A2 Key Parte 5: open cloze de gramática

Q: ¿Vale una contracción?

Don't cuenta como una palabra. En la duda, escribe la forma completa si cabe.

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La parte 5 es un texto con seis huecos y una sola palabra en cada uno, sin opciones. Aquí se examina la gramática.

Qué palabra suele faltar

Tipo	Ejemplos	Pista
Preposiciones	in, on, at, for, to	Delante hay un verbo o un adjetivo que la lleva fija.
Auxiliares	is, are, was, have, did	El verbo siguiente es participio o gerundio.
Artículos	a, an, the	El hueco va justo antes de un sustantivo.
Pronombres	it, they, her, his	Se refiere a algo ya nombrado.
Conectores	and, but, because, so	El hueco une dos ideas.
Comparativos	than, as, more	Hay una comparación cerca.

Nunca se escribe más de una palabra. Si has puesto dos, está mal aunque tenga sentido.

Ejercicio 1 · Escribe una palabra en cada hueco

Una sola palabra por hueco.

An email to a friend

Hi Laura,
How are you? I am writing (1) tell you about my new school. It is (2) than my old one, so there are a lot of students. My favourite subject (3) English because the teacher is very funny. Yesterday we (4) a project about animals. I (5) got a lot of homework this week, so I cannot go out on Saturday. See you soon!
Marta

(1)to — I am writing to tell you: finalidad con to + infinitivo.
(2)bigger — comparativo de big, con doble g.
(3)is — my favourite subject es singular.
(4)did — do a project en pasado. Yesterday marca el pasado.
(5)have got — con I siempre have.

Ejercicio 2 · Escribe el verbo

Pasado y futuro.

Yesterday I ___ (not / go) to school.did not go — con did el verbo vuelve al infinitivo.
Next summer we ___ (visit) our cousins in Ireland.are going to visit — plan. Will visit también se acepta.
She ___ (buy) a new phone last month.bought — irregular.
They ___ (be) at the cinema yesterday evening.were — pasado de be con they.
I ___ (can) not swim when I was five.could — pasado de can.
What time ___ (do) the film start?does — present simple con the film, que es it.
My sister is ___ (tall) girl in her class.the tallest — superlativo con artículo.
We arrived ___ the airport at six.at — arrive at con edificios y lugares concretos.
He is not old ___ to watch that film.enough — old enough to.

Ejercicio 3 · Open cloze

Escribe UNA sola palabra en cada hueco.

The Saturday market

There is a market in our town every Saturday. It starts (1) seven in the morning and finishes at two.

My grandmother goes there every week. She always buys the same things: eggs, cheese and (2) apples. She says the fruit is better (3) the fruit in the supermarket, and cheaper too.

Last Saturday I went (4) her. There (5) a lot of people and it was very noisy. We waited fifteen minutes for the cheese because everybody (6) talking to the woman who sells it.

I (7) not go every week, but I like going sometimes. Next Saturday we are going (8) buy a present for my cousin.

(1)at — con horas se usa at.
(2)some — cantidad indeterminada en afirmativa.
(3)than — comparativo con better.
(4)with — ir con alguien.
(5)were — there were + plural.
(6)was — pasado continuo: everybody was talking.
(7)do — negativa del presente simple.
(8)to — going to buy, infinitivo de finalidad.

Ejercicio 4 · Open cloze

Escribe UNA sola palabra en cada hueco.

A new flatmate

My flatmate moved out in September, so I put (1) advertisement online. Twenty people answered it, which (2) more than I expected.

I met six of them. One of them arrived an hour late and (3) not apologise. Another one asked me how much noise I made, which (4) a fair question.

In the end I chose Lena, (5) works in a bookshop and has a very quiet cat. She has been here (6) two months now and we have never argued about (7) .

My mother keeps asking me if I miss living alone. I do not, but I (8) not tell her that, because she would worry.

(1)an — delante de advertisement, que empieza por vocal.
(2)was — pasado de be con sujeto which.
(3)did — negativa en pasado simple.
(4)was — pasado de be.
(5)who — relativo de persona.
(6)for — duración: dos meses.
(7)anything — negativa con never.
(8)do — I do not tell her, presente simple negativo.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuenta la ortografía?

Sí. La palabra tiene que estar bien escrita para puntuar.

¿Vale una contracción?

Don’t cuenta como una palabra. En la duda, escribe la forma completa si cabe.