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.

5to cuat/ESBA

Buenas tardes,

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

- Jueves 11 Noviembre 2010
- Sábado 23 Octubre 2010Saludos,

Juan Pablo

PRACTICE

1) MAKE THESE SENTENCES NEGATIVE:

a. Information technology is popular.
b. Computers have many uses.
c. In shops, a computer scans the price of each item.
d. Then, the computer calculates the total cost of all the items.
e. Most television advertisements and many films use graphics designed by a computer.
f. Banks use computers to look after their customer´s money.
g. Hospitals use a computer to look after patient records and medicines.
h. Mainframes are the biggest computers.
i. John Wilmott is a salesperson and he spends a lot of time visiting customers.
j. Pat Nye is a personner officer. She needs a computer to keep staff records.
k. The university of the North needs a computer to look after its accounts.
j. The James family want a computer for entertainment, writing letters, the internet, and for calculating tax.

2) COMPLETE WITH DO OR DOES:

a. ......... you work overtime on weekdays?
b. ......... Peter need more time to fish his report?
c. ......... they play the same sports that we do?
d. ......... Rose think about his children all day?
e. ......... Microsoft have many employees?
f. What ........she have Mondays at 9.00?
g. What ..........she study in programming?
h.......... she want a career in catering?
i.......... they understand by " low salary"?
j.How many hours ..... you work a day?
k.How long ....... the course last?
l.What time ........ the train leave?


COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

a.The red mousepad is...........than the green one.(big)
b.Desktop computers are .......... than laptops. (heavy)
c. Argentinian wine is ..........than English wine. (good)
d. I have two daughters. Both are young but Jenny is ............... (young).
e. Mathematics is ................ than language. (difficult)
f. Today I feel ...........than yesterday. (tidy)

5to cuatrimestre/ESBA

THE SIMPLE PRESENT
PRACTICE

1. COMPLETE WITH DO OR DOES

a. .......... you have my book?
b. How much money ............. a regular bus ticket cost in your country?
c. Why .......... she look so worried?
d. How many brothers ........... he have?
e. What time ............ school start in the morning?
f. How often ........ you check you email?
g. How many e-mails ...........Peter receive every week?


2. MAKE THESE SENTENCES NEGATIVE

a. Most people believe in a supernatural power.
b. Mary checks her email every morning before work.
c. Everybody knows waht a computer is today.
d. I chat on MSN every day.
e. Today, a computers costs around 4ooo pesos.
f. both the computer and the printer work all right.
g. The scanner is a very useful input device.
h. They write a letter to me every month.
i. He usually arrives late to work.


3. CORRECT THE MISTAKES

a. My boss always arrive late to work.
b. I doesn´t know how a computer works.
c. They speaks English at home.
d. We haves English classes once a week.
e. Sarah buy a computer every two years.
f. My cellphone doesn´t works.

MAKE QUESTIONS- 5TO CUAT/2DO CUAT RR.HH

1. ………………………………………………………………………………………………?(feel)
Martin Jerson and his friend Steve Harris were confident when they started their two-day climbing trip.
2. ……………………………………………………………………………………………..?(do)
The men called the police immediately.
3. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….?(lose)
They lost Steve´s backpack.
4. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….?
The backpack had a tent and a mobile phone inside.
5. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….?
The rescue service found them at ten.
6. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….?
The men were taken to hospital.
7. …………………………………………………………………………………………….?
They planned their next trip.

Make questions:(alguna respuestas están en presente por que lo que necesitarán loas auxiliares DO or DOES en lugar de DID). Usen HOW OFTEN-WHEN-HOW MUCH-HOW MANY-WHERE-WHY-HOW-WHAT-

a. ......................................?
That car cost 150.000 dollars
b. ........................................?
We take English lessons twice a week.
c. .........................................?
There are 28 students in my class.
d. ...........................................?
The car accident happened two weeks ago.
e. .............................................?
I go to work by car.
f. ...............................................?
Because I hate public transport.
g. ..............................................?
I study at UBA in Buenos aires.
h. ..............................................?
They had staff meetings every Monday.
i. ................................................?
I felt confident before the exam.

5to cuat. SIMPLE PAST PRACTICE

Buenas,
Les envío ejercitación de simple past. El fin de semana subo otra serie de ejercicios. Please hacer y ENTREGAR la próxima clase.

Complete the text. Use the past tense of these verbs:
BE BEGIN GO HAVE LIKE OFFER STUDY WANT WORK(X2)

Renate Langer .............economics and marketing in Stuttgart from 2001 to 2005. During te summer holidays, she .............. in the sales departament of a pharmaceutical company. After graduating, she ..............to improve her English, so she ...................to Canada. She ..............to Vancouver a lot and ............... looking for a part-time job. She........... an interview with the marketing manager of a large company where the needed a German speaker with good qualifications. Renate got the job immediately. It.................very interesting, and she ............. very hard. Three months ago, the manager............. her a full-time job. Now she doesn´t know what to do: she loves Canada, but she wants to be with her family and friends in Stuttgart, too.

Corregir los errores en las siguintes líneas d este mensaje. Hay un error por línea.

Maris, I´m sorry. I´m havng a bad day. I didn´t sent the report
out, I not check the figures. I didnt get to the bank
on time, I didn´t phoned the suppliers. I tried to call you
this morning, but you not answer. I think I need to go home.

Complete the short answers to the questions(completar las respuestas cortas)

1. Was Philip in time? no, ................................
2. Did you and Barbara go to the staff party? no, ............................
3. Did the sales representatives get all the information they need? Yes, ..........................
4. Were Sue and Tom in the same team? ........................... weren´t
5. Was the training course useful? Yes, .........................
6. Does sue have a computer at home? no, ...........................
7. Were the participants satisfied?, Yes, .................
8. Can you finish this for Friday?, No , ..........................

THE ORIGINS OF HALLOWEEN/2º cuat. RR.HH

THE ORIGINS OF HALLOWEEN

The origins of Halloween go back very far, to the ancient Celts. The Celts lived in British isles during ancient times. They were pagans. The believed in the gods of nature.

There were important festivals on the Celtic calendar. One was called Beltane. It marked the beginning of summer. The other was called Samhain. It marked the end of summer, on October 31. Samhain was also the last day of the year on the Celtic calendar.

Samhain was the Celtic god of death. The Celts were afraid of winter. They associated it with death and evil spirits.

The Druids were Celtic priests and teachers. They were very important in Celtic society.Everyone respected them. They practised magic and religious rituals.
Samhain, October 31, the Druids predicted the future. The Celtic people dressed in scary costumes to frighten the spirits. They dressed as witches, ghosts and skeletons. They also played games to bring good luck in the new year. The Celts believed that the night of October 31, ghosts came out of their tombs. The spirits of the dead returned to earth. After the Roman invasion in 43 AD., Samhain also became a harvest festival. The Romans had a harvest festival called Pomona. Pomona was the Roman goddess of garden and orchards. Nuts, fruits and apples were part of the Samhain ceremonies. Apples were sacred and lucky! The coulous of Halloween are orange and black. They represent the harvest (orange) and death (black).
After the Roman invasion, Christian rites substituted pagan rites.

The first day of November was the day of all saints for the Christians. It was called "All Hallaow´s Day"(the day of all saints). The evening of October 31 was All Hallow´s Eve. This was shortened to Halloween.

The Druid religion went on for a long time in Ireland and Scotland. Halloween continued to be important in both places.
In the 19th century, Irish immigrants brought their Halloween customs to the United States. Now Halloween is one of the biggest festivities in the United States. The day is on every American calendar!