El use of English es sin duda una de las partes más complicadas para los alumnos que están por dar el FCE. Es por eso que hemos creado un taller en Yes! La Academia y luego este vídeo para analizar y explicar las claves para los ejercicios del USE OF ENGLISH.

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Complete the gaps with any words
Lake Titicaca, often known---------------------- the “holy lake” is situated in
South America on the border between Bolivia and Peru…
You have to read till the end of the sentence to understand the
meaning and what word is necessary

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You can’t fill any of the gaps with a contraction
as these count as two words
Lake Titicaca, often known----AS---- the “holy lake” is situated in South
America on the border between Bolivia and Peru…
You have to think what kind of word you need, in the
example you have to think of a fix expression “known as”
You have to ask yourself: “do I need an adjective?, do I
need a noun?, is it a positive or negative idea?”

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FAMILY WORDS
The Real Walkers Company offers a ------------- of SELECT
small group walking holidays
You have to be aware of the range of words which can be formed from the stem
word
SELECTIVE (ADJECTIVE) SELECTED(ADJECTIVE)
SELECTION

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FAMILY WORDS
The Real Walkers Company offers a ------------- of SELECT
small group walking holidays
In this case I will need a noun because of the a before the gap
SELECTION

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PLURAL
SUFFIXES OR NEGATIVE
PREFIXES
APART OF
THE SPEECH

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KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION
A very friendly taxi driver drove us into town.
DRIVEN
We ---------------------------------- a very friendly taxi driver
You must make sure that the answer makes the second sentence
mean, as far as possible, the same as the lead-in sentence

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KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION
A very friendly taxi driver drove us into town.
DRIVEN
We ---------------------------------- a very friendly taxi driver
Pay attention to any verb in the final part of the second
sentence as it will often indicate whether to use a singular or
plural noun in the answer

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You have to analyze the sentence
A very friendly taxi driver drove us into town.
DRIVEN
We ---------------------------------- a very friendly taxi driver
2 options: perfect tense or passive
voice

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You have to analyze the sentence
A very friendly taxi driver drove us into town.
DRIVEN
We ---WERE DRIVEN---------------- a very friendly taxi driver
It should be passive because we
didn’t drive, it was another person.

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You have to analyze the sentence
A very friendly taxi driver drove us into town.
DRIVEN
We ---WERE DRIVEN BY------ a very friendly taxi driver
We have the agent of the action so
we need to say that I was driven BY
the taxi driver

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