MASTER COLLEGE/Getting ready for the Progress Test

A. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses:Simple Past, Present Perfect or Past Perfect

1. When I ...........(arrive) home last night, I discovered that Jane...................... (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.

2. Since I began acting, I................. (perform) in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama. However, I................. (speak, never even) publicly before I came to Hollywood in 1985.

3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting..............(begin, already) without me. My boss................ (be) furious with me and I.............. (be) fired.

4. When I ................(turn) the radio on yesterday, I .............(hear) a song that was popular when I was in high school. I ...............(hear, not) the song in years, and it (................bring) back some great memories.

5. Last week, I................. (run) into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We............. (see, not) each other in years, and both of us.............. (change) a great deal. I ...............(enjoy) talking to her so much that I............... (ask) her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.

6. When Jack................ (enter) the room, I............. (recognize, not) him because he ................(lose) so much weight and (grow) a beard. He looked totally different!

7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture................... (disappear, virtually) by the time Europeans first.............. (arrive) in the New World.

8. I (visit) so many beautiful places since I .............(come) to Utah. Before moving here, I................ (hear, never) of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.

B. Present and Past review:Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses: Simple Present, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Simple Past, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous

Lars: Excuse me, which movie are you waiting for?

Tony: We ................(wait) for the new Stars Wars movie. In fact, we .............(wait) here for more than five hours.

Lars: Five hours? When did you arrive?

Tony: We........... (get) here at 6:00 o'clock this morning. More than forty people.............. (stand, already) here waiting for tickets when we arrived.

Lars: I can't believe that! Are you serious?

Tony: Yeah, people ...............(take) Star Wars movies seriously. In fact, this particular showing has been sold out for over a week. We ..................(wait, just) in line to get a good seat in the theater.

Lars: When did you buy your tickets?

Tony: I ...........(buy) them last week by phone. I.......... (know) tickets would be hard to get because I............... (see) a news interview with a group of people standing in line to get tickets. They............ (wait) in line for almost a month to buy tickets for the first showing.

Lars: I don't believe that!

Tony: It's true. They............. (camp) out in front of Mann's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles for about a month because they .........(want) to be the first people to see the movie.

C. UNIT 3: Choose the correct alternatives

1. The have .....................to estimate the size of the Deinocheirus for years (been trying/tried)

2. Jim has .........six paleontonlogists already (been interviewing/interviewed)

3. How long has he .............at the information centre? (been working/worked)

4. How many fires has the smoke jumper............this year? (been putting out-put out)

5. Have you ever...............a tree house in your garden? (been building/built)

6. They´ve ............trees all day (been planting/planted)

7. I´ve .............to school all year (been cycling/cycled)

8. Have you..............your rubbish yet? (been recycling/recycled)

D. UNIT 3: Fill in with good/tall/dangerous/little/difficult/far/beautiful/good. You need to write some of the adjectives in their comparative form.

1. Who grows..............vegetables in the whole school?

2. Was the Deinocheirus as..........as a Tyrannosaurus rex?

3. Some dinosours were .............than others.

4. The fire last summer was ..............to put out.

5. Which country in Europe recycles ............?

6. Does Jim have to cycle ........than Joe to get to school?

7. Which animal has ........fur?

8. This axe doesn´t cut as .............as the other one.

E. UNIT 4: Put the words in the correct order.

1. Jhon/Amelia/Farhart/never/before./heard/of/had

2. story/finished/I/morning./by/the/this/had

3. Many/had/times/"wolf"/too/shouted/before?/he

4. honest/hadn´t/people./with/his/the/king/been

5. 1933?/across/Earhart/flown/the/had/by/Atlantic

6. wrote/been/after/Knossos/She´d/there./about/she

7. before/to/Crete/hadn´t/he/been/this/summer/

8. Theseus/change/he left./to/had/before/forgotten/sails

F. UNIT 4: Choose the correct alternative

1. Kate always says really horrible things to people. She´s very(careful-unkind-dishonest)

2. Sally isn´t mean. She´s(brave-generous-patient) and gives people lovely gifts.

3. You look so (miserable-responsible-patient)

4. Mike headed(at/in/for) the next village

5. Do you get the /impression/reply/surprise)

6. She´s really (cheerful/impatient/unkind) and always smiles at people.

7. I want to be (foolish/honest/impatient) with you and tell you the truth.

8. Did Theseus kill the minotaur wit his(fuel/sails/sword)

G. UNIT 4: Simple Past or Present Perfect

1. The programme had started before Kelly ........home(get)

2. Tom read the story of Anansi after he .........to bed (go)

3. Had anybody heard of Amelia Earhart before her plane........?(crash)

4. Polly got a job after she ........to Los Angeles(move)

5. Had the plane landed before it ...........to snow? (start)

6. We hadn´t taken off when the storm ..........(begin)

7. Did they discover Earhart´s plane after it .........in the sea? (crash)

8. I hadn´t noticed the UFO before I ..........in my car (get)

MASTER COLLEGE/6TH FORM

UNIT 1

VOCABULARY: Choose the correct alternatives.

1. Do you want tomatoes from the ____________? (market/border)
2. The next_____________ on our journey is NZ. (border/destination)
3. The Colorado is really__________river-be careful! (flat/powerful)
4. Stonehenge is a ______________monument.(prehistoric/shallow)
5. I really love_____________ beaches. (sandy/steep)
6. We walked up really____________mountains and we got tired.(deep/steep)
7. How far is the_____________with Germany from here? (border/point)
8. "The Angel of the North" is a ______________ sculpture. (massive/unspoilt)

GRAMMAR: Choose the correct alternatives.

1. The bus to Glasgow_______________at 5.00 tomorrow afternoon.(is leaving/leaves)
2. It_________ a lot in Britain. (is raining/rains)
3. In the photo, uncle Oliver and Jake_______________outside the camper van.
(stand/are standing)
4. We_________around the Greek Islands at the moment and it´s fantastic! (are travelling/travel)
5.María__________ past the Angel of the North every day because she lives near there. (drives/is driving)
6. I______________ when we went to the Grand Canyon.(rememember/am remembering)
7. Paul__________about going to New Zealand but he isn´t sure yet. (is thinking/thinks)
8. We_____________Hampton Court Palace every summer. (are visiting/visit)

Complete the sentences with WHEN-WHICH-WHO-WHOSE-WHERE

1. Norway,________is in Scandinavia, has amazing fiords.
2. This is the girl, ________ friend owns a camper van.
3. I went to a place in Iceland__________there was an amazing waterfall.
4. This is the woman________wrote that great guidebook about the Grand Canyon.
5. My friend__________went to Whales last summer, said it was a really wild place.
6. The man,_________ vegetables i bought at the marker, was very funny.
7. The dog_________went to the museum was really rainy.
8. My birthday,_______ we visited Stonehenge, was a very special day.

UNIT 2

GRAMMAR: Put the sentences in order.

1. already/on/earth?/have/contacted/aliens/us
2. even/have/never/a/solar/used/I
3. Here/has/since/1980/worked/astronomer/the
4. just/they/a/new/planet/discovered/have
5. you/decided/your/yet?/about/job/have
6. 1876/in/Bell/telephone/invented/the
7. just/Peter/computer/a/gone/has/to/buy
8. rocket/have/seen/they/space/a/ever

GRAMMAR: Choose the correct answers

1. He used the telescope, discovered the planet and __________the aliens(contacted-used to contact-was contacting)
2. People___________to each other but they just send messages now (used to talk/use to tal/were talking)
3. Scientists didn´t_____________that there is intelligent life in other planets (believing/use to believe/used to believe)
4. Kate_________Sally in the garden when it suddenly started to rain (interviewed/used to interviewing/was interviewing)
5. I_______a decision- I want to be an astronomer(made/used to make/was making)
6. ______________ used to be an observatory near our house, but it´s closed now (it/there/we)
7. I_______ my homework last night because I was too tires (didn´t do/didn´t used to do/wasn´t doing)
8. ______________the dishwasher when I called you at 8, last night? (did you fix/did you use to fix/were you fixing)

ESBA/5TO CUSTRIMESTRE

1. Adjectives: Complete the sentences. Use the comparative or superlative form of the following adjectives.

-tall- happy- fat- beautiful- good-boring-far-successful-

a. I think my city is _____________________ city in the world.
b. Oh, no- I must stop eating! I´m getting_________________ my dad!
c. The day! I married you mother was wonderful. It was _________________ day of my life!
d. Were the Twin Towers___________________ buildings in the world?
e. That was a great holiday! It was much _______________ last year.
f. Is the planet Neptune______________________ Jupiter from the sun?
g. I fell asleep while I was watching the film! It was much __________________ the film we saw last week.
h. Bill Gates id one of __________________ businessmen in the world.

2. The Simple Past

a.When____________ (you/see) your sister?

b.I ____________(see) her two days ago.


c.He____________ (not/come) to the meeting on Wednesday because he was on holiday.


d.Where ___________(you/go) for your holidays?


e.How long____________ (it/take) you to drive from London to Edinburgh?


f. _________________(you/enjoy) your holiday


g. I_____________ (see) a fantastic film at the cinema last week.


h. He ___________(be) 20 years old when he started work.


i. How old __________(he/be) when he started school?


j.How old _______________(you/be) when you started school?

When (you/see) your sister?


3. Your Test


A) Which answers are correct?

1) Which verb forms are in the Simple Past?

2nd column of the table of the irregular verbs
3rd column of the table of the irregular verbs
Infinitv + -ed
was/were + Infinitiv + -ing


2) Which of the following words are used with the Simple Past (signal words)?
at the moment
in 2002
two weeks ago
while
yesterday



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B) Negate the given sentence.

Example: He walked to the park.
He did not walk to the park.

1) They came out of the house.


2) Lee drew a picture.



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C) Form questions in the Simple Past.

Example: when / he / to visit / his uncle

When did he visit his uncle?

1) why / Julia / to ask / questions


2) what / Peggy / to throw



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D) Which sentences/questions are correct?

1) Which negative sentence is in the Simple Past?
They did'nt sing a song.
They didn't sing a song.
They don't sang a song.


2) Which question is in the Simple Past?
Did you saw her?
Did you see her?
Have you seen her?



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E) Which form is correct?

1) you getted/got

2) she meeted/met

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.

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
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Juan Pablo