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Vocabulary (Vocabulario)
Exercise 1: Word Formation and Core Words
- construction
- expensive
- delightful
- sensible
- appearance
- lost
Exercise 2: Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
- see eye to eye
- the sky's the limit
- brought up
- broke down
- start out
- set
- common sense
- goes in one ear and out the other
- bringing
- a breath of fresh air
Exercise 3: Verbs in Context
- raised
- approached
- turned out
- flee
Grammar (Gramática)
Exercise 1: Relative Pronouns and Clauses
- ...Grant, who is...
- ...man about whom [we were] talking...
- ...Thursday, when [they are] arriving...
- ...tour that...
- This phone, which doesn't have a camera, is the cheapest one.
Exercise 2: Sentence Correction (Relative Clauses and Accuracy)
- ...dog, which we don't recommend, can be aggressive.
- I still remember the songs which my grandmother used to sing to me.
- ...2004, when [I was] old...
- Zack, who is an engineer, designs tunnels.
- Tom, whose parents are doctors, wants to be a doctor.
Exercise 3: Register and Preposition Placement (Formal vs. Informal)
- Formal: ...members with whom I haven't worked yet.
- Informal: ...members who I haven't worked with yet.
- Formal: ...book for which I had been waiting.
- Informal: ...book which I had been waiting for.
Exercise 4: Verb Tenses, Modals and Reported Speech
- I shouldn't have eaten so much pizza.
- The doctor advised me to eat more vegetables.
- Mark asked me whether I felt like going out.
- How long have you been thinking about studying medicine?
- Mona stopped playing the guitar more than a year ago.
- We had been watching the film for half an hour when the DVD player broke down.
- I have been having problems with my computer, which is quite old.
- Lindsay told me about the shop where she usually buys her clothes.
Exercise 5: Impersonal Passive and Reporting Structures
- It is thought that Daniel Day-Lewis is the finest actor in films today. / Daniel Day-Lewis is thought to be the finest actor in films today.
- James is a clever man with whom it is difficult to win an argument. / James, with whom it is difficult to win an argument, is a clever man.
- Jill suggested going to that new French restaurant. / Jill suggested that we go to that new French restaurant.
Otros temas (Textos y Cloze)
Text 1: Narrative Verb Tenses
- died
- had been collecting
- writing
- built
- sold
- are going to have
Text 2: Passive and Modal Structures
- can be used
- finding
- were reported
- had been living
- had been found
- might not have happened
Text 3: Verb Forms and Collocations
- has been operating
- has established
- provide
- use
- provide
- has been utilised
- call
- was set
- is hoped
- start-up (o start up)