

Se han hecho mis cortinas nuevas en dos días.

 Se harán las negociaciones pronto.

??

Muchas gracias de antemano!

Why do you use 'alguin in this sentence? Do you want anything from the shop? Because it says you cant use algo with a noun and shop is a noun.

Buenas días 

I understand Afectar is a transitive verb, which requires a direct object (without a preposition).

I saw these sentences:

La nueva ley no afecta al pequeño empresario.

La falta de oxígeno afecta al cerebro.

I'm curious to know why these two sentences use a preposition "a".

Muchas gracias

Marked...

Wrong: ¿Queréis que Juan recite un poema?

Correct: ¿Queréis que Juan recita un poema?

Wow, this one is tough for B1. Lots of options for word choices regarding more complex activities, especially when it is more specialized to extreme outdoor actities. The hints are widely variable, but mostly quite limited. That´s ok, but this exercise feels more like a B2 or C1 exercise, or else put in more hints. I think A2 and B1 students will be discouraged after attempting this one.

I just reread this lesson, took the test and got both answers correct, but my score did not budge from 25.0% What am I not understanding about the scoring system?