Showing posts with label ejercises. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ejercises. Show all posts

Sunday, 15 March 2009

Reading comprehension pg 50

2 Look at the Reading Review. Then read the text on page 50 again and write True or False for sentences 1-8.

1 Violence in schools is the only problema mentioned in the text. True
2 Students needed idntity cards when Kelly was a teacher. False
3 At Kelly’s old school, students must always leave quickly after their last class. True
4 Police were not sent to every school in New York. True
5 Since 1992, there has been less violence in schools. False
6 School violence is only a problem in big cities. False
7 Psychologists believe that security needs to be stricter. False
8 The writer thinks that it is too easy to obtain a gun. True

3 Match words 1-6 with definitions A-F.

1 Property possessions
2 weapons guns and knives
3 measures  actions, steps
4 expel ban from school permanently
5 confiscated taken away as a punishment
6 shot hurt or killed with a gun

4 Read the Steps to Reading and translate the example sentences in 1-3.

A guard asks for your identity card
Un guardia le pide su tarjeta de identidad.

This is the high school which Kelly used to teach in.
Este es el instituto en el cual Kelly solía dar clases.

At the door, a guard stops you.
En la puerta, un guardia te detiene.

5 Complete the text with the prepositions in the list.

When I was in school, I was really bad at maths. I never understood what the teacher was talking about, I just sat in the classroom and waited for the bell. At the end, I had prívate clases, which my parents paid for.

Monday, 16 February 2009

Ejercises pg 42

4- Future perfect
Which timeline is correct for the sentence, 1 or 2?
The timeline correct is 1.
4-Future perfect
A- Write the words in the correct order to complete the sentences.
1-This time tomorrow we'll have finished these exercises.
2-After you travels, you'll have found the answers to everything!
3-All this will have disappeared in ten years time.
4-I'll have visited every continent before I'm 65.
5-Will you have finished breakfat if I come at ten o'clock?
B- Make predictions about your future and the future of the world. Use the future perfect ant the ideas in lists A and B.
-In ten years time, we won't have learnt to live in pace.
-Before I leave school I'll have studied a lot of English.
-When I'm 65 I will have won a lot of money.
-By this time nextyear I will have travelled abroad.

Ejercises pg 43

Consolidation

Consolidation.

Choose the correct form of the verbs-

1) I’ll enjoy
2) Go
3) I’m coming
4) Are celebrating
5) They’ll have been
6) Are going to contribute
7) We’ve got
8) Pass
9) Will give
10) I’ll be revising

Thursday, 12 February 2009

Exercises pg 42 unit 4

These structures can all express the future.Find examples in the reading text on page 40.

1)Present simple (line 12) My flight to Tailand leaves at 6.00 am. Because he's talking about a timetable.

2)Present Continuos (line 26)I’m going trekking in Nepal . We use present continuous because this is a action which has been organized.

3) Will (line 23)I think I’ll leave the towel. We use will because its' ans spontaneous decision.

4)will (line 30) People will probably tell me about places. We use will because this is a prediction about our opinion.

5) going to ( line 38-39)I’m going to email people from internet cafés. We use "going to" because talk about our intentions.

EXERCICE1 USES OF FUTURE FORMS

A) MATCH A-E WITH SENTENCES 1-5.

a) Intention 2) I’m going to visit Paris one day

b) Timetable 4) When do we arrive in Rome?

c) Something Organized 3) I’m going to Paris on Tuesday

d) Spontaneous Decision 1) Yes, of course I’ll help you

e) Opinion prediction 5) I think that you’ll enjoy it


B) CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER AND EXPLAIN YOUR CHOICES

1) There’s a party on Friday. Have you got any plans? Yes,I’m going with Martin

2) I’m very pessimistic. I don’t think tigers will survive.

3) Do you want to go to the cinema tonight? No, sorry. I’m going out with Maria.


C) FIND THE INCORRECT PART EACH QUESTION.THEN WRITE THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER.ANSWER ThE QUESTION WITH COMPLETE SENTENCES.

1)Are you playing basketball the weekend?

2) Are you going to travel when you’re older?

3) what are you doing after school?

4)Are you going to be a teacher one day?

5) When does this school term finish?

6) will Recreativo ever win the league?

7) Do you think that you will pass the exams?

8) Does your holiday start tomorrow?

Wednesday, 7 January 2009

READING pg 30

READING pg 30

Pg30.
Ex1.Ask and answer the question.

1. What sign of the zodiac are you? My sign of the zodiac is scorpio.
2. Do yo know any characteristic of your star sign? No, I don´t know
3. Do you like personality test? Why?/Why not? Yes, I like. Because the personality test are very interesting and entertaining
4. Do you believe personality test and horoscopes? Sometines, because that they said may or may not true.

Ex2.Read the text quickly. Which adjectives are used to describe the author?

Experience – sociable – sensitive.

Pg.31
Ex3.Read the Steps to Reading. Then guess the answers to questions1-4.

1. What does digits(line 5) refer to? B. Fingers and toes.
2. Do you recognize any part of the word chatty (line 12)? A. Adjective
3. Is there a similar word to astrologer (line 13) in your language? B. A person.
4. Do you recognize any part of the word dissatisfied (line 26)? What is the meaning of the prefix dis-? C. Not

Ex4.Guess the meaning of words 1-6. use the ideas in the Steps to Reading.

1. destiny line 7 destí
2. talkative line 9 xerraire
3. reserved line 25 reservar
4. restrict line 26 restringir
5. misinterpret line 37 interpretar malament
6. illogical line 39 il.lògic

Ex5.Read the text on page 30 again and write True or False for sentences 1-6. Which paragraphs in the text give you the answers?

1. Penny Wilson says that toes tell her about people´s experiences.False/A.
2. The length of the author´s toe indicates that he likes meeting people.True/B.
3. Forer analyzed the results of his student´s personality test.True/B.
4. Forer invented the analysis which he gave to his students.True/B.
5. Forer thought that general descriptions apply to most people.True/D.
6. The author says that it is sensible to believe what astrologers say.True/E.

Ex6.Match definitions 1-6 with words in the text.

1. circular (adj) paragraph A. Round shape
2. very interesting (adj) paragraph B. Fascinating
3. friendly (adj) paragrph C. Sociable
4. aims, dreams (n) paragraph C. Ambitions
5. pay no attention to (v) paragraph D. Ignore
6. not rational (adj) paragraph E. Illogical.

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

ex 4
1.12 jumper road
2.no is in final of letter
3.no the address is the magazine
4.under the address
5. dear sir
6.under the paragraph 4
7. 4 paragraphs

ex 5
paragraph1-d
paragraph2-b
paragraph3-a
paragraph5-c

ex 6
1 yes
2 no
3 no
4 yes
5 no
6 yes
7 no
8 yes

Tuesday, 2 December 2008

page 17

Ex. 4

· Past Perfect

· Past Simple

· Past Simple


Ex. 5

1) Hadn’t thought

2) Was

3) Didn’t do

4) Walked

5) Thought

6) Had arrived

7) Chose

8) Was knowing

9) hurt


Sunday, 30 November 2008

reading, pg 21

3.Read the summary and correct tour of the six expresions in bold

(1) clothes company
(2) hip hop
(3) clothes companies
(4) shops
(5) pay
(6) friends

4. Match definitions 1-6 with words in the text on page 20

(1) hunt for
(2) Prototypes
(3) Admiration
(4) Given away
(5) Neighbourhoods
(6) Tactics

5.Read the steps to Reading. Then find extracts 1 and 2 in the text and read them again carefully. Match pronouns 1-5-with A-E

Extract 1 Lines: 3-6
(1) Tommy Hilfiger’s
(2) The rap musicians

Extract 2 Lines: 12-14
(3)Lizz Potts
(4)In the clothes shop
(5)The costumers

Activities pag 16

Activities pag 16
1. Read the text. Then answer the questions.

It was my birthday, but nobody had mentioned it at school.

My family had given me birthday cards at breakfast, but none of my friends had remembered by the time school finished.

As I walked out of school, I was feeling a little disappointed. I was eighteen, but I didn’t feel special.

Later, I was walking home with my girlfriend when she said that she wanted to go into a café because it was raining. As we walked in, I wasn’t really looking at the people. At first, Jess didn’t say anything, but then she pointed at them. As soon as I looked at them they all shouted, “Surprise”!.

1. How old was the main character when the story happened?
He was eighteen years old.
2. What is the name of his girlfriend?
Her name is Jess.
3. Where did they have dinner?
They had dinner in the café.

2. Look at the table. Which time expressions are not in the text?

Main sequence Before and after

At first after
Next After a while
Then Afterwards
Later Before
In the end Earlier
Duration Simultaneous events
By the time As
until As soon as
When
While





3. Complete the sentences with the correct time expressions.
1. By the time we had finished, it was late.
2. At first I felt lonely, but later I was happy.
3. While we were celebrating, my parents phoned.
4. We started dancing as soon as we arrived. In the end, we were tired.
5. After the party, we talked for hours.
6. Afterwards, everybody went home.
Word-building

Adjective suffixes

6. Complete the table. Then find words 1-5 in the text on page 20 and check your spelling.

Base form Suffix Adjective
Tactic -al Tactical
Nature Natural
Child Childish
Style -ish Stylish

Success -ful Successful
Faith faithful

Product Productive
Manipulate -ive manipulative

Comfort Comfortable
Fashion -able fashionable

Study Studious
Adventure -ous adventurous


7.Complete each sentence with an appropriate adjective from exercise 6.

1. Leeds didn’t play well. They made some tactical errors.
2. She’s very adventurous. She likes new things and going to different places.
3. He’s made millions of dollars. He’s a successful businessman.
4. He always wears what he likes. He doesn’t care if it isn’t fashionable.
5. I don’t wear make-up – I just want to look natural.
6. That advertising campaign is really manipulative – I refuse to buy their products.

8. Complete the sentences.Change the base from of the words if necessary.

1. This jacket hasn’t got any pockets – it isn’t very useful.
2. Look at my hair. It’s a disaster!
3. These shirts are delicate, but they’re washable.
4. I like that style. It’s so original.
5. The origin of Dr Martens boots is in Germany in the 1940s.
6. Her car is very luxurious.
7. She’s always in the library – she’s very studious

Monday, 3 November 2008

3. For and Since
- We use for and since with the past perfect to indicate the duration of a past state or a past action.

- We use for to refer to the period of time a state or an action has lasted, without referring to the exact moment when it began.

Ex: Liz Potts has worked as a cool hunter for several years.

- We use since to refer to the specific moment when a state or an action began.
Ex: How many pairs of sneakers have you bought since last year?
page.22 ex.3
1 - I haven’t spoken to my friend for three days.
2 – I’ve had these shoes since last month.
3 – I’ve been awake since the 10 p.m.
4 – I’ve been interested in music for five years.
5 – I haven’t been to the beach for two months.
6 – I‘ve known my classmates for four years.
7 – I’ve spoken Spanish since 2001.
8 – I haven’t seen a film at the cinema since last month.