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Técnicas de examen avanzado: key word transformation

Advanced exam skills: key word transformation

Práctica independiente con un estilo genérico de examen avanzado, no es un examen oficial: reescribe frases con una palabra dada y elige la frase de significado más cercano.

En una tarea de transformación de frases, completas una segunda frase para que signifique lo mismo que la primera. Debes usar la palabra en mayúsculas y normalmente necesitas entre dos y cinco palabras en el hueco. Estas tareas evalúan estructuras como la inversión, wish e if only, la pasiva con verbos de información, los verbos modales de deducción en pasado y los condicionales sin if.

EstructuraEstructuraEjemplo
Negative inversionNot until / Never / No sooner + auxiliary + subjectNever had I seen such a view.
Wish about the pastwish + past perfectI wish I had listened.
Reporting passiveis thought / said + to have + past participleHe is said to have left early.
Inverted third conditionalHad + subject + past participle, would have...Had I known, I would have called.
Deduction about the pastcan't / must / might have + past participleShe must have forgotten.

Ejercicio 1 de 2

Completa la segunda frase

Completa la segunda frase para que signifique lo mismo que la primera. Usa la palabra en mayúsculas sin cambiarla y escribe solo las palabras que faltan, de dos a cinco en total.

  1. It was only when the lights went out that Mina noticed the noise. (NOTICE) Not until the lights went out the noise.

  2. I regret not asking for advice before I signed the contract. (ASKED) I wish I for advice before signing the contract.

  3. People think that the committee made an error. (THOUGHT) The committee an error.

  4. They never expected the project to be finished so quickly. (EXPECT) Never the project to be finished so quickly.

  5. Ravi was tired, but he kept working. (AS) Tired was, Ravi kept working.

  6. The manager did not approve the plan because the budget was too small. (HAD) The manager would have approved the plan larger.

  7. I am sure Jamal did not intend to upset you. (MEANT) Jamal to upset you.

  8. Lena realised how tired she was as soon as she sat down. (SOONER) No down than she realised how tired she was.

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Ejercicio 2 de 2

Significado más cercano

Elige la frase cuyo significado sea más cercano al de la frase dada.

  1. Hardly anyone turned up to the lecture.

  2. She might as well have stayed at home.

  3. Omar is not the sort of person to complain.

  4. The plan fell through.

  5. I couldn't help laughing.

  6. Had it not been for Aiko, we would have missed the deadline.

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Fuente

Práctica original de Joy English al estilo del examen. No es una prueba oficial; IELTS y TOEIC son marcas registradas de sus propietarios.

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