Repaso Gramática y vocabulario. Formato Selectividad:
Give one synonym for:
- call (verb
- look after (verb) as it is used in the text.
- surprising (adjective)
- worried (adjective).
- permit (verb).
- huge (adjective).
- insecure (adjective).
- happen (verb).
- goal “(noun):
- illness” (noun).
- make-up” (noun).
- consistently” (adverb)
- bravery (noun).
Find in the text the opposite for
- higher” (adjective).
- kind” (adjective).
- worse” (adjective).
- approval” (noun) as it is used in the text.
- employer” (noun)
- single” (adjective)
- dependent” (adjective).
Find in the text one word that has the following definition:
- “To penalize for an offence.”
- “distributed over a considerable extent” (adjective).
- “to give a false appearance” (verb).
- “Not to obey a set of rules that should be obeyed, for example in a game or exam.
- “the main building or office used by a large company.”
- “critically threatened” (adjective):
- “Freedom to determine one's own actions, behaviour, etc”
- “to allow something to be shown in public” (verb)
- “the central part and commercial area of a town or city.”
- “to invent something.”
- “to become aware of something” (verb).
Give a noun with the same root as:
- survive:
- established (verb).
- addicted (adjective).
- strong (adjective).
- explain (verb).
- warn (verb) .
- believe (verb).
- explain (verb).
- embarrassed (adjective)
- Give an adjective with the same root as “sleep” (verb).
- Give an adjective with the same root as “power” (noun). (LINE 2)

Which word does not have the same meaning?
- Pass away / die / decease / decrease
- Risk/ hazard/ target/ danger
- Today / Currently / Nowadays / Actually.
- Go on / keep on/ follow on / hold on
- change / shift / charge / alter.
Which word is not a preposition? Against /amount /for /to
Which word is not an adverb: Lonely/ early/ hard/ softly.
Fill in the gap with the correct option:
- His sister is very __________. She has a lot of common sense. (Sensitive/Sensible/Decisive)
- When I go shopping I hate .…………. clothes. (Trying up/ trying on/ trying out / trying in)
- You are not allowed . . . in this restaurant (smoking/ to smoke/ smoked/ smoke)
- Chinese people are very fond…..drinking tea. at/ or/ of/ to.
- He is going to speak__________ animal cruelty.
Fill in the gap with a correct form of the verb in brackets:
- Sometimes it doesn´t stop _________for days in England (rain)
- Most students want their universities ……….. (adopt) this new system.
- I'm tired; it’s seven and I………………… (work) in the garden since lunchtime.
- By the time we got to the airport, the plane ……… (leave)
- I _____________ (bring) the car if I had known you needed it.
- If you had come to the wedding, you (meet) … him.
Rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning. Begin as indicated:
- I’m certain she didn’t choose that dress. She can’t……
- The race was so long that I couldn’t finish it. It was such________________________
- She won´t be able to live a normal life if you don´t help her. Unless…
- The last time I bought make-up was three months ago. I ____________
- This car is too small for us. This car isn’t . . .
Join the following sentences using a relative. Make changes if necessary:
- That´s the girl. I told you about her.
- John is an excellent pianist. He plays professionally.
- The blond girl works in Zara. My brother goes out with her.
Use the words in the boxes to make a meaningful sentence. Use all and only the words in the boxes without changing its form:
- getting / scared / more/ is / and / Ann/ more
- promise /up /smoking/ did/ ? /when/ he /give/ to
- enough /party / it /have/ warm /a /beach /wasn’t /to
- information /me /some /you /give/ can/ more/ please/ ?
- meat / unhealthy / to / is / it / red / eat
Complete the following (condicional) sentence:
- If we were taught to respect wild life,….
- If I were abducted by aliens, …

- If I were you, …
- If my computer got infected by a virus,…
- If I used the computer to sit my exams, . . .
- If I had had good advice, . .
- If I had been you______________________
Join the following sentences using an appropriate linker (Do not use AND, BUT, OR
BECAUSE). Make changes if necessary:
- She had enough money for the new computer. She didn’t buy it.
Rewrite this sentence correctly:
- If only I would call him yesterday
- How many people we convinced?
Turn the following sentence into the active voice:
- I’ve just been stung by a mosquito!
- Scientists aren’t paid much these days.
- The papers are being made public now.
Turn the following sentence into the pasive voice
- Spain won the World Football Championship in 2010.
- Someone stole my wife’s car yesterday.
- They heard a strange noise at the other side of the door.
- The director of the show didn’t choose me at the casting.
Turn the following sentence into the reported speech:
- You should buy these shoes because they fit you perfectly”, she advised me.
- The doctor asked: “Is there anything in your past that you regret?”
- Experts advised us: “Don’t open any emails from unknown senders.”
- “Did they fly to Norway yesterday?” Susan asked me.
- BBC News reported: “The government will release all the UFO files that have been secret over the past 50 years.”
- She told him: “Stay with me after the operation.”
Turn the following sentence into the direct speech:
- She asked how much they had paid for that new computer.
Give a question for the underlined words:
- Kevin travelled to Moscow by train.
- They have been studying Chinese for at least five years.”
- H. G. Wells wrote the science fiction novel ‘The War of the Worlds’ in 1898.
- She started focusing on this idea.
- Hackers use computer viruses to steal millions of dollars from bank accounts.”
- She found Steven’s wallet on the table.
- His sister’s boyfriend was quite funny.