Ejercicio 2 · Preguntas indirectas y verbos con dos objetos

Ficha 2 · Preguntas indirectas y verbos con dos objetos (intermedio)

Elige la única frase correcta.

1. Pidiendo la hora con educación:Could you tell me what time is it?Could you tell me what time is?Could you tell me what time it is?Could you tell me it what time is?what time it is. Aunque la frase entera sea una pregunta, la parte de dentro es una oración normal: sujeto it y luego is.
2. Cómo condujo al trabajo:He drove yesterday quickly to workHe drove to work yesterday quicklyHe yesterday drove quickly to workHe drove quickly to work yesterdayquickly to work yesterday. El orden fijo es modo, lugar y tiempo. Si te lías, recuerda las siglas MLT.
3. Explicando una duda:I don’t know why she leftI don’t know why did she leaveI don’t know why left sheI don’t know why she did leavewhy she left. Es una pregunta indirecta: se quita el auxiliar did y el verbo recupera su forma de pasado.
4. Con énfasis:Never I have seen such a thingNever have I seen such a thingI never have seen such a thingHave never I seen such a thingNever have I seen. Si un adverbio negativo abre la frase, se invierte el sujeto y el auxiliar, como en una pregunta.
5. Contando algo:She told to me that she was tiredShe said me that she was tiredShe told me that she was tiredShe told that she was tired to meShe told me. Tell va directamente con la persona, sin to. Say es al revés: she said to me, nunca said me.
6. Frecuencia baja:Hardly ever we go outWe go hardly ever outHardly we ever go outWe hardly ever go outWe hardly ever go out. Hardly ever funciona como cualquier adverbio de frecuencia y va delante del verbo principal.
7. Preguntando un nombre:I asked him what his name wasI asked him what was his nameI asked him what his nameI asked to him what his name waswhat his name was. Pregunta indirecta: sujeto (his name) y después el verbo. Y ask va sin to.
8. Un problema:He explained me the problemHe explained the problem to meHe explained to me the problemHe me explained the problemHe explained the problem to me. Explain nunca lleva la persona pegada: siempre explain something to somebody.
9. Experiencia de viaje:She has three times been to RomeShe three times has been to RomeShe has been to Rome three timesShe has been three times to RomeShe has been to Rome three times. Las expresiones de frecuencia con número van al final de la frase.
10. Después de la reunión:Only after the meeting we understoodOnly after the meeting understood weOnly after did the meeting we understandOnly after the meeting did we understanddid we understand. Con only al principio hay que invertir, pero la inversión va en la oración principal, no en la parte de only after the meeting.