1 MATERIA : INGLES PROFESOR: EDGARDO S BERG AÑO LECTIVO: BOOKLET DE PRACTICA INSTITUCION: CONTENT: SIMPLE PRESENT & PRESENT CONTINUOUS pp 3 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES pp 6 SIMPLE PAST // PAST CONTINUOUS pp 7 BE GOING TO pp 9
2 PROGRAMA DE EXAMEN 2018 Temas a acreditar PRESENTE SIMPLE PRESENTE CONTINUO GOING TO COMPARATIVOS/SUPERLATIVOS PASADO SIMPLE PASADO CONTINUO WHEN/WHILE Este programa solo vale para alumnos regulares y para las instancias de Diciembre y de Febrero/Marzo. Con firma y sello del docente
3 SIMPLE PRESENT & PRESENT CONTINUOUS Put the verbs into the correct form. 1. I (to like) lemonade very much. 2. The girls always (to listen) to pop music. 3. Janet never (to wear) jeans. 4. Mr Smith (to teach) Spanish and French. 5. You (to do) your homework after school. Simple present with 'have' and 'be' Fill in the correct form of the verbs. 1. We (to have) a nice garden. 2. She (to be) six years old. 3. Simon (to have) two rabbits and five goldfish. 4. I (to be) from Vienna, Austria. 5. They (to be) Sandy's parents. Negative Sentences Make negative sentences. 1. My father makes breakfast. 2. They are eleven. 3. She writes a letter. 4. I speak Italian. 5. Danny phones his father on Sundays. Questions Make questions. 1. you / to speak / English 2. when / he / to go / home 3. they / to clean / the bathroom 4. where / she / to ride / her bike 5. Billy / to work / in the supermarket
4 Caroline Look at the picture on the right and complete the sentences (Simple Present or Present Progressive). 1. This (be) Caroline. 2. Caroline (have) long blond hair. 3. She usually (wear) glasses, but now she (wear) contact lenses. 4. Caroline (like) sports. 5. She (play) handball every Monday and Thursday. Positive sentences Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive. 1. We (help) in the canteen this week. 2. Martin usually (drive) to work. 3. But today, he (take) the bus. 4. Listen! She (practise) the piano. 5. My friend (play) the guitar every evening. Negative sentences Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive. 1. He (not / spend) his holidays in Spain each year. 2. I (not / meet) Francis tonight.
5 3. They (not / fly) to London tomorrow. 4. We (not / work) this week. 5. The film (not / begin) at 7 o'clock. questionn Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive. 1. (leave / you) the party now? 2. (have / you) any brothers or sisters? 3. (love / she) him? 4. Who (cook) dinner tonight? 5. (send / he) you an e-mail every day? Text Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive. 1. Maria (want) to improve her English. 2. Therefore, she (do) a language course in London at the moment. 3. She (stay) with a host family and (must) take the tube to get to her language school. 4. It (be) only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station. 5. The tube (leave) at half past eight. 6. The first lesson (begin) at 9 o'clock. 7. In the afternoons, the school (offer) sightseeing tours in and around London. 8. Tomorrow, the students of the language school (go) to Windsor.
6 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets: a. Carol is as good (good) as you at sport. b. We like wearing the (late) fashion. c. These trousers are (comfortable) than those jeans. d. She is (happy) now than he was last year. e. You are the (pretty) girl in class. f. My grandma is (old) than my grandpa. g. The red dress is the (attractive) in the shop. h. I always tell the (fun) jokes. i. Your hair is (curly) than my hair. j. My hair is (short) than yours. Put the adjectives in the correct form (comparative, superlative): 1. Her dress is (pretty)... than mine. 2. Cheetahs are (fast)... animals we can find. 3. Eating fruit and vegetables is (healthy)... than eating hot dogs. 4. I like milk (good)... than coffee. 5. China has (many)... people than any other country in the world. 6. The blue whale is (heavy)... animal in the world. 7. Which is (big)..., Portugal or Spain? 8. Travelling by plane is (comfortable)... than travelling by car. 9. He is (untidy)... person in class. 10 Buying things from plastic is (bad)...than buying things from recycled paper. 11. The Nile is (long)... river in the world. 12. In Mark s opinion History is (difficult)... than Geography. However, it is (interesting)... 13. Antarctica is one of (cold)... places on Earth. 14. Greece is (hot)... than England. 15. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who s (pretty)... of them all? 16. Elvis Presley is one of (popular)... rock singers ever. 17. Jenny is (tall)...than Alice even though she is (young)... 18. Switzerland is one of (rich)...countries in the world. 19. People in Africa are the (poor)... in the world. 20. Alexander the Great was a (good)... leader than Xerxes.
7 SIMPLE PAST // PAST CONTINUOUS Write the verbs in brackets in Past Simple. 1. My sister... (tidy) her bedroom yesterday morning. 2. We... (phone) our cousins last week. 3. The girls... (play) on the computer last night. 4. I... (travel) to Paris three months ago. 5. John... (stay) at his granny s house last summer. 6. The film... (end) very late yesterday. 7. My family... (live) in New York in 1995. 8. You... (clean) your teeth three times yesterday. Rewrite the sentences in the interrogative form Complete the the e-mail with the verbs in brackets. Dear Jane, How are you doing? I feel miserable, I must admit. And I'm going to tell you why. Yesterday I... (do) my homework,... (tidy) my bedroom and... (decide) to go out. The weather... (be) perfect and so I... (go) to the park. And do you know who I... (see) there? Jason, my boyfriend. I... (want) to say hello to him, but then I... (stop), because I... (can) see a girl coming to him. Guess what... (happen). They... (meet) in the middle of the road and he... (kiss) her. My Jason! Jason and I... (be) in the park three times and he never... (try) to kiss me! I didn't know what to do. I just... (run) away. When I... (come) back home, I... (cry). Just a little bit, you know. Then I... (say) to myself: Forget about Jason. There are plenty more fish in the sea! What do you think of him? Is he worth it? Please, write back soon. Love, Bea
8 Choose the correct options (simple past // past continuous) 1 I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song. 2 When the teacher said / was saying Stop!, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question. 3 I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow. 4 Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch. 5 I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus. 6 Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing the internet. 7 My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the keyboard. 8 When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn t go / wasn t going to school, I went / was going to the doctor s I felt terrible. 9 How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled / were travelling around Ireland? 10 Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was trying to tell you something really important? WHEN and WHILE Fill in the blanks with 'WHEN' or 'WHILE' 1. my father was reading a book, my mother was looking at the family album. 2. I was having a shower, my friend broke my mother's favourite vase. 3. the teacher came into the classroom,some students were arguing with each other. 4. I arrived home, all the guests were having tea and biscuits. 5. she was a little girl, she visited her relatives with her mother. 6. I liked working in group and pairs, I was a secondary school student. 7. Sue was waiting for the 12 o'clock train, she met an old friend. 8. The Pearsons were having a large breakfast, the doorbell rang. 9. My father was waiting in the car, my mother was doing shopping. 10.What were you doing the teacher looked at you suddenly.
9 Be going to: exercise 3 - future plans and predictions Complete the email with following verbs and "going to". tell / change / move / not buy /like /find /not travel /kill /not tidy /work Hi, Ben! I'm writing to you to let you know that I... to Devon. I can't wait anymore! Everything... in my life. We want to live in a house near the sea. We... a big house, because we...... it all weekends. Do you know Devon? If not, you must come to see us. I'm sure you... it there. My wife and I... new jobs too, because Brighton is too far away and we... to work for hours every day. We...... somewhere near our home. My boss doesn't know about it, but I... him soon. He... me! I have to go now. Please, write back soon. Bye for now, Sam