Práctica de Inglés: Modales, Estilo Indirecto, Oraciones de Relativo y Deducciones

Ejercicios de Gramática Inglesa

A continuación encontrarás una serie de ejercicios para practicar los modal verbs, el reported speech, las relative clauses y las deducciones en pasado.

1. Modal verbs de obligación, prohibición y probabilidad

Completa las frases con must, can't o might:

1. The boss only shouts. He must be angry.

Nota: Los ejercicios originales incluían la siguiente secuencia de respuestas: Must - Can't - Might - Might - Might - Can't - Must - Might.

2. Reported questions

Transforma las preguntas al estilo indirecto:

• They asked Mary why she was late. (Why are you late? they asked Mary)
• The teacher wanted to know if I had studied the night before. (Did you study last night? the teacher wanted to know)
• I asked him how he was going to get to England. (How are you going to get to England? I asked him)
• I wondered if it was time to finish. (Is it time to finish? I wondered)
• Bill asked me if I had gone anywhere the day before. (Did you go anywhere yesterday? Bill asked me)
• I asked him what the matter was. (What's the matter? I asked him)
• She wanted to know if I could speak French. (Can you speak French? she wanted to know)

3. Reported commands, requests and suggestions

Transforma las siguientes frases al estilo indirecto:

• The teacher asked us to turn to the next page.
• The doctor told me to stick my tongue out.
• His sister told him not to be so rude.
• Her mum suggested going out for dinner.
• John asked them to bring a pen and a pencil.

4. Relative pronouns y relative adverbs

Completa con that, which, whose, where o who:

That house which... (Respuestas: Which - Whose - That - That - Where - That - Which - Who)

5. Reported speech: resumen de cambios

My friend told me that if I was going to the party, I had to bring a gift. (Respuestas de referencia: that - If - going - had to - following - not)

6. Deducciones en presente

It can't be easy to know... (Respuestas de referencia: must - can't - might - can't - can't - might - must)

7. Deducciones en pasado (must / can't / might have + participio)

• We walked out before the end. (Relacionado con la deducción sobre la película)
• The film can't have been good.
• It can't have been tidy.
• They can't have been early.
• She must have had lots of...
• They can't have gone far.
• He must have hurt his arm.

8. Reported speech con afirmaciones

My brother told me that he was... (Respuestas de referencia: us - following - that - had to - had - that - he)

9. Revisión de respuestas

• a, b, c: correctas.
• d) your → his.
• e) should → had to; arrive → arrived.
• f) here → there.

10. Reported speech: transformación de oraciones

• Your behaviour was excellent. → The teacher told the class their behaviour had been excellent.
• Claire said her parents had visited Paris two years before.
• Paul said that he would look after my house if I went away.
• Lisa told her parents that she hadn't taken her phone with her the night before.
• Cathy said that Kate had never been skiing.
• Tom promised he would get his hair cut the following week.

11. Reported questions y structures

They asked me if it was my bag. (Respuestas de referencia: suggested - had - not - if - told - asked - had)

12. Defining y non-defining relative clauses

• The teacher who lives near my house... → That teacher, who teaches geography, lives near my house.
• That film, which we saw when we were on holiday, was quite good.
• That park, which we visited last week, is the biggest in the city.
• The artist, whose studio is in this street, is becoming very famous now.
• Those trainers, which are made by Reebok, are great for basketball.
• Mary, who studies biology too, lives here.
• Boards of Canada, who are from Scotland, make great records.

13. Relative clauses: revisión

Respuestas correctas: B, D, E, H, I. Revisa también: a) who are, c) that, f) which, g) that, j) that.

14. Práctica final de relative pronouns y vocabulario

Completa: a) works, b) Her... c) whose, d) there..., e) listen to?, f) whose, g) make, h) who.