Los cuatro ejercicios van seguidos. El cuarto es el que cierra el nivel: contar lo que otra persona le dijo, sin usar «say» ni una sola vez y sin traicionar lo que dijo. Es exactamente la tarea de un acta, de un informe y de un juicio, y es donde se ve si el nivel es real.
1. Escuche la pista entera y complete la ficha del caso con los cinco datos.
- Qué mandó hacer la familia antes de decidir
- Qué afirmó el tasador, y con qué verbo se reporta
- Cuándo apareció la cifra real
- Qué dice la pista sobre donaciones anteriores al museo
- Qué reconoció la hija y de qué se disculpó
Ver soluciones
- They had the letters valued
- He claimed that the collection was worth very little
- Only after a second opinion
- Never had it received a donation of that size
- She admitted knowing about the letters and apologised for saying nothing
2. Escriba la frase con causativa que corresponde a cada situación.
- You paid a studio to restore the recordings.
- After months of asking, a friend finally translated the letters for you.
- Somebody stole her laptop while she was in the archive.
- You told the technician to test every microphone, and he did.
- You persuaded your brother to drive the boxes across town.
- The announcement will make everybody talk for weeks.
Ver soluciones
- We had the recordings restored.
- We got the letters translated at last.
- She had her laptop stolen in the archive.
- I had the technician test every microphone.
- I got my brother to drive the boxes across town.
- The announcement will have everybody talking for weeks.
3. Reescriba con orden no estándar, empezando por la palabra dada.
- The archive had never received such a request. (Never)
- We did not imagine how much was missing. (Little)
- If we had asked earlier, the tapes would still exist. (Had)
- They found the second box only when the room was emptied. (Only when)
- You must not remove anything from this room. (Under no circumstances)
- I remember the voice, but I do not remember the name. (fronting)
Ver soluciones
- Never had the archive received such a request.
- Little did we imagine how much was missing.
- Had we asked earlier, the tapes would still exist.
- Only when the room was emptied did they find the second box.
- Under no circumstances must you remove anything from this room.
- The voice I remember; the name I do not.
4. Hable tres minutos en voz alta, grábese y compruebe la lista.
- Report a conversation you had this week, without using say or tell
- Say two things you arranged rather than did yourself
- Begin one sentence with a negative word and invert correctly
- Front an object for contrast and keep the two stresses apart
- Describe one memory using three collocations from lesson two
Ver soluciones
- Su propia respuesta. Se esperan al menos cuatro verbos de reporte distintos, cada uno con su patrón correcto, y que ninguno traicione lo que la otra persona quiso decir.
- Su propia respuesta. Una con «have» y otra con «get», y la diferencia entre las dos debe notarse: la de «get» supone esfuerzo o insistencia.
- Su propia respuesta. Vale «Never», «Rarely», «Little», «Not until» o «Under no circumstances», seguidos del auxiliar antes del sujeto.
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera el patrón de doble foco, sin repetir el objeto con un pronombre después.
- Su propia respuesta. Por ejemplo «a vivid memory», «memory fades» y «etched in my memory»; no valen sustituciones inventadas como «a strong memory».
