Spanish language Q&A Forum

These are taken from an exercise in the B2 Writing Library

I'm confused with the use of article here

deberías consumir espárragos trigueros, guisantes y habas        but      pondría ingredientes como la lechuga, las endibias, las espinacas, etc

What is the rule here?

Here is another example of the nonuse of an article in Spanish that I do not understand.  "The city was an environmental model" is "la ciudad fue modelo ambiental" not "un modelo ambiental".  I do not understand why there is no indefinite article like there is in English.

Here in Mexico it is common to say “cervesa bien fría”.  (Just to reinforce what you Mentioned about Latin American usage).

Hi,

I don't understand why "estar" is in subjuntivo instead of indicativo.

Could you say 'poner una chaquetta' instead of 'llevar una chaquetta'?

Could you highlight this difference in the lesson in yellow or some sort of emphasis? 

If we want to express the same but in the negative, the structure changes to:

               llevar (conjugated) + sin + infinitive

 And also, if correct, please add the explanation that  the action  changes from  past participle to infinitive because sin is a preposition, and that prepositions are followed by infinitives, not past particples.

I understood pretty much all the sounds in this piece with the exception of 'gallega'.  To my (inadequate) hearing it sounded as if the narrator began the word with the letter 'r'.  

Do you want me to pick you up at five?"? (HINT: you=vosotros)

I think the English translations could be modified to be a bit more natural sounding. since you=vosotros is plural English speakers would say "Do you all/yall (local to southern US)/you guys" want me to pick you up.

would people agree with this?