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Técnicas de examen: key word transformation y paráfrasis

Exam skills: key word transformation and paraphrase

Práctica independiente de técnicas de examen avanzado, no es un examen oficial: reescribe frases con una palabra clave dada y luego elige la paráfrasis más cercana de frases sutiles e idiomáticas.

Una key word transformation te pide completar una segunda frase para que signifique lo mismo que la primera, usando la palabra clave en mayúsculas. La palabra clave debe aparecer en la respuesta y normalmente necesitas de dos a cinco palabras en el hueco. En este nivel las frases evalúan expresiones fijas, inversión, concesión y estructuras pasivas, y un pequeño cambio de gramática o de significado hace que la respuesta sea incorrecta.

EstructuraEjemplo de transformación
Negative inversionShe had barely sat down when the phone rang. / Hardly had she sat down when the phone rang.
Concession with much asAlthough I admire him greatly... / Much as I admire him...
Reporting structuresPeople say the owner is abroad. / The owner is said to be abroad.
Fixed phraseto a large extent / by and large / in effect

Ejercicio 1 de 2

Key word transformation

Completa la segunda frase para que signifique lo mismo que la primera. Escribe solo las palabras que faltan, incluida la palabra clave en mayúsculas. La palabra clave forma parte de tu respuesta.

  1. She had barely sat down when the phone rang. KEY WORD: HARDLY. Complete: when the phone rang.

  2. It is rumoured that the director will resign next month. KEY WORD: RUMOURED. Complete: The director next month.

  3. Although I greatly admire her courage, I think the plan is unwise. KEY WORD: MUCH. Complete: her courage, I think the plan is unwise.

  4. The company missed the deadline because it did not have enough staff. KEY WORD: ACCOUNTED. Complete: A shortage of staff the company's failure to meet the deadline.

  5. He never imagined that his casual remark would cause such offence. KEY WORD: LITTLE. Complete: that his casual remark would cause such offence.

  6. I'd rather you didn't mention the matter to anyone. KEY WORD: PREFER. Complete: I mention the matter to anyone.

  7. The results were exactly the opposite of what the team had predicted. KEY WORD: CONTRARY. Complete: The results turned out what the team had predicted.

  8. However hard the engineers tried, they could not repair the fault. KEY WORD: MATTER. Complete: the engineers tried, they could not repair the fault.

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Ejercicio 2 de 2

Significado más cercano

Elige la frase cuyo significado sea más cercano al del original.

  1. Her remark was not so much rude as tactless.

  2. He could scarcely have chosen a worse moment.

  3. But for the storm, the match would have gone ahead.

  4. The committee is unlikely to look kindly on late applications.

  5. I wouldn't put it past him to take the credit.

  6. Her explanation did little to allay our fears.

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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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