B1a · EJERCICIOS · TEMA 2
Ejercicios: Narrative tenses y used to
8 ejercicios para dominar los tiempos del pasado. Escribe tus respuestas en un cuaderno y compruébalas con el botón «Ver respuestas» de cada ejercicio.
1. Past simple: afirmativo y negativo
Completa con el past simple del verbo entre paréntesis. Luego traduce la oración al español.
💡 Ejemplo: Yesterday, I ___ (watch) a movie. → watched → Ayer vi una película.
1. They ___ (visit) Quito two years ago.
🇪🇸 Español: __________
2. He ___ (not / do) his homework yesterday.
🇪🇸 Español: __________
3. We ___ (play) football when we were children.
🇪🇸 Español: __________
4. I ___ (see) a beautiful parrot in the park last Sunday.
🇪🇸 Español: __________
1. visited — Visitaron Quito hace dos años.
2. didn't do — No hizo su tarea ayer.
3. played — Jugábamos fútbol cuando éramos niños.
4. saw — Vi un loro precioso en el parque el domingo pasado.
2. Past continuous: acciones en progreso
Completa con el past continuous. Fíjate en when y while.
1. I ___ (walk) in the park when it started to rain.
2. While Maria ___ (cook) dinner, the phone rang.
3. They ___ (not / sleep) at 11 pm last night; they ___ (watch) TV.
4. What ___ (you / do) when the earthquake happened?
5. It was sunny, and the birds ___ (sing).
1. was walking
2. was cooking
3. weren't sleeping / were watching
4. were you doing
5. were singing
3. Past perfect: la acción más antigua
Completa con el past perfect. Recuerda: es la acción que pasó primero.
1. When I arrived at the party, my friends ___ (already / leave).
2. She didn't pass the exam because she ___ (not / study) enough.
3. By the time we got to the cinema, the movie ___ (start).
4. He couldn't find his keys because he ___ (lose) them.
5. After they ___ (finish) their project, they went out to celebrate.
1. had already left
2. hadn't studied
3. had started
4. had lost
5. had finished
4. Used to: hábitos del pasado
Reescribe las oraciones con used to y tradúcelas. Recuerda: used to = solía / antes + imperfecto.
💡 Ejemplo: I played with toys when I was a child. → I used to play with toys… → Solía jugar con juguetes cuando era niño.
1. He had long hair when he was young.
🇪🇸 Español: __________
2. We didn't like vegetables when we were kids.
🇪🇸 Español: __________
3. Did you live in a small house?
🇪🇸 Español: __________
4. She didn't drink coffee, but now she drinks it every day.
🇪🇸 Español: __________
1. He used to have long hair when he was young. — Solía tener el pelo largo cuando era joven.
2. We didn't use to like vegetables when we were kids. — De niños no nos solían gustar las verduras.
3. Did you use to live in a small house? — ¿Antes vivías en una casa pequeña?
4. She didn't use to drink coffee, but now she drinks it every day. — Antes no tomaba café, pero ahora lo toma todos los días.
5. Elige el tiempo correcto
Elige la opción correcta en cada oración.
1. While I was walking / walked home, I was seeing / saw an accident.
2. She was tired because she had been / was at work all day.
3. Did you eat / Had you eaten lunch before you went to class?
4. When I turned on the TV, the programme already finished / had already finished.
5. He used to go / was going to the beach every summer when he was a child.
1. was walking, saw
2. had been
3. Had you eaten
4. had already finished
5. used to go
6. Corrige los errores
Estas oraciones tienen errores típicos de hispanohablantes. Corrígelas.
1. I didn't used to like chocolate.
2. When I arrived, she was cook dinner.
3. I have seen that movie before I saw it again yesterday.
4. We were study when the lights went out.
5. She used to playing the piano.
1. I didn't use to like chocolate.
2. When I arrived, she was cooking dinner.
3. I had seen that movie before I saw it again yesterday.
4. We were studying when the lights went out.
5. She used to play the piano.
7. Completa la historia
Usa past simple, past continuous, past perfect y used to.
When I was a child, I (1. live) ___ in a small town near the coast. I (2. used to go / was going) ___ to the beach every day with my friends. One afternoon, while we (3. build) ___ a sandcastle, we (4. find) ___ a strange old box. We (5. never / see) ___ anything like it before. We (6. try) ___ to open it, but it was locked. Later, we discovered that a pirate (7. hide) ___ it there many years before! Now I live in the city, and I (8. not / have) ___ adventures like that any more.
1. lived · 2. used to go · 3. were building · 4. found · 5. had never seen · 6. tried · 7. had hidden · 8. don't have
8. Preguntas personales
Responde sobre tu vida con oraciones completas. ¡Tráelas a clase!
1. What is a food that you didn't use to like but you like now?
2. What were you doing at 8 pm yesterday?
3. Tell me about an exciting experience you had last year.
4. What had you already done by the time you got to work or school today?
Ejemplos de respuesta:
1. I didn't use to like onions, but now I love them in my encebollado.
2. At 8 pm yesterday, I was watching a football match.
3. Last year I visited Baños and went hiking. It was amazing!
4. By the time I got to work, I had already had breakfast and walked the dog.
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