UNIDAD 15
ADVERBIOS
Entregan más
información sobre la forma en que se realiza una acción, la mayoría son
fácilmente identificables ya que llevan la terminación –ly. En esta función se
ubican al final de la frase luego del verbo o del complemento directo.
Our team played badly. Nuestro equipo jugó
mal.
I understand you perfectly. Te entiendo
perfectamente.
I can stop the car smoothly.
Puedo detener el auto suavemente.
Her boss speaks French fluently.
Su jefe habla francés fluidamente.
He walked quickly towards the door.
Él caminó rápidamente hacia la puerta.
Ejercicio 1
Escribir en los
espacios la palabra más adecuada de acuerdo al contexto:
plays opened run hard dangerously
speaks confidently heavily angrily happily dresses
1 My grandmother can ……… fast.
2 My wife works very ………
3 She ……… English well.
4 He was driving ………
5 I ………
the door slowly.
6 He spoke ……… to the audience.
7 She shouted ……… at him.
8 He has lived ……… with his wife for many years.
9 She ……… the flute beautifully.
10
Joe ……… informally.
11
It’s raining ………
Se usan con adjetivos
para agregar información acerca del grado o formas en que éstos se expresan. En
esta función se ubican delante del adjetivo al cual modifican.
Each gift is carefully arranged.
Cada regalo está cuidadosamente
arreglado.
I am deeply disappointed with the decision. Estoy
profundamente decepcionado con la decisión.
My head is full of totally useless information. Mi cabeza
está llena de información completamente inútil.
Ejercicio 2
Escribir en los
espacios la palabra más adecuada de acuerdo al contexto:
fairly common extremely slightly
reasonably big upset unexpectedly stormy awful
absolutely delighted immensely
popular pretty completely impossible properly tested elegantly decorated
1 He was ……… angry with his wife.
2 In our family portrait we look ……… happy.
3 Epilepsy is a ……… condition.
4 The subject was ……… important to me.
5 These flats are ………
6 My colleagues are incredibly ……… by the news.
7 My children thought that was a simply ……… idea.
8 It’s ……… to make a sculpture like that.
9 We are ……… with our new website.
10
His poetry was ……… and
influential.
11
We had an ……… night.
12
That vaccine was not ………
13
These rooms have been
……… with neutral tones.
UNIDAD 16
PRESENTE PERFECTO
Tabla de formación.
|
Afirmación |
Negación |
Interrogación |
|
I have played |
I have not played |
Have I played? |
|
You have played |
You have not played |
Have you played? |
|
He has played |
He has not played |
Has he played? |
|
She has played |
She has not played |
Has she played? |
|
It has played |
It has not played |
Has it played? |
|
We have played |
We have not played |
Have we played? |
|
They have played |
They have not played |
Have they played? |
Usos
• Se usa para hablar
de acciones que ocurren en el pasado, a menudo cercano, sin que se especifique
cuándo.
We have seen her. La hemos visto.
I have done my homework. He hecho mis tareas.
She has studied German and Chinese.
Ella ha estudiado alemán y chino.
• Se usa para hablar
de acciones que tienen algún tipo de conexión con el presente.
She has lost her passport. She will miss her flight. Ella ha
perdido su pasaporte. Perderá el vuelo.
I have lost my keys. How can I enter my house now? He
perdido mis llaves. ¿Cómo puedo entrar a mi casa ahora?
• Se usa para hablar
de acciones que han ocurrido dentro de un período de tiempo hasta el presente.
Dichas acciones pueden continuar luego del momento presente.
They’ve never seen a snake. Ellos nunca han visto una serpiente.
She has studied a lot this year.
Ella ha estudiado mucho este año.
I’ve lived in this house for seven years. He vivido
en esta casa por siete años.
Ejercicio 1
Transformar las
oraciones del presente simple al presente perfecto, utilizando los siguientes
participios:
baked built read finished
bought closed opened eaten broken stolen taken
1 Mary bakes a delicious cake. .....................
2 We build a big house. .....................
3 John reads the book. .....................
4 I finish my work. .....................
5 We buy some new shoes. .....................
6 She closes the door. .....................
7 Paul opens a new store recently. .....................
8 I eat too much cake. .....................
9 I break my arm. .....................
10
She breaks her
glasses. .....................
11
Someone eats my soup.
.....................
12
Someone steals my CD
player. .....................
13
He takes my book.
.....................
Ejercicio 2
Colocar en los
espacios el verbo más adecuado utilizando los participios de los siguientes
verbos:
have see know rain visit work be improve
1 He has ……… that radio for twenty years.
2 I’ve ……… her for six years.
3 I’ve ……… that movie many times.
4 My English has ……… since I moved to Australia.
5 I’ve ……… a cold for two weeks.
6 We haven’t ……… her today.
7 It has ……… a lot this year.
8 He has ……… hard this week.
9 Sarah has ……… married for five months.
10
She has ……… them frequently.
11
They have ……… here since 9.00.