• 1. Complete, using the first conditional
• 2. Translate. You can use a dictionary to look up words you don't know.
• 3. Complete with when, if, unless, as soon as, before or after
• 4. Answer using complete sentences
• 5. Weather report
• 6. Reading comprehension (comentario de texto)
  • The Tell-Tale Heart
  • Questions (preguntas)

1. Complete, using the first conditional

🔹 Completar, usando el primer condicional.

1. If it __________ (rain), I __________ (stay) home.
2. If she __________ (call), I __________ (answer).
3. If you __________ (not / study), you __________ (fail) the exam.
4. We __________ (go) to the beach if the weather __________ (be) good.
5. If I __________ (have) time, I __________ (help) you.
6. If they __________ (not / come), we __________ (leave) without them.

2. Translate. You can use a dictionary to look up words you don't know.

🔹 Traducir. Puedes usar un diccionario para buscar las palabras que no conoces.

1. Si llueve, me quedaré en casa.
2. Si ella no viene, no iré.
3. ¿Qué harás si tienes vacaciones?
4. A menos que estudies, suspenderás.
5. Cuando llegue, te llamaré.
6. En cuanto termine, me iré.
7. Si hace sol, iremos a la playa.
8. Si no tienes hambre, no cocinaré.
9. A menos que me llames, asumiré que no vienes.
10. Iré al gimnasio antes de ir a trabajar.

3. Complete with when, if, unless, as soon as, before or after

🔹 Completar con when, if, unless, as soon as, before o after.

1. __________ I finish work, I'll go to the gym.
2. __________ it rains, we'll stay home.
3. I'll call you __________ I arrive.
4. __________ you hurry ['hʌri] (darse prisa), we'll be late.
5. __________ we eat, let's go for a walk.
6. I'll read a book __________ I go to bed.

4. Answer using complete sentences

🔹 Responde usando oraciones completas.

1. What will you do if it rains tomorrow?
2. What will you do if you have a lot of free time next week?
3. What will you do as soon as you finish this book?
4. Where will you go if you have a vacation next month?

5. Weather report

🔹 Escribe un pequeño pronóstico del tiempo para tu ciudad. Usa will y going to.

Example: Tomorrow it will be sunny in the morning. The temperature will be 75°F. In the afternoon, it's going to rain. On Wednesday, it will be cold and windy...

6. Reading comprehension (comentario de texto)

The Tell-Tale Heart

It is true — I am very nervous. I have always been very nervous. But why do you say that I am mad?[1] Listen to my story, and you will see that I am not mad.

I loved the old man. He had never done anything bad to me. But he had a pale[2] blue eye, like the eye of a dead bird. Every time he looked at me with that eye, my blood[3] went cold. And so, very slowly, I decided to kill[4] the old man, so that the eye would never look at me again.

Every night, for seven nights, I opened his door very slowly, very carefully, at midnight. I put my head inside the room and watched him sleep. But the eye was always closed, and it was not the old man that bothered[5] me — it was the eye. So I did not do anything.

On the eighth[6] night, I was more careful than ever. I opened the door very slowly. But my thumb[7] slipped[8] on the door, and the old man sat up in bed. "Who is there?" he shouted.[9]

I waited in silence[10] for a long time. Then I heard a sound — a low,[11] quick sound, like a watch inside a box. It was the old man's heart.[12] It was beating[13] faster and faster and faster.

The sound grew[14] louder.[15] I was afraid that a neighbor would hear it. The moment had come. I ran into the room and killed him. Then I pulled up[16] three boards[17] from the floor, and I hid the body under them. I put the boards back carefully. There was no blood, no mark,[18] nothing. I smiled. No one would ever find him.

At four in the morning, someone knocked on the door. Three police officers[19] were standing outside. A neighbor had heard a shout[20] in the night.

I invited them in. I was calm.[21] I told them the shout was mine — a bad dream, nothing more. I took them through[22] the house. Everything was in order.[23] I brought chairs and invited them to sit in the old man's room — right above[24] the place where the body was hidden.

The officers smiled. They believed me. We talked for a long time.

But then I heard a sound. A low, quick sound. The heart. The dead man's heart.

It grew louder. And louder. Why could the officers not hear it? I talked faster. I moved my chair. I talked louder. But the sound continued. It was louder than everything. Louder than my voice. Louder than the world.

I could not take it[25] anymore.

"Stop!" I shouted. "I did it! I killed him! Pull up the boards! Here — here! — it is the beating of his horrible[26] heart!"

Edgar Allan Poe (1843). Adapted version

[1] mad [mæd] - loco

[2] pale [peɪl] - pálido

[3] blood [blʌd] - sangre

[4] kill [kɪl] - matar

[5] bother ['bɑðər] - molestar

[6] eighth [eɪtθ] - octavo

[7] thumb [θʌm] - pulgar

[8] slip [slɪp] - resbalar

[9] shout [ʃaʊt] - gritar

[10] silence ['saɪləns] - silencio

[11] low [loʊ] - bajo (sonido)

[12] heart [hɑrt] - corazón

[13] beat [bi:t] - latir

[14] grow [groʊ] - crecer / hacerse (más fuerte)

[15] loud [laʊd] - fuerte (sonido)

[16] pull up - levantar / arrancar

[17] boards [bɔrdz] - tablas

[18] mark [mɑrk] - marca

[19] police officers [pə'li:s 'ɔfɪsərz] - agentes de policía

[20] shout [ʃaʊt] - grito

[21] calm [kɑm] - tranquilo

[22] through [θru:] - a través de

[23] in order - en orden

[24] above [ə'bʌv] - encima de

[25] take it - soportarlo / aguantarlo

[26] horrible ['hɔrəbəl] - horrible

Questions (preguntas)

1. Why did the narrator want to kill the old man?
2. What did the narrator do every night for seven nights?
3. Where did the narrator hide the body?
4. Why did the police come to the house?
5. What sound did the narrator hear while talking to the police?
6. Do you think the narrator really heard the heart, or was it his imagination [ɪmædʒɪ'neɪʃən]?