Ejercicio 3 · Inversión, phrasal verbs y adjetivos

Ficha 3 · Inversión, phrasal verbs y adjetivos (difícil)

Elige la única frase correcta.

1. Apagar la luz:Turn it offTurn off itTurn off it nowIt turn offTurn it off. Con phrasal verbs separables, si el objeto es un pronombre va obligatoriamente en medio. Con un sustantivo sí valdrían las dos: turn off the light o turn the light off.
2. Cuidar de alguien:Can you look them after?Can you look after them?Can you look after they?Can you them look after?look after them. Look after es inseparable, así que el pronombre va detrás. Y detrás de preposición se usa them, no they.
3. Describiendo una mesa:an old beautiful Italian wooden tablea wooden Italian old beautiful tablea beautiful old Italian wooden tablean Italian old beautiful wooden tablebeautiful old Italian wooden. El orden es opinión, edad, origen y material. Se acumulan siempre en esa dirección.
4. Doble falta:Not only he lied but he also stoleNot only lied he but also stoleHe not only did lie but also stoleNot only did he lie but he also stoleNot only did he lie. Se invierte solo la primera parte; la segunda, con but also, mantiene el orden normal.
5. Casi nunca protesta:Rarely does he complainRarely he complainsRarely complains heHe rarely does complainRarely does he complain. Al abrir con rarely aparece el auxiliar does y el verbo vuelve a su forma base.
6. Horario de una tienda:I wonder what time does the shop openI wonder what time the shop opensI wonder what time opens the shopI wonder does the shop open what timewhat time the shop opens. Detrás de I wonder va una pregunta indirecta, así que nada de auxiliares ni inversión.
7. Una advertencia seria:Under no circumstances you should sign itUnder no circumstances you sign should itUnder no circumstances should you sign itUnder no circumstances signing you itshould you sign it. Under no circumstances es una expresión negativa, y toda expresión negativa al principio obliga a invertir.
8. Enviando una carta:She sent to her mother a letterShe sent a letter her motherShe her mother sent a letterShe sent her mother a letterShe sent her mother a letter. Persona primero y sin preposición; la alternativa sería sent a letter to her mother.
9. En una novela:Little did I know what was comingLittle I knew what was comingLittle knew I what was comingI little knew what was comingLittle did I know. Es una fórmula fija con inversión. Aparece muchísimo en narrativa y en el Reading del First.
10. Falta de dinero:Enough money I don’t haveI don’t have enough moneyI don’t have money enoughI have not enough moneyI don’t have enough money. Enough va delante del sustantivo, y la negación se hace con don’t, no colocando not detrás del verbo.