Ejercicios de inglés 2: there was/were, could, conditionals y past perfect
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Ejercicios de repaso de la unidad Ética, naturaleza y sociedades del curso de inglés de segundo: los proyectos The Conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Ethical Principles in the Use of Natural Resources y The Mexican Revolution and Its People (páginas 30 a 37, 90 a 95 y 152 a 159 del libro de la SEP). Resuelve cada actividad y revisa al momento.
There was, there were y could
1. Escribe there was, there were o could
a) many canals inside Tenochtitlan.
b) Canoes travel through the city.
c) a huge market in Tlatelolco.
d) People buy food and gold at the market.
Ver respuestas
a) There were many canals inside Tenochtitlan.
b) Canoes could travel through the city.
c) There was a huge market in Tlatelolco.
d) People could buy food and gold at the market.
Zero y first conditional
2. Completa con el verbo en la forma correcta
a) If water (freeze), it becomes ice.
b) If we don’t take care of the river, the fish (die).
c) If people recycle more, there (be) less pollution.
Ver respuestas
a) If water freezes (freeze), it becomes ice.
b) If we don’t take care of the river, the fish will die (die).
c) If people recycle more, there will be (be) less pollution.
To be en pasado, simple past y past perfect
3. Escribe el verbo en la forma correcta
a) Porfirio Díaz (rule) Mexico for more than 30 years.
b) By 1910, many peasants (have) no land of their own.
c) Some women (fight) alongside the men as soldaderas.
Ver respuestas
a) Porfirio Díaz ruled (rule) Mexico for more than 30 years.
b) By 1910, many peasants had (have) no land of their own.
c) Some women fought (fight) alongside the men as soldaderas.
Vocabulario de la unidad
4. Relaciona cada palabra con su traducción
Ver respuestas
| ally | aliado |
| pollution | contaminación |
| dictatorship | dictadura |
| peasant | campesino |
| sustainable | sustentable |
| testimony | testimonio |
5. Elige la opción correcta
Ver respuestas
Look at those dark clouds! It is going to rain soon.
There was a lot of discontent among the peasants in 1910.
By 1521, the Spanish had conquered Tenochtitlan.
6. Ordena las palabras
- .
- .
- .
Ver respuestas
- There were many canals in Tenochtitlan.
- If we pollute the river, the fish will die.
- Many peasants had no land of their own.
Preguntas abiertas
7. ¿Qué diferencia hay entre «there was» y «could»?
There was/were describe qué existía en el pasado (los canales, el mercado). Could describe qué era posible hacer (las canoas podían cruzar la ciudad).
8. ¿Cuándo se usa el first conditional en lugar del zero conditional?
El zero conditional habla de hechos generalmente ciertos (if water freezes, it turns into ice). El first conditional habla de una consecuencia probable en el futuro (if we pollute the river, the fish will die).
9. Escribe en inglés una oración con past perfect sobre la Revolución mexicana.
Modelo: By 1910, Porfirio Díaz had already governed Mexico for more than three decades.
Si tuviste dudas, repasa las clases de esta unidad:
The Conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan: there was, there were y could
Ethical Principles: zero y first conditional
The Mexican Revolution and Its People: simple past y past perfect
Referencias
- Secretaría de Educación Pública (2025). Uérakua anapu uantakua. Projects and Readings. Second Grade. Secondary. SEP, pp. 30-37, 90-95 y 152-159.
- Murphy, R. (2019). English Grammar in Use (5.ª ed.). Cambridge University Press.
