miércoles, 27 de junio de 2012
REVISION (2do b/4to b)
A) Working with verbs
1. Read the text and complete with the verbs in the box. Use the Present Simple.
2. Underline all kind of verb and write their past forms. Place the regular ones under the correct heading /d/, /t/, or /id/.
3. Draw the stress pattern for the underlined words. Which words share the same stress pattern?
be-sell-promote-want-be-say-have-use
NATURA AIMS TO
Natura is fast-growing
Natura picked France as the first
“We wanted to choose sophisticated market where people want things to be very good”, says Alejandro Carlucci, Natura´s chief executive. “We wanted a test that was tough”.
Mr Carlucci……….the experiment was
It sells a range of 600 soaps, shampoos, skin-care lotions and similar products. All of them ……….. based on about 900
The company ………………. itself as an “ethical” company that works with growers who harvest their
“What makes them different from other
Results …………good. In the first nine months, revenues were up to 21 per cent to R$2.7bn. Net
B. Make questions:
a. ………………………………………………………......?
Natura started as a laboratory 37 years ago.
b. ...........................?
Natura started in Sao Paulo
c. …………………………………………………….......?
They wanted to choose a sophisticated market
d. ……………………………………………………......?
They are trying to go internationally
e. ……………………………………………………….....?
The company promotes itself as “ethical”.
f. ………………………………………………….......?
The products are based on about 900 natural ingredients.
C)Past or Past Continuous: Put the following sentences into the correct tense, Simple past or Past Continuous.
a. George (fall) off the ladder while he (paint) the ceiling.
b. While Tom (cook) the dinner, the phone (ring).
c. Ann (wait) for me at home when I (arrive) yesterday
d. Tim (take) a photograph of me while I (not /look).
e. What (you/do) at this time yesterday'
f. I (see) Carol at the party. She (wear) a really beautiful dress.
g. I (break) a plate last night. I (do) the washing up.
h. (you/watch) television when I (arrive)?
i. Last night I (read) in bed when suddenly I (hear) a scream.
j. We (not/go) out because it (rain).
jueves, 14 de junio de 2012
3ero(ELEMENTAL)Esba
THE PLANE
Early next morning the man left the village where he had spent the night. He took the narrow, winding country road which he knew led to a small town some twelve miles away. After walking for two hours, he came to a path which cut across country and led directly to the town. Leaving the road, the man passed through a gate and was soon walking along the path. The fields were deserted. To the left and right of the path, corn sheaves were arranged in neat rows. The only sign of human habitation was a small farmhouse across the fields where the brilliant morning sun was reflected in the windows.
Suddenly the man heard the low hum of an engine. At first he thought that it must be a car travelling along the road he had recently left. He expected the noise to fade away in the distance. Instead, it grew louder and louder and seemed to be coming from above. He looked up quickly and saw an aeroplane cutting a crazy zig-zag path across the sky. It disappeared for an instant behind some clouds, the emerged and plunged towards the field. The aeroplane was coming towards him. He gazed at it terrified and immediately took cover in a small hollow in the field, his eyes following the course of the aeroplane the whole time. As he watched it, he felt sure it would crash and burst into flames before his eyes. Then, as if by miracle, it pulled out of the dive and touched down on the field. The aeroplane bounced wildly across the uneven ground carrying away anything that lay in his path. In a matter of seconds, it crashed through a hedge only a few yards away from where the man was crouching. After that, all was still. The man stood up dazed. For a moment he thought of running to the farmhouse and asking for help; but he changed his mind and rushed towards the gap in the hedge.
Early next morning the man left the village where he had spent the night. He took the narrow, winding country road which he knew led to a small town some twelve miles away. After walking for two hours, he came to a path which cut across country and led directly to the town. Leaving the road, the man passed through a gate and was soon walking along the path. The fields were deserted. To the left and right of the path, corn sheaves were arranged in neat rows. The only sign of human habitation was a small farmhouse across the fields where the brilliant morning sun was reflected in the windows.
Suddenly the man heard the low hum of an engine. At first he thought that it must be a car travelling along the road he had recently left. He expected the noise to fade away in the distance. Instead, it grew louder and louder and seemed to be coming from above. He looked up quickly and saw an aeroplane cutting a crazy zig-zag path across the sky. It disappeared for an instant behind some clouds, the emerged and plunged towards the field. The aeroplane was coming towards him. He gazed at it terrified and immediately took cover in a small hollow in the field, his eyes following the course of the aeroplane the whole time. As he watched it, he felt sure it would crash and burst into flames before his eyes. Then, as if by miracle, it pulled out of the dive and touched down on the field. The aeroplane bounced wildly across the uneven ground carrying away anything that lay in his path. In a matter of seconds, it crashed through a hedge only a few yards away from where the man was crouching. After that, all was still. The man stood up dazed. For a moment he thought of running to the farmhouse and asking for help; but he changed his mind and rushed towards the gap in the hedge.
martes, 12 de junio de 2012
RR.HH III CUAT/1ERO SISTEMAS/4TO B/2DO B
A) Complete the sentences the Past Simple or Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
1. I used my time well while I............... (wait) for my plane - I wrote some emails.
2. I.................... (not/work) when my boss .............(walk) in my office.
3. While I ..................(wait) for the taxi, I ............(see)two car crashes.
4. Tom....................... (have) long hair and a beard when he was at university.
5. I ..................(listen to)the cassette you gave me while I.................. (drive) to work.
6. What .......................(you/do) this time last year?
7. I .......................(not/call) you at 9 o'clock as arranged because I was having a meeting.
8. What............................ (you/do) this time last year?
9. Why did you bring your umbrella?......................... (it/rain) when you left home?
B) Complete the text with the Past Simple or Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets
It............ (rain) very hard when the bus .............(leave) the school. When we............. (get) home, my Aunt Carol and Uncle Arthur............ (wait) for us. They.............. (tell) us to run into their basement. When I ...............(look) up the road, I .................(see) that a tornado................... (come) towards our house. We all................... (run) towards the shelter. But it was too late. The tornado.............. (pass) over us while we ............(try) to get down the stairs. We................. (close) the door when the wind suddenly ..................(pull) it off. The noise was as loud as a train, and it was very dark. My uncle (hold) me down when suddenly the tornado................ (lift) him and threw him against a wall. Everybody ..................(scream) for help while the tornado................. (throw) things on top of us. Suddenly the wind.............. (stop) . It ...............(become) very quiet. My uncle and sister were hurt, but we all............... (survive) .
C)Join the sentences by using while and when.
1) 1) I hurt my knee. I was playing football.
———————————————–-----------------. (when)
———————————————------------------. (while)
2) They were talking about the exam results. The manager came in.
______________________________________________________. (when)
______________________________________________________. (while)
3) 3) Gaye lost her wallet. She was walking in a crowded street.
______________________________________________________.(when)
______________________________________________________. (while)
4) 4) Somebody stole my i-pod. I was speaking to a friend on the phone.
_______________________________________________________. (when)
_______________________________________________________. (while)
5) 5) We were getting ready for the picnic. It started to rain.
_______________________________________________________.(when)
_______________________________________________________. (while)
D) REGULAR VERB PRONUNCIATION: Place the verbs into the correct columns below. There are ten answers for each column.
allowed-asked-cracked-cried-damaged-decided-encouraged-ended-flooded-guessed-included-jailed-killed-landed-loved-missed-mixed-pasted-relaxed-repeated-shaved-slipped-stopped-tasted-visited-wasted-washed-watched-welcomed--yawned-
/t/--------------------------/d/------------------------/id/
1. I used my time well while I............... (wait) for my plane - I wrote some emails.
2. I.................... (not/work) when my boss .............(walk) in my office.
3. While I ..................(wait) for the taxi, I ............(see)two car crashes.
4. Tom....................... (have) long hair and a beard when he was at university.
5. I ..................(listen to)the cassette you gave me while I.................. (drive) to work.
6. What .......................(you/do) this time last year?
7. I .......................(not/call) you at 9 o'clock as arranged because I was having a meeting.
8. What............................ (you/do) this time last year?
9. Why did you bring your umbrella?......................... (it/rain) when you left home?
B) Complete the text with the Past Simple or Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets
It............ (rain) very hard when the bus .............(leave) the school. When we............. (get) home, my Aunt Carol and Uncle Arthur............ (wait) for us. They.............. (tell) us to run into their basement. When I ...............(look) up the road, I .................(see) that a tornado................... (come) towards our house. We all................... (run) towards the shelter. But it was too late. The tornado.............. (pass) over us while we ............(try) to get down the stairs. We................. (close) the door when the wind suddenly ..................(pull) it off. The noise was as loud as a train, and it was very dark. My uncle (hold) me down when suddenly the tornado................ (lift) him and threw him against a wall. Everybody ..................(scream) for help while the tornado................. (throw) things on top of us. Suddenly the wind.............. (stop) . It ...............(become) very quiet. My uncle and sister were hurt, but we all............... (survive) .
C)Join the sentences by using while and when.
1) 1) I hurt my knee. I was playing football.
———————————————–-----------------. (when)
———————————————------------------. (while)
2) They were talking about the exam results. The manager came in.
______________________________________________________. (when)
______________________________________________________. (while)
3) 3) Gaye lost her wallet. She was walking in a crowded street.
______________________________________________________.(when)
______________________________________________________. (while)
4) 4) Somebody stole my i-pod. I was speaking to a friend on the phone.
_______________________________________________________. (when)
_______________________________________________________. (while)
5) 5) We were getting ready for the picnic. It started to rain.
_______________________________________________________.(when)
_______________________________________________________. (while)
D) REGULAR VERB PRONUNCIATION: Place the verbs into the correct columns below. There are ten answers for each column.
allowed-asked-cracked-cried-damaged-decided-encouraged-ended-flooded-guessed-included-jailed-killed-landed-loved-missed-mixed-pasted-relaxed-repeated-shaved-slipped-stopped-tasted-visited-wasted-washed-watched-welcomed--yawned-
/t/--------------------------/d/------------------------/id/
lunes, 4 de junio de 2012
PRACTICE (3ER CUAT RRHH/1ER CUAT SIST)
Simple Past / Past Continuous
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tense.
1. A: What............. (you, do) when the accident occurred?
B: I............... (try) to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
2. After I ..........(find) the wallet full of money, I ...........(go, immediately) to the police and ................(turn) it in.
3. The doctor........... (say) that Tom........... (be) too sick to go to work and that he.......... (need) to stay at home for a couple of days.
4. Sebastian............ (arrive) at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but she ............(be, not) there. She ...................(study, at the library) for her final examination in French.
5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she............... (watch, also) television. That's all she ever does!
6. A: I.............. (call) you last night after dinner, but you .............(be, not) there. Where were you?
B: I.................. (work) out at the fitness center.
7. When I.............. (walk) into the busy office, the secretary............. (talk) on the phone with a customer, several clerks............. (work, busily) at their desks, and two managers.............. (discuss, quietly) methods to improve customer service.
8. I .............(watch) a mystery movie on TV when the electricity went out. Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends.
9. Sharon........... (be) in the room when John told me what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she.................... (listen, not) .
10. It's strange that you.......... (call) because I ..............(think, just) about you.
11. The Titanic ............(cross) the Atlantic when it........... (strike) an iceberg.
12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants................. (bargain, busily) and (..............try) to sell their goods to naive tourists who................ (hunt) for souvenirs. Some young boys ...............(lead) their donkeys through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of men.............. (argue) over the price of a leather belt. I............... (walk) over to a man who............ (sell) fruit and.............. (buy) a banana.
13. The firemen.............. (rescue) the old woman who ..............(be) trapped on the third floor of the burning building.
14. She was so annoying! She............... (leave, always) her dirty dishes in the sink. I think she................. (expect, actually) me to do them for her.
15. Samantha .............(live) in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she............. (live) there when the Berlin Wall came down.
Complete with simple past or past continuous:
Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela.......... (call) . She said she............ (call) me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she................. (wait) for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she.......... (talk) to me. I couldn't believe she.............. (make) a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on.
She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students............... (sleep, actually) in class. Some of the students.............. (talk) about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her.............. (draw) a picture of a horse. When Angela ...............(tell) me she was not satisfied with the class, I ...............(mention) that my biology professor was quite good and ............(suggest) that she switch to my class.
While we were talking, I ...............(hear) her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I........... (hang) up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I ............(cut) vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It.......... (be) Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting in class.
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tense.
1. A: What............. (you, do) when the accident occurred?
B: I............... (try) to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
2. After I ..........(find) the wallet full of money, I ...........(go, immediately) to the police and ................(turn) it in.
3. The doctor........... (say) that Tom........... (be) too sick to go to work and that he.......... (need) to stay at home for a couple of days.
4. Sebastian............ (arrive) at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but she ............(be, not) there. She ...................(study, at the library) for her final examination in French.
5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she............... (watch, also) television. That's all she ever does!
6. A: I.............. (call) you last night after dinner, but you .............(be, not) there. Where were you?
B: I.................. (work) out at the fitness center.
7. When I.............. (walk) into the busy office, the secretary............. (talk) on the phone with a customer, several clerks............. (work, busily) at their desks, and two managers.............. (discuss, quietly) methods to improve customer service.
8. I .............(watch) a mystery movie on TV when the electricity went out. Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends.
9. Sharon........... (be) in the room when John told me what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she.................... (listen, not) .
10. It's strange that you.......... (call) because I ..............(think, just) about you.
11. The Titanic ............(cross) the Atlantic when it........... (strike) an iceberg.
12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants................. (bargain, busily) and (..............try) to sell their goods to naive tourists who................ (hunt) for souvenirs. Some young boys ...............(lead) their donkeys through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of men.............. (argue) over the price of a leather belt. I............... (walk) over to a man who............ (sell) fruit and.............. (buy) a banana.
13. The firemen.............. (rescue) the old woman who ..............(be) trapped on the third floor of the burning building.
14. She was so annoying! She............... (leave, always) her dirty dishes in the sink. I think she................. (expect, actually) me to do them for her.
15. Samantha .............(live) in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she............. (live) there when the Berlin Wall came down.
Complete with simple past or past continuous:
Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela.......... (call) . She said she............ (call) me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she................. (wait) for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she.......... (talk) to me. I couldn't believe she.............. (make) a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on.
She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students............... (sleep, actually) in class. Some of the students.............. (talk) about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her.............. (draw) a picture of a horse. When Angela ...............(tell) me she was not satisfied with the class, I ...............(mention) that my biology professor was quite good and ............(suggest) that she switch to my class.
While we were talking, I ...............(hear) her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I........... (hang) up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I ............(cut) vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It.......... (be) Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting in class.
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