UNIDAD 41

 

CONDICIONAL

 

La construcción if + presente simple + presente simple, se usa para hablar de verdades generales.

If you don’t eat, you die.       Si tú no comes, mueres.

If you heat ice, it smelts.       Si tú calientas el hielo, se derrite.

 

Ejercicio 1

Unir cada oración con su correspondiente complemento.

 

      1      Do you mind

     A      if you throw it into a lake.

      2      If you mix red and blue,

      B      if you press this button.

      3      A stone sinks

     C      if I smoke?

      4      The TV set turns on

     D      you get purple.

 

La construcción if + presente simple + will expresa la posibilidad de que algo ocurra si se presenta determinada situación.

If we don’t hurry, we’ll miss the train.       Si no nos apuramos perderemos el tren.

You’ll be tired tomorrow if you don’t go to bed soon.       Estarás cansado mañana si no te acuestas pronto.

 

Ejercicio 2

Unir cada oración con su correspondiente complemento.

 

      5      If it’s sunny,

      E      if you take this pill.

      6      If you study hard,

      F      you will pass the test.

      7      You’ll feel much better

     G      the match will be cancelled.

      8      If it rains,

     H      we’ll go to the park.

      9      If she cuts her hair,

       I      she will look completely different.

 

La construcción if + pasado simple/continuo + would expresa una situación imaginaria.

If I were you, I wouldn’t do it.       Si yo fuera tú, no haría eso.

I would visit her, if I had time.       La visitaría si tuviera tiempo.

 

Ejercicio 3

Unir cada oración con su correspondiente complemento.

 

  10      If I had a million dollars,

       J      we would go to the park.

  11      If you practised your English,

      K      I would buy a big house.

  12      If she wasn’t living with her parents,

      L      you would soon speak it very well.

  13      If we were in Brasil,

    M      she would be living with Tom.

  14      If her hair were black,

     N      she would look completely different.

  15      If the weather were better,

     O      we would be on the beach.

  16      If I were you,

      P      I would drive more carefully in the rain.

 

La construcción if + pasado perfecto + could/would have + participio indica una situación hipotética en el pasado del tipo ‘que habría ocurrido si’.

If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam.       Si hubiera estudiado más duro, habría pasado el examen.

If he hadn’t been ill, he would have gone to the concert.       Si él no hubiera estado enfermo, habría ido al concierto.

 

Ejercicio 4

Unir cada oración con su correspondiente complemento.

 

  17      If you had driven carefully,

     Q      I would never have gone to the university.

  18      If you had saved your money,

      R      she would have been working in Paris.

  19      I could have phoned Sally,

     S      you could have bought a computer.

  20      If it hadn’t been for my parents,

     T      if I hadn’t lost her number.

  21      I would have helped you,

     U      if you had told me there was a problem.

  22      If she hadn’t got a job in London,

     V      you wouldn’t have had an accident.

  23      If I had known you were in the hospital,

   W      I would have visited you.

 

UNIDAD 42

 

VOZ PASIVA

 

Se usa cuando el agente no es conocido o se deja de lado porque no es importante o es difícil determinarlo. La voz pasiva se forma con el verbo to be + participio.

Presente simple:

They clean the windows every day.       Ellos limpian las ventanas todos los días.

The windows are cleaned every day.       Las ventanas son limpiadas todos los días.

Presente continuo:

They are repairing the road.       Ellos están reparando el camino.

The road is being repaired.       El camino está siendo reparado.

Presente perfecto:

The explorers have found a treasure.       Los exploradores han encontrado un tesoro.

A treasure has been found by the explorers.       Un tesoro ha sido encontrado por los exploradores.

Pasado simple:

They built this church ten years ago.       Ellos construyeron esta iglesia hace diez años.

This church was built ten years ago.       Esta iglesia fue construida hace diez años.

Pasado continuo:

They were painting the house when I arrived.       Ellos estaban pintando la casa cuando llegué.

The house was being painted when I arrived.       La casa estaba siendo pintada cuando llegué.

Pasado perfecto:

He had helped her.       Él la había ayudado.

She had been helped by him.       Ella había sido ayudada por él.

Futuro simple:

We will finish the project tomorrow.       Terminaremos el proyecto mañana.

The project will be finished tomorrow.       El proyecto será terminado mañana.

Futuro perfecto:

They will have sold a lot of properties.       Ellos habrán vendido muchas propiedades.

A lot of properties will have been sold by them.       Muchas propiedades habrán sido vendidas por ellos.

 

Ejercicio 1

Transformar las siguientes oraciones activas en pasivas:

      1      They make shoes in that factory. ...........................

      2      They make paper from wood. ...........................

      3      They fed the dog at 5.00. ...........................

      4      They clean the carpets once a month. ...........................

      5      The cashier is counting the money. ...........................

      6      The police are looking for the murderer. ...........................

      7      They are building a new church. ...........................

      8      Is someone attending to you? ...........................

      9      The boys are mowing the lawn. ...........................

  10      Many tourists have visited that castle. ...........................

  11      Someone has stolen my ring. ...........................

  12      Someone has sold the house. ...........................

  13      My neighbour has watered the garden. ...........................

  14      Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. ...........................

  15      The police arrested ten people. ...........................

  16      They sent me a book. ...........................

  17      They founded the company in 1985. ...........................

  18      They were cooking dinner when I arrived. ...........................

  19      They were cleaning the hotel room. ...........................

  20      They were redecorating his office. ...........................

  21      They were repairing the streets. ...........................

  22      Someone had solved the problem. ...........................

  23      They had offered him a discount. ...........................

  24      He had washed the dishes. ...........................

  25      The thief had spent the money. ...........................

  26      The magazine will publish his work. ...........................

  27      My mother will clean the room tomorrow. ...........................

  28      We will carry the luggage upstairs. ...........................

  29      The guide will show you the museum. ...........................

  30      Mr. Smith will have played that role. ...........................

  31      By the end of the year they will have repaired 500 bicycles. ...........................

  32      She will have cleaned the kitchen. ...........................

  33      He will have painted the bedroom. ...........................

 

Otra forma de crear una oración pasiva es usando it + be + participio.

It is said that he is a good teacher.       Se dice que él es un buen profesor.

It was agreed that the strike would end tomorrow.       Se acordó que la huelga terminaría mañana.

It was decided that the building would be demolished.       Se decidió que el edificio sería demolido.

 

Ejercicio 2

Usar el verbo dado para crear oraciones pasivas del tipo it + be + participio:

      1      .............. that the committee would review this issue.       (agree, pasado)

      2      .............. that the work will be completed by next week.       (hope)

      3      .............. that five civilians were killed.       (report)

      4      .............. that time heals all wounds.       (say)

      5      .............. that the war is over.       (believe)

      6      .............. that television will rot your mind.       (say)

      7      .............. that the next convention should be held in Berlin.       (decide)

      8      .............. that we are all crazy.       (believe)

      9      .............. to celebrate his 50th birthday.       (decide)

  10      .............. that ten million people suffer from asthma.       (report)

  11      .............. that the next edition of the magazine should include a questionnaire.       (agree, pasado)

  12      .............. that twenty people died in the explosion.       (report)

  13      .............. that this event will be well supported.       (hope)

  14      .............. that the men escaped through a broken window.       (believe)

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