C.M.

MIGUEL CASTILLEJO INGLS

Fundacin VERA-CRUZ
Ejercicios refuerzo
Departamento de Idiomas Fecha: __________

Alumno/a: _____________________________________________ Curso:________

VERB COULD, pasado (poder: habilidad / permiso/ peticiones)

1.- Escribe la afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa del verbo COULD en pasado. Usa
todas las formas: I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they.

2.- Escribe en ingls lo que sabas o podas / no sabas o no podas hacer cuando
tenas 6 aos, usando la informacin que te dan:
- Climb trees - dance
- fight - play chess
- play the piano - read
- run fast - write

3.- Traduce estas oraciones a ingls:

- Sabas jugar al tenis cuando tenas 5 aos?
- Podas estudiar en casa cuando tenas exmenes?
- David saba tocar la flauta cuando era pequeo.
- No pudimos comprar porque estaba cerrado.
- Podra coger prestada tu bicicleta, por favor?

4.- Completa con COULD o COULDNT, segn convenga:

- My brothers baby was unusual. When she was three months old, she ________
say 15words. When she was a year old she _______ name all the colours, and
she ________ count to 100. When she was three she ________ read easy books.
She _______ write, but she _________ tell wonderful stories, and she _______
remember every story that she heard. She ________ walk until she was nearly
two, though.

5.- Haz frases con estas situaciones, usando COULD, y luego traduce.
- Mr. Plum / speak / 10 languages when he / be / 20 /
- Simon / drink / 10 litres of orange juice a day when he / be / 5 /
- Mrs. Plum / swim / 10 kms. When she / be / 12 /
- Grandmother Plum / dance / all evening when she / be / 60 /
- Joan Plum / ride / a bike when she / be / 2 /

6.- Usa COULD / COULD YOU POSSIBLY para peticiones formales:

- Open the window. - Lend me a pen.

- Help me. - Open the door.
- Give me an envelope. - Pass me the sugar.
- Watch my children for a minute. - Tell me the time.
 C.M. MIGUEL CASTILLEJO INGLS
Fundacin VERA-CRUZ
Ejercicios refuerzo
Departamento de Idiomas Fecha: __________

Alumno/a: _____________________________________________ Curso:________

VERB HAVE TO II, sustituto de MUST en pasado, futuro etc

Have to, no es un verbo modal auxiliar. Se usa = que MUST, slo que HAVE TO s tiene
pasado, futuro etc que MUST no tiene ya que slo se usa para presente. La negacin de
HAVE TO, se hace con el verbo DO (present & past) y con WILL (future)

1.- Escribe oraciones afirmativas (+) o negativas (-), segn convenga, y en pasado:

- learn French (+) - learn music (-)

- play tennis (-) - play football (+)
- learn Russian (-) - write poems (-)
- learn maths (+) - write stories (+)

2.- Haz interrogativas usando DIDHAVE TO..? :

- you / learn French at school

- Annie / work last Saturday
- John / pay for his lessons
- Mary / take an exam last year
- Joe and Sue / wait a long time for a train
- You / show your passport at the airport
- The children / walk home
- Peter / cook supper

3.- Completa las oraciones con WILL + HAVE TO, en afirmative, negative or
interrogative, usando los verbos del recuadro:

Ask get get go learn play study work

- Cara wants to be a doctor. She ______________________ hard.

- Ann needs a new passport. She ___________________ a form from the Post Office
- Bobs got a new car, so he __________________ to work by bus.
- Ive got a job with a Spanish company. ____________ you __________ Spanish?
- John wants to be pianist. He __________________ for hours every day.
- Can I go home early? I dont know. You ___________________ the boss.
- Im working next Sunday, but I _____________________ on Saturday.
- Liz wants to go to the US.________________ she ______________ a visa?
 C.M. MIGUEL CASTILLEJO INGLS
Fundacin VERA-CRUZ
Ejercicios refuerzo
Departamento de Idiomas Fecha: __________

Alumno/a: _____________________________________________ Curso:________

VERB BE ABLE TO

1.- Complete with to be able to / been able to:

- I hope ___________ give you an answer soon.

- Ive never __________ understand your mother.
- Sue has always _____________ do work that she liked.
- Our cat would like ____________ open the fridge door.
- I want ______________ speak German.
- I have never _____________ play ball games.
- Ill _____________ to drive soon.

2.- Complete the sentences with will be able to and one of these verbs:
DO / EAT / PLAY / REMEMBER / TRAVEL

- People _______________________ a lot of food and not get fat.

- Eighty-year-olds _________________ tennis and football.
- People ___________________ very fast.
- People wont forget. Everybody _______________ things clearly.
- All of this will cost money. _______________ everybody.
- _________________all these wonderful things? Or only rich people?

3.- Write 6 sentences using BE ABLE TO and translate them into Spanish. Mix
affirmative, negative and interrogative:

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