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CAJAMARCA SURAMAZONAS

FIRST ENGLISH PRACTICE


4th SEMESTER

UNIDAD OPERATIVA
CAJAMARCA

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES:

I.

Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or


superlative).
a. My house is (big) __bigger ___than yours.
b. This flower is (beautiful) _more beautiful _than that one.
c. This is the (interesting) __the most interesting _ _book I have ever read.
d. Non-smokers usually live (long) _longer_ _than smokers.
e. Which is the (dangerous) _the most dangerous _animal in the world?
f. A holiday by the sea is (good) ___better_ _than a holiday in the mountains.
g. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) __more expensive___than a beer.
h. Who is the (rich) _the_richest___woman on earth?
i.

The weather this summer is even (bad) __worse___than last summer.

j.

He was the (clever) __the_cleverest__thief of all.

k. Shes much __the youngest__ her husband. (young)


l.

Its a __________ day _____ yesterday. (warm)

m. The vegetables in the shop are _fresher_ _than the one ones in the

supermarket. (fresh)
n.

The train is more expensive_ _than_ the bus (expensive)

o.

The new TV programme is funnier_ than the old one. (funny)

p. Mrs. Jones is a _better_ teacher than_ Mr. Andrews. (good)


q.

My office is _nearer_ than Helens. (near)

r.

The traffic is _______________ it was last year. (noisy)

s.

You have a __________ life _____ I have. (busy)

t. Drivers in this country are __________________________ drivers in my country.

(dangerous)
u.

The exam today was ________________ last years exam. (difficult)

v. Shes ________________ her sister. (smart)


w. Michael is ______________ than Mathew. (rich)
x. The students ask ____________________ questions _____ they did before.

(intelligent)
y. Her second book is ____________________ her first one. (interesting)

II.

Complete the sentences with the correct comparative or superlative


forms of the adjectives from the brackets:

a. My brother can swim ______________my father. (fast)


b. My jeans are _____________________his. (expensive)
c. They speak English _________________me. (good)
d. She is _____________________girl in the classroom. (pretty)
e. This is ____________________book in the shop. (cheap)
f. Climbing is ___________________swimming. (dangerous)
g. It was __________________day of my life. (bad)
h. I feel _____________________today than yesterday. (happy)

III.

Correct the sentences:


a. She is the girl more interesting in the school. She is the most interesting girl in

the school.
b. My brother is more old than me.

_my brother is older than me_____.

c. The more high building in the world is in


Asia.________________________________________.
d. He is the boy most short in my classroom.

_________________________________________.
e. This table is more cheap. But I dont like it.

_________________________________________.
f. He is the baby most ugly.

_________________________________________.

g. Children are more noisy than adults.

_________________________________________.
h. The more difficult exam was the Maths
exam.________________________________________.
i. The dress more expensive in the world is in this
shop.__________________________________.
IV.

Write sentences with the comparative adjectives:


a. Spain /Portugal/big

Spain is bigger than Portugal.

b. Cats / Dogs /quiet.

_________________________________________.

c. Documentaries /Films /boring.

_________________________________________.
d. Boys /Girls /strong.

_________________________________________.

e. Wool /Wood /soft.

_________________________________________.

f. Sweaters /T-shirts/warm.

_________________________________________.

g. Chocolate /Coffee/sweet.

_________________________________________.

h. The moon /The sun /near.

V.

Write the opposite of the adjectives:


a. Easier
_________________________________________.
b. More expensive

_________________________________________.

c. Smarter

_________________________________________.

d. Shorter

_________________________________________.

e. The smallest

_________________________________________.

f. The highest

_________________________________________.

g. Dirtier

_________________________________________.

h. The most dangerous


VI.

_________________________________________.

_________________________________________.

Complete the sentences with the correct comparative adjectives:


a. Apples are

than chips. (healthy)

b. Elephants are
c. Gold is

than silver. (expensive)

d. Bikes are
e. I am

(big) than bears.

than cars. (slow)


at English than my brother .(good)

f. My friend is

than me. (tall)

Sandy is

than Tamara. (thin)

g.

h. My father is

than Tom's father. (strong)

i.

"Harry Potter "books are


(interesting)

j.

The tiger is

than "The Book of the Jungle".

than a fox .(heavy)

k. The weather is

than yesterday. (hot)

The girls are

than the boys. (happy)

l.

m. Berta is
n. French is
o.

than Debby.(beautiful)
than English. (difficult)

Tina is 5 years old. Sandra is 10 years old. Sandra is

than Tina.(old)

p. Russia is
q. I am

than France. (large)


at Maths than my best friend (bad)

r. Love is
s. His car is

than money.(important)
than mine. (cheap)

t. The first movie is

than the second. I don't recommend it. (boring)


Complete the sentences with the correct superlative adjectives:
a. Which girl is ________________, Dana or Karen? (young)
b. Who is _____________________boy in the class? (strong)
c. That is ______________________song the band has. (beautiful)
d. The China wall is _________________wall in the world. (long)
e. Bill Gates is __________________man in the world. (rich)
f. Ice hockey is _____________________sport in Canada. (popular)
g. Amalia is _____________________girl in the class, (clever)
h. Jerusalem is _______________city in Israel. (big)
VIII. Compare these things:
VII.

a. A lamb and a sheep. (old/ small)


______________________________________________.
b. Wood and steel. (light/hard/strong)
______________________________________________.
c. A bus and a train. (slow/comfortable)
______________________________________________.
d. Milk and cream. (healthy/fattening)
______________________________________________.
e. Windsurfing and swimming. (cheap/exciting)
______________________________________________.

IX.

Complete the sentences using the superlative form of the adjectives in


brackets:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

What is ______________________ (precious) metal in the world?


This was _____________________ (cheap) watch they had in the shop.
The blue whale is ___________________ (large) of all the animals.
________________ (old) university in the world is in Morocco.
This is one of _____________________ (expensive) restaurants in Milan.
I think that was one of _________________ (bad) days in my life.
Sydney Opera House is one of _______________ (famous) modern buildings in the
world.
h. Who is __________________ (good) footballer in Europe.
i. Baseball is __________________ (popular) sport in the U.S.A.
j. Where is ___________________ (hot) place in the world?
k. Which is _____________________ (tall) building in the world?

I
You
He
She
It
We
They

II.

play......... football.
stand...... up.
listen....... to music.
swim.........
play....... with the ball.
go....... home.
run...........

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE:


I.

Fill in the chart with the correct form


of the Present Continuous:

Fill in the gaps by using the verbs from the brackets:


a. The train to Glasgow
b. I

(leave) from platform 8.

(begin) to understand the Present Continuous now.

c. Sue

(work) tonight.

d. Listen! The telephone

(ring).

e. Ms. Johnson

III.

(see) a customer at 3 o'clock.


Put the words in order to make sentences in Present Continuous Tense:
a. We're a in living flat. nice very
.
b. company image. its working to is improve The hard

.........................................................
c. book China. reading I'm a very about interesting

.........................................................
d. The having party Barrons a Saturday. on are

.........................................................
e. playing are badly today. team Our

.........................................................
f. his My with is new playing son set. train

.........................................................
g.

to mobile. Sheila's her on someone talking


.........................................................

h. at I'm Bob tomorrow 12 meeting morning.

.........................................................

i.

week. Rome Margot flying is next to


.

j.

hoping meet will you I me. am that


.........................................................

IV.

I.

Make Yes or No questions by using the Present Continuous Tense:


1.

(it start) to rain?

2.

(Sue study) to become a doctor?

3.

(you take) your daughter with you?

4.

(the dog play) with the kids?

5.

(they come) tonight?

Put the words in order to make Yes or No questions:


a. you Is playing tomorrow? with Pamela tennis

____________________________________.
b. you doing Are anything tonight?

____________________________________.
c. office in moving London? into they a Are bigger.

____________________________________.
d. Is his Sean presentations on doing Wednesday?

____________________________________.
e. staying after classes? else anyone Is

____________________________________.
f.

they going already? Are home


____________________________________.

g. Isn't wife coming back? your

____________________________________.

h. you Are joking?

____________________________________.

i.

in taking play? kids Are part your the


____________________________________.

j.

watching Is TV? anyone


____________________________________.

II.

Fill in the gaps to make Wh_questions in Present Continuous Tense:

a. What company

(you work) for?

b. What class
c. Who

(they study) in?


(John shake) hands with?

d. What time

(your friends come)?

e. What country

III.

(they visit) at the moment?


Put the words in order to make question in Present Continuous:
a. are your What time friends coming?
____________________________________.
b. vocation? What are you visiting country on

____________________________________.
c. you Who speaking are to?

____________________________________.
d. tonight? are staying you Where

____________________________________.
e. train in arriving your is When Moscow?

____________________________________.
f. dancing Who's with? wife my

____________________________________.
g. they buying? are What car

____________________________________.
h. How are many coming? people

____________________________________.
i.

What you drinking? are


____________________________________.

IV.

Choose the correct form:


a. Its snowing /It snows very often in Britain during the winter.
b. I am going /I go to bed now. Goodnight.
c. Normally, Im going /I go to bed at around 11.30 every night.
d. Where is Simon? He is cooking /He cooks the dinner.
e. There is something wrong with Lynnes car at the moment so shes

going /she goes to work by bus this week.

f. The River Thames is flowing /flows through London.


g. Sarah has an exam soon, so shes working / she works very hard at the

moment.
SIMPLE PAST OF THE VERB TO BE:
I.

Complete the sentences with was or were.


a.
b. I

happy.

c. You

angry.

d. She

in London last week.

e. He
f. It

on holiday.
cold.

g. We

at school.

h. You

at the cinema.

i.

They

j.

The cat

k. The children

at home.
on the roof.
in the garden.

II.

III.

Complete the questions with was or were. Then answer the questions:
a. Where _______you last night at 9.00?
____________________________________.
b. _____you at school yesterday?
____________________________________.
c. How _____the weather last week?
____________________________________.
d. What _____your first e_mail address?
____________________________________.
e. When ____your birthday?
____________________________________.
f. How old ____you in 1996?
____________________________________.

g. Who ____your favorite singer in the nineties?


h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.

____________________________________.
What day _____it yesterday?
____________________________________.
What month _____it last month?
____________________________________.
______you in the USA in 2000?
____________________________________.
She _____not at home.
____________________________________.
Coca Cola ____invented in 1886.
____________________________________.
Jeans _____invented in 1873.
____________________________________.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS:


I.

Correct these statements, as in the example. Use the words in the


box:
Radium
The Eiffel Tower
John F. Kenedy.
Detective stories

a. Marconi invented the

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

telephone.
_____________________________.
_____________________________.
Gustave Eiffel built the
Statue of Liberty.
_____________________________.
_____________________________.
Marilyn Monroe died in 1990.
_____________________________.
_____________________________.
Marie and Pierre Curie
discovered penicillin.
_____________________________.
_____________________________.
Lee Harvey Oswald killed
Martin Luther King.
_____________________________.
_____________________________.
Agatha Christie wrote
childrens stories.
_____________________________.

the radio

_____________________________.
II.

III.

IV.

Complete the newspaper


Past Form of the verbs on
story. Put in the Simple
the right:
Two people _______in a fire in Ellis Street, Oldport yesterday morning.
(die)
They_______Herbert and Molly Paynter, a cople in their seventies.
(be)
The fire ________at 3.20 am. A neighbor, Mr. Aziz _________the flames
(start, see)
and ___________the fire brigade. He also ________to get into the house to get
(call, try)
the couple out, but the heat _______too great. The fire brigade ____________ (be,
arrive)
in five minutes. Twenty firemen ________________the burning building but
(enter)
____________the couple dead. Its tragedy, the Fire Officer _________.
(find, say)
Complete the sentences below about Bob and Sue by using the words
from the box:
a. Bob and Sue are old now but then they were young.

Babies
Healthy
Dark
Energetic
Firendly
Generous
Happy
Young

b. Bob and Sue are sad now but then ____________________.


c. Sue is fat now but then ______________________________.
d. They are often ill now but then _______________________.
e. Their skin is wrinkled now but then it __________________.
f. They are often angry now but then ____________________.
g. Their hair is gray now but then it _____________________.

Poor
Pretty
Smooth
Thin

h. They are often tired now but then _____________________.


i.

Sue is forgetful now, but then _________________________.

j.

Bob and Sue are rich now but then _____________________.

k. They are mean now but then __________________________.


l.

Their children are adults now but then ____________________.

m. Sue is ugly now but then _____________________________.


V.

Here are some items from the news.

For each news item, write a

sentence with There was, There were, There is or There are:


a. A car accident. (yesterday)
______________________________________.
b. A plane crash. (yesterday)
______________________________________.
c. A

party

at

the

White

House.

______________________________________.

(this

evening,

now)

d. An earthquake at a pacific island. (yesterday)


______________________________________.
e. No

economic

problems

in

Britain.

(last

month)

______________________________________.
f. Two bomb explosions. (last night)
______________________________________.
g. A musical festival in Hyde Park (today, now)
______________________________________.
h. An important football match. (today, now)
______________________________________.
i.

No rain in Manchester. (last month)


______________________________________.

j.

A royal wedding. (last month)


______________________________________.

k. A

meeting

between

the

Presidents

of

the

USA

and

Russia

(last

week)

______________________________________.
VI.

Make these sentences negative. Use the short form didnt:


a. Ana stayed at home.
b. Mick sang jazz.

Ana didnt stay at home.


_____________________________________.

c. John travelled by air.

VII.

_____________________________________.

d. The dog caught a lot of rabbits.

_____________________________________.

e. Bill rode his bicycle yesterday.

_____________________________________.

f. Julios girlfriend cooked dinner.

_____________________________________.

g. Diana went to the theater.

_____________________________________.

h. Tina visited her friends yesterday.

_____________________________________.

i.

Margaret played the guitar yesterday.

_____________________________________.

j.

Ana wrote postcards.

_____________________________________.

Complete these Simple Past questions and short answers. Use the verbs from
the list:
a. Did Peter kill a dragon?

Yes, he did.

b. _____he ________ the Atlantic?

No, ________.

c. _____he ________ Sophia Loren?

No, ________.

d. _____he ________ a Nobel Prize?

Yes, _______.

e. _____he ________ in a space ship?

Yes, _______.

f. _____he ________ to Galileo?

No, ________.

g. _____he ________ a new kind of television?

No, ________.

h. _____he ________ on Mars?

No, ________.

i.

_____he really________ all these things?

No, ________.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE:

I.

Change these sentences to questions. Answer them:


a. I have visited the USA.
Have you visited the USA?
Yes,
have.
b. She hasnt made the coffee.
_____________________________?
_______________.
c. Theyve brought their luggage.
_____________________________?
_______________.
d. Hes found the keys.
_____________________________?
_______________.
e. Ive passed the exam.
_____________________________?
_______________.
f. Weve seen that film.
_____________________________?
_______________.
g. He hasnt finished his homework.
_____________________________?
_______________.
h. They havent written to their friends. _____________________________?
_______________.
i. Shes been in prison.
_____________________________?
_______________.
j. Juan and Luis havent visited me.
_____________________________?
_______________.
k. Sarah has married Tim.
_____________________________? _______________.
l. Peter hasnt understood the question. _____________________________?
_______________.

II.

Conjugate these sentences into the Present Perfect Simple by using


the verbs from the brackets:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.

III.

We have prepared everything.


(prepare)
I ___________________ 500 sandwiches.
(make)
The baker _______________150 cakes.
(deliver)
The musicians ____________________.
(arrive)
Juan ___________________the rooms with balloons.
(decorate)
Samantha __________________her parents.
(see)
My parents _________________$4,000.
(spend)
Louis ______________________all the invitations.
(send)
I __________________________candles and flowers on all the tables.
(put)

Make questions by using these words:


a. The directors / finish / their meeting?
meeting?
b. You / do /the work?
___________________________________?
c. You / book my ticket to New York?
___________________________________?
d. The technician / repair the photocopier?
___________________________________?

Have the directors finished their

e. The bank /lend us some money?


___________________________________?
f. My wife /telephone this morning?
___________________________________?
g. You /make my coffee?
___________________________________?
h. You / answer the e-mails?
___________________________________?
i. The reporter / arrive to interview me?
___________________________________?
j. The chauffeur / clean my car?
___________________________________?

IV.

Make these sentences negative into the Present Perfect Simple:


a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

Its very early! I havent had breakfast yet.


The postman _____________________ the letters yet.(deliver)
The birds ________________________ to sing. (begin)
The sun _________________________ yet. (rise)
Max ____________________________the washing up (do)
Lucy ____________________________ my letter. (answer)
They ____________________________ the broken window. (repair)
The children ______________________ their rooms. (clean)
She _____________________________me the money back. (give)
I _______________________________ the e-mails yet. (send)

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