5TO CUATRIMESTRE

SIMPLE PAST PRACTICE: Complete with the past form of the verbs in brackets.
1.Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland.
2.It (be) great.
3.I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places.
4.In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.
5.One night we even (learn) some Irish dances.
6.We (be) very lucky with the weather.
7.It (not / rain) a lot.
8.But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9.Where (spend / you) your last holiday?

Complete with WAS or WERE

1.I .............happy.
2.You .............. angry.
3.She ............ in London last week.
4.He ............ on holiday.
5.It ..............cold.
6.We ..............at school.
7.You ........... at the cinema.
8.They............ at home.
9.The cat .......... on the roof.
10.The children ......... in the garden

Make questions for the bold part of the sentence

1.She pushed her bike. →
2.She carried a bag. →
3.We waited in the park. →
4.The policeman arrested the thief. →
5.We ate fish. →
6.She watched the match last night. →
7.She asked her friend because she did not know what to do. →
8.I opened the door. →
9.The teacher checked our homework. →
10.Cindy had a dog. →

Make these sentences negative

1.They collected postcards. →
2.You jumped high. →
3.Albert played squash. →
4.The teacher tested our English. →
5.Fiona visited her grandma. →
6.He washed the car. →
7.You were thirsty. →
8.He had a computer. →
9.I bought bread. →
10.You saw the house. →

Make a positive sentence in simple past


1.he / the question / answer
2.you / a question / ask
3.the dog / bark
4.they / us / call
5.we / a mountain / climb
6.John / stamps / collect
7.we / in London / live
8.I / hungry / be
9.they / a hamster / have
10.he / to school / go

READING:

Oxford is a beautiful university town that is famous all over the world. The University of Oxford is the oldest university in Great Britain; it already existed in the 12th century. In the town centre there are many old buildings. There is also a museum where you can learn more about Oxford’s history.

1.The University of Oxford............ (be) the first British university.
2.The lecturers of the colleges.......... (speak) a very clear English.
3.That's why Oxford English .............(become) known as the English of educated people.
4.In the 19th century, Lewis Carroll ............(write) 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' in Oxford.
5.Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean)............... (study) electrical engineering at Oxford

MASTER COLLEGE 2/6TH FORM

VERB TENSE: Complete with Past Simple 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.

VERB TENSE: Complete with Past Simple or Present Perfect.

Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology ..........(change) a great deal. The first computers............ (be) simple machines designed for basic tasks. They............ (have, not) much memory and they ..............(be, not) very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often............... (pay) thousands of dollars for machines which actually.............. (do) very little. Most computers............. (be) separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games.

Times........... (change) . Computers.......... (become) powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers........... (create) a large selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's games .............(become) faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer users ............(get, also) on the Internet and............. (begin) communicating with other computer users around the world. We................ (start) to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual machines of the past............. (evolve) into an international World Wide Web of knowledge

MASTER COLLEGE 1/ 6TH FORM

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES: Complete
1) She’s much __________ her husband. (young)
2) It’s a __________ day _____ yesterday. (warm)
3) The vegetables in the shop are __________ ¬¬¬_____ the one ones in the supermarket. (fresh)
4) The train is __________ _____ the bus (expensive)
5) The new TV programme is __________ _____ the old one. (funny)
6) Mrs. Jones is a __________ teacher ____ Mr. Andrews. (good)
7) My office is __________ _____ Helen’s. (near)
8) The traffic is _______________ it was last year. (noisy)
9) You have a __________ life _____ I have. (busy)
10) Drivers in this country are _______________________ _____ drivers in my country. (dangerous)
11) The exam today was _______________ _____ last year’s exam. (difficult)
12) She’s __________ _____ her sister. (smart)
13) Micheal is __________ _____ than Mathew. (Rich)
14) The students ask _______________ questions _____ they did before. (intelligent)
15) Her second book is _______________ _____ her first one. (interesting)

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES: Complete

1) __________ (large)cucumber weighed 66lbs.
2) __________ (popular) tourist attraction in the United States is Disneyworld.
3) __________ (successful) songwriters are Paul McCartney and the late John Lennon.
4) __________ (heavy) baby at birth was a boy of 22 lbs. 8 oz. He was born in Italy in 1955
5) __________ (fat) person was a man in New York. He weighed almost 1200 lbs.
6) One of __________ (famous) painters was Pablo Picasso.
7) __________ (long) attack of hiccups lasted 67 years.
8) __________ (big) omelet was made of 54,763 eggs.

VERB TENSES : Complete with Present Simple or Present Continuous.

A Trekking Journal

November 12, 1997

Today....... (be) the second day of my trek around Mount Annapurna. I am exhausted and my legs........... (shake) ; I just hope I am able to complete the trek. My feet ............(kill, really) me and my toes.............. (bleed) , but I............. (want, still) to continue.

Nepal is a fascinating country, but I have a great deal to learn. Everything......... (be) so different, and I........... (try) to adapt to the new way of life here. I .............(learn) a little bit of the language to make communication easier; unfortunately, I ..............(learn, not) foreign languages quickly. Although I ..............(understand, not) much yet, I believe that I............ (improve, gradually) .

I ............(travel, currently) with Liam, a student from Leeds University in England. He.......... (be) a nice guy, but impatient. He.............. (walk, always) ahead of me and............. (complain) that I am too slow. I.......... (do) my best to keep up with him, but he is younger and stronger than I am. Maybe, I am just feeling sorry for myself because I am getting old.

Right now, Liam............ (sit) with the owner of the inn. They........... (discuss) the differences between life in England and life in Nepal. I.............. (know, not) the real name of the owner, but everybody.......... (call, just) him Tam. Tam.......... (speak) English very well and he........... (try) to teach Liam some words in Nepali. Every time Tam......... (say) a new word, Liam .........(try) to repeat it. Unfortunately, Liam ..........(seem, also) to have difficulty learning foreign languages. I just hope we don't get lost and have to ask for directions.

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Buenas tardes,

deben entregar a modo de trabajo práctico los ejercicios publicados en este blog en las siguientes dos fechas:

- Jueves 11 Noviembre 2010
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Juan Pablo