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Práctica de Inglés
Práctica de Inglés
Second Conditional.
Exercises
17. She _____had pass____ (pass) the exam if she _____would______ (study) more.
18. I ___married___ (marry) someone famous if I ___would be_____ (be) a movie star.
19. We never ____was____ (be) late again if we _____would buy___ (buy) a new car.
20. You ____losed____ (lose) weight if you _____would eat_____ (eat) less.
Third Conditionals
Put in the correct third conditional verb form:
1. If you ___had not been__ (not / be) late, we __would have miss__ (not / miss) the bus.
2. If she ____had study____ (study), she ______would have pass _____ (pass) the exam.
3. If we _____had arrive_____ (arrive) earlier, we ___could have saw______ (see) John
4. If they __had gone___ (go) to bed early, they __might not woke__ (not / wake) up late.
5. If he __had become__ (become) a musician, he __would have record__ (record) a CD.
6. If she __had gone_ (go) to art school, she __would have becomed_ (become) a painter.
7. If I _had been_ (be) born in a different country, I __would have learned_ (learn) to
speak a different language.
8. If she __had gone___ (go) to university, she could have study_______ (study) French.
9. If we _had not gone_ (not / go) to the party, we _would have not meet_ (not / meet)
them.
10. If he __had taken__ (take) the job, he _would haven't go traveling_(not / go)
travelling.
11. He ___had been___ (be) happier if he ____would have stayed____ (stay) at home.
12. She __had pass__ (pass) the exam if she ___would have studied____ (study) harder.
13. We_had not get_ (not / get) married if we __would have don't went__ (not / go) to
the same university.
14. They __had been___ (be) late if they ____would have not toke___ (not / take) a taxi.
15. She _had not met_ (not / meet) him if she _would have not came_ (not / come) to
London.
16. He __had taken__ (take) a taxi if he _____could have____ (have) enough money.
17. I __had called__ (call) you if I ____couldn't forgot___ (not / forget) my phone.
18. We ____had came____ (come) if we ____would have was_____ (be) invited.
19. She _had don't_ (not / do) it if she ___would have knew____ (know) you were ill.
20. He ____had been___ (be) on time if he ______would have left_____ (leave) earlier.
Reported speech.
Exercises
I- Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a
request, a statement or a question.
II- Sentences are given in the direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.
1.‘My Lord, is any of your silver missing?’ the Sergeant said to the Bishop.
Ex: The Sergeant asked the Bishop if any of his silver was missing.
2. ‘Did you see the exhibition?’ the teacher said to me.
___The teacher asked me if did I see the exhibition._
3. ‘My son, when will you come back?’ said the mother.
____The mother said to her son that when will he come back.
4. ‘Can I get supper and lodging here for a night?’ said Jean Val Jean.
__Jean Val Jean asked if he can get supper and lodging here for night._____________
5. ‘I am a humble servant ready to obey the orders,’ said Madame Magloire to the Bishop.
________Madame said to the Bishop that she's humble servant to obey the orders.
6. Rob’s father said to Mary, ‘I hate to call Rob in the mornings.’
______Rob's said to Mary that he hate call Rob in the morning.__
7. The teacher said to the boys, ‘If you do your best, you will surely pass.’
______The teacher said to the boys that if they do the best, they would surely pass ._
8. ‘Joseph, have you finished writing?’ asked the teacher.
____The teacher asked to Joseph if he have finished writing._____
9. ‘I have something to show you,’ Maya told her friend.
______Maya told her friend that she have something to show._______
10.‘Can you help me please?’ the tourist asked the policeman.
_______if he can help her._
1. What is the difference between a preposition and an adverb and why this
distinction is important.
An object can go before or after an adverb – but it can only go after a
preposition. So:
Phrasal Verbs can be separated
Prepositional Verbs must not be separated.
1.1. Phrasal Verbs
correct: verb + object + adverb → I switch the computer on.
correct: verb adverb + object → I switched on the computer.
1.2. Prepositional Verbs
correct: verb + preposition + object → The cat jumped on the computer.
incorrect: verb + object + preposition → The cat jumped the computer on.
Exercises
I- Complete the sentences.
passed away, do without, look forward to, called off, made up, carried away, break out,
run out, put up with, keep up.
1- Don't smoke in the forest. Fires __put up with_______easily at this time of the year.
2- I ____look forward to_________seeing my friends again.
3- I'm afraid; we have ___keep up_____of apple juice. Will an orange juice do?
4- Your website has helped me a lot to _____made up_____the good work.
5- A friend of mine has ________called off_______her wedding.
6- His mother can't ____krep up_____his terrible behavior anymore.
7- As an excuse for being late, she ___carried away_______a whole story.
8- I got _____run out______by his enthusiasm.
9- I just cannot ______break up_____my mobile. I always keep it with me.
10 she was very sad because her father ____passed away___last week.
I saw him there.
We met in London.
Distance
We use adverbials to show how far things are:
Examples:
Birmingham is 250 kilometres from London.
We were in London. Birmingham was 250 kilometres away.
Location
We use prepositions to talk about where someone or something is:
above among at behind below beneath
beside between by in in between inside
near next to on opposite outside over
unde
round through underneath
r
Exercises
I- Make five sentences with each of the types of adverbs above.
1- The children were take a shower happily________________
2- You'll find him in the computer_________________________
3- The class start at 5 o' clock____________________________
4- She is certainly coming to visit ny house___________________
5- I saw Justin Bieber in Madrid________________________
II- Complete the sentences with the present simple form of the verbs
in brackets. Use contractions where possible.
1. My sister thinks she's ____more intelligent_____(intelligent) than me,
but I don't agree!
2. Avatar is probably______the most bad_____bad) film I've seen!
3. What is ___most_wet_____(wet) month of the year in England?
4. Do you think the Harry Potter films are __better__(good) than the
books?
5. Who is ____most powerful___(powerful) person in your country?
6. I think Men in Black 1 was __more funny___(funny) than Men in Black
7. Is Angelina Jolie____older____(old) than Sandra Bullock?
8. John is ____the most nice _____(nice) person that I know.
III- For each sentence, choose the correction combination of comparatives to make a
sentence.
1. The ___hard_ you study for these exams, the __better_ you will do.
hard – better. harder - more successful much - better more -
good
2. She doesn't really like vodka, so the smaller___ a bottle you find, the cheap____ it will be for
us!
small – cheaper smaller – cheap smaller – good smaller - cheaper
3. My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that the _later___ it is at night, the ___more loud_ he
plays his music!
later - more loud late – louder later – louder more late - loud
4. He spent a year in India and loves spicy food. The __hotter__ the food is, the much__ he likes it.
hotter – more hot – much hotter – much hot - more
5. Of course you can come to the party! The __many_ the _better___.
more – merrier more – good many - better
6. She will be really angry about that vase being broken! The less____ she knows about it, the
better____.
more – better less – better worse – worst worse - better
7. He has 6 large dogs to protect his house. The big____ the dog, the _safer___ he feels.
big – safer biger – safer bigger – safer more big - more safe
8. Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most. The more rich__ he becomes,
the __happier__ he is.
more rich – happier richer – happier richer - happier
9. You must drive slower in built up areas. The _quicker___ you drive in the city, the
_probably___ it is that you will have an accident.
faster – probable quicker – probably faster - more probably quicker
- more probable
Exercise instruction
I- Complete the Conditional Sentences Type I.
1- If you (eat) _____ate____ an ice-cream, I (have) __will have_______ a hot chocolate.
2- If she (need) ___needed_____ a computer, her brother (give) _will give_____ her his
computer.
3- If we (have / not) ___haven't_____ time this afternoon, we (meet) will meet________
tomorrow.
4- He (talk) _would talk____to her if you (want / not) _will not want________ to do it.
5- You (win / not) ____won't__ the game if you (know / not) __will not know__ the rules.
Exercise instructions
II-Each of these sentences is a second conditional. Complete the sentences by typing
the correct form of each verb in brackets.
1- If Joe ___be__ (be) here, he ______would catch______ (catch) some fish for supper.
2- It _____was__ (be) nice if the rain _____would stop____ (stop)!
3- I ______sang_____ (sing) you a song if I _____would have_______ (have) my guitar.
4- If I ____had______ (have) a better sleeping bag, I ____would not feel______(not feel)
so cold.
5- If this tent ______be_ (be) any smaller, one of us ___would have to sleep________
(have to sleep) outside!
6- I ______look____ (look) out for bears if I ____would be_________ (be) you!
7- If I ____don't be___(not be) so hungry, I __would share__(share) my beans with you.
III- Put the word in brackets into the correct form to complete these first conditional
sentences:
1- I (might/not/be) _______might not be_____ ill if I hadn't drunk that wine yesterday.
2- Who knows what (may/happen) __may happen__ if you had accepted the job in South America
last year.
3- The walk (be) __will be__ much more pleasant if the weather had not been so bad. We
got soaked.
4- If I (know) _know_ it was your birthday yesterday; I would have bought you a
present.
5- I'd have gone to the party if they (invite) ____will invite______ me.
6- (you/go) ____You'll go_____ to the party if they had invited you?
7- You (might/pass) __ will might pass_______ the exam if you'd studied harder.
8- I (not/say) __will not say__ anything if I had known what her reaction was going to be.
Past perfect
I- Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
had built
1. 1- The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) .
2. 2- He (not / be) ____had not was______ to Cape Town before 1997.
3. 3- When she went out to play, she (do / already) ___had already was__ her homework.
4. 4- My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make) ___had made_______.
5. 5- The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on) ____had puted on___ six weeks before.
6. 6- The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order) ____had not order_________.
7- I could not remember the poem we (learn) ____had learned_____ the week before.
Future perfect
I-Change the verb into the correct form:
1. By this time tomorrow, I _______will have finished_________ (finish) the project.
2. By 8 o'clock, the kids _______will have falled_____________ (fall) asleep.
3. By tomorrow morning, he _______will have sleeped___________ (sleep) wonderfully.
4. By next year, she _______will have received______________ (receive) her promotion.
5. Robin ________will have selled__________ (sell) his car by next Sunday.
6. Morgan _______will have cleaned___________ (clean) the entire house by lunch.
7. We __________will have danced____________ (dance) a few dances before midnight.
8. At this time tomorrow morning, they ______will have began_______begin) working.
9. At this time next week, we ____will have caught_________(catch) the thief.
10. By 2013, I ________will have lived__________ (live) in Madrid for 5 years.
II- Put the verbs into the correct form (future II progressive).
1- By the end of the week I (work) will have been here for four months.
2- By the end of this month we (live) __will have living_________ together for six years.
3- By the end of the term she (study) _____will have studying__________ for nine years.
4- By midnight we (play) ____will have playinh_______ this computer game for 48 hours.
5- She (talk) _____will have talking______ on the phone for the last couple of hours.
6- They (look for) ______will have looking for__________ me all night long.
Make the comparative form. If it's possible, use 'er'. If not, use 'more'
1) Dogs are _____more inteligent______(intelligent) than rabbits
2) Lucy is _______older_______(old) than Ellie.
3) Russia is far _____larger______ (large) than the UK.
4) My Latin class is ___more boring_________(boring) than my English class.
5) In the UK, the streets are generally ____more narrow______(narrow) than in the
USA.
6) London is ____busier________(busy) than Glasgow.
7) Julie is ______quieter________(quiet) than her sister.
8) Amanda is ____more ambitious________(ambitious) than her classmates.
9) My garden is a lot ______more colorfull_______(colorful) than this park.
10) His house is a bit _______more comfortable______(comfortable) than a hotel.