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Registro: equivalentes formales e informales

Nombre:Fecha:

Relaciona palabras formales como commence, ascertain y reside con sus equivalentes cotidianos, y elige el registro adecuado para cartas e informes.

Elige la opción más formal

Elige la palabra o la expresión más formal para completar cada frase, tal como aparecería en una carta o un informe oficial.

The board will ___ proceedings at nine o'clock sharp.
- a) kick off
- b) commence
- c) get going
- d) start up
Before we can approve the plan, we must ___ whether the figures are accurate.
- a) ascertain
- b) find out
- c) check up
- d) work out
Applicants who ___ in the district may claim the grant.
- a) live
- b) stay
- c) reside
- d) hang out
___ his appointment, he had worked as a surveyor.
- a) Before
- b) Prior to
- c) Ahead of
- d) Up to
The committee did not consider the evidence ___ to justify a change.
- a) enough
- b) plenty
- c) decent
- d) sufficient
Staff are asked to ___ the attached document before the meeting.
- a) peruse
- b) look over
- c) go through
- d) check out
The new regulations will ___ a complete review of staffing.
- a) call for
- b) necessitate
- c) mean
- d) involve
Details of the scheme were ___ circulated to all members.
- a) later on
- b) after that
- c) then
- d) subsequently

Escribe la palabra formal

Sustituye la palabra informal entre paréntesis por una palabra formal de esta lista: endeavour, procure, ameliorate, remuneration, peruse, necessitate, subsequently, reside. Usa cada palabra una sola vez.

We will ___ (try) to reply to every enquiry within two working days.
The charity hopes to ___ (get) enough blankets before the cold weather arrives.
New drainage should ___ (improve) conditions in the lower village.
The role carries generous ___ (pay) and a pension.
Residents are requested to ___ (read carefully) the enclosed notice.
The delay will ___ (make necessary) a revised schedule.
Further details will be announced ___ (later).
Several members of staff ___ (live) outside the city.

Respuestas

Elige la opción más formal

b) commenceCommence es el verbo formal de begin; las demás opciones son informales o neutras.
a) ascertainAscertain es el equivalente formal de find out.
c) resideReside es la palabra formal para live in a place.
b) Prior toPrior to es el equivalente formal de before.
d) sufficientSufficient es el equivalente formal de enough.
a) perusePeruse es la palabra formal para leer algo con atención.
b) necessitateNecessitate significa hacer necesario y es el equivalente formal de call for.
d) subsequentlySubsequently es el equivalente formal de later o afterwards.

Escribe la palabra formal

endeavour / endeavor / strive / attempt / seekEndeavour es el verbo formal para try hard.
procure / obtain / acquire / secureProcure significa obtener, y es formal.
ameliorateAmeliorate significa mejorar una situación mala.
remuneration / compensationRemuneration es el sustantivo formal para pay.
peruse / examine / study / scrutinise / scrutinize / reviewPeruse es el verbo formal para leer con atención.
necessitate / require / entailNecessitate significa hacer necesario.
subsequently / in due courseSubsequently es el adverbio formal para later o afterwards.
resideReside es el verbo formal para live in a place.