Ejercicios C1 : las construcciones enfáticas en inglés

Estos ejercicios te permitirán consolidar las construcciones enfáticas estudiadas en el curso, como las cleft sentences y el uso enfático de do/does/did. Pon a prueba tu dominio de estas estructuras de nivel C1.

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Ejercicio 1 : Completa con la construcción enfática correcta

Completa cada oración con la forma enfática adecuada del auxiliar do/does/did para reforzar el énfasis en la frase.

1. She ___ (do/does/did) warn you about the consequences before the meeting started.
2. I know you are skeptical, but he ___ (do/does/did) understand the complexity of the situation.
3. Despite what they claimed, we ___ (do/does/did) submit the report on time last Friday.
4. They may doubt her commitment, but she ___ (do/does/did) care deeply about the outcome of the project.

Correction

1. She did warn you about the consequences before the meeting started.
2. I know you are skeptical, but he does understand the complexity of the situation.
3. Despite what they claimed, we did submit the report on time last Friday.
4. They may doubt her commitment, but she does care deeply about the outcome of the project.

Ejercicio 2 : Corrige los errores en las cleft sentences

Cada oración contiene un error en la construcción de la cleft sentence. Reescribe la oración completa de forma correcta.

1. It was the director who did proposed the new strategy during the board meeting.
2. What she needs it is more time to prepare for the final presentation.
3. It is the lack of communication that it has caused most of the misunderstandings in the team.
4. What surprised us most it was the speed at which the negotiations were concluded.

Correction

1. It was the director who proposed the new strategy during the board meeting.
2. What she needs is more time to prepare for the final presentation.
3. It is the lack of communication that has caused most of the misunderstandings in the team.
4. What surprised us most was the speed at which the negotiations were concluded.

Ejercicio 3 : Elige la construcción enfática apropiada

Selecciona la opción que complete la oración con la construcción enfática más apropiada según el contexto.

1. The speaker wants to emphasize that it was the lack of funding, and nothing else, that caused the project to fail. Which sentence best expresses this?
   • A) The project failed because there was no funding.
   • B) It was the lack of funding that caused the project to fail.
   • C) What happened is the project failed due to no funding.
   • D) The project did fail and the funding was lacking.
2. You want to strongly contradict someone who claims you never read the report. Which emphatic sentence is most appropriate?
   • A) I read the report, you know.
   • B) I have read the report already.
   • C) I did read the report thoroughly before the meeting.
   • D) What I did is read the report.
3. The speaker wishes to emphasize that what impressed them was the team's resilience, not their results. Which cleft sentence is correct?
   • A) It was the team's resilience what impressed me most, not their results.
   • B) What impressed me most was the team's resilience, not their results.
   • C) What it impressed me was the resilience of the team, not the results.
   • D) It impressed me the team's resilience most, not their results.
4. To emphasize that it was specifically in London where the agreement was signed, which sentence is grammatically correct?
   • A) It was in London where they did sign the agreement.
   • B) It was in London that the agreement was signed.
   • C) What was London is where they signed the agreement.
   • D) In London it was that the agreement did get signed.

Correction

1. B) It was the lack of funding that caused the project to fail.
2. C) I did read the report thoroughly before the meeting.
3. B) What impressed me most was the team's resilience, not their results.
4. B) It was in London that the agreement was signed.