Refuerza tu Inglés: Ejercicios de Vocabulario, Tiempos Verbales y Estructuras Clave

Ejercicios de Inglés

1. Completa las frases con una palabra adecuada de las siguientes (implícitas en las respuestas).

1. The village needs a hospital and a shopping centre. It's very underdeveloped.
2. Look out of the window. The scenery is beautiful.
3. Always wear a seat belt when you're travelling in a car.
4. If you don't know which sites to visit, look in the guidebook.
5. The flight to France, the stay in the hotel and the tour are part of the package holiday.
6. Memorial Day commemorates soldiers who were killed in wars.
7. I didn't think she would come, but Linda turned up at the party.
8. Every Sunday, my aunts, uncles and cousins come to my house and we have a family get-together.
9. In my family, we give gifts to each other on Christmas Eve, but we don't open them until Christmas Day.
10. People often say prayers before they eat and before they go to sleep.

2. Completa las frases con un tiempo perfecto.

1. By the time I got to school, the first lesson had started (start).
2. Has Mary eaten her dinner yet? (eat)
3. Her eyes are very red because she has been crying all day. (cry)
4. When our maths teacher retired, he had been working for over 30 years (work).
5. Have they sent the letter yet? (send)
6. She will have finished her world concert tour by this time next week (finish).

3. Completa con los phrasal verbs adecuados.

1. I can't decide! Pick out a handbag for me.
2. We always shop around to find the best deals.
3. The camera didn't work so my father took it back to the shop.
4. When are you coming to pick up the flowers you ordered?

4. Reescribe las frases en estilo indirecto (reported speech).

1. "I'll help Simon next week", Mary said.
   Mary said that she would help Simon the following week.
2. "Don't tell anyone my secret", Lucy said to me.
   Lucy told me not to tell anyone her secret.
3. "Let's go to the beach", David said.
   David suggested going to the beach.
4. "Why are you looking at me?", Helen asked me.
   Helen asked me why I was looking at her.

5. Oraciones Condicionales.

1. We won't go out unless it stops raining (stop).
2. If she were taller, she would play in the basketball team (be).
3. If I'd known Brian's address when I was in America, I would have gone to see him (go).
4. You won't get a good mark if you don't work hard (not get).
5. Supposing we hadn't had a map, what would have happened? (not have).
6. I think we are lost. I wish I knew how to get back to the hotel (know).

6. Escribe las frases en voz pasiva.

1. The author has written special editions for children.
   Special editions for children have been written by the author.
2. You should open the wine three hours before the party.
   The wine should be opened three hours before the party.
3. Did the film interest you?
   Were you interested in the film?
4. The doctor is asking Jenny a lot of questions (dos formas pasivas).
   A lot of questions are being asked to Jenny by the doctor.
   Jenny is being asked a lot of questions by the doctor.
5. The students will pass the selectivity exam in June.
   The selectivity exam will be passed by the students in June.

7. Une las frases usando un relativo. Escríbelas de nuevo.

1. This is the place. The robber attacked me here.
   This is the place where the robber attacked me.
2. Helen Fielding was born in Yorkshire. Her books are bestsellers.
   Helen Fielding, whose books are bestsellers, was born in Yorkshire.
3. Yesterday I met a man. He wrote an interesting novel last year.
   Yesterday I met a man who wrote an interesting novel last year.
4. He was watching a film. It was about a crime in an old house.
   He was watching a film which/that was about a crime in an old house.

8. Añade el relativo que falta, pero crea una contact clause (relativo omitido) donde sea posible.

1. Has this paper got a flavour that pleases you?
2. Any man who listens to this is stupid.
3. The teacher (whom/that) I gave the book to has gone home. (El relativo puede omitirse)

9. Palabras (orientativo, texto original poco claro)

Nota: El texto original de esta sección no se ve claramente. Las correcciones son tentativas.

1. mailed / failed / made (?)
2. instead / instruct (?)
3. couldn't
4. should

Traducción

Algunas personas optan por pasar sus vacaciones tumbadas en la playa, tomando un descanso bien merecido de su agitado lugar de trabajo. Otras podrían preferir unas vacaciones educativas, visitando sitios históricos y museos. Sin embargo, para un número creciente de personas, ninguna de estas vacaciones sería de interés. Ellos probablemente preferirían un viaje al sitio de un desastre mayor, tales como la Zona Cero de Nueva York o el sitio del desastre nuclear de Chernóbil en Ucrania. El turismo oscuro, el turismo de los lugares de tragedia, es un fenómeno creciente en la industria turística que está atrayendo a más y más «turistas».