BOJA PAGS CALENTITO

Buenas tardes, estimados alumnos.

Me acaba de enviar el orientador de nuestro centro, el gran don Antonio Gámez, el BOJA que convoca vuestras pruebas de PAGS para el mes de abril de 2026.

Lo mejor, sin duda, es que os leáis todo el documento, para que estéis bien informados de todo lo relacionado con dicha prueba. 

Aquí lo tenéis.

Saludos.

P.S: la prueba de inglés será un test de tan sólo 16 preguntas. 

Rewriting: reescribe las oraciones en inglés utilizando las palabras indicadas entre paréntesis.

 Una de las tareas más difíciles del inglés es la de reescribir una oración usando una palabra o palabras dada. Ello implica conocer muy bien la gramática del idioma, a la par que el significado de las palabras.

Vamos hoy a hacer una pequeña práctica con algunas de las expresiones y tiempos verbales más usuales: by the time..., as, since, all the..., consequently, as a result of, because of, due to, owing to, on account of...

https://www.freepik.es/fotos-vectores-gratis/escribiendo-libro

Pero veamos primero cada una de estas palabras en detalle, sus usos y significados, con ejemplos:

📚 Conectores y Preposiciones de Causa y Tiempo

Esta tabla organiza los términos en inglés, su significado y su uso principal.

Palabra/Frase en Inglés	Significado Principal	Uso en Inglés (Explicación)	Uso en Español (Explicación)
by the time...	Para cuando	Used as a subordinating conjunction to show that one action or event is completed or will be completed before a second action or event takes place. It often involves the Past Perfect or Future Perfect tenses.	Se utiliza como una conjunción subordinadapara indicar que una acción o evento está completado o se completará antes de que ocurra un segundo evento. Frecuentemente requiere el pretérito perfecto o el futuro perfecto.
as	Como, Ya que, Mientras	Acts as a subordinating conjunction to express reason/cause (meaning since) or to express simultaneity (meaning while). It can also mean in the manner of.	Funciona como una conjunción subordinadapara expresar razón/causa (significando ya que) o para expresar simultaneidad (significando mientras). También puede significar en la manera de.
since	Ya que, Desde	Primarily acts as a subordinating conjunction to express reason or cause, similar to because or as. It also functions as a preposition or conjunction referring to time, marking the starting point of an action.	Actúa principalmente como una conjunción subordinada para expresar razón o causa, similar a porque o ya que. También funciona como preposición o conjunción para referirse al tiempo, marcando el punto de inicio de una acción.
all the...	Todo/a el/la, Durante todo el/la...	Used as a quantifier/adjective to indicate an entire quantity or duration. When referring to time (e.g., all the morning), it emphasizes that the action was continuous throughout that period.	Se utiliza como cuantificador/adjetivo para indicar una cantidad o duración completa. Cuando se refiere al tiempo (ej. toda la mañana), enfatiza que la acción fue continua durante ese periodo.
consequently	Por consiguiente, En consecuencia	An adverb used to connect two independent clauses, showing that the second statement is the result or consequence of the first. It is usually preceded by a semicolon or a period and followed by a comma.	Es un adverbio que se usa para conectar dos cláusulas independientes, mostrando que la segunda declaración es el resultado o la consecuencia de la primera. Suele ir precedido por un punto y coma o un punto y seguido de una coma.
as a result of	Como resultado de, A consecuencia de	A compound preposition used to introduce a reason or cause, followed by a noun or noun phrase (or a gerund). It emphasizes the consequence that followed the action mentioned.	Es una preposición compuesta que se utiliza para introducir una razón o causa, seguida de un sustantivo o frase nominal (o un gerundio). Enfatiza la consecuencia que siguió a la acción mencionada.
because of	A causa de, Debido a	A compound preposition used to introduce the reason or cause for something, and must be followed by a noun or noun phrase. It cannot introduce a full clause (subject + verb).	Una preposición compuesta que se usa para introducir la razón o causa de algo, y debe ir seguida de un sustantivo o frase nominal. No puede introducir una oración completa (sujeto + verbo).
due to	Debido a	A compound preposition that usually means the same as because of. Traditionally, it modifies a noun (acting like an adjective), but it is now widely accepted to use it to introduce the reasonfor a whole sentence.	Una preposición compuesta que generalmente significa lo mismo que a causa de. Tradicionalmente, modifica un sustantivo(actuando como adjetivo), pero ahora es ampliamente aceptado su uso para introducir la razón de una oración completa.
owing to	Debido a, Gracias a	A compound preposition used synonymously with because of and due toto express reason or cause, followed by a noun or noun phrase. It is considered slightly more formal.	Una preposición compuesta que se utiliza como sinónimo de because of y due to para expresar razón o causa, seguida de un sustantivo o frase nominal. Se considera ligeramente más formal.
on account of	A causa de, Por razón de	A compound preposition used to introduce the reason or cause for something, followed by a noun or noun phrase. It is often used in formal contexts and is a less common alternative to because of.	Una preposición compuesta que se utiliza para introducir la razón o causa de algo, seguida de un sustantivo o frase nominal. A menudo se utiliza en contextos formales y es una alternativa menos común a because of.

Vamos ahora con la práctica: Rewriting practice.

1. It is now 12:30 and my students are still sleeping. (all the morning)

   
   

2. The prom party will begin at 20:00 with a speech by the headmaster. (by 20:30)

   
   

3. Valentino Rosi is good at driving motorbikes. Therefore, he sometimes helps Márquez when he is late by kicking him out of the way. (since)

   
   

4. My mother cooked lasagna; then, all the family came for lunch. (by the time) 

   
   

5. I broke my leg while I was attempting to fix the pipes in the garden, so I had to quit my job for a while. (as)

   
   

6. Due to the great difficulty of the crossword I was attempting to complete, I decided to call a code-breaker to help me decipher it! (consequently)

   
   

7. Social networks such as Instagram, Twitter and even Facebook still need to better their functionality in some respects because they have frequent breakdowns. (as a result of)

   
   

8. More often than not, it is not so easy to spot clues in a puzzle. Solvers have to struggle to guess which the answers are. (because of/ due to /owing to)

   
   

9. Studying a degree at university involves a certain amount of effort which not everybody is ready to make. Therefore, some students drop out when they finish their secondary education. (as /since)

   
   

10. Picasso painted lots of figurative pictures, full of squares and triangles, with puzzles and riddles, so not many people can understand them. (Due to)

    
    

11. Understanding why Rosi kicked Márquez requires a great effort. Therefore, I will have to watch the video again. (since)

    
    

12. Life is so brief and short. Consequently, we have to make the most out of it and seize the day! (Because of)

    
    

13. I have been putting on some weight lately, so I my trousers don’t fit any longer. (since)

    
    

    
    

    KEY ANSWERS:

    
    

    📝 Ejercicio de Reescribir Frases (Rewriting Practice)

    A continuación, se presentan las frases originales y su reescritura, empleando la palabra o frase de conexión solicitada.

    • Original: It is now 12:30 and my students are still sleeping.

      • Reescrita (all the morning): My students have been sleeping all the morning (and they are still sleeping).

    • Original: The prom party will begin at 20:00 with a speech by the headmaster.

      • Reescrita (by 20:30): The prom party will have started by 20:30.

    • Original: Valentino Rosi is good at driving motorbikes. Therefore, he sometimes helps Márquez when he is late by kicking him out of the way.

      • Reescrita (since): Valentino Rosi sometimes helps Márquez when he is late by kicking him out of the way, since he is good at driving motorbikes.

    • Original: My mother cooked lasagna; then, all the family came for lunch.

      • Reescrita (by the time): By the time all the family came for lunch, my mother had cooked lasagna.

    • Original: I broke my leg while I was attempting to fix the pipes in the garden, so I had to quit my job for a while.

      • Reescrita (as): As I broke my leg while attempting to fix the pipes in the garden, I had to quit my job for a while.

    • Original: Due to the great difficulty of the crossword I was attempting to complete, I decided to call a code-breaker to help me decipher it!

      • Reescrita (consequently): I was attempting to complete a crossword of great difficulty; consequently, I decided to call a code-breaker to help me decipher it!

    • Original: Social networks such as Instagram, Twitter and even Facebook still need to better their functionality in some respects because they have frequent breakdowns.

      • Reescrita (as a result of): Social networks such as Instagram, Twitter and even Facebook still need to better their functionality in some respects as a result of their frequent breakdowns.

    • Original: More often than not, it is not so easy to spot clues in a puzzle. Solvers have to struggle to guess which the answers are.

      • Reescrita (because of/ due to /owing to): Solvers have to struggle to guess the answers because of/due to/owing to the fact that it is not so easy to spot clues in a puzzle.

    • Original: Studying a degree at university involves a certain amount of effort which not everybody is ready to make. Therefore, some students drop out when they finish their secondary education.

      • Reescrita (as /since): Some students drop out when they finish their secondary education, as/since studying a degree at university involves a certain amount of effort which not everybody is ready to make.

    • Original: Picasso painted lots of figurative pictures, full of squares and triangles, with puzzles and riddles, so not many people can understand them.

      • Reescrita (Due to): Due to the fact that Picasso painted lots of figurative pictures, full of squares and triangles, with puzzles and riddles, not many people can understand them.

    • Original: Understanding why Rosi kicked Márquez requires a great effort. Therefore, I will have to watch the video again.

      • Reescrita (since): I will have to watch the video again since understanding why Rosi kicked Márquez requires a great effort.

    • Original: Life is so brief and short. Consequently, we have to make the most out of it and seize the day!

      • Reescrita (Because of): Because of how brief and short life is, we have to make the most out of it and seize the day!

    • Original: I have been putting on some weight lately, so I my trousers don’t fit any longer.

      • Reescrita (since): My trousers don’t fit any longer since I have been putting on some weight lately.

    Y aquí os dejos las traducciones:

    
    

    
    

ESPA I: modelo de examen similar al del primer trimestre

Buenas tardes, estimados alumnos.

Os dejo un model de examen parecido al que tendréis que hacer la próxima semana.

Tenéis una semana entera para ir haciéndolos y consultarme las dudas que os puedan surgir.

Saludos.

 

1 Read the following text and answer the questions below:

 

¿Quién es quién? Lee el texto y completa las frases. 

 

Hello, my name is María. I have got two sisters, their names are Marina and Ana. Marina is 22 and Ana is 18. My parents´names are Paco and Pepa. My mother has got two brothers and one sister: Toni, David and Lina. Lina has got Two children: Tomás and Isabel. Isabel is my best friend. My father's parents are Enrique and Sofia. I love my family a lot. Marina has a boyfriend, Anthony, who is 22 years old, but Ana does not have any. She has a lot of pets, though.

 

1.     Enrique and Sofia are María´s ______________

2.     Isabel is María´s______________

3.     Tomás is Isabel´s _______________

4.     Lina is María´s________________

5.     Maria is David´s _______________

6.     Toni is María´s_________________

7.     Pepa and Paco are Marina´s ___________

8.     Marina and Ana are Maria´s ______________

9.     Anthony is ______________

10.  Ana has a lot of ___________________

 

 

2. Read the following text and answer the questions below: 

 

Beatriz: Hi, Juan! How are you? I want to introduce you to my cousin Emily. Emily, this is my good friend Juan. And that girl in the bar is Sara, she is his girlfriend. Juan, this is my cousin Emily.

Juan: Oh, hello! Nice to meet you, Emily.

Emily: Pleased to meet you too.

Juan: You are her cousin, but where are you from?

Emily: I am from the United States. I live in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Juan: And… what do you do?

Emily: Well, right now I am a photographer.

Beatriz: She is great, she takes beautiful pictures.

Emily: What about you, Juan? What’s your job?

Juan: I am an actor, but I don’t earn much money, so I also work as a waiter. This bar is my second home!

Emily: Cool! This bar looks awesome!

 

1.     Emily is Beatriz’s______________

2.     Where is Emily from? ___________________

3.     What does Emily do for a living? ______________________

4.     What does Juan do for a living? _______________________

5.     How many jobs has Juan got? ________________________

 

 

 

3. Ordena las palabras para formar frases correctas: 

 

1.- eyes/ Her/ blue/ are                                ______________________________

         

 2.- hair/ His/ is/ long/ and  black    ______________________________

 

 3.- mouth/ isn't / My / small                      _______________________________

         

 4.- computer/ white/ Your /is                   _______________________________

         

 5.- curly/ is / hair / Her                               _______________________________

         

4. Escribe en inglés los nombres de cada una de las partes del cuerpo junto a la palabra castellana:

 

cabeza		cuello		hombro
pecho		brazo		mano
pierna		rodilla		tobillo
pie		dedos		talón

 

5.  Escribe el plural de las siguientes partes del cuerpo: (0,8)

 

shoulder		knee
arm		finger
leg		ankle
foot		heel

6.    

    Choose the right option. Elige la respuesta correcta.

1.- This is Peter. Mary is _____ friend.

her

she

his

2.- Martin is from Spain. He is _____

Spain

Spanish 

his friend

3.- ___________ are Peter and Mary? They are here.

How

What

Where

4.- The crocodile is big. ______ mouth is big too.

This

His

Its

5.- Her friends ___________ beautiful.

aren't

isn't

am not

 

7.  Rellena los huecos con el artículo adecuado (a/an/the) 

 

1. My mother is _____ doctor and my father is ____ actor.

2. Cindy recommended ____ good dentist, but  ____ dentist doesn't have any openings for two months.

3. The Teide is ____ volcano in Tenerife. It's ____ very beautiful mountain.

4. Sam recommended ____ book to Lisa. But she didn't like ____  book at all. 

5. Do you have ____ dictionary? I don't have one, and I need to look up ___ word.

8.   Relaciona los adjetivos de la izquierda con sus opuestos. Escribe el número que corresponda en la columna de la derecha. 

 

1. Handsome	A.    weak	Ejemplo:  1-    C
2. Tall	B.    messy
3. Strong	C.     ugly
4. Funny	D.    short
5. Intelligent	E.     sad
6. Organized	F.     serious
7. Happy	G.    stupid
8. Kind	H.    boring
9. Friendly	I.      unfriendly
10. interesting	J.      rude

 

9.    9. Lee las siguientes frases y rellena los espacios en blanco con el adjetivo posesivo que corresponda: 

 

1)    This is________   house. (mi)

2)    ______. father works in Barcelona. (Tu)

3)    _________ daughter has got a compact disc. (Su de él)

4)    _______ daughter has got a horse.(Su de ella)

5)    ________ houses are very big. (Su de ellos).

6)    ________ mother is very pretty. (Nuestra)

7)    _________brother is thirty years old. (Vuestro)

10 Escribe ‘this’ o ‘these’, según corresponda.

1.  ________ men are from Spain.

2.  ________  book is very interesting.

3.  _________ scissors are very sharp.

4.   _________children are very noisy.

5.   _________CD is awesome.

 

10.  En esta tarea vamos a practicar las presentaciones. Te has apuntado a un curso online de inglés. Acabas de recibir el primer mensaje del foro, en el que tu profesora te invita a presentarte. Lee el mensaje y señala si las oraciones de abajo son True (verdaderas) o False (falsas). 

 

From	Linda Hayes
Subject	Welcome to English1- online course.
Message	Hello to all! My name is Linda Hayes and I am your online teacher for this English  course. I am from Scotland live in Dublin, Ireland. I am married, and my husband Peter and I live in a big house with our children, Sam, Sue and Tom, and our dog, Ben. Tell me about you. What’s your name? How old are you? What do you do? What do you do? Are you married? Have you got any children? Have you got a pet? Write soon. Regards.

 

a)   Linda is Irish.

b)   Linda has got three sons.

c)    Linda has got a pet.

d)   Sam is Linda’s husband.

2.     Ahora te toca a ti escribir en el foro. Contesta a las preguntas que Linda ha planteado e incluye cualquier otra información que consideres de interés. 

 

Name:
How old?
From
Subject
Message: Nombre Edad Familia País, ciudad, Otros datos de interés