Ejercicio 3 · Los que sobreviven hasta el C1

Ficha 3 · Los que sobreviven hasta el C1 (difícil)

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1. Te recomiendo ir.I recommend going.I recommend you to go.I recommend you going.I recommend that you to go.I recommend going (o I recommend that you go). Recommend no admite persona + infinitivo, al contrario que advise.
2. Me hizo esperar.He made me to wait.He made me wait.He made me waiting.He did me wait.He made me wait. Make y let van con infinitivo sin to en activa.
3. A pesar de ser caro, lo compré.Despite of being expensive, I bought it.Despite it was expensive, I bought it.Despite being expensive, I bought it.Although being expensive, I bought it.Despite being. Despite nunca lleva of, y detrás va gerundio o sustantivo, no una frase con sujeto y verbo.
4. Aunque llovía, salimos.Despite it rained, we went out.Despite of the rain, we went out.Although of the rain, we went out.Although it was raining, we went out.Although + sujeto y verbo. Despite es el que va con sustantivo o gerundio: despite the rain.
5. Cada vez es más difícil.It is getting more and more difficult.It is each time more difficult.It is every time more difficult.It is more and more difficult each time.more and more difficult. La progresión se expresa repitiendo el comparativo, no traduciendo cada vez.
6. Llevo trabajando aquí tres años.I am working here since three years.I have been working here for three years.I work here since three years.I am working here for three years.have been working … for. El llevo + gerundio del español se traduce por present perfect continuous.
7. Si hubiera sabido, te habría llamado.If I would have known, I would have called you.If I knew, I would have called you.If I had known, I would have called you.If I have known, I would call you.If I had known. Detrás de if nunca va would. Es el error que más se penaliza en un Writing de B2.
8. Sugiero que vayamos.I suggest to go.I suggest us to go.I suggest that we going.I suggest going.I suggest going (o I suggest that we go). Suggest jamás va con infinitivo.
9. Estoy deseando verte.I am looking forward to seeing you.I am looking forward to see you.I look forward see you.I am looking forward for see you.looking forward to seeing. Ese to es preposición, así que gerundio. Es el fallo más común en emails de trabajo.
10. Es la persona con la que hablé.She is the person who I spoke.She is the person I spoke to.She is the person which I spoke to.She is the person that I spoke.the person I spoke to. La preposición se queda al final y el relativo se puede omitir. Sin to la frase queda coja.