Ejercicio 4 · Word formation: la piscina municipal
Word formation: la piscina municipal: 8 preguntas con solución explicada y descarga en PDF.
Escribe la palabra derivada que falta en cada hueco. Entre parentesis tienes la palabra base. Se corrige solo y te explica cada fallo. Si lo prefieres en papel, lo tienes en PDF aquí arriba.
Word formation: la piscina municipal
Escribe la palabra derivada que falta en cada hueco. Entre parentesis tienes la palabra base.
The (1) ___ to close the old swimming pool caused a lot of anger in the town. Residents pointed out that it was (2) ___ to find another pool within twenty kilometres, and that the council had shown a complete lack of (3) ___ . A local (4) ___ even measured the water quality herself and found it (5) ___ good for a building of that age. The council’s official (6) ___ was that the repairs would simply be too expensive. After a (7) ___ campaign on social media, however, the pool reopened in June, to the (8) ___ of hundreds of families.
- (1) DECIDEdecision. Sustantivo detrás de The: decide pasa a decision.
- (2) POSSIBLEimpossible. El sentido es negativo (no había otra piscina cerca), así que hace falta el prefijo im-.
- (3) RESPONSIBLEresponsibility. Detrás de a lack of va un sustantivo incontable.
- (4) SCIENCEscientist. Es una persona: science pasa a scientist.
- (5) SURPRISEsurprisingly. Modifica al adjetivo good, así que va adverbio, no adjetivo.
- (6) EXPLAINexplanation. Sustantivo detrás de official: explain pasa a explanation.
- (7) SUCCESSsuccessful. Va delante de campaign, así que es adjetivo.
- (8) RELIEVErelief. to the relief of es una expresión fija con sustantivo.
