TOO, TOO MUCH, TOO MANY, ENOUGH
1.- Completa con ENOUGH y una palabra de las que te dan:
Buses – chairs – girls – Money – salt – time - work
- You need a car in our village, because there aren’t ___________
- Have you got ______________ to finish the work?
- There were plenty of boys at the party, but not ___________
- We couldn’t sit down because there weren’t ______________
- I won’t pass the exam because I haven’t done ______________
- I’ve got just ___________ for a ticket to America.
- This soup isn’t very nice. There’s not ____________ in it.
2.- Pon TOO, TOO MUCH, TOO MANY según convenga:
- _________old. - ___________ trouble.
- _________ problems - ___________ money.
- _________ ill. - ___________ work.
- _________ hot. - ___________ students.
- _________ cars. - ___________ difficult.
3.- Traduce a español las siguientes oraciones:
- No puede casarse porque no es lo suficientemente viejo.
- No puede casarse porque es demasiado joven.
- A Ton le gustaría comprar un coche nuevo pero no tiene suficiente dinero.
- No voy a ir de vacaciones porque no tengo demasiado dinero.
- María hablaba demasiado deprisa para entenderla.
4.- Completa las frases siguiendo el ejemplo que te dan:
EJEMPLO: We couldn’t eat the food. It was too hot.
The food was to hot for us to eat.
- I can’t drink that coffee. It’s too hot. This coffee is _________________________
- Nobody could move the piano. It was too heavy. The piano was _____________
- I can’t wear this coat in winter. It’s not warm enough. This coat _____________
- Don’t stand on that chair. It’s not strong enough. That chair ________________
- Two people can’t sleep in this bed. It’s not wide enough. This bed ____________
TOO, ENOUGH (II)
1.- Completa con ENOUGH y una palabra de las que te dan:
Big, chairs, cups, fit, milk, money, qualifications, room, time, warm, well
- I can’t run very far. I’m not __________
- Some of us had to sit on the floor because there weren’t ______________
- I’d like to buy a car, but I haven’t got ______________ at the moment.
- Have you got______________ in your coffee or would you like some more?
- Are you ___________ ? Or shall I switch on the heating?
- It’s only a small car. There isn’t __________ for all of us.
- Steve didn’t feel __________ to go to work this morning.
- I enjoyed my trip to Paris, but there wasn’t _____________ to do all I wanted.
- Do you think I’ve got ____________ to apply for the job?
- Try this jacket on and see if it’s ____________ for you.
- There weren’t _______________ for everybody to have coffee at the same time.
2.- Completa las frases siguiendo el ejemplo. Puede usarse TOO o ENOUGH:
EJEMPLO: We couldn’t eat the food. It was too hot.
The food was to hot for us to eat.
- We couldn’t carry the boxes. They were too heavy.
- The boxes ______________________________________
- I can’t drink this coffee. It’s too hot.
- This coffee______________________________________
- Nobody could move the piano. It was too heavy.
- The piano ______________________________________
- Don’t eat these apples. They’re not ripe enough.
- These apples ___________________________________
- I can’t explain the situation. It’s too complicated.
- The situation ___________________________________
- We couldn’t climb over the wall. It was too high.
- The wall ________________________________________
- Three people can’t sit on this sofa. It isn’t big enough.
- This sofa _______________________________________
- You can’t see some things without a microscope. They are too small.
- Some things ____________________________________
A LITTLE / A FEW / LITTLE / FEW
1.- Completa los huecos con A LITTLE o A FEW según convenga, y traduce:
- I know _______ English.
- Could I have ________ more coffee?
- And I speak _______ words of Spanish.
- I’ll be on holiday in ________ days.
- Can you give me _______ help?
- Ann will be ready in ________ minutes.
- I’d like to ask you _______ questions.
- I’m having _______ trouble with the police.
- The soup needs_______ more salt.
- I’m going away for ________weeks.
2.- Subraya o haz círculo la opción correcta:
- I have little / a little time to read newspaper and no time to read books.
- Come about 8 o’clock; I’ll have little / a little time then.
- There was little / a little water on the mountains and we all got very thirsty.
- Foreign languages are difficult, and few / a few people learn them perfectly.
- I’m going to Scotland with few / a few friends next week.
- I’ve brought you few / a few flowers.
- Life is very hard in the Artic, so few / a few people live there.
3.- Completa con FEW, LITTLE, A FEW, A LITTLE:
- We must be quick. We have _______ time.
- Listen carefully. I’m going to give you _______ advice.
- Do you mind if I ask you ________ questions?
- This town is not a very interesting place to visit, so _________ tourists come
here.
- I don’t think Jill would be a very good teacher. She’s got ________patience.
- Would you like milk in your coffee? Yes, please.__________.
- This is a very boring place to live. There’s ________ to do.
- Have you ever been in Paris? Yes, I’ve been there _________ times.
A LITTLE / A FEW / LITTLE / FEW II
1.- Completa los huecos con A LITTLE, LITTLE o A FEW, FEW según convenga, y
traduce:
- We didn’t have any money but Tom had _________
- He doesn’t speak much English. Only ________ words.
- Nora’s father died ________ years ago.
- Would you like some more cake? Yes, please but only _________
- This town isn’t well known and there’s no much to see, so _________tourists come
- The cinema is empty. There were very _________ people there.
- There is shortage of water because there has been very _________ recently.
2.- Elige la opción correcta eligiendo entre A FEW, FEW, A LITTLE, LITTLE:
- I don’t think I can lift this box on my own. I need _________ help.
- ________ tourists visited Northern Ireland in the 80s because of their terrorism
- The postman doesn’t often come here. We receive _________ letters.
- The snow was quite deep. There seemed _______ hope of completing our journey
- Trevor isn’t finding it easy to fix the shelves. He’s having ________ trouble.
- Sarah is exhausted. She’s having ________ days’ holiday next week.
- David quite likes golf, but unfortunately he has _________ ability.
- I can speak _________ words of Swedish, but I’m not very fluent.
PASADO SIMPLE (regulares)
1.- Escribe los verbos PLAY, ARRIVE y PASS en pasado en afirmativa, negativa e
interrogativa.
2.- Pon las siguientes oraciones de presente en pasado, y luego las traduces:
Infinitive Past simple Spanish Infinitive Past simple Spanish
Walk Watch
Stay Study
Visit Cook
Turn Cry
pass Rob
3.- Traduce estas oraciones a inglés:
Ron vivió en Manchester 5 años y después trabajó en Liverpool .
¿ Vio Conrad la televisión ayer por la tarde en su casa?
La semana pasada llovió mucho en Japón.
Martina limpió el coche de su padre el sábado por la mañana.
El año pasado no estudiamos francés en el colegio.
Saltó desde la ventana al jardín de su casa.
¿ Respondió a la pregunta? No, no respondió.
¿ Esperamos a Steve ayer? No, no lo esperamos.
Laura escuchó música en el concierto de Jenny.
4.- Convierte estas frases en oraciones negativas y en preguntas:
He worked in London last year.
They played tennis yesterday.
James cooked the dinner for us.
You passed your exams in February.
I liked David’s party.
5. Completa las frases con uno de los verbos que te dan: VISIT, WORK, PLAY,
ARRIVE, START, LIVE.
I __________ tennis at the club yesterday morning.
She _________ very hard for her exams.
He __________ his brother in Madrid last month.
The train ________ at the station at ten o’clock.
She ________ in an apartment for ten months.
He learnt German, so he __________ to I prove his German.
PASADO SIMPLE (irregulares)
1.- Escribe los verbos BREAK, WIN y LEAVE en pasado en afirmativa, negativa e
interrogativa.
2.- Pon las siguientes oraciones de presente en pasado, y luego las traduces:
Infinitive Past simple Spanish Infinitive Past simple Spanish
Send Write
Meet Give
Take See
Buy Send
eat do
Spend Find
Meet Bring
3.- Traduce estas oraciones a inglés:
Marco Polo fue a China en 1292 en barco.
Ellos le dieron a Marie Curie el premio Nobel en 1911.
Colón no descubrió Australia, descubrió América.
¿ Ganó Francia la Copa del Mundo en 1994? No, ganó Brasil.
No nos levantamos a las 7.30 los fines de semana.
¿ Les gustó a tus amigos la ciudad? Sí, les encantó.
El verano pasado, mi familia ganó una competición en España.
Peter compró muchos regalos para su familia.
¿ Qué visteis? Vimos Trafalgar Square y el Big Ben en Londres.
¿ Hablasteis con mi primo ayer? No, él salió al colegio.
4.- Convierte estas frases en oraciones negativas y en preguntas:
You went on holiday in the summer.
She bought a new table.
She gave a present to Anne.
She drove to Scotland in Christmas.
The French team won the match.
5.- Completa las frases con uno de los verbos que te dan, en pasado: DRIVE, SEND,
TAKE, WIN, FLY, GO.
Fanny __________ to Salamanca two years ago.
Paul _______ me a postcard from Morocco.
She _________ her new car from London to Southhampton.
We ________ a lot of photographs on holiday last year.
At the beginning of the year, Nuria ________ to Munich.
Real Madrid _________ the Cup eight years ago.
PASADO CONTINUO o PASADO SIMPLE
1.- Elige la mejor opción para cada oración eligiendo entre pasado continuo o pasado
simple:
I lived / was living in France for eight years.
Sue lived / was living in France when her uncle died.
At 6:15, when you phoned, I had / was having a shower.
We watched / were watching TV all evening.
Bill watched / was watching TV when Ann came in.
My father worked / was working hard all his life.
They got married while they studied / were studying at London University.
Yesterday we drove / were driving from Oxford to Edinburgh and back.
It was a nice evening, so she walked / was walking home from work.
2.- Completa con pasado simple o pasado continuo, usando los verbos del final:
While I __________ down the road, I ___________ Bill. ( walk; see).
While I __________ the newspaper, the cat _________ on the table ( read; jump).
Alan ___________ Helen while he __________ in Morocco ( meet; travel)
Sally _________ her leg while she ___________ ( break; ski).
While I ___________ somebody, somebody ____________ my car ( shop; steal).
3.- Pon los verbos entre paréntesis en el tiempo correcto.
It was a sunny afternoon and people ______ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then suddenly it
_______ (start) to rain.
I tried to explain my problem. _____________ (she/listen?)
I nearly had an accident today. A car ________ (come) towards me, but I moved quickly out
of the way and fortunately nothing ________(happen).
Which hotel __________ (you/stay) in when you lost your passport? I don’t remember. I
__________ (visit) many places during my European tour and I ________ (stay) in many
different hotels.
4.- Pon el tiempo correcto e esta oraciones. Luego traduce.
When I went out, It _______________ (rain).
When we asked, they ____________-“no”. ( say).
When Mary got home, she _________ tea. (make).
When I walked in, they _________ (talk).
When I saw John, he _________ (shop).
When I dropped the glass, it _________ (break).
When John saw me, he _____________ (stop).
When I phoned him, he __________ (work).
PASADO CONTINUO o PASADO SIMPLE II
1.- Usa pasado simple o pasado continuo para hacer oraciones usando esta información:
The police/arrive/while/I/have/breakfast.
The storm/start/while/they/drive/home.
I/see/an accident/while/I/wait/for the bus.
Mary/go/to several concerts/while/she/stay/in London.
I/have/breakfast/when/the police/arrive.
My father/ cook/the dinner/when/he/burn/his fingers.
The soldiers/prepare/to leave/ when/the bomb/explode.
2.- Completa estos textos usando el Pasado simple o pasado continuo de los verbos entre
paréntesis:
Beethoven _________ (write) nine symphonies: he ________ (write) another symphony
when he died.
Last Saturday tom wanted to make two salads. He ________ (make) the first one in 5
minutes. He ________ (make) the second one when his guests _________ (arrive), and they
________(help) him to finish it.
The artist Gaudí _________ (design) several houses in Barcelona. Later, he
________(start) work in a church. He _________ (work) on the church when he ________
(die).
Last month a bank robber __________ (escape) while the police ________ (take) him to
prison. Later, they _________ (catch) him again, and this time they _________ (lock) him
up without any problem.
Philip’s football team were lucky last Saturday. After 20 minutes they ________ (lose),but
in the end they __________ (win) the game by 4 goals to 2.
John Lennon __________ (sing) and __________ (play) on many records with The Beatles.
After that he _________ (record) several songs without the Beatles. He __________
(prepare) a new record when Mark Chapman __________ (shoot) him.
The evening was getting darker, the street lights _________ (come) on. People _________
(hurry) home after work. I _________ (stand) in a queue at the bus stop. Suddenly
somebody _________ (grab) my bag.
REPASO PRESENTES Y PASADOS, SIMPLES Y CONTINUOS
1.- Completa la conversación con presente o pasado, simples o continuos:
________ you _______ (go) shopping when I saw you yesterday morning? No, I _______
(be) on my way to the bank. I ________(go) to the bank every Friday, before the weekend.
Me too usually. But this week I _______ (not have) time, so I _______ (go) yesterday.
_________ you ______ (see) that science programme on TV last night? No, I never
________ (watch) TV. It _________ (be) wonderful. It _________ (show) a new way of
repairing a heart. Why ________ you _______ (look) at me? Because you ________ (wear)
a new dress and you look very good in it. Thank you. I _________ (buy) it yesterday. What
_______ Jim _______ (do) this morning? He’s at the doctor’s at the moment. Oh, dear.
What _________ (happen)? He _________ (fall) and _______ (hurt) his leg yesterday
when he _________ (run) for a bus. ________ Sally _______ (work) at half past seven last
night? No, she ________ (help) me with the dinner. She often __________ (help) in the
kitchen. When ________ she ________ (go) out? She didn’t. She __________ (stay) at
home all evening.
2.- Completa la conversación con presente o pasado, simples o continuos:
When _______ you ______ (start) acting? When I _______ (be) 12. I ______ (go) to a
drama school, and one day I ________ (sit) in the classroom and Nigel Stewart, the famous
film director, ________ (visit) the school. He ________ (see) me, and that _______ (be)
the beginning. What ________ (be) your first film? “Holiday home” with Terry Wale, who
_______ (be) now my husband! We _________ (make) the film in Italy. He ________ (be)
17 and I ________(be) 13! I know Terry _________ (have) an accident in that film. How
________ it ________(happen)? Well, one day near the end of the filming we ________
(ride) horses and Terry’s horse suddenly _________ (stop) and he ________ (fall) off. He
_________ (break) his arm. Today, Terry and I often _________ (talk) about our first
meeting. _________ you _______ (ride) nowadays? No, I ________ (stop) when I
________ (move) to Los Angeles.
LOS FUTUROS: FUTURO con PRESENT CONTINUOUS (BE + ING)
1.- Haz preguntas sobre los planes establecidos de un amigo usando la información:
How long / stay _________________________________________________________
When / leave? __________________________________________________________
Go alone? ______________________________________________________________
Go / by car? ____________________________________________________________
Where / stay? __________________________________________________________
Where / come back? _____________________________________________________
2.- Ana está de vacaciones. Escribe oraciones sobre esas vaciones:
Leave / next Friday ______________________________________________________
stay / in Scotland for two weeks._____________________________________________
go / with a friend of hers__________________________________________________
stay / in a hotel _________________________________________________________
go / by train ____________________________________________________________
3.- Haz oraciones interrogativas usando BE + ING y la información que te dan:
you / cook supper?_______________________________________________________
When / your brothers / be here?____________________________________________
Ann / change / her school?_________________________________________________
Where / you/ put that picture?______________________________________________
What / you/ buy for Bill’s birthday?___________________________________________
Eric / play football/ tomorrow?______________________________________________
When/ you / stop smoking?_________________________________________________
Alice / go to university?___________________________________________________
4.- Te hacen un ofrecimiento, pero no puedes ir porque estás ocupado. Inventa la
excusa usando presente continuo y un verbo adecuado:
There’s a arty at my house on Tuesday night. Sorry, ________________________
Meet me on Wednesday evening in the centre. Sorry, ________________________
See you on Friday at 12:30 at the museum, ok? Sorry, _______________________
Jim wants you to come to the cinema with us. I can’t, ________________________
Let’s go for a walk on Sunday. Sorry, I can’t __________________________________
LOS FUTUROS: FUTURO SIMPLE (WILL/WON’T)
1.- Ordena las siguientes palabras y traduce las oraciones :
here / George / be / will / tomorrow.
Drive / you/ to / now/ station/ the / I’ll
Begin / class/ will / at 9:30 / the
Examination/ will / the / difficult/ be/ I /think
Walk/ we’ll/ party/ the / to
Her/ not/ speak/ will/ I /to
2.- Escribe oraciones negativas (la 1ª) e interrogativas (la 2ª) usando el futuro y el
verbo del final entre paréntesis:
I _________ this work today. When ______________ it? (finish)
John __________ here tomorrow. ____________ on Tuesday? (be)
Annie __________ here at ten. When ____________here? (be)
I ___________ time for lunch. ____________ time for a sandwich? (have)
You __________ any pens in there. Where ___________ one? (find)
The children __________ to school in Ely. Where ___________? (go)
Bob ___________ much money if he sells the car. How much __________ ? (get)
3.- Haz oraciones interrogativas usando WILL y la información que te dan:
what time/ tomorrow evening’s concert/ start?
When/ you and the family/ get back from París?
You/ be / here tomorrow?
You and your mother / be/ here tomorrow?
Where / you / be/ this evening?
The children / have enough money/ for the journey?
How soon / you know/ the answer?
John and Susan / want/ to play golf tomorrow?
4.- Completa estas oraciones usando I WILL y un verbo que consideres adecuado:
I feel a bit hungry. I think ___________ something to eat.
It’s too late to telephone Tom now. _____________ him in the morning.
It’s a bit cold in this room. ____________ on the heating then.
We haven’t got ant cigarettes. Oh, _________ and get some.
Did you write that letter to Jack? Oh, I forgot but ________ it this evening.
Would you like tea or coffee? ___________ coffee, please.
I’m too tired to walk home. I think ___________ a taxi.
LOS FUTUROS: FUTURO de INTENCIÓN (BE GOING TO)
1.- Haz la afirmativa y negativa usando GOING TO y las expresiones que te dan:
Do any work _________________________________ //_________________________
Learn some Italian ___________________________ // _________________________
Stay in a nice hotel ___________________________ // _________________________
Visit museums _______________________________ // _________________________
Fly __________________________________ //______________________________
Write postcards _____________________________ //_________________________
2.- Escribe oraciones con GOING TO diciendo lo que crees que va a pasar:
He hasn’t done any work for the exams and he’s not very intelligent. (pass)
It’s 8:30, he has to start working a 8:45 and the car is broken. (be late)
There’s a hole in the boat and it’s filling up with water quickly. (sink)
There’s little petrol in the tank and the nearest petrol station is far away (run out of petrol)
The sky is full of black clouds. (rain)
3.- Haz oraciones interrogativas usando GOING TO y la información que te dan:
you / cook supper?
When / your brothers / be here?
Ann / change / her school?
Where / you/ put that picture?
What / you/ buy for Bill’s birthday?
Eric / play football/ tomorrow?
When/ you / stop smoking?
Alice / go to university?
4.- Completa estas oraciones usando GOING TO y un verbo adecuado:
Its’ 7:30 in the morning and the sun is shining It ______________a beautiful day.
John is driving on the wrong road. He _____________ an accident
Carol is eating her third box of chocolates. She __________________ sick!
Roger is nearly there! Only 50 metres to the finish. He ____________ the race.
Look at those boys on the big bike. It’s not safe so they ________________
The film is making me feel sad. I ______________________
USED TO
1.- Traduce las siguiente frases (used to+INF;didn’t use to+INF ;get used to+ING).
1.- No solía fumar en sitios públicos.
2.- No estoy acostumbrado a estudiar por las noches.
3.- Michael solía salir todos los fines de semana.
4.- ¿Solías comprar en esta tienda?
5.- ¿Estabais acostumbrados a viajar en coche?
6.- Me alegré porque no estaba acostumbrado a ganar.
7.- Normalmente no vamos al estadio porque no estamos acostumbrados.
8.- Norah solía ir a clase todos los días.
2.- Make sentences using this information and USED TO/DIDN’T USE TO:
people / die earlier
_____________________________________________________________________
houses / have baths
_____________________________________________________________________
cars / go so fast
_____________________________________________________________________
workers / earn a lot less
_____________________________________________________________________
women / have babies / in the hospital
_____________________________________________________________________
most teenagers / go / high schools
_____________________________________________________________________
be legal / buy addictive drugs
_____________________________________________________________________
be / much less crime
_____________________________________________________________________
PRONOMBRES (personales y objeto)
Une estas oraciones con un pronombre relativo, según las explicaciones de clase:
A man has gone to prison. He shot two policemen.
A bomb caused a lot of damage. It went off this morning.
A scientist has won the Nobel Prize. He discovered a new planet.
A footballer has been banned from playing again. He took drugs.
A little girl has been found safe and well. She had been missing since Tuesday.
A company has laid off thousands of workers. It owns Greenway supermarkets.
An old lady now wants to swim the English Channel. She did a parachute jump.
Harriet talked to a couple. They were staying at the camp site.
The postcard was from Harriet. It came this morning.
Mike and Harriet are visiting a woman. They met her on holidays.
The old castle was really interesting. We visited it.
The dog has been rescued. It fell down a hole.
The story was untrue. It upset everyone.
He’s a film producer. He interviewed Natasha.
The accident wasn’t very serious. Daniel saw it.
He’s a millionaire. Claire knows him.
1.- Completar con el pronombre oportuno las siguientes oraciones:
____ am James and ___ live in Australia. ____’ve got two brothers. ______’re called Pete
and Mike. My mother works at the hospital. _____ is a doctor. My father works in a sports
shop. _____works very hard. The shop makes a lot of money, and ______’s always full of
people.
On Saturdays I work for my father. I help _____ in the shop, and he gives ______ some
money. On Sundays we go to the beach. We have two dogs, and we take ______ with us. We
also take a ball and they play with_____ on the beach while we swim in the sea.
At the moment I’m at University. I’m studying business. _____’s an interesting subject. Two
of my schoolfriends are at University with ______. Our teachers are good but ______ give
______ a lot of work to do. Next week ________ are taking our first exams. I want to get
good marks in _______.
2.- Traduce las siguientes oraciones, fijándose en los pronombres:
María le da una camisa a su hermano.
Le enseña los deberes todos los días.
Les preparo la comida los fines de semana.
Juan nos envía una carta todas las semanas.
Te invito a un café.
Los llamo por teléfono todos los días.
Pregúntale la hora, por favor.
El profesor les da los exámenes rápidamente.
3.- Escoge la respuesta válida (de cada par) y luego, traduce:
I / me don’t understand.
Who said that? It was she / her.
Tell we / us your address.
This isn’t for you, it’s for he / him.
I don’t think they / them are here today.
Where’s your brother? That’s he / him over there.
Where are the children? Can you see they / them?
Ask she / her why she /her is crying.
4.- Sustituye las palabras en negrita por pronombres:
John and I saw Peter yesterday. He bought John and me a cup of coffee.
David and Mike are arriving today. I’m meeting David and Mike at the station.
I’m looking for Mary. Have you seen Mary? Mary isn’t at home.
Come to the swimming pool with Joanna and me. Joanna and me are leaving now.
George and Jane are meeting Paul today. Paul is having lunch with George and Jane.
