Ejercicios de inglés 2: simple past, past progressive, used to y present perfect
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Ejercicios de repaso de la unidad Lecturas del curso de inglés de segundo: Something From Another World, Matilde, Our First Female Doctor, Automatons, A Poet With the Wings of a Painter, Floating Gardens y Big Underground Crystals (páginas 38 a 61, 104 a 109 y 120 a 127 del libro de la SEP). Resuelve cada actividad y revisa al momento.
Simple past
1. Escribe el verbo en simple past
a) Orson Welles (broadcast) a radio drama about Mars in 1938.
b) Matilde Montoya (pass) her medical exam in 1887.
c) Scientists (discover) the Cave of Crystals in the year 2000.
d) Marc Chagall (be) born in Vitebsk in 1887.
Ver respuestas
a) Orson Welles broadcast (broadcast) a radio drama about Mars in 1938.
b) Matilde Montoya passed (pass) her medical exam in 1887.
c) Scientists discovered (discover) the Cave of Crystals in the year 2000.
d) Marc Chagall was (be) born in Vitebsk in 1887.
Past progressive
2. Elige la opción en past progressive
Ver respuestas
Mientras Vaucanson diseñaba el pato, otros inventores construían autómatas. → While Vaucanson was designing the duck, other inventors were building automatons.
El pato comía grano cuando se descompuso. → The duck was eating grain when it broke down.
Used to
3. Completa con used to o used to be
a) Matilde (work) as a midwife before becoming a doctor.
b) Medicine (be) a profession only for men.
c) People (not accept) women as doctors.
Ver respuestas
a) Matilde used to work (work) as a midwife before becoming a doctor.
b) Medicine used to be (be) a profession only for men.
c) People didn’t use to accept (not accept) women as doctors.
Present perfect con ever, never y since
4. Completa con present perfect
a) you ever heard of chinampas before?
b) I (never visit) the Cave of Crystals.
c) Since its discovery, the Cave of Crystals (be studied) through several experiments.
d) Researchers (determine) that crystals grow very slowly.
Ver respuestas
a) Have you ever heard of chinampas before?
b) I have never visited (never visit) the Cave of Crystals.
c) Since its discovery, the Cave of Crystals has been studied (be studied) through several experiments.
d) Researchers have determined (determine) that crystals grow very slowly.
5. Relaciona cada palabra con su traducción
Ver respuestas
| midwife | partera |
| broadcast | transmisión |
| chinampa | parcela flotante de cultivo |
| sealed | sellado |
| robot | robot |
6. Ordena las palabras
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Ver respuestas
- Orson Welles broadcast a radio drama in 1938.
- Matilde used to work as a midwife.
- While Vaucanson was designing the duck, he was testing every gear.
- Researchers have studied the crystals since their discovery.
Preguntas abiertas
7. ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre «I visited the cave» y «I have never visited the cave»?
I visited the cave (simple past) habla de una visita en un momento concreto. I have never visited the cave (present perfect con never) dice que, hasta ahora, nunca ha pasado.
8. ¿Qué tienen en común Matilde Montoya y Marc Chagall según estas lecturas?
Los dos lograron algo poco común para su época a pesar de la oposición: Matilde se tituló como la primera doctora de México, y Chagall se dedicó a la pintura en vez del trabajo que su familia esperaba de él.
9. Escribe en inglés una oración con used to sobre alguna costumbre que ya cambió.
Modelo: People used to think women could not be doctors, but today many women are doctors and scientists.
Si tuviste dudas, repasa las clases de esta unidad:
Something From Another World: simple past
Matilde, Our First Female Doctor: used to
A Poet With the Wings of a Painter
Floating Gardens: present perfect
Referencias
- Secretaría de Educación Pública (2025). Uérakua anapu uantakua. Projects and Readings. Second Grade. Secondary. SEP, pp. 38-61, 104-109 y 120-127.
- Murphy, R. (2019). English Grammar in Use (5.ª ed.). Cambridge University Press.
