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Ejercicios de examen sobre A Foreigner in Britain, con respuestas

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1) +What did Pablo think was crazy about British pubs? ¿Que pensó Pablo estuvo loco por las tabernas británicas? -that close at 11.00 . Que cerraron a las 11.00.
+Why do people go to Trafalgar Square on New Year's Eve and what exactly do they want to hear? ¿Por qué van las personas a Trafalgar Square en la Víspera de Nuevo Año y eso que exactamente quieren ellos oír? -Because it's tradition Porque es tradición
+Why is the Globe Theatre famous? ¿Por qué es el Teatro del Globo famoso? -The original Globe Theatre was where most of Shakespeare's plays were performed for the first time. El Teatro del Globo original era donde la mayoría de las obras de Shakespeare se hicieron por primera vez.
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Flight to terror

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C1.1.Where was Tony at the beginning of the story and how did he know this?Tony was floating in the sea. He knew this because he felt himself moving up and down with every wave.2.When he was living in Miami, what was Tony's dream?Tonys dream was to become an airline pilot.3.What attracted Tony's attention one day?An advert on an open page in a magazine attracted Tonys attention. It said, Young pilot needed for expanding company.C2.1.Describe the two men that Tony met in the Blue Dolphin Restaurant.The two men were dressed identically in white linen suits and white hats. Both wore dark glasses and had thin moustaches.2.What was the job that the men offered Tony.What else did they offer him?The job was to fly to Colombia. The men also offered

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The Dead of Jericho: resumen del argumento y vocabulario de la novela

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Summary: INSPECTOR MORSE  and ANNE meet at a party given to Mr. Murdoch. ANNE gives his number and his address if he wants to be someday. He decides not to call because he thinks she's married. Six months later, Morse decides to visit her, she is hanged in the kitchen, but does not discover it until they see the police in her house. BELL is the inspector in charge of the case. BELL and their agents come to the conclusion she has committed suicide, investigate his death and talk with neighbors, they discover that a neighbor (George Jackson) was keen to spy on his window ANNE ANNE and gave German lessons to the children of Mr. Murdoch. Morse and Bell in a joint investigation discovered many truths about ANNE: she  maintaining a sexual relationship

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Resumen de El último de los mohicanos (The Last of the Mohicans): argumento por capítulos

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Summary
The book is a romantic adventure story set at the time                           
of the Franco-British war in North America in 1757.
Two girls, Cora and Alice, daughters of a British Colonel
Munro, are being escorted through the woods to see
their father by a Huron Indian called Magua, and
Duncan Heyward, a British Major. Fortunately, they
meet Hawkeye, a white man, who is a friend of the last
surviving Mohican Indians, Chingachgook and Uncas.
He realizes that Magua is a traitor, and in league with the
French, and rescues the girls and Magua runs away. The
three men lead Cora, Alice and Major Heyward towards
Fort William Henry. They are pursued by Magua. The
Hurons capture the Major and the girls and take them to
their

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The Client: preguntas de comprensión y vocabulario en inglés

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-Mark was like a father to Ricky.Give examples.Mark had taught Ricky how to throw a football and ride a bike.Also Mark had taught him against drugs and protected him from the more aggressive kids at school.-How did the man react when Mark tried to save his life?Man gets angry when he saw Mark approached the car to remove the hose from the tail pipe.-Why did Clifford think Muldanno wanted to kill him?Because Muldanno had killed a Senator, and he hid her body. Muldanno told Clifford where is the body.And Clifford is afraid to kill him because he is the only one who knows where is the body.-What was Ricky's reaction immediately after Clifford shot himself?Ricky immediately began to run towards the trailer park.-Why did Mark call 911 to report

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Tiempos verbales en inglés: resumen de gramática

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pasado continuo=was/wer+v-ing
prtri prfct= have/ has+v-3ºcolumna o -ed
s utiliza con noticias, accions k no sabmos cuando ocurrn, accions k empzaron y aun no an acabado,accions r100 acabadas, since, for alrady, yet y still
prtrito prfcto continuo= have/ has+been+v-ing
actividads muy r100ts,(accions k s rpitn, k s siguen dsarroyando y k s rpitan)
be going to=be+goingto+vnormal
futuro prfcto=will have+v-3ºcolumna o -ed
imaginamos k stamos en 1 futuro y dcimos k a pasado 1a accion k aun no a pasado.
futuro continuo=will be+v-ing
can/be ayowed to=prmision
could/was o were allowed to=pasado
can`t/mustn`t/not allowed to=prohibicion
couldn´t/wasn`t o wern`t allowed to=pasado
must/ have to=obligacion
had to=pasado
don`t have to/needn`t=ausncia d obligacion
didn`
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Examen de inglés resuelto: Beauty over youth (septiembre 2002)

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Septiembre 2002
Beauty over youth
From the countless

QUESTIONS
1. Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Write down the evidence from the text. No marks
are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
a) FALSE
....They showed the picture to three other groups.........with the same eight pictures....
b) TRUE
....all three group of men chose her....

2. In your own words and based on the ideas form the text, answer the following questions.
a) Because most aspects regarding beauty such as fashion clothes, cosmetics, TV...show young
women enjoying these things.
b) The study implies that men prefer beautiful women who are not young although the young
women could give them more children.
3.- Fin the words in the text that mean:
a) numerous(paragraph 1) countless
b) above all...

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Perífrasis verbales y tiempos verbales: resumen de usos y clasificación

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Clasificación de los verbosUsos verbales


: formas verbales: sentido recto, pasado indica: anterioridad, presente indica: simultaneidad, futuro indica: posterioridad.

Uso desplazado:

acto de comunicación, el hablante usa los tiempos verbales con valores distintos.

Tipos: presente:


presente histórico
  con valor de pasado.
Presente narrativo
empleado en la narración.
Con valor de futuro
intenta acercar el presente lo venidero, va precedido de un adverbio o loc.Adverbial.

Presente habitual:

Indica acciones que suceden habitualmente.

Intemporal o Gnómico

: verdades permanentes y sirven para enunciar leyes universales.

Durativo:

La acción continua en el tiempo.

Pretérito imperfecto:


Con valor de futuro:

el imperfecto de conato, con el valor
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Verbos modales en inglés: habilidad, obligación, deducción y perfectos

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ABILITY
-can: presente
-could: pasado
-will be able to: futuro
OBLIGATION, ADVICE Y PROHIBITION
-must / have to : obligación
- don't have to / needn't : no obligación
- ought to / should / shouldn't : consejo
- mustn't : prohibición
SPECULATION Y DETUCTION
-may / might / could : posibilidad en presente y futuro
- can't : imposibilidad
- must: certeza de que algo es verdad
MODAL PERFECTS (have + 3º col. / ed)
-may have / might have / could have: posibilidad en pasado
- can't have: imposibilidad en pasado
- Must have: certeza en pasado

Ejercicios de inglés universitario: lectura, vocabulario y gramática con textos sobre chimpancés, obesidad, anfibios y Coetzee

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A RELATIVE DIFERENCE

1A false This similarity has led chimp expert Dr Jane Goodall to call for human rights to be extended to chimpanzees B) development and destruction of their natural habitats, along with commercial hunting for food, have cut their numbers from two million chimpanzees at the turn of the last century to less than one-tenth of that now.

2 A) A fossil skull has been found this year that may prove that humans and chimpanzees are the only survivors of a great diversity of ape-like, human-like creatures that lived more than five million years ago. This discovery and the fact that only 2% of our genes separate us from the chimpanzee prove that humans and monkeys have common ancestors. B) The most important difference has been the

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