Chuletas y apuntes de Inglés

Ejercicios de Inglés Avanzado con Respuestas

A continuación encontrarás una serie de ejercicios para practicar vocabulario, gramática y phrasal verbs en inglés, con sus respuestas correspondientes.

1. Fill in the missing word in each sentence

1. There's no room for advancement here. This is a dead end job.
2. If you can't walk up these stairs, you must really be out of shape.

Respuestas: 1) ways, 2) trade, 3) purpose, 4) sound, 5) crack, 6) another, 7) friendly, 8) make, 9) now, 10) participate.

2. Complete the text with the words below

There are more words than you need. Many companies believe that a high-pressure, competitive workplace environment brings about:

Respuestas: 2) getting fired, 3) sick leave, 4) resignations, 5) perks, 6) rewards, 7)...

Food and Nutrition

• Sweet tooth: goloso/a
• Treat: manjar / capricho
• Bland: soso / insípido
• Shelf life: caducidad / vida útil
• Cuisine: tipo de cocina / gastronomía
• Store: almacenar / guardar
• Staple: alimento básico
• Famine: hambruna
• Edible: comestible
• Throughout: a través de / por todo
• Starvation: hambre extrema / inanición
• Raw: crudo
• Raw material: materia prima
• Crave: tener antojo de / desear
• Gone off: estropeado / caducado
• Dishes: platos de comida
• Adequate: adecuado / suficiente
• Shortage: escasez
• Sweetener: edulcorante
• Run out of: quedarse sin
• Profitable: rentable
• Widespread: extendido / generalizado
• Crops: cultivos / cosechas

Idiomatic Expressions (Expresiones Idiomáticas)

• Eat humble pie: admitir un error / tragar orgullo
• Take with a pinch of salt: no creer algo

1. Ejercicios de Tercer Condicional

• If you had come earlier, we would have gone to the cinema.
• We would have bought a new umbrella if it had rained.
• You would have passed the exam if you had studied more.
• I would have believed you if you hadn't lied to me many times before.

2. Vocabulario y Traducción

• I borrowed 30 euros from Mike.
• When the teacher asked, I raised my hand.
• Assistir / Atender (Attend / Assist).
• No, I love to stay in the shade of the trees in summer.

3. Modelos de Cartas y Correos Formales

Correo sobre el aplazamiento del curso

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Pride and Prejudice: preguntas por capítulos

Chapter 1

1. Why is there a lot of excitement in the Bennet house on this specific day?
2. Who is Charles Bingley and why is he especially important to Mrs Bennet?
3. Where did the Bennet women finally meet Charles Bingley?
4. How did Mr Bingley act? How did Darcy act?

Chapter 2

1. Describe the differences in character between Elizabeth and Jane.
2. Why did Mrs Bennet refuse to let Jane use the carriage to go to Netherfield Park? What was the result of this?
3. Why did Elizabeth decide to go to Netherfield Park and why did she stay there?
4. How did Darcy's feelings about Elizabeth change during the visit? How do we know that Caroline was jealous?

Chapter 3

1. Who is Mr Collins and why will he inherit everything the Bennets own after

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Vocabulari de menjar

FOOD:

barbecue: barbacoa

boil: hervir

bland: soso

creamy: cremós

crunchy: cruixent

dairy: lacti

deep-fried: fregit

delicacy: manjar/delicadesa

fat: greix

fresh: fresc

mild: suau/dolç

pastry: pastís/pasta

pie: pastís

posh: elegant??

rotten: podrit

savoury: saborós

season: sazonar

slice: llesca

smell: olor

smelly: pudent

source: font

spicy: picant

steam: vapor

stew: estofat

tasty: saborós

tender: tendre

tough: dur

texture: textura

tinned: enllaunat

FALSE FRIENDS:

bland: soso

soft: suau

COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS:

affect: afectar

effect: efecte

Verbs frasals

PHRASAL VERBS

carry out: dur a terme

grow out of: fer-se massa gran per a

make up: maquillar-se/inventar

miss out: perdre's

mix up: confondre

put somebody off: desanimar algú

roll off: rodolar

turn out: resultar

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Ejercicios de Vocabulario sobre el Crimen

1. The following sentences do not make sense. Correct them by replacing the words in bold with words in bold from another sentence. (10 × 1 = 10 points)

1. He was fined a serious crime. Charged with
2. He tried to go straight my bag. Grab
3. He lost a lot of money because of breeding. Gambling
4. Put your phones away - it's guilty to take pictures here. Forbidden
5. He insists he's not charged with, but I don't believe he's innocent. Guilty
6. They're trying to forbidden and stay away from a life of crime. Go straight
7. Nobody was hurt during the gambling. Robbery
8. I was concerned for returning the library book a month late. Fined
9. My family has been robbery horses for generations. Breeding
10. Don't worry. There's no reason to be grab.

Vocabulari en anglès: feina, personalitat, aparença i expressions

Feina i formació

apply for a place → sol·licitar una plaça

appoint → designar

become an apprentice → convertir-se en aprenent

commission someone to do something → encarregar alguna cosa

full-time job → treball a temps complet

graduate from → graduar-se

homeless shelter → alberg per a persones sense sostre

internship → pràctiques

low paid → mal pagat

mentor an intern → assessorar

part-time job → treball a temps parcial

permanent position → posició permanent

placement → col·locació

supervise → supervisar

someone takes on → algú assumeix

temporary job → treball temporal

turn down → rebutjar

tutor someone → tutelar algú

unpaid → no remunerat

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Relative Clauses

Mixed Conditional Sentences

Past Condition … Present Result: To express that if something had been different in the past, there would be a present result.

If we hadn't missed our flight, we would be in London now.

If + past perfect, would + infinitive

Order of Adjectives

Determiner, opinion, size, shape, age, colour, origin, material, purpose, noun.

I Wish / If Only

a. I wish / If only + simple past: When we want something to be different in the present. Example:

I wish / If only he called me. (Tant de bó ell em truqués.)

b. I wish / If only + past perfect: When we regret something in the past. Example:

I wish / If only I hadn't met you. (Ojalá no te hubiera conocido.)

c. I wish / If only + conditional: To complain about a thing or...