🔴 Advanced - After Twenty Years

Advanced phrase cards for English speakers learning Spanish through “After Twenty Years.” These cards focus on flexible, reusable Spanish phrases and sentence patterns from the story. Use them to practice adapting phrases to new situations, not just memorizing one translation.

Story phrase: Suena bastante interesante / It sounds pretty interesting

Using the pattern from this story phrase, how would you say the following? Choose 1 or 2.

Prompt: It sounds pretty strange / It sounds pretty good / It sounds pretty familiar

Suena bastante extraño / It sounds pretty strange

Suena bastante bien / It sounds pretty good

Suena bastante familiar / It sounds pretty familiar

Story phrase: Estuvimos en contacto por un tiempo / We kept in touch for a while

Now use the same structure in a new context. How would you say the following? Choose 1 or 2.

Prompt: We kept in touch for years / We kept in touch even after she moved away / We kept in touch after graduation

Estuvimos en contacto por años / We kept in touch for years

Estuvimos en contacto incluso después de que ella se mudó / We kept in touch even after she moved away

Estuvimos en contacto después de graduarnos / We kept in touch after graduation

Story phrase: Nos perdimos el rastro / We lost track of each other

You saw this phrase in the story. Can you use the same pattern to say something similar? Choose 1 or 2.

Prompt: We lost track of each other over time / We lost track of each other after college / We lost track of each other for a few years

Nos perdimos el rastro con el tiempo / We lost track of each other over time

Nos perdimos el rastro después de la universidad / We lost track of each other after college

Nos perdimos el rastro por unos años / We lost track of each other for a few years

Story phrase: Habrá valido la pena si mi viejo amigo aparece / It will have been worth it if my old friend shows up

Practice making this phrase your own. Choose 1 or 2. How would you use the same Spanish pattern to express the following?

Prompt: It will have been worth it if everything works out / It will have been worth it if we find the answer / It will have been worth it if she comes back

Habrá valido la pena si todo sale bien / It will have been worth it if everything works out

Habrá valido la pena si encontramos la respuesta / It will have been worth it if we find the answer

Habrá valido la pena si ella vuelve / It will have been worth it if she comes back

Story phrase: Le daré al menos media hora / I’ll give him at least half an hour

Using the pattern from this story phrase, how would you say the following? Choose 1 or 2.

Prompt: I’ll give him at least one day / I’ll give him one more chance / I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt

Le daré al menos un día / I’ll give him at least one day

Le daré una oportunidad más / I’ll give him one more chance

Le daré el beneficio de la duda / I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt

Story phrase: Si Jimmy sigue vivo en este mundo / If Jimmy is still alive on earth

This phrase gives you a useful pattern. Choose 1 or 2 and try adapting it to these new situations:

Prompt: If she is still alive / If he is still awake / If they are still together

Si ella sigue viva / If she is still alive

Si él sigue despierto / If he is still awake

Si ellos siguen juntos / If they are still together