Ejercicio 2.1 · Inglés PAU Galicia Ordinaria 2025

1. Is it realistic to expect a 15-year-old to write a composition and watch television in the same evening? (the writer wondered)

Solución: The writer wondered if / whether it was realistic to expect a 15-year-old to write a composition and watch television in the same evening.

2. Lying is an essential skill, so schools are quite right to teach it. (because)

Solución: Schools are quite right to teach lying / it because it is an essential skill. / Because lying is an essential skill, schools are quite right to teach it.

3. People tell the teacher they did their homework but that the dog ate it. (eaten)

Solución: People tell the teacher they did their homework but that it was eaten by the dog.

4. A modern civilized society wouldn't exist if everybody lied all the time. (there couldn't)

Solución: There couldn't be a modern civilized society if everybody lied all the time.

5. We are given too much homework and I never have time to finish it. (if)

Solución: If we weren't given so much / too much homework, I would have time to finish it.

6. I work until very late every evening but I never manage to finish my homework. (no matter)

Solución: No matter how late I work every evening, I never manage to finish my homework.