Ejercicios de literatura inglesa con soluciones (inglés 2.º Bachillerato) para descargar en PDF

Ejercicio 1. Une término y definición ★★★

Une cada término con su definición.

1. plot
2. setting
3. narrator
4. protagonist
5. theme

a) the main character · b) the place and time of a story · c) the sequence of events · d) the central idea · e) the voice that tells the story

Ejercicio 2. Adjetivos -ing y -ed ★★★

Elige la opción correcta.

1. The ending was really (moving / moved).
2. I felt (shocking / shocked) when the narrator died.
3. It is a (fascinating / fascinated) novel.
4. The audience was (bored / boring) by the long speech.

Ejercicio 3. Falsos amigos literarios ★★★

Elige la palabra correcta.

1. The (plot / argument) of this thriller is very clever.
2. I love a good (history / story) before sleeping.
3. My cousin is an (actor / actual) in a Madrid theatre.
4. The film is (based on / based in) a true story.

Ejercicio 4. Preposiciones de una ficha ★★★

Completa con by, on, in, of.

1. The novel is set ____ Edinburgh.
2. It was written ____ a retired teacher.
3. The film is based ____ a true event.
4. It tells the story ____ two sisters.

Ejercicio 5. Traduce al inglés ★★★

Traduce al inglés.

1. La novela trata de una familia de Lima.
2. El final me pareció conmovedor.
3. La historia se desarrolla en un pueblo de Irlanda.
4. La recomendaría a cualquiera.

Ejercicio 6. Señala los puntos del argumento ★★★

Escribe la letra que corresponde a cada parte del relato.

1. climax
2. exposition
3. resolution
4. rising action
5. falling action

Ejercicio 7. Corrige el error ★★★

Cada frase tiene un error. Escríbela correcta.

1. The argument of the novel is very exciting.
2. I have read that book last summer.
3. The play is based in a real story.
4. I was very boring during the film.

Ejercicio 8. Completa el resumen ★★★

Conjuga los verbos en presente simple para completar el resumen.

The story ____ (begin) in Cork, where Aoife ____ (work) in a bakery. One day she ____ (find) a letter in an old oven. She ____ (decide) to look for its owner, but her mother ____ (not want) her to go.

Ejercicio 9. Une ideas con who y then ★★★

Une las frases con el conector o el pronombre indicado.

1. Mateo is a fisherman. He finds a strange map. (who)
2. He follows the map. He reaches an island. (then)
3. The island is empty. It hides a secret. (which)

Ejercicio 10. Lee y justifica ★★★

Lee el fragmento y marca verdadero (T) o falso (F). Justifica con el texto.

Every evening, Morwenna climbed the narrow stairs of the lighthouse with a lantern she was not supposed to touch. Her father, a silent man, believed that light was a promise to strangers. One stormy night a fishing boat appeared on the rocks. Morwenna lit the lantern before her father woke up, and the boat found the harbour. In the morning nobody said a word, but her father left the keys on her pillow.

1. Morwenna was allowed to use the lantern.
2. A boat was in danger during a storm.
3. Her father was angry the next morning.

Ejercicio 11. Ordena un resumen ★★★

Ordena las cuatro frases para formar un resumen coherente.

1. In the end, her father trusts her with the keys.
2. The extract describes how a girl lives in a lighthouse.
3. Then she lights the lantern and saves a boat.
4. One night, a storm threatens a fishing boat.

Ejercicio 12. Fórmulas de reacción ★★★

Completa con la expresión adecuada: What struck me, reminded me of, I’d recommend, found it.

1. ____ was the strong female lead.
2. The poem ____ my grandmother’s garden.
3. I ____ gripping from the first page.
4. ____ this book to anyone who likes mystery.

Ejercicio 13. Sinónimos en el fragmento ★★★

Busca en el fragmento de «Lee y justifica» una palabra o expresión equivalente a:

1. every night
2. a very quiet person
3. a safe port

Ejercicio 14. Mediación: resume el Quijote ★★★

Resume en inglés para un amigo estadounidense, en 3 frases:

«Don Quijote de la Mancha es una novela de Miguel de Cervantes. Cuenta cómo un hidalgo que ha leído demasiados libros de caballerías decide hacerse caballero andante. Con su escudero Sancho Panza vive aventuras en las que confunde la realidad con la fantasía.»

Ejercicio 15. Traduce al español ★★★

Traduce al español con naturalidad.

1. The novel is set in Dublin at the turn of the century.
2. What struck me was how quiet the ending felt.
3. It is a gripping book, but the characters are not very convincing.

Ejercicio 16. Analiza un poema ★★★

Lee el poema y contesta en inglés.

The city sleeps beneath a tin-grey sky, / its windows blinking like tired eyes. / I carry yesterday inside my coat, / a paper boat, a half-forgotten name. / The river does not ask where I have been; / it only hums the song of going on, / and I, who never learned to say goodbye, / walk slowly with it toward the dawn.

1. What is the mood of the poem?
2. Find one simile.
3. What might the paper boat represent? Give your personal reaction.

Ejercicio 17. Cervantes y Shakespeare ★★★

Lee y responde en inglés.

Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare both died in 1616. Cervantes created a knight who confuses windmills with giants. Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies and sonnets that are still performed around the world.

1. What do the two authors have in common?
2. Name one work or character from your own country and one from the English-speaking world.
3. Write two sentences comparing them.

Ejercicio 18. Resume un fragmento ★★★

Lee el texto y escribe un resumen de 40-50 palabras en presente simple.

Aarav had inherited a bookshop in Leeds that nobody visited. Instead of closing it, he began to leave a free book on the pavement every morning with a small note: Take me home. Neighbours started to answer with notes of their own, and soon the street was full of stories. By winter, strangers were sitting in the shop to read together, and Aarav no longer felt alone.

Ejercicio 19. Reseña de una obra de tu cultura ★★★

Escribe una reseña de 110-130 palabras de una obra (libro, película o cuadro) de tu cultura para un lector que no la conoce. Incluye resumen, reacción y recomendación.

Ejercicio 20. Mediación: cartel de exposición ★★★

Observa el cartel y explica en inglés a una visitante de Auckland qué ofrece la exposición (4 frases).