Gramática Inglesa Avanzada: Voz Pasiva, Oraciones Condicionales, Reported Speech y Más

Gramática Inglesa: Ejercicios y Transformaciones con Ejemplos

A continuación encontrarás las principales estructuras gramaticales del inglés, cada una con un ejemplo de transformación para facilitar su comprensión.

1. Active to Passive (Voz activa a voz pasiva)

Ejemplo: My relatives have worn thousands of costumes for years.
→ Thousands of costumes have been worn for years by my relatives.

2. Relative Clauses (who, which, where, whose, when, why)

Pronombres relativos: quién, cuál, dónde, cuyo, cuándo, por qué.

Ejemplo: Susan will move to my neighbourhood next May. She is very smart and cute.
→ Susan, who is very smart and cute, will move to my neighbourhood next May.

3. Reported Speech (Statements, orders, questions & special verbs)

Ejemplo 1 (órdenes): 'Don't shout and pay attention!' Carmen told her students.
→ Carmen told her students NOT to shout and TO pay attention.

Ejemplo 2 (preguntas): 'Are you listening to my instructions?' Roberto asked us.
→ Roberto asked us IF we were listening to his instructions.

Ejemplo 3 (verbos especiales): 'How about having a break?' Ena suggested.
→ Ena suggested HAVING a break.

4. Conditional Sentences (Oraciones condicionales)

Ejemplo: Carlos didn't invite Carla to his party, so Carla couldn't go to Carlos' party.
→ If Carlos had invited Carla to his party, she would have gone.

5. Causative

Ejemplo: The hairdresser is dying my hair tomorrow afternoon.
→ I am having my hair dyed tomorrow afternoon.

6. Connectors (in spite of / despite, although, as, because, etc.)

Ejemplo 1: Despite sleeping for 8 hours, I feel extremely tired.
→ Although I sleep for 8 hours, I feel extremely tired.

Ejemplo 2: As people usually spend too much time scrolling, their concentration is getting poorer and poorer.
→ Their concentration is getting poorer and poorer because people usually spend too much time scrolling.

7. Impersonal Passive (say, report, believe, think…)

Ejemplo 1: People believe that travelling to Mars will become a reality in ten years' time.
→ It is believed that travelling to Mars will become a reality in ten years' time.

Ejemplo 2: Experts have reported that teenagers are suffering from anxiety these days.
→ It has been reported that teenagers are suffering from anxiety these days.

8. Tenses (Present Perfect / Past Simple)

Ejemplo 1: It's 3 weeks since I didn't visit the gym.
→ I haven't visited the gym for 3 weeks.

Ejemplo 2: I haven't written an email for 2 days.
→ I last wrote an email 2 days ago.

9. I wish / If only (3 casos: Past / Past Perfect / Would)

Ejemplo: Your behaviour is getting me mad. Please behave well!
→ I wish you would behave well.

10. Comparative Adjectives

Ejemplo: My books are more entertaining than yours.
→ Your books are not as entertaining as mine.