Este ejercicio del examen del first consiste en rellenar el hueco con la palabra q te dan al lado de la frase, usando la forma correcta de la palabra ( verbo, adjetivo, adverbio..)

John Shaw will shortly . be setting off ( partir) on a 50,000 km run,// short

which will make him the first person to perfom the …… act, // ordinary

of running all the way round the world if he succeds.

His timetable includes the………………….Russian winter and the burning // Freeze

African summer. And he has no back-up team for….. He will be // asist

running alone, carrying all his ……on his back . // Equip

‘ My biggest fear is not the physical challenge, but … , ‘ Mr Shaw // lonely

said. I’m as sociable as anyone and I’m very …..that // hope

I will form many …. on the way . // Friend

On a trial 2000 km run under blazing ( llameante ) …. of the African sun, // hot

he came across wild baboons and …. snakes, but he proved that // poison

a target of 60 km a day was….. ‘I have made up my // reason

mind ( preparar mi mente) to do it and I will. Running is my life,’ he said.

SOLUCIONES

extraordinary

frozen / freezing

assistance

equipment

loneliness

hopefull

friendships

heat

poisonous

reasonable

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Continuacion del ejercicio del anterior post:

• I’d rather you didn’t use that red pen.
  Mind

  Would…………..that red pen?

• I last saw Mark a year ago.
  since

  I have ……………. year.

• John impressed his new boss by settling down to work quickly.
  good

  John ………………………………. his new boss by settling down to ( adaptarse, sentar la cabeza, tranquilizarse) work quickly.

• Tony regrets lying to his teacher.
  wishes

  Tony ……………………… his teacher the truth.

• I found it sifficult to follow the instructions.
  trouble
  
  I…………………… the instructions.

SOLUCIONES

you mind not using

not seen Mark since last

made a good impression

wishes had told

‘m in trouble following

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La forma de hacerlo esta explicada en ejercicios anteriores. Tienes que reescribir la frase, con otras palabras en el hueco, sin alterar el signficado de la frase. EL tope de letras para rellenar son 5 y debes usar la palabra que te dan .

* My brother accused me of taking his car .
took

‘ You ……………………. you? said my brother.’

* That’s the strangest film I’ve ever seen.
strange

I’ve……………………….. film before!

* A very friendly taxi driver drove us into town.
driven

We ……………………………. a very friendly taxi driver.

* My aunt was determined ( decidida) to pay four our tickets.
insisted

My aunt……………………………….for our tickets.

* the manager failed to persuade Karen to take the job.
succed

the manager ……………………… Karen to take the job .

SOLUCIONES

took my car, didn’t

never seen such a strange

were driven into town by

insisted on paying

didn’t succed in persuading

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• add up : sumar ( En matematicas)

  When you leave school you should be able to add up. ( Cuando dejas el colegio  debes ser capaz de sumar)
  *
  

• bring out : hace resaltar, sacar

  School also help to bring out special talents. ( El colegio tambien ayuda a resaltar talentos especiales)
  *
  

• mess about: hacer travesuras

  Some pupils (ALUMNOS) prefer to mess about in class. ( Algunos alumnos prefieren hacer travesuras en clase)
  *
  
  

• get through: superar, pasar

  You must study if you want to get though your exams ( Debes estudiar si quieres superar tus examenes )
  *
  
  

• set off: salir, partir

  I set off for school at 8.00 ( Salgo al colegio alas 8.00)
  *
  

• lie in: Quedarse en la cama

  I can’t lie in bed until late on weekends ( no puedo quedarme en la cama hasta tarde los fines de semana)

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• be cut out for : Ser apropiado/ adecuado para // I’m really cut out for work. ( Soy realmente apropiado para trabajar)

• take up : ocupar. // It takes up too much of my free time. ( Ocupa mucho de mi tiempo libre )

• work out: calcular. // I worked out the other day that … ( Calcule el otro dia que… )
  
  
• be snowed under: estar saturado // I usually get snowed under. ( Normalmente me saturo)
• take on : encargarse . I didn’t take on any more work. ( Nome encarge de nada mas de trabajo)
• give up : dejar de hacer algo . I want to give up working . ( Quiero dejar de trabajar )
  
  
• close down: cerrar para siempre. // The shop closed down . ( La tienda cerro )
• lay off: despedir. // Every day someone gets laid off. ( Cada dia alguien es despedido ) .
• cut back : recortar . // The circus had to cut back on some things ( El circo tuvo que recortar en algunas cosas )
• go through : pasar por. // Being unemployed from time to time is something most people will have to go through. ( Estar desempleado de vez en cuando es algo q la mayoria de la gente tendra q pasar por ello )
• think up : inventar . Every day someone thinks up another way in which computers can replace people. ( Cada dia alguien inventa otra manera en q ordenadores pueden sustituir gente)

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