Summary 055

Lessons 55 and 56

Revision                         Revisión

1 . Repase las lecciones 55 y 56.

2. Asegúrese de que ha entendido las notas explicativas y se sabe las frases clave.

3. Escuche en la grabación las lecciones 55 y 56.

Control

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No mire las soluciones hasta terminarlo.

(Las soluciones están en la página 128.) Si lo prefiere, escriba en un cuaderno.

• Siguiendo el ejemplo, utilice una de estas palabras para completar cada frase.

     to    with    for

Example:

I've been a doctor for eleven years.

a) You must go ...   the hospital.

b) What's wrong ...   you?

• Siguiendo el ejemplo, escriba en pretérito perfecto las siguientes frases, que están en pasado.

Example:

He broke his arm.

He has broken his arm ...

c) I cut my hand.

...

d) We were in China for two weeks.

...

e) She hurt her knee.

...

f) You bruised your back.

...

Traduzca al inglés las siguientes frases.

g) El tiene bronquitis.

h) ¿Cómo te encuentras?

• Tienen el mismo significado cada par de frases? Si significan lo mismo escriba Yes, si es al contrario escriba No, tal como muestra el ejemplo.

Example:

Absolutely fine.      No

Absolutely awful.     No

i) We've been here for ages.

   We've been here for a long time.

j) I'm feeling much better.

   I'm feeling much worse.

k) You don't look ill.

   You don't look well.

l) It's nothing serious.

   It isn't serious at all.

• Escriba las frases del recuadro al lado de frases a continuación que tengan el mismo significado.

I've been working in a hotel for four weeks.

I've been driving this car for seven months.

I've been living in England for fifteen years.

I've been working here for six years.

Example:

I started this job six years ago.

I've been working here for six years.

m) I came to England fifteen years ago.

...

n) I work in a hotel.

...

I started four weeks ago.

...

o) I bought this car seven months ago.

...

¿Qué tal ha salido

Puntuación: 4 puntos por cada respuesta correcta 2 puntos por cada respuesta correcta con faltas de ortografía.

Si saco:

50-60 puntos: Sobresaliente.

30-50 puntos: Muy bien (corrija sus errores Menos de 30 puntos: ¿Estaba realmente per para este control? Inténtelo de nuevo, consultando las lecciones a medida que lo hace.

Lessons 55 and 56

SUMMARY                    Resumen

Sobre la salud

How are you feeling?

Absolutely fine.

I'm feeling much better.

You don't look ill.

Vocabulario

Comparativos

(good)-better

(bad)-worse

Adjetivos

ill

well

Participios

broken (break)

twisted (twist)

bruised (bruise) 

cut (cut) 

scratched (scratch)

hurt (hurt)

Accidentes y lesiones

What's wrong with you?

I've broken my leg.

He's got arthritis.

He must go to hospital.

Quitándole importancia (a la situación)

It's nothing serious.

I can't complain.

Cuánto tiempo lleva

suce I've been here for a long time.

I've been a doctor for five years.

I've been working here for years.

Partes del cuerpo

hand

wrist

elbow

arm

foot

ankle

knee

leg

back

neck

head

face

Gente

doctor

nurse

patient

Enfermedades

arthritis

rheumatism

bronchitis

Tiempo

a long time

ages

years

LANGUAGE REVIEW                    Repaso gramatical

Would y could

Would y could no son verbos. Son auxiliares como will y can y se usan con verbos.

I would like a cup of tea

Querría una taza de té.

Could I have some sugar, please?

¿Podría darme un poco de azúcar, por favor?

Observe que los verbos que van con would y could (like y have) van en infinitivo, pero sin to.

to like

to have

Would

FORMA AFIRMATIVA

I would (I'd) verbo

You would (You'd) verbo

He/She/It would (He'd) verbo

We would (We'd) verbo

(Plural) You would (You'd) verbo

They would (They'd) verbo

FORMA INTERROGATIVA

Would I verbo? Would you verbo?

Would he verbo? Would we verbo?

Would you verbo? Would they verbo?

FORMA NEGATIVA

I would not (wouldn't) verbo

You would not (wouldn't) verbo

 He/She/It would not (wouldn't) verbo

We would not (wouldn't) verbo

You would not (wouldn't) verbo

They would not (wouldn't) verbo

RESPUESTAS CORTAS

Yes, I would.

No, I wouldn't.

Could

FORMA AFIRMATIVA

I could verbo

You could verbo

He/She/It could verbo

We could verbo

(Plural) You could verbo

They could verbo

FORMA INTERROGATIVA

Could I verbo?

Could you verbo?

Could he verbo?

Could we verbo?

Could you verbo?

Could they verbo?

FORMA NEGATIVA

I could not (couldn't) verbo

You could not (couldn't) verbo

He/She/It could not (couldn't) verbo

We could not (couldn't) verbo

You could not (couldn't) verbo

They could not (couldn't) verbo

RESPUESTAS CORTAS.

Yes, I could.

No, you couldn't.

Soluciones a los ejercicios

Páginas 117 y 118

2 

a) He has bruised his elbow.

b) He has cut his hand.

c) He has scratched his knee

d) He has twisted his ankle.

e) He has broken his leg.

f) He has hurt his wrist.

g) He has broken his arm.

3

a) write

b) watch

c) water

d) wrist

e) wire

f) wrong

a) kitchen

b) knee

c) clothes

d) key

e) cupboard

f) know

Página 125

1

a) Nelson's Column. It has been there for 201 years.

b) Yes. It has been there for 375 years.

c) The Savoy. It has been there for 161 years.

d) No, it's Shell Mex House. It has been there

for 117 years.

e) That's the Barbican. It has been there for 74 years.

2

a) I have (I've) been living in this house for two years.

b) I have (I've been driving for four hours.

c) I have (I've) been studying English for six

months.

d) I have (I've) been wearing this shirt for two days.

e) Sam has been making perfume for ages.

Soluciones al control

a) to

b) with

c) I have (I've) cut my hand.

d) We have (we've) been in China ton

weeks.

e) She has hurt her knee.

f) You have (you've) bruised your back.

g) He's got bronchitis.

h) How are you feeling?

i) Yes.

j) No.

k) No.

l) Yes.

m) I've been living in England for fifteen years. 

n) I've been working in a hotel for fours week.

o) I've been driving this car for seven months.