Algunas frases que pueden ser útiles:

Algunas frases que pueden ser útiles:

A novel is a fictional story.

Una novela es una historia de ficción.

I write poetry in my free time.

En mi tiempo libre escribo poesía.

I prefer reading fiction to non-fiction.

Prefiero leer ficción que hechos reales.

I prefer non-fiction. Learning about places and people is interesting to me.

Prefiero los hechos reales. Me resulta interesante saber de lugares y personas.

I am reading an autobiography at the moment.

En este momento estoy leyendo una autobiografía.

My favourite author has written over 60 books.

Mi autor favorito ha escrito más de 60 libros.

The plot is the events that happen in a story.

La trama son los hechos que ocurren en una historia.

The main character is the central person in a story.

El personaje principal es la persona central de una historia.

Many stories are based on real events.

Muchas historias están basadas en hechos reales.

The story had a very unexpected ending.

La historia tenía un final muy inesperado.

The story is set in a small American town in the early nineteenth century.

La historia se ambienta en un pequeño pueblo americano a principios del siglo diecinueve.

The sequel is being released next month, I can't wait!

El mes que viene sale la secuela, ¡no veo la hora de que llegue!

I usually buy ebooks instead of paperbacks nowadays.

Últimamente suelo comprar ebooks en lugar de versiones impresas.

I didn't enjoy the play because it was really boring.

No me gusto el juego, ya que era muy aburrido.

FRASES EN PASADO HIPOTÉTICO:

Si queremos hablar sobre una situación irreal o hipotética en el pasado y el resultado imaginario de esta situación, podemos utilizar el Third Conditional.

If they'd played better, they would have won the match.

I would have gone to university if I'd had more money.

If I hadn't taken a taxi, I would have got very wet.

I would have gone to university if I'd had more money.

We would have got married if I hadn't been so stupid.

A menudo (aunque no siempre) se utiliza el "Third Conditional" (tercer condicional) para expresar arrepentimiento por una situación o comportamiento pasados y el resultado imaginado si las cosas hubieran sido diferentes.

If I had worked harder, I would have got a promotion.

We could have been famous if we'd practiced more.

She would have won the race if she hadn't fallen over.

I might have been an actor if I'd grown up in Hollywood.

Se pueden utilizar "could have" y "might have" para expresar posibilidad y capacidad en relación con situaciones irreales del pasado.

I could have been... (capacidad)

I might have been... (posibilidad)

Third Conditional' se forma con if + 'Past Perfect', Would have + Participio Pasado:

If I'd worked harder, I would have passed the exam.

La cláusula principal y la cláusula condicional pueden cambiar de posición en la oración:

If I'd seen him, I would have said hello.

I would have said hello if I'd seen him.

She might have got the job if she'd written a better cover letter.

'Would' puede sustituirse por 'could' o 'might' para expresar capacidad o posibilidad:

I might have got the job if I had arrived on time for the interview.

There would have been some food left if Barry hadn't eaten it all.

We could have been millionaires if we had won the lottery.