CAE :: Lesson 5

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

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Key word transformations

ACTIVITY 19: For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original, using the word given in blue letters. Then check the correct answers.

1.

Two dams in Brazil collapsed after weeks of torrential rain.

 

result

 

2.

Such events raise again the question of dam safety in Britain.

 

bring

 

3.

The Reservoirs Act, 1975, is still to be implemented.

 

effect

 

4.

Most dam failures occur soon after construction or after a long uneventful period of operation.

 

place

 

5.

The new Act places enforcement of its legislation in the hands of 66 local authorities.

 

responsible

 

6.

Local authorities do not always fulfil the dictates of Parliament.

 

carry

 

 

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