Mary's Odyssey: A Secure Future. Tiempos verbales en inglés. Test de comprensión lectora.

La Odisea de Mary: Un Futuro Asegurado

Mary's Odyssey: A Secure Future

Mola la palabra 'perseveranica' en vez de perseverancia. 

En esta historia que os dejo aquí ahora, podéis ver que hemos usado todos los tiempos verbales de la voz activa. 

¿Puedes buscar dichos verbos en el texto?

1) Simple present:

2) Present continuous:

3) Present perfect:

4) Present perfect continuous:

1) Simple past:

2) Past continuous:

3) Past perfect:

4) Past perfect continuous:

1) Simple future:

2) Future continuous:

3) Future perfect:

4) Future perfect continuous:

1) Simple conditional:

2) Continuous:

3) Perfect conditional:

4) Perfect continuous conditional:

Every night, Mary cleans the commercial offices from 11 PM to 7 AM, a monotonous routine that funds her crucial academic endeavor. Her goal is daunting: passing the Advanced Vocational Training entrance exam to become a nurse. Currently, she is pursuing this educational objective while simultaneously managing her demanding work schedule and caring for her three children. This relentless pursuit has been ongoing; she has always managed her finances since her husband left, instilling a sense of disciplined resourcefulness. For nine months, Mary has been studying relentlessly for the pivotal exam, sacrificing every leisure moment.

The stress is immense. Yesterday, she felt utterly drained after a double shift, a common occurrence. Her first vital problem is sleep: while she was trying to concentrate at 3 AM, her son called her from home with an urgent math question, interrupting her already scarce study time. She was desperate because she had been dealing with a severe lack of sleep for weeks, severely impacting her focus. Her second problem involves her supervisor: the supervisor had already left the building before Mary noticed the error in her schedule, meaning an extra hour of work unpaid.

Mary is realistic about her life, but not hopeless. She would feel less overwhelmed if her current cleaning job were less physically demanding, but she understands the necessity. Soon, "I will secure a better future for my children," she promises herself, clinging to that motivation. If she had not persevered during those challenging nights, she would have quit the course long ago. The landlord would have been demanding the rent every week if Mary had not been so disciplined with her payments.

After nine arduous months, the dedication bore fruit. By the time her exam day arrived, she will have reviewed every single unit, proving her commitment. This time next year, she will be earning a decent salary as a qualified nursing assistant. When she finally starts her training, she will have been balancing work, family, and studies for almost a year. Mary, with her unwavering tenacity, succeeded.

 

Vocabulario 25 palabras.

Palabra en Inglés	Traducción al Español
Monotonous	Monótono/a
Endeavor	Empeño, Esfuerzo
Daunting	Desalentador/a, Imponente
Pursuing	Persiguiendo
Simultaneously	Simultáneamente
Relentless	Implacable, Incansable
Pivotal	Pivotal, Fundamental
Sacrificing	Sacrificando
Immense	Inmenso/a
Utterly	Completamente, Totalmente
Drained	Agotado/a, Drenado/a
Occurrenc	Ocurrencia, Suceso
Scarc	Escaso/a
Impacting	Impactando, Afectando
Supervisor	Supervisor/a
Desperate	Desesperado/a
Perseverance	Perseverancia
Disciplined	Disciplinado/a
Landlord	Propietario/a (de alquiler)
Demanding	Exigente
Clinging	Aferrándose
Arduous	Arduo/a, Difícil
Bore fruit	Dio fruto
Unwavering	Inquebrantable
Qualified	Cualificado/a

Glosario de Vocabulario: 60 palabras

Mary’s Odyssey: A Secure Future

#	Inglés	Español	#	Inglés	Español
1	Offices	Oficinas	31	Monotonous	Monótona
2	Cleans	Limpia	32	Daunting	Desalentador, Impresionante
3	Routine	Rutina	33	Relentless	Implacable, Incansable
4	Funds	Financia	34	Pursuing	Persiguiendo
5	Crucial	Crucial, Vital	35	Instilling	Inculcando
6	Academic	Académico/a	36	Resourcefulness	Ingenio, Capacidad de recursos
7	Endeavor	Empeño, Esfuerzo	37	Pivotal	Fundamental, Clave
8	Goal	Meta, Objetivo	38	Sacrificing	Sacrificando
9	Passing	Aprobación (del examen)	39	Leisure	Ocio, Tiempo libre
10	Entrance exam	Examen de acceso	40	Utterly	Completamente, Totalmente
11	Nurse	Enfermera	41	Drained	Agotada, Drenada
12	Currently	Actualmente	42	Occurrence	Ocurrencia, Suceso
13	Pursuing	Siguiendo, Persiguiendo	43	Vital	Vital, Esencial
14	Educational	Educativo	44	Scarce	Escaso/a
15	Objective	Objetivo	45	Severely	Gravemente
16	Simultaneously	Simultáneamente	46	Impacting	Impactando, Afectando
17	Managing	Manejando, Gestionando	47	Focus	Concentración, Enfoque
18	Demanding	Exigente	48	Supervisor	Supervisor/a
19	Schedule	Horario	49	Notice	Notar, Darse cuenta
20	Caring for	Cuidando de	50	Unpaid	Sin pagar
21	Children	Hijos/as	51	Hopeless	Sin esperanza
22	Relentless	Incansable	52	Overwhelmed	Abrumada
23	Finances	Finanzas	53	Physically	Físicamente
24	Husband	Esposo	54	Demanding	Exigente
25	Left	Se fue, Dejó	55	Necessity	Necesidad
26	Disciplined	Disciplinada	56	Clinging	Aferrándose
27	Studying	Estudiando	57	Motivation	Motivación
28	Immense	Inmenso/a	58	Persevered	Perseverado
29	Arrived	Llegó	59	Arduous	Arduo, Difícil
30	Succeeded	Tuvo éxito, Triunfó	60	Tenacity	Tenacidad

 

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👉👉👉Test de comprensión lectora 1: https://gemini.google.com/share/377f5dcc7d89 

English tenses: tiempos verbales en inglés. A tasty recipe to digest them

Buenas tardes de nuevo, estimados alumnos.

Os dejo un pequeño repaso de casi todos los tiempos verbales en inglés, con un documento en pdf descargable, a gusto de cada uno de vosotros.

Foto de @mmolpor

Today I have been so lucky! My husband has cooked a delicious, beautiful stew which we have eaten today for lunch. Well, in fact, it was cooked yesterday and the ingredients were bought two days ago. My husband enjoys cooking, and has been cooking for more than 10 years now. Recently, he has started a cooking course in the evenings and now we enjoy eating much more. I remember when he started to cook 10 years ago! He was a disaster, a chaos, and most meals were overcooked or even burnt. Now, I am falling asleep, because this stew, which has red sausage, black pudding, pork, beans, potatoes, will make anybody feel drowsy. However, If I had known how tasty it was, I would have eaten it yesterday instead of today. Would you like to try it? Now I am sure that by the end of this week I will have put on 3 kilos at least! 

Foto @mmolpor

For tomorrow, he has already prepared some 'migas', with lots of pork pieces, some garlic, some red sausage, a little bit of black pudding, some green and red pepper, a pinch of salt and some water. We will eat them tomorrow, because they need to rest for a while. He has been cooking them for two hours, very slowly, patiently. He would have liked to eat them today as well, but I thought that if we had eaten both the stew and the migas, we would have exploded.

  

👉Nota introductoria: si pinchas en los nombres de los tiempos verbales, accederás a la gramática del Cambridge Dictionary con explicaciones mucho más detalladas y la página web, que os recomiendo,  https://www.inglessencillo.com/, 

1) Presente simple:

I work in Jaén.

I don't work in Jaén.

Do I work in Jaèn?

Mary workS in Jaén this year.

Mary does not work in Jaén this year.

Does Mary work in Jaén this year?

2) Presente continuo:

I am working in Jaén now. 

Ahora estoy trabajando en Jaén.

I am not working in Jaén now.

Are you working in Jaén now?

Foto @mmolpor 

The boat is sailing and the fisherman is working so hard. The sun is not shining very much, but the sea is so quiet.

3) Presente perfecto:

I have worked in Jaén this year.

 He trabajado este año en Jaén.

Mary has worked in Jaén this year.

Has Mary worked in Jaén this year?

https://www.inglessencillo.com/presente-perfecto

4) Presente perfecto continuo:

I have been working in Jaén this year. 

 Yo he estado trabajando en Jaén este año.

Mary has been working in Jaèn this year.

Carlos has not been working in Jaén this year.

Has Luis been working in Jaén this year?

5) Pasado simple:

I worked in Jaén last year.

  Yo trabajé en Jaén el año pasado.

I did not work in Jaén last year.

Did you work in Jaén last year?

Mary broke her arm two years ago. (break- broke- broken)

María se rompió el brazo hace 2 años.

Mary did not break her arm two years ago.

Did Mary break her arm two years ago?

6) Pasado continuo:

I was working in Jaén two years ago while I was living with my mother.

Estuve trabajando con en Jaén hace dos años mientras que vivía con mi madre.

Mary was not working in Jaén while she was living with her mother.

Was Mary working in Jaén while she was living with her mother?

👉WHILE: mientras que...

7) Pasado perfecto:

I had worked in Jaén before I moved to Madrid. 

Yo había trabajado en Jaén antes de mudarme a Madrid.

Mary had not worked in Jaén before she moved to Madrid.

Did Luis work in Jaén before He moved to Madrid?

Foto de @mmolpor

The car had been driving very fast and had crashed against another car. Two people nearly died but the ambulance, which had been called up by some eyewitnesses, came so soon and the doctors were able to save the victims.

8) Pasado perfecto continuo:

I had been working in Jaén before I moved to Madrid.  Yo había estado trabajando en Jaén antes de mudarme a Madrid.

Mary had not been working in Jaèn before she moved to Madrid.

Had Mary been working in Jaén before she moved to Madrid?

https://www.inglessencillo.com/pluscuamperfecto-continuo

9) Futuro simple:

I will /shall work in Madrid next year.  Yo trabajaré en Madrid el año que viene.

I will not /won't work (puedes elegir el que quieres, o will not o won't) in Madrid next year.

Will Mary work in Madrid next year.

👉Nota: uso de la palabra SHALL

https://www.inglessencillo.com/futuro-simple#google_vignette

10) Futuro continuo:

I will be working in Madrid next year. 

El año que viene estaré trabajando en Madrid.

I will not /won't be working in Madrid next year.

Will Luis be working in Madrid next year or will he be working in Cádiz?

11) Futuro perfecto

I will have worked in Madrid before the year ends.  

Habré trabajado en Madrid antes de que termine el año.

I will not /won't have worked in Madrid before you come to Spain.

Will Luis have finished his studies at University before 2025? 

¿Habrá terminado Luis sus estudios en la universidad antes de 2025?

12) Futuro perfecto continuo

Mary will have been working in Madrid for 3 years by the end of 2022. 

Mary habrá estado trabajando en Madrid por 3 años para cuando termine el año 2022

Mary will not /won't have been working in Madrid...

Will Mary have been working in Madrid ....?

13) Condicional simple:

I would work in Madrid if I found a cheap flat to live.  

Yo trabajaría en Madrid si encontrara un piso barato donde vivir.

Mary would not work in Madrid even if she found a cheap flat where to live:

María no trabajaría en Madrid incluso si ella encontrara un piso barato donde vivir.

Would Luis live in Madrid if he found a cheap flat to live?

https://www.inglessencillo.com/condicional#conditional-simple

14) Condicional continuo.

I would be living in Madrid even if I could not find a very cheap where flat to live: 

Yo estaría viviendo en Madrid incluso a pesar de que no pudiera encontrar un piso barato donde vivir.

Mary would not be living in Madrid if she had not found a cheap flat where to live:

María no estaría viviendo en Madrid si ella no hubiera encontrado un piso barato donde vivir.

Would Luis be living in a Madrid if he had not found a cheap place to live?

https://www.inglessencillo.com/condicional#conditional-progressive

15) Condicional perfecto:

I would have worked in Madrid if I had found a cheap flat. 

Yo habría vivido en Madrid si hubiera encontrado un piso barato.

Antonio would not have lived in Madrid if he had not found a cheap flat.

 Antonio no habría vivido en Madrid si él no hubiera encontrado un piso barato.

Would Luis have lived in Madrid even if he had not found a cheap flat? 

https://www.inglessencillo.com/condicional#conditional-perfect

16) Condicional perfecto continuo:

Luis would have been living in Madrid if he had been offered a good salary:

Luis habría estado viviendo en Madrid si le hubieran ofrecido un buen salario.

Luis would not have been living in Madrid if he had not been offered a good salary.

Would you have been living in Madrid if you had been offered a good salary?

https://www.inglessencillo.com/condicional#progressive-perfect

Saludos.

Verbos irregulares en inglés

Buenas tardes de nuevo, estimados alumnos.

De nuevo, me pongo hoy en contacto con todos vosotros para dejaros esta maravilla de apuntes que encontré hace tiempo bicheando por Internet. Yo la he 'tuneado' un poco y la he actualizado para vosotros, pensando sobre todo, en aquellos de ustedes que lleváis muchos años apartados del sistema escolar y que lo estáis retomando ahora. Empezando desde prácticamente cero.

Este documento de verbos no es mío, por lo que le doy las gracias a los autores y así de paso aprovecho para recomendar esta página web de aprendizaje de inglés. Tiene muchos recursos disponibles y sencillos, y de una muy buena calidad. Es un trabajo excepcional. Enhorabuena a los autores de la misma.

Os la recomiendo, no dudéis en visitarla: pincha aquí.

https://diagonalenglish.com/lista-verbos-irregulares-ingles/

Y para poder descargarte los apuntes que os he preparado con dicha lista de verbos, con explicaciones, traducciones y ejemplos, deberás pinchar aquí.

Os recomiendo encarecidamente que os descarguéis el documento, que lo tengáis impreso y a mano siempre que vayáis a estudiar inglés, a hacer ejercicios, etc. Si hace mucho calor, os puede servir de abanico, pero eso será de abril en adelante. 

Para poder escribir y hablar correctamente en inglés, dominar los famosos verbos irregulares es crucial, es fundamental, es perentorio. Vamos, que no queda otra.

Por ello, si todavía tenéis problemas con ellos, os animo a que os pongáis manos a la obra y poco a poco, de 5 en 5, os los vayáis aprendiendo de memoria. 

En otras entradas de este blog tenéis infinidad de ejercicios on line para practicar, para ayudaros a aprenderlos. 

Saludos, familia.