Ejercicios Resueltos de Comprensión Lectora, Gramática y Vocabulario en Inglés

Working Hours

1. True or False

• a) False: “Surveys show the important role that our working timetables have on inequality and the quality of life in our country.”
• b) False: “We must have the courage to take steps to introduce a more balanced and sustainable approach to working similar to that of other European countries.”

2. Comprehension Questions

• a) They want to spend more time with them, and children want their parents to read them books, to play with them…
• b) Spanish women live under pressure; they have to work long hours in their jobs and after that they have to work at home and balance family and professional life, so they are really tired and stressed.

3. Vocabulary

• a) Called on
• b) Juggle
• c) Overall
• d) Take steps

4. Grammar

• a) Trying (try) than
• b) Despite of / Because of / Due to
• c) Were (be) on
• d) He wanted to know why I had applied for a new job if my salary seemed to be reasonable.

Homes of the Future

1. True or False

• a) False: There are, however, barriers that prevent the smart home industry from taking off.
• b) False: Another recent development can verify an individual’s identity with a quick glance at the system from a distance.

2. Comprehension Questions

• a) The new wristband can recognize the identity of the person wearing it and connect with its smartphone and computer, so they all work together in the same technological environment and give service to what the client needs.
• b) Future homes help us by optimizing our time; we don’t have to be paying attention to the lights or the temperature because the house does things itself. It also should make you feel safer against intruders because the whole system works for a unique IP address.

3. Vocabulary

• a) Guests
• b) Commands
• c) Features
• d) Close

4. Grammar

• a) Has become // most
• b) Had worked // would have been used
• c) Which // promoting
• d) Peter warned Sarah that her voice recognition system was not working at that moment.

Has Creativity Disappeared in Schools?

1. True or False

• a) False: At the beginning of the 20th century, Picasso said that all children are born artists and the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up.
• b) False: Eight years ago, Ken Robinson, an expert on creativity and education, made a speech that revolutionized this topic.

2. Comprehension Questions

• a) Our society diminishes children with creative intelligence and rewards the ones who follow the pre-established rules of the education system. This is caused by the concept of intelligence the education system has, which is too tight.
• b) If we want to enhance our students, we should give every subject exclusively theoretical intelligence, not the applied one.

3. Vocabulary

• a) Acting
• b) Places
• c) Natural gift
• d) Eliminated

4. Grammar

• a) Shown / produces
• b) Encouraged / wouldn’t be
• c) More / at
• d) The teacher told me not to worry because I would understand it the following day.