EJERCICIOS DE TRADUCCION

1. Jugar al ftbol es divertido.

PLAYING FOOTBALL IS FUNNY.
2. Este curso es para estudiar ingls.
THIS COURSE IS FOR STUDYING ENGLISH.
3. Cmo es Mara? - Es alta y delgada.
WHAT IS MARIA LIKE? - SHE IS TALL AND THIN.
4. Qu hora es? - Son las nueve menos cuarto.
WHAT TIME IS IT? - IT'S QUARTER TO NINE.
5. Este ejercicio es fcil de hacer.
THIS EXERCISE IS EASY TO DO
6. Lo que dices es falso.
WHAT YOU SAY IS FALSE.
7. Juan es una persona aburrida.
JUAN IS A BORING PERSON.
8. Juan est aburrido.
JUAN IS BORED.
9. Voy al cine maana.
I'M GOING TO THE CINEMA TOMORROW.
10. Enciende la luz.
TURN ON THE LIGHT.
11.Jugar con los nios es sano.
PLAYING WITH THE KIDS IS HEALTHY.
12. Quiero ir de compras.
I WANT TO GO SHOPPING.
13. Estar aqu es aburrido.
BEING HERE IS BORING.
14.Es una decisin difcil de tomar.
IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION TO TAKE.
15. Esta pista es para jugar al tenis.
THIS COURT IS FOR PLAYING TENNIS.
16. Aprender a leer es importante.
LEARNING TO READ IS IMPORTANT.
17. Me gustar ver la televisin.
I LIKE WATCHING TV.
18.Me gustara ver la televisin.
I WOULD LIKE TO WATCH TV.
19. Odio fregar los trastos.
I HATE WASHING THE DISHES.
20. Le dije a mi hermana que viniera
I TOLD MY SISTER TO COME.
21.Tengo quince aos.
I AM FIFITEEN YEARS OLD
22. Ellos estn bien.
THEY ARE FINE.
23. Tu eres muy guapa.
YOU ARE VERY PRETTY.
24. Pablo quiere comprar pan.
I WANT TO BUY BREAD.
25. El ordenador est roto.
THIS COMPUTER IS BROKEN
26. Quin eres tu?
WHO ARE YOU?
27. Vas al colegio todos los das?
DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY?
28. Yo rara vez voy al cine.
I SELDOM GO TO THE CINEMA.
29. Luisa es mi mejor amiga.

LUISA IS MY BEST FRIEND.

30. Te gusta la msica Pop?
DO YOU LIKE POP MUSIC?
31.Yo fui a Madrid el ao pasado.
I WENT TO MADRID LAST YEAR.
32. Yo com una vez en ese restaurante.
I ATE AT THIS RESTAURANT ONCE.
33. Ana olvid venir a la fiesta.
ANN FORGOT TO COME TO THE PARTY.
34. Juan compr una casa nueva hace tres aos.
JUAN BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE THREE YEARS AGO.
35. El nio llor toda la noche.
THE CHILD CRIED THE WHOLE NIGHT.
36. Yo tena un perro blanco.
I HAD A WHITE DOG.
37. Mi hermana me visit el mes pasado.
MY SISTER VISITED ME LAST MONTH.
38. Yo lo v ayer.
I SAW HIM YESTERDAY
39. John ley el libro dos veces.
JOHN READ THE BOOK TWICE.
40. El invierno pasado fue muy duro.
LAST WINTER WAS VERY HARD.
41.Paul es ms alto que Steve.
PAUL IS TALLER THAN STEVE
42. Mary es tan alta como Sarah.
MARY IS AS TALL AS SARAH
43. Richard es el chico ms inteligente de la clase.
RICHARD IS THE MOST INTELLIGENT BOY IN THE CLASSRROM.
44. Steve no es tan simptico como t.
STEVE IS NOT AS FRIENDLY AS YOU.
45. Alice es ms guapa que Mary.
ALICE IS PRETTIER THAN MARY.
46. James es ms interesante que Tom.
JAMES IS MORE INTERESTING THAN TOM
47.Peter es chico el ms guapo de la clase.
PETER IS THE MOST HANDSOME BOY IN THE CLASSROOM.
48. Este ordenador es ms bonito que el tuyo.
THIS COMPUTER IS NICER THAN YOURS.
49. Yo soy mejor que t.
I'M BETTER THAN YOU.
50. Esa casa es ms grande que la tuya.
THIS HOUSE IS BIGGER THAN YOURS.
51.Alice siempre hace la comida en esta casa.
ALICE ALWAYS DOES THE COOKING IN THIS HOUSE / ALICE ALWAYS COOKS IN
THIS HOUSE.
52. Tom no viene nunca a Espaa. Este pas no le gusta.
TOM NEVER COMES TO SPAIN. HE DOESN'T LIKE THIS COUNTRY.
53. Evelyn algunas veces ve la televisin por las maanas.
EVELYN SOMETIMES WATCHES TV IN THE MORNINGS.
54. Ella es muy testaruda. Siempre hace lo que quiere.
SHE IS VERY STUBBORN. SHE ALWAYS DOES WHAT SHE WANTS TO.
55.John no quiere venir hoy al cine. No le gustan las pelculas de accin
JOHN DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO THE CINEMA TODAY. HE DOESN'T LIKE ACTION
FILM.
56. Paul est muy nervioso porque sabe que todo lo que dice es mentira.
PAUL IS VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE HE KNOWS (THAT) EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS A
LIE.
57. Puedes hacer tus deberes y callarte, por favor?

CAN YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND SHUT UP, PLEASE?

58. Por qu siempre dices las mismas cosas?
WHY DO YOU ALWAYS SAY THE SAME THINGS?
59. Cunto vale este bolgrafo? - Son seis euros.
HOW MUCH IS THAT PEN? - IT'S SIX EUROS.
60. Quin es ese chico?
WHO IS THAT BOY?
61. John habr llegado a Londres para maana.
JOHN WILL HAVE ARRIVED IN LONDON BY TOMORROW.
62. Esta es la ltima vez que te aviso. Quiero verte maana aqu a las ocho en punto.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME I WARN YOU. I WANT TO SEE YOU TOMORROW AT EIGHT
O'CLOCK.
63. El me cont la verdad antes de que llegaras.
HE HAD TOLD ME THE TRUTH BEFORE YOU ARRIVED (cuando tenemos un pasado
anterior a otro, el pasado ms alejado en el tiempo se expresa con pasado perfecto simple, y
el ms cercano al presente con pasado simple)
64. Mientas nosotros veamos la televisin el jugaba al ftbol en el jardn.
While we were watching TV he was playing football in the garden (Si tenemos una
construccin con while y ninguna de las dos acciones interrumpe a la otra, las dos se expresan
con pasado continuo.
65. Cunto tiempo has estado esperando aqu?
How long have you been waiting here?
66. Cuando el fontanero lleg yo estaba estudiando en mi cuarto.
When the plumber arrived I was studying in my bedroom (Las construcciones con
"when" normalmente mezclan el pasado simple y el continuo porque las dos acciones que tiene
lugar en esta construccin suelen interrumpirse una a la otra)
67. El mes que viene estaremos trabajando en Inglaterra.
We will be working in England next month.
68. Ir all no es una buena idea.
Going there is not a good idea.
69. No entiendo porque dices eso.
I don't understand why you are saying that.
70. Lo que dices es falso.
What you say is false.
71. Si calientas el agua hierve.
IF YOU HEAT THE WATER IT BOILS.
72. Si me hubieses llamado yo habra ido a tu fiesta.
IF YOU HAD CALLED ME I WOULD HAVE GONE TO YOUR PARTY.
73. Si yo fuese tu no hara nada.
IF I WERE YOU I WOULDN'T DO THAT (en este caso no podra decirse "If I was you")
74. A menos que me llames no ir contigo a Paris.
UNLESS YOU CALL ME I WON'T GO WITH YOU.
75. Si el no hubiese roto la ventana los vecinos no lo habran denunciado.
IF YOU HADN'T BROKEN THE WINDOW YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DENOUNCED (BY
THE NEIGHBOURS)
76. Si bebes mucha agua te sentirs mejor.
IF YOU DRINK MUCH WATER YOU WILL FEEL BETTER.
77. Yo cogere el coche si pierdo el autobs.
I WILL TAKE THE CAR IF I MISS THE BUS.I
78. El no se habra enfadado si no le hubieses dicho la verdad.
HE WOULDN'T HAVE GOT ANGRY IF YOU HADN'T TOLD HIM THE TRUTH.
79. Si calientas la mantequilla se derrite.
IF YOU HEAT THE BUTTER IT MELTS.
80. Si te disculparas el te hablara.
IF YOU APOLOGISED, HE WOULD SPEAK TO YOU.
81.John trabaja en Iberia.
John works in Iberia.

82.Luisa limpia la casa una vez a la semana.

Luisa cleans the house once a week.
83.Joan normalmente estudia por las tardes.
Joan usually studies in the afternoons.
84.Yo soy de Espaa y vivo en Madrid.
I am from Spain and I live in Madrid.
85.Mary no hace sus deberes todos los das.
Mary doesn't do her homework everyday.
86.Paul y Tom juegan al ftbol dos veces al mes.
Paul and Tom play football twice a month.
87.Mi madre est haciendo la comida ahora.
My mum is cooking now.
88.Luis y Ana estn guardando sus cosas en ese armario.
Luis and Ana are keeping their staff in that closet.
89.Nosotros estamos jugando a las cartas.
We are playing cards.
90.Pepe juega al ftbol esta tarde.
Pepe is playing football this afternoon.
91. Lo v ayer.
I SAW HIM YESTERDAY.
92. Ellos les dieron un beso.
THEY GAVE THEM A KISS / THEY WERE GIVEN A KISS.
93. Pedro estuvo en Madrid hace dos semanas.
PETER WAS IN MADRID TWO WEEKS AGO.
94. Eugenia cultivaba tomates en su jardn.
EUGENIA GREW TOMATOES IN HER GARDEN.
95. Ellos estuvieron discutiendo toda la tarde.
THEY WERE ARGUING ALL THE AFTERNOON.
96. Sheila estuvo hablando con el profesor de ingls.
SHEILA WAS TALKING TO THE ENGLISH TEACHER.
97. La hermana de Mara era muy guapa.
MARIA'S SISTER WAS VERY PRETTY.
98. Gustavo tom una ducha fra ayer.
GUSTAVO HAD A COLD SHOWER YESTERDAY.
99. Cuando Juan lleg, los nios estaban jugando en el jardn.
WHEN JOHN ARRIVED, THE CHILDREN WERE PLAYING IN THE GARDEN.
100. Mientras yo estaba cocinando alguien toc la puerta.
WHILE I WAS COOKING SOMEONE KNOCKED THE DOOR.
101. Mientras yo estaba durmiendo ellos estaban estudiando.
WHILE I WAS SLEEPING THEY WERE STUDYING