Gramática Inglesa: Estructuras Equivalentes en Inglés (Wish, Too/Enough, Such/So, Causative Have, Passive Reporting y Modal May)

Equivalencias gramaticales en inglés

A continuación se presentan pares de oraciones con el mismo significado expresado mediante estructuras gramaticales distintas. Practicar estas equivalencias ayuda a ampliar el vocabulario gramatical y a comprender mejor los matices del idioma inglés.

1. Expresiones de lamento: What a pity + wish

• What a pity I don't speak French = I wish I spoke French.
• What a pity you live so far away = I wish you didn't live so far away.
• What a pity I didn't see her = I wish I had seen her.

2. Causative have

• I'm going to the hairdresser's. He'll cut my hair = I'm going to the hairdresser's to have my hair cut.

3. Too... to

• He was so surprised that he couldn't reply = He was too surprised to reply.

4. Expresar un período de tiempo: for / since

• I haven't seen him for a long time = It's a long time since I saw him.

5. So... that / Such... that

• The weather was so good that we lay on the beach all day = It was such good weather that we lay on the beach all day.

6. Estructuras pasivas de reporte

• It is expected that the President will arrive tomorrow afternoon = The President is expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon.
• It's said that he is having an affair with his secretary = He's said to be having an affair with his secretary.
• It's believed that the murder occurred at three o'clock = The murder is believed to have occurred at three o'clock.

7. Probabilidad con el modal may

• Perhaps she knows the answer = He may know the answer.
• Perhaps he's working in the garden = He may be working in the garden.
• Perhaps he has sold his house = He may have sold his house.
• Perhaps he didn't hear the telephone ring = He may not have heard the telephone ring.