Mini audio-noticia: el lince en Doñana y 3 perífrasis útiles

Audio-noticia sencilla sobre el lince en Doñana; identifica tres perífrasis verbales.

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2 min reading time

Keywords:

llevar + gerundio acabar de + infinitivo venir + gerundio Doñana lince ibérico

Mini noticia: "En Doñana, los técnicos acaban de liberar dos linces jóvenes. El parque lleva años recuperando las marismas y la población viene aumentando poco a poco." ¿Cuál de estas formas expresa una acción reciente?

Culture: Doñana appears often in environmental news in Spain.

Correct: 0/6

Hints for this Quiz

Think: which construction means "to have just done (something)"?

Culture: Doñana appears often in environmental news in Spain.

Eng.: "Acabar de + infinitive" = "to have just done something". In Spanish it normally uses the Present/Imperfect: "Acabo de comer", "Ella acaba de llegar". "Llevar + gerundio" indicates duration ("I’ve been doing something for some time"), and "venir + gerundio" indicates gradual development over time.

"Llevar + gerundio" is often used together with "desde hace / a number of years".

Eng.: "Llevar + (amount of time) + gerundio" = "to have been doing something for…": "¿Cuánto tiempo llevas…? — Llevo 6 meses estudiando español". So: "lleva cinco años aumentando…".

This is not "to have just done" and not "obligation". Think of the meaning "more and more / increasingly".

Eng.: "Venir + gerundio" emphasizes a gradual or increasing action (similar to "it’s been happening more and more / gradually"). It often conveys the idea of development over time.

Look for the equivalent of English "have just (done something)".

Eng.: To express "just" (a recent action) we use "acabar de + infinitive": "Acaban de liberar…". The other options do not convey the idea of recentness.

Hint: "desde 2021" points to an action lasting over a period of time (duration).

Eng.: "desde 2021" = the action started then and continues until now → use "llevar + gerundio" ("they have been monitoring them since 2021").

Look for the form "venir + gerundio" with the idea of gradual progress.

Eng.: The correct pattern is "venir + gerundio" (for a gradual / increasing action over time). Option b) is correct. In a) we actually have "venir de + infinitive" (a different construction), and in c) different periphrases are mixed incorrectly.