Control B1
Treinta preguntas sobre la gramática del nivel, una por cada lección con un tema nuevo, un dictado, la lectura en voz alta de un texto largo y un texto escrito. Para pasar a B2 hace falta un 80 % en la gramática (24 de 30). El dictado se corrige palabra por palabra, pero no cuenta para ese 80 %; la lectura en voz alta y la escritura no se puntúan.
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Gramática: treinta preguntas
1–6. Relleno de huecos: los tiempos.
- When we got to the station, the train (already / leave)
- By the time the police (arrive), the thieves had escaped
- — I've lost my phone! — Oh no! Where you (lose) it?
- You look exhausted. you (work) all day?
- According to the timetable, the train (leave) at 7.40 tomorrow
- Don't ring me at eight — I (drive) to the airport then
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7–11. Relleno de huecos: el futuro detrás de las conjunciones, las condicionales, los deseos, los modales.
- Each of the guests will get a programme as soon as they (arrive)
- If I (have) more free time, I'd learn to play the guitar
- I wish I (can) speak Italian
- His car isn't outside, so he be at home. (estás seguro de que no está)
- When I was a child, I (not / allow) to stay out after nine
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12–14. Relleno de huecos: las palabras.
- — You've been to Edinburgh, ? — Yes, twice
- The lecture was so (bore) that half of us fell asleep
- Train tickets are more expensive than last year — only about two per cent. (un poquito)
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15–19. Reescribe: la pasiva, la construcción causativa, el estilo indirecto.
- They are repairing the bridge. (The bridge …)
- A mechanic serviced my car last week. (I had …)
- "I'm tired," she said. (She said …)
- "You'd better see a doctor," my friend told me. (My friend advised …)
- Where is the post office? (Could you tell me …)
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20–22. Une
- My sister lives in Leeds. Her husband is a pilot. (whose)
- I locked the door. I remember it clearly. (remember)
- It was raining heavily. We went for a walk. (despite)
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23–25. Reescribe
- My boss said I had to stay late, and I did. (made)
- Working at night isn't difficult for me any more. (be used to)
- Could you switch off the radio? (sustituye the radio por un pronombre)
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26–30. Detección de errores.
- The life in big cities is stressful.
- Most of students in my class have a part-time job.
- It depends of the weather.
- She speaks very well French.
- It's unpossible to park in the centre.
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Dictado
Ocho oraciones para escribir tal como las oyes:
By the time we got there, the film had started. / I've been learning English for three years. / I'll call you as soon as I get home. / If I were you, I'd talk to your manager. / The bridge was built in the nineteenth century. / She asked me where I lived. / Although it was late, nobody wanted to leave. / I'm still getting used to the new hours.
Lectura en voz alta
I grew up in a small fishing town on the north-east coast, where my grandfather had worked at the port all his life. By the time I was born, the port had closed, and most of the young people had left for the cities.
I've been living in Manchester for almost ten years now. I'm used to the noise and the traffic, and I've even got used to the rain — well, almost. When I was a student, I used to go back home every summer, and my grandmother would cook enormous meals and tell us stories about the old days.
Last spring I went back for the first time in years. The town was much quieter than I remembered, and many of the shops had been turned into holiday flats. Although it made me sad, I could see that the town was changing, not dying. A young couple, whose café had opened the year before, told me that more and more people were moving there to work from home.
If I had more time, I'd go back more often. The longer I stay away, the more I miss the sea. As soon as the children finish school this summer, we're going to spend a whole month there.
Lo visto en B1
Los tiempos y el futuro. El Past Perfect y el relato con antecedentes (B1 #1, B1 #2), el límite entre el Present Perfect y el Past Simple (B1 #3), el Present Perfect Continuous (B1 #4), las cinco formas del futuro (B1 #5), el Future Continuous: una acción en curso en un momento del futuro y la pregunta educada sobre los planes (B1 #7), el presente con sentido de futuro detrás de las conjunciones de tiempo (B1 #31).
Lo irreal y la modalidad. El segundo condicional e If I were you (B1 #8), wish e If only (B1 #9), la conjetura con must, might, can't (B1 #10), be able to, manage to, be supposed to, be allowed to, don't need to (B1 #11).
La pasiva y el estilo indirecto. La pasiva en todos los tiempos (B1 #13), have something done y la pasiva con get, My bike got stolen (B1 #14), el estilo indirecto con concordancia de tiempos (B1 #15), los verbos para transmitir advise, offer, suggest y el consejo directo You'd better (B1 #16), las preguntas indirectas (B1 #19).
La oración y la conversación. Las oraciones de relativo especificativas y explicativas, whose (B1 #17, B1 #18), las coletillas, la petición de aclaración, So do I (B1 #20), los verbos que cambian de sentido stop, remember, try (B1 #21), want somebody to, make y let (B1 #22), los phrasal verbs de los cuatro tipos (B1 #34).
Palabras y conectores. Las parejas both … and, either … or (B1 #6), hardly (B1 #12), los artículos como sistema y another, the other, others (B1 #23), no longer (B1 #24), los cuantificadores most, none, a few (B1 #25), el orden de los adjetivos y -ed frente a -ing (B1 #26), palabra + preposición: verbo, sustantivo, adjetivo (B1 #27), los adverbios de grado y su lugar (B1 #28), la formación de palabras (B1 #29), so … that y such … that (B1 #30), every y each (B1 #31), la finalidad, la causa y la concesión (B1 #32), used to, be used to, get used to (B1 #33), el refuerzo del comparativo, la proporción y the …, the … (B1 #35).
Dónde repasar si te has equivocado: preguntas 1–6, B1 #1–5 y B1 #7; 7, B1 #31; 8–11, B1 #8–11; 12, B1 #20; 13, B1 #26 y B1 #30; 14, B1 #35; 15–16, B1 #13–14; 17–18, B1 #15–16; 19, B1 #19; 20, B1 #17–18; 21, B1 #21; 22, B1 #32; 23, B1 #22; 24, B1 #33; 25, B1 #34; 26, B1 #23; 27, B1 #25; 28, B1 #27; 29, B1 #28; 30, B1 #29.
A continuación, B2 #1: contar una historia larga, donde a los tres tiempos del pasado se sumará el Past Perfect Continuous. Después, en B2: el futuro en el pasado (B2 #2), el Future Perfect (B2 #3), el tercer condicional (B2 #4) y la inversión (B2 #7).
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Escritura
Un texto de 12–15 oraciones sobre el lugar donde creciste. Cuenta cómo era (con los antecedentes en Past Perfect), qué hacías allí antes (used to, would), qué ha cambiado y cuánto (much, far, more and more), a qué te has acostumbrado donde vives ahora y qué harás cuando vuelvas allí (el presente detrás de when y as soon as). Al menos una oración con although o despite y otra con una oración de relativo explicativa.
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