Mira a la lección para Usar El Contexto Para Determiner Lo Que Significa Una Palabra: Aprenda Rápido Vocabulario y Ortografía en Inglés.
Completa los ejereicíos 1 y 2 de abajo. Compara tus respuestas con las respuestas correctas ubicadas al final de la lección. Si tu resultado fue del 80 por ciento en ambos ejercicios, ve inmediatamente a la Práctica de la Evaluación. Pero si fue menor del 80 por ciento haz el ejercicio 3 de abajo para práctica adicional.
Ejercicios
Ejercicio 1
Asigna la definición correcta para la primera columna utilizando las palabras de la segunda columna:
| 1. repertoire | a. a social error |
| 2. coterie | b. a dabbler |
| 3. dilettante | c. an expert or authority |
| 4. kibitz | d. a devoted fan |
| 5. faux pas | e. offer unwanted advice |
| 6. junta | f. favorable character |
| 7. aficionado | g. innocence, lack of sophistication |
| 8. pariah | h. a group that takes power |
| 9. pundit | i. a loyal following |
| 10. naïveté | j. an outcast |
| k. a list of talents or works |
Resultado del ejercicio 1: _____
Ejercicio 2
Al lado de cada oración, escribe una D si la oración te da una pista de contexto por definición o una C si te la da por contraste.
- He offered a caveat, a warning, about the dangers of smoking.
- Though he tried to appear energetic, we all knew that he suffered from a malaise.
- The coffee, though we knew it was ersatz, tasted genuine.
- She had a charming naïveté, or lack of sophistication.
- As a youth he had committed a harmless peccadillo, hardly a serious crime.
- They reached a détente, or agreement, after all the negotiations were complete.
- She liked nothing better than to kibitz around the neighborhood, meddling in everyone's business.
- Apartheid, the official separation of the races in South Africa, is now illegal.
- He was embarrassed that his faux pas, a small social misstep, had created so much fuss.
- He claimed that the coup d'état, the sudden overthrow of power in the small country, was successful.
Resultado del ejercicio: _____
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