1. Escuche la pista entera y escriba, para cada objeto, la frase que lo identifica con una relativa o un participio.
- Objeto 1
- Objeto 2
- Persona 3
- Objeto 4
- Persona 5
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- The machine standing unused in the corner.
- The boxes which arrived from the family house.
- The engineer who maintained this equipment.
- The files stored in a garage for forty years.
- The woman whose handwriting appears on every label.
2. Una las dos frases en una sola, usando una relativa. Decida además si lleva comas.
- The tapes are unreadable. We found them in the garage. → The tapes ___ are unreadable.
- My colleague retired last year. She trained the whole department. → My colleague, ___ , retired last year.
- Nobody kept the manuals. This made restoration almost impossible. → Nobody kept the manuals, ___ almost impossible.
- That is the supplier. We bought the equipment from them. → That is the supplier ___ .
- The building has been sold. Its roof leaked for years. → The building, ___ , has been sold.
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- we found in the garage
- who trained the whole department
- which made restoration
- we bought the equipment from
- whose roof leaked for years
3. Complete con la preposición dependiente y comprima la relativa en participio donde se pueda.
- Staff who are unfamiliar ___ the system should ask for training.
- Anyone who is interested ___ volunteering can write to me.
- The department is far too dependent ___ one retired engineer.
- Equipment which was donated by the museum → equipment ___ by the museum.
- The woman who is waiting in reception → the woman ___ in reception.
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- with
- in
- on
- donated
- waiting
4. Hable en voz alta durante un minuto por tarea. Grábese y cuente cuántas frases suyas llevan más de una idea dentro.
- Describe an object in your home that nobody knows how to use any more
- Describe a person in your family using two non-defining relative clauses
- Argue that something old should be kept, and answer the obvious objection
- Explain a piece of technology that you are reluctant to use, and say why
- Retell the dialogue of lesson one in five long sentences, without using the word and
Ver soluciones
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera al menos una relativa especificativa: «a machine that my father bought…», y si es posible un participio: «a radio standing on the shelf».
- Su propia respuesta. Se esperan comas y pausa real al hablar: «my aunt, who worked in a printing house, still keeps…».
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera vocabulario de la lección 2: «built to last», «obsolete», «take it for granted», y adjetivos con su preposición correcta.
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera «reluctant to» seguido de infinitivo, y contraste con «wary of» seguido de forma «-ing».
- Su propia respuesta. Es el ejercicio clave: prohibir «and» obliga a subordinar con relativas y participios, que es exactamente lo que mide B2.