Ejercicios Resueltos de Inglés: Vocabulario y Gramática Avanzada

6) Vocabulary

• 1) Molestia: disturbance
• 2) Soportar (phrasal verb): put up with
• 3) Colgar ropa (phrasal verb): hang out
• 4) Vecindario: neighborhood
• 5) Me vuelve loco: drives me crazy
• 6) Librarse de algo (phrasal verb): get rid of
• 7) Parientes: relatives
• 8) Tirar basura al suelo: throw away
• 9) En vez de: instead of
• 10) Atentamente: yours sincerely
• 11) Despegar (phrasal verb): take off
• 12) Situación difícil: ordeal
• 13) Sostener, sujetar (phrasal verb): hold up
• 14) A merced de: at the mercy of
• 15) Soga: rope
• 16) Perseguir: chase
• 17) Compensar (phrasal verb): pay off
• 18) Aterrizar: land
• 19) Truco: stunt
• 20) Ficticio: fictitious

4) Modal Verbs

• 1. I should go (go) to Italy.
• 2. You mustn’t vacuum (not vacuum) the carpets.
• 4. Jane may haven't played (not play).
• 5. She can play (play) it very well.
• 6. There must have been (be).
• 7. You can't have been (be) ill.
• 8. He was able to repair (repair) it.

5) Verb Tenses

• 1. I wasn't working (not / work). Marks weren't (not / be).
• 2. As I want to pass (want / pass), I am studying (study) harder.
• 3. Before going (go) to London, I wasn't enjoying (not / enjoy).
• 5. I was doing (do); I met (meet) lots.
• 6. He will be cutting (cut) grass.
• 7. It will have ended (end).

Reported Speech

• 1. Emily said that their teacher would go to L the next day.
• 2. Helen told me that she had been writing a letter the day before.
• 3. Patricia said that her mother would celebrate her birthday the following weekend.
• 7. He asked her what she could do for him.
• 8. The teacher told us not to leave the room.

2) Passive Voice

• 1. He was promised a book. / A book was promised to him.
• 2. Children cannot be expected to understand these problems.
• 3. Are you being picked up tonight?
• 4. I will have my house painted by John next week.
• 5. My son is having his eyes tested at the moment.

3) Conditionals

• 1. If they had gone for a walk, they would have stopped.
• 2. Would you help him if he needed it?
• 3. Whether they needed you, what would you do?
• 4. Unless you visit the doctor, you won't get better.