Solucionario de los ejercicios de tiempos narrativos inglés (inglés 4.º ESO) para descargar en PDF

Ejercicio 1. Pasado simple en un relato

1. opened, saw
2. took, arrived
3. didn’t hear
4. Did the dog run away?

opened, saw / took, arrived / didn’t hear / Did, run

Ejercicio 2. Verbos irregulares del relato

found/found, left/left, forgot/forgotten, told/told, wrote/written, broke/broken

Ejercicio 3. Elige el conector

1. Suddenly (hecho inesperado)
2. At first (contraste con then)
3. After that
4. While (acción en desarrollo)

Suddenly, At first, After that, While

Ejercicio 4. Ordena la historia

Modelo: First, Lucía left home without an umbrella. Then it started to rain heavily at the bus stop. After that, the bus drove away without her. Finally, a stranger shared his umbrella with her.

Revisa: pasado simple, orden 1-2-3-4 y cuatro conectores.

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Ejercicio 5. Pasado continuo de fondo

1. was shining, were singing
2. wasn’t looking
3. were they doing
4. were walking

was shining, were singing / wasn’t looking / were they doing / were walking

Ejercicio 6. Traduce al inglés

1. When I arrived, everyone was sleeping.
2. Suddenly, the lights went out.
3. First he bought a ticket and then he got on the train.
4. In the end, they found the dog.

When I arrived, everyone was sleeping. / Suddenly, the lights went out. / First he bought a ticket and then he got on the train. / In the end, they found the dog.

Ejercicio 7. Corrige el error

1. When I arrived, it was raining.
2. At the end of the film, he cries. o In the end, he cries.
3. She was opening the door when she saw a cat. o She opened the door and saw a cat.
4. We visited the museum last Sunday.

was raining / At the end of / was opening … when / visited

Ejercicio 8. Simple o continuo

1. was reading, heard
2. was cycling, saw
3. was raining, left
4. was cooking, went

was reading, heard / was cycling, saw / was raining, left / was cooking, went

Ejercicio 9. Past perfect

1. had left
2. had never flown
3. had already eaten
4. hadn’t finished

had left, had never flown, had already eaten, hadn’t finished

Ejercicio 10. Dos acciones, un orden

1. After Sofía had taken a photo, she posted it.
2. We had checked in before we had breakfast.
3. After he had locked the door, he left.

La acción que ocurre primero va en past perfect; la segunda, en pasado simple.

had taken / had checked in / had locked

Ejercicio 11. When o while

1. While Mateo was waiting for the bus, he met an old friend.
2. I called you when I got home.
3. While they were painting the wall, it started to rain.

While + acción en desarrollo; when + hecho puntual.

While … was waiting / called … when … got / While … were painting

Ejercicio 12. Horario de Joaquín

Modelo: While Joaquín was playing football, it started to rain. He went home when the rain got heavier. By the time he got home, he was completely wet.

Revisa continuo con while, simple con when y tiempo coherente con by the time.

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Ejercicio 13. Texto con tres tiempos

was, was walking, noticed, was following, looked, was, realised, had left

Hecho puntual = simple; escena = continuo; anterior = past perfect.

was, was walking, noticed, was following, looked, was, realised, had left

Ejercicio 14. Responde sobre el texto

1. No, he hadn’t.
2. It was windy: the wind was blowing and the waves were crashing.
3. A seagull stole his sandwich.
4. Because he laughed so much that he dropped it in the water.

No, he hadn’t. / The wind was blowing. / A seagull stole his sandwich. / He laughed and dropped it.

Ejercicio 15. Del español al inglés

1. It was raining when we left and we had forgotten our umbrellas.
2. While she was sleeping, her brother made breakfast.
3. When we got to the cinema, the film had already started.

was raining / had forgotten; was sleeping / made; had already started

Ejercicio 16. Reescribe con conectores

Modelo: Lucía woke up late, so she missed the bus. Then she ran to school, but when she arrived the door was closed. Finally, a teacher opened it.

Comprueba que usas al menos tres conectores y que no repites «and».

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Ejercicio 17. Mediación: cuenta lo que pasó

Modelo: Yesterday, while I was walking home, I saw a boy who had lost his dog. I helped him look for it. We searched for an hour. In the end, we found it in the park.

Revisa: cuatro frases, while + continuo, past perfect y conector final.

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Ejercicio 18. Corrige el relato

Last summer we went to Seville. When we arrived, the hotel reception was closed. At the end of the night, we found a small hostel. The owner told us that he had waited for us since six. While we were having dinner, he showed us a map.

Seis correcciones: went, reception was closed, At the end of / In the end, had waited, were having.

went / was closed / At the end / had waited / were having

Ejercicio 19. Completa la historia

Modelo: Inside there were old photographs and a letter. Ximena was reading it when her mum came in. “Someone had written this fifty years ago,” she said. After that, they decided to find the writer.

Comprueba: 40–50 palabras, tres tiempos y dos conectores.

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Ejercicio 20. Escribe una historia propia

Modelo: It was the last day of the exchange trip, and nobody could find Aoife. First, we looked in the dining room, but she wasn’t there. Then Mateo remembered that she had said she wanted to see the sunrise. We ran to the hill and, suddenly, we saw her. She was sitting on a rock and taking photos. In the end, we all watched the sun together and nobody was angry.

Comprueba: problema, solución, final, cuatro conectores y los tres tiempos.

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