Grammar test online: relative clauses in English

Buenas tardes, estimados alumnos.

Foto de @mmolpor Casa en Budapest hoy en día.

Vamos con otro test, a ver qué tal van esos conocimientos de gramática inglesa. Y también, de asuntos internacionales, como la crisis en la frontera de Polonia y Bielorrusia que está jugando con la vida de miles de inmigrantes

Gracias a Anne Applebaum, cuyo artículo 'A Dictator Is Exploiting These Human Beings' he usado como base para coger las frases. Dos pájaros de un tiro.

Test online: Making suggestions in English

 Buenas tardes, estimados alumnos.

"Shall we change our tickets then?", asks Victoria.

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Texto cogido de CREA, TEMA 1, PAU.

Nota sobre gramática: En la última frase, con forma interrogativa, tenemos al falsa pregunta 'Shall we...?' que hemos traducido como '¿Qué te parece si cambiamos los billetes?, por lo que en realidad es una sugerencia.

Ve este vídeo breve -le puedes poner subtítulos en español- para aprender cómo se pueden hacer las sugerencias en inglés:

Aquí tenéis un resumen en inglés y en español de las expresiones más comunes que podemos usar:

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Y ahora, un pequeño test online: 

Reading comprehension: What will the weather be like?

Buenas tardes, estimados alumnos.

Foto de @mmolpor Caminos de Segovia.

CÓDIGOS DE COLORES:

AZUL: Traducciones.

ROJO: Aspectos gramaticales.

VERDE: Aspectos culturales.

NARANJA: Estructuras concatenadas

MORADO: Traducción y sinónimos, antónimos, etc.

Amarillo: Palabras con trampa.

Os dejo una plantilla para que, sobre la marcha, podáis ir completando con sinónimos, antónimos, etc y los significados. Espero que os sea de utilidad. Pinchad aquí para descargarla.

WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE LIKE?

Michael and Victoria live in Australia and are planning a trip to the United States. They are flying to Miami, New York and Alaska and they don't know what the weather is going to be like.

Victoria looks at the weather channel on the Internet. She finds out that in New York it will be partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. The high will be around 80F with East Northeast winds of 15 to 25 mph. 

"I find that the temperature is surprisingly high for this time of the year in New York", Victoria says to Michael.

"For Miami I suppose we'll have to pack our bathing suits", Michael adds.

"It seems like we aren't going to be very lucky. The weather forecast for Miami is as follows" says Victoria "Sunny with cloudy intervals. High of 57F. Winds South, 5 to 10 mph."

"What? Only 57F? That's very low. I can't believe it. That temperature can't be right for Miami. Besides it's going to be windy."

"Yeah" agreed Victoria. "It seems like we'll have to take our bathing suits for New York instead of for Miami. And, remember, later we'll go to Juneau, Alaska." 

"Yes, that's going to be very cold. Right?", asks Michael.

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"Let me see. I will check it on the weather channel again. It says: Juneau, Alaska. Overcast with rain showers at times. Temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. Winds East Southeast, 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%."

"Brrr...that's going to be very cold. I think I'd rather go to the Caribbean. I want to enjoy a hot climate, sunny skies and no thunderstorms."

"There are also thunderstorms in the Caribbean", says Victoria.

"Yes, I know, but that's only from May to June and September to October."

"Shall we change our tickets then?", asks Victoria.

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Texto cogido de CREA, TEMA 1, PAU.

Vocabulario básico: puedes descargarlo aquí.

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Reading comprehension: Underbrush and pine trees are a problem.

 Buenas tardes, estimados alumnos.

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Underbrush and pine trees are a problem

The mountain town of Canton is at an elevation of 6,000 feet, the highest in the area. It is surrounded by thick underbrush and pine trees. Because of six years of drought, these plants are a major fire hazard. Thousands of trees and tons of underbrush are going to be removed over the next five years at a minimum cost of $3 million. The brush is going to be removed first, then the trees are going to be cut down and removed. A cleared nonflammable area will then safely surround the town of 4,000.

Residents look forward to the work, because it will help their town survive a future forest fire. "But there are two problems," said one resident. "All the extra trucks are going to make traffic pretty bad. Once the area is cleared, we have to make sure dirt bikers don't try to make the cleared area their personal playground."

A recent fire burned 4,000 acres and destroyed 11 homes in nearby Hamilton. The fire was raging toward Canton, but a sudden rainstorm put it out. Residents know that they won't get lucky twice, so they are hoping this massive clearing operation will avoid a worse result in the future.

Ninety percent of the cutting and clearing are going to be paid for with federal funds . Unfortunately, if the trees are on private property, they must be paid for by the residents themselves. Prices can range as high as $1,000 to cut down and remove one tree. Officials say that residents can apply for state and federal loans if necessary. 

"Well, what good does that do me?" asked Thelma, a 65-year-old widow. "I'm living on social security. I've got four trees on my property. The government's not going to loan me money when they know there's no way I can pay it back. So what am I supposed to do? These planners with all their big ideas ought to think of the little people."

Texto cogido de CREA, unidad 1, PAU.

Saludos.