Los hermanos de Manuel --- (estar) enfermos la semana pasada y --- (tener) que ir al hospital. De hecho, uno de ellos no --- (ir) a la escuela por ocho dias give the correct Preterite verb

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anonymous · Answer

I was about to type a long, drawn out, and very descriptive step-by-step on how to conjugate all three of those verbs, in the preterite. 

But before I do that, I wanna ask you something. 

Do you have deep, sincere interest in learning Spanish?

anonymous · Answer

Los hermanos de Manuel estuvo enfermos la semana pasada y tuvo que ir al hospital. De hecho, uno de ellos no fueron a la escuela por ocho dias.

anonymous · Answer

@cchaobal 

Your last blank is wrong. 
It's not "fueron."

anonymous · Answer

Oh, what would it be? Wouldn't it be the preterite for they?

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, "fueron" is the preterite for "they." 

But we're not talking about "they," in the last blank. 

"UNO de ellos no _______ a la escuela."