Time Expressions: Completing Sentences About Sports and History

______ month, my family and I played baseball with our neighbors. It was fun.

1. La oración está en pasado simple ("played") y se refiere a un mes ya transcurrido.
2. La expresión que indica pasado reciente es last.

What are you doing? Well, ______ I'm finishing my homework, so I can go out to play football ______ in the afternoon.

1. La primera acción ocurre en el momento de hablar: se usa right now.
2. La segunda indica un momento posterior dentro del mismo día: later.

I'm not feeling very well ______. I think I've got the flu and I won't be able to play in the basketball tournament.

1. El malestar ocurre en el presente inmediato.
2. La expresión adecuada es today.

Are you going to see our school's volleyball team match ______ Saturday? I'm sure it will be exciting!

1. "Saturday" sin preposición necesita un determinante que indique el próximo sábado.
2. Se usa next.

Hey! What happened? A minute ______ you were very happy, but ______ you look terrible!

1. "A minute" + expresión de pasado inmediato: ago.
2. Contraste con el presente: right now.

Many centuries ______ (later/next/ago), the ball game had a religious meaning for some Mesoamerican societies.

1. "Many centuries" indica tiempo transcurrido desde el pasado.
2. Con períodos de tiempo se usa ago.

______ (next/last/ago) Monday we set up an exhibition on the history of balls at school. It was so much fun!

1. El verbo "set up" está en pasado.
2. Se necesita una expresión de pasado: last.

We will present another project about Indigenous communities in Mexico ______ (next/later/nowadays) month. It's going to be great!

1. "Will present" indica futuro.
2. Con "month" se usa next.

In my classroom, everybody was excited about the gallery we will open ______ (ago/last/later) this week.

1. "Will open" indica futuro dentro de la misma semana.
2. La expresión adecuada es later.

My dad says that ______ (later/ago/nowadays) classes are very different from those in his school days.

1. Se compara el presente con el pasado.
2. La expresión para el presente actual es nowadays.

______ (tomorrow/next/this), my class will visit a factory to learn about machines and materials used in the manufacture of balls.

1. "Will visit" indica futuro.
2. Con "my class" como sujeto y sin artículo, se usa tomorrow.