Part 2 (Articles and nouns)

1. Write a, an or some.
a) ____a_____meat
b) ____an_____orange
c) ____a_____chocolate
d) ____a_____ jam
e) _____a____butter
f) _____a____Leaves
g) _____a____soup
h) _____an____egg
i) ______a___coffee
j) _____an____Elephant
k) _______a__ Milk
l) _______a__lemons
m) ______a___bread
n) _____a____doll

2Present Continuous
Exercises

1) Add ing to the verbs and put them in the correct box.

Walk, dance, swim, shop, lie, study, laugh, write, play, smoke, look,
stop, sleep, die, run
+ing -ie=y+ing
Liying
Walking playing dying
Looking
Stoping
sleeping
Swimming
Shoping
-e = ing Double consonant +ing

runing
Smoking Laughing
Dancing Studying
writing

2) Fill In with the present Continuous.

a) He __is_siting_______________(sit) at the desk

b) They __are______playing_________(play) Football

c) She ____is____eating__________(eat) dinner

d) You ____are______reading________(read) a book

e) The dog _______is sleeping___________(sleep)

f) Ana __is____swimming____________(Swim)

g) I ______am listening____________(Listen) to music

h) Tom ____is writing______________(write) a report

i) The Birds ___are singing_______________(Sing

j) Mum ___is making_______________(Make) a Cake

3) Correct the mistakes

a) We are looking for a new flat

b) I am playing tennis now

c) George and Mary are Watching tv

d) What are you doing?

e) You arent listening to the teacher

f) He is reading a Magazine

4) Choose 5 people (members of your family, friends, wife, husband, children, etc) and
describe what are they doing?

My father: my work in Monteria is in charge of processing the

papers of a company of Cotorra, his work begins at eight o'clock
in the morning and ends at six o'clock in the afternoon. My mom
is cooking lunch and usually devotes herself to household
affairs. My brother studies at school all day in the afternoon he
goes to play with his friends. My sister is studying at the
University and now she is traveling to Monteria to present a
very important exam. My boyfriend is in the warehouse working
normally he is busy all day, I only spend the weekends that we
see and we go out to really have fun the life of my relatives is
not very interesting, we have problems like all but we continue
with the faith in God.

Present simple

Exercises

1) Write the third person singular of the verbs in the list in the correct box

Dance, brush, open, try, fix, buy, put, kiss, like, dry, go, catch,
wash, sit, fly, copy, teach, play, pass, begin, say.
-s -ES -IES
Dances Brushes Tries
opens Fixes Dries
puts Kisses Flies
buys Goes Copies
likes Catches
sits Washes
plays Teaches
begins passes
says
2) Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple.

a) I ___play________(play) football with my friends on Sundays

b) Tina ______walks_____(walk) to school every day

c) We ______go_____(go) to bed at 10oclock every night

d) Penguins ___live________(live) in the Antarctic

e) Tony _______studies____(study) maths at the university

f) John and Peter __visit_________(visit) their grandparents every week

g) Sally _______speaks____(Speak) Spanish

h) Mike ____does_______(do) his homework every evening

i) Susan ____washes_______(wash) her hair every day

j) Water ___boils________(boil) at 100 Celsius.

3) Correct the mistakes

a) He doesnt speak English

b) He is swimming every morning

c) Do you work in a bank ?

d) I have a dinner now

e) Mark walks to school every day
f) Kate is liking the Pizza
g) The sun is rising in the east

h) Susan and Michael live in London

i) Were needing some sugar

4) Describe briefly your daily routine. Take into account, adverbs of frequency nd the
present simple.

I have a normal life usually like most people. When I get up the first thing I do is help
my mom in the house, yesterday I got tired because I had to wash certain things. I
permanently spend busy in the affairs of the University and I spend a lot of time to study
my study time is very rigorous so sometimes I get up very early to do everything I have to
do. When night comes I like to watch TV or visit a friend. On weekends I go out with my
boyfriend and I try to have fun I usually go to a disco or have dinner at a nearby
restaurant. My life is not so interesting but I try to live it to the fullest this is something
that I always have in mind.

PAST SIMPLE
Exercises

1) Fill in was, wasnt, were or werent

a) _____was____Marilyn Monroe a famous actress? Yes, she ___was_____

b) ______was__Alfred Hitchcock an actor? No, he ____wasnt______ He

____was_____ a famous director

c) ______were___ Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin directors? No, they

__werent________. They ____were______ composers.

d) _______was____ Thomas Edison a singer? No he ____wasnt______. He

__was_______ an inventor.

e) _________were___ Abraham Lincoln and George Washington presidents of the USA?

Yes, They __were___________

2) Write the past simple of the verbs in the correct box

Laugh, tidy, travel, stay, plan, hate, cry, rob, pull, love, study,
dance, kiss, drop, change, enjoy, try, live, prefer, cook, hurry.

ed -d
Danced Hated
enjoyed Changed
robbed lived
Laughed
traveled
planed
stayed
pulled
kissed
cooked
-ied Double consonant + ed

tidied Planned
cried Laughed
tried robbed
hurried kissed
 dropped
preferred

3) Write the past simple of the verbs

1. Run___ran____

2. Make___made____

3. Break ____broke___

4. Read ___read____

5. See _____saw__

6. Drink ______drank_

7. Feed ___fed____

8. Eat ____ate___

9. Come ______came_

10. Find ___found____

11. Say ___said____

12. Take ___took____

13. Drive ___drove____

14. Steal _stole______

15. Write ___wrote____

16. Wake __woke_____

17. Bring ___brought____

18. Leave ___left____

19. Sleep ____slept___

20. Swim ___swam____

21. Know ____knew___

22. Give ____gave___

4) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past simple

1. _____you went___________to school yesterday (you/go)

2. He _____read________________an interesting book last month (read)

3. I looked for my keys but I _____foundnt________ find them (not/find)

4. I wasnt hungry so I __ate not__________anything (not/eat)

5. __rang you_________________the bell? (you/ring)

6. What _____had they____________for breakfast? (they/have)

5) First put the verbs into the interrogative form of the past simple, then match

the questions to the answers.

1. What time _____did you get up_________________ (you/get up) this morning?

2. When _________did she move_____________ (she/move) to London?

3. Why _____did he go__________________ (he/go) to Paris?

4. Where ___did he see__________________ (he/see) the film?

5. Whose Car _did she drive__________________ (she/drive) this morning?

6. Who ____did they invite_________________(they/invite) to dinner?

7. What ______did you have________________ (you/have) for lunch?

a. Four years ago _2__

b. At the cinema _4__

c. Pizza _7__

d. At 8 oclock _1__

e. Jean and Tom 5___

f. For a holiday __3_

g. Roberts _6__
Past Continuous
Exercises

1) Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous

A: What _was happening___________ at the time of the robbery? B: Well, I _____was

sitting________(sit) in my office. I ____was talking_____(talk) to an employee. Some of the
staff ________was putting______(put) food onto the shelves. Several customers___was
doing_________(do) their shopping and a cashier _was_______standing________(stand)
behind the till.
A: Can you tell me anything about the robbers? B: yes, They___ were
wearing ___ black masks and they ___ were holding ___________(hold) guns.
They _____were shouting________(shout).

2) Match column A with Column B

Column A Column B

1. While I was driving home a. As he was chopping wood (3)

2. We were watching the children b. He was sleeping in his bed (6)

3. He cut his finger c. While they were playing (2)

4. At eight oclock yesterday d. She slipped and fell (5)

5. As she was crossing the street e. I ran out of petrol(1)

6. While they were talking f. The doorbell rang (4)

3) Correct the mistakes

a) Tom was washing the car when the fire started

b) Nelly was studying while her sister was listening to music

c) Harried was opening the door as he was walking into the house

d) We were having lunch at a lovely restaurant every day as we were on holiday

e) Brian was dranking tea at five oclock yesterday afternoon

f) Dad was repairing the TV while mum was cooking dinner

g) I was buying a new dress for my party yesterday

h) When Jefferson was building the fence, he hurt himself

i) when the teacher were speaking, the students was listening to him

4) What were the following people doing yesterday at 4:00 oclock p.m.?

a) Your sister/brother : My sister was studying a exam of the university

b) Your father : My dad was organizing some things at work

c) Your Mother : My mom was cooking a delicious dinner for us

d) Your best friend: My best friend was playing soccer

e) Your boyfriend/husband/girlfriend/wife: My boyfriend was traveling to Medellin

PRESENT PERFECT

Exercises

1) Write the past participle of the following verbs

a) See : seen

b) Cut : cut

c) Work : worked

d) Leave : left

e) Feed :fed

f) Bring : brought

g) Swim: swum

h) Buy :bought

i) Drink : drunk

j) Go: gone

k) Catch : Caught

l) Read : Read

m) Arrive :Arrived

n) Make : made

o) give :given
p) sing : sung

q) teach: taught

r) ring : rung

s) do: done

t) eat: eaten

2) Ask and answer questions using the prompts as in the example

a) My friend has opened (open) a flower shop in the village.

b) I haven't done my homework yet

c) The baker has baked many loaves of bread

d) Have you sent aunt Margaret a birthday card yet? .Yes, I have done it

e) Grandma has watered the flowers

f) I have lost my gloves

g) He has not finished his lunch yet

h) Beth has knitted a beautiful red sweater.

3) Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect

A: What have you done (you/do) so far?

B: Lots of things. I have cleaned the house, I have cooked Lunch and I have taken the dog for a
walk. What about you?

I have watered the flowers, I have washed the dishes and I have cut the grass.

Future with Will and Future with going to

Simple future

Exercises

1) Fill in the blanks with will or will not

a) You are late. You wont get there in time

b) The Ice-cream is melting. I _____will_____ put it in the freezer

 c) Perhaps Tom ____will____start looking for a better job

d) I ____wont____________be able to help you tomorrow because Im busy

e) We havent got any milk. I ___will______________buy some

f) Put on your coat or you __will____________get cold

g) Im afraid I ___wont_______have time to go shopping with you next Saturday

2) Write questions and negations

a) They will be back soon. Will they be back soon? They wont be back soon

b) Tom will go to Africa next year . Will Tom go to Africa next year?. Tom wont go Africa
next year.

c) I will visit my girlfriend next month_ Will I visit my girlfriend next month? I wont visit my
girlfriend next month

d) She will visit us next Tuesday. Will She visit us next Tuesday?. She wont visit us next
Tuesday

e) I will play football someday next month. will I play football someday next month?. I wont
play football someday next month

REVISIN
3) Fill in the short answers

a) Will they go camping next week? Yes, they will

b) Will Tom buy a car next year? No, He wont

c) Will Fiona go to a concert tonight? No, she wont

d) Will the children decorate the cake? Yes, he will

e) Will mother be back in an hour? No, she wont

f) Will you help me fix the tv? No, I wont

4) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of be going to and the verbs in brackets

a) I am going to buy a new car next month

b) When are you going to tidy your bedroom?

c) Bob isnt going to play football on Saturday because he has hurt his leg
d) Barry and Jason are going to visit their grandparents on Sunday

e) Monica isnt going to sing in the concert. She has a sore throat

f) I am not going to walk to school today. Ill take the bus

g) Are you going to help me wash the dishes after lunch?

5) Describe what are your plans for the next month? How do you see yourself in 5 years?
For next month I will do many things next. First I start to work with an aunt who has a
shop, I also want to go a few days to Santa Martha where my uncle Julio. I have thought to
learn to play guitar to improve my pronunciation of English and be able to strengthen my
knowledge with songs. I will finally try to finish my semester with good grades

In five years I will be a graduate with great achievements. I will be in an educational

institution teaching what I learned in the University but also enjoying my vacations and my
new social status, I will also provide comforts to my family and have good friendships and a
good husband and a happy family.

WORKSHOP 2
1) Write the Adverbs for the following adjectives

a) Polite- Politely

b) dangerous- dangerously

c) nice - nicely

d) easy- easily

e) good-goodly -well

f) cheap - cheaply

g) safe safely
 h) hard hardly-hard

i) comfortable comfortably

j) fast fastly

k) beautiful - beautifully

l) soft _softly

m) early early

n) Noisy noisily

o) Careful Carefully

p) Happy happily

q) terrible terribly

r) Awful Awfully

2) Are the words in bold adjectives or adverbs? Say what type the adverbs are.

a) He is a good student ____adjective___________

b) She speaks loudly _____adverb of manner_____

c) They arrived early _ ADVERB OF TIME________________________

d) He is working hard ___ ADVERB OF MANNER _____________________

e) She is a pretty girl __ ADJECTIVE_______________________

f) Your father is here ___ ADVERB OF PLACE or LOCATION ______________________

g) They usually eat out __ ADVERB OF TIME ______________________

h) He drives carefully ____ ADVERB OF MANNER _____________________

i) He is leaving tomorrow ____ ADVERB _________________

j) You dance very well _____ ADVERB OF MANNER __________________

REVISIN

3) Underline the correct item

a) My bedroom is tidy/tidily
b) It is snowing heavy/heavily

c) Cross the road careful/carefully

d) My teacher was very angry/angrily yesterday

e) Get ready for school quick/quickly

f) The test was very easy/easily.

g) Your perfume smells nice/nicely

h) Susan is smiling happy/happily

i) This sweater feels very soft/softly

j) He sings beautiful/beautifully

4) Rewrite the sentences using a verb and an adverb as in the example.

a) He is a good writer he writes well_______________________________

b) She is a slow runner __She runs slowly_

c) They are clever playergs __They play clevely

d) He is a careful driver _He drives carefully

e) They are hard worker ___they work hard

f) Fiona is a bad singer ___she sings badly

g) Paula is a beautiful dancer _she dances beautifully

5) Write the comparative and superlative form of the following adjectives.

Comparative Superlative
a) Small __smaller______________ __smallest_______________
b) Big __________bigger______ _____biggest_____________
c) weak _______weaker _________ weakest__________________
d) dangerous ______ dangerouser________ dangerousest __________________
e) slow ____slower____________ ___slowest_______________
f) Pretty ________prettier________ ___prettiest_______________

g) Safe ________________ ___________________

h) beautiful more _ beautiful ____most beautiful ___________ __________________

i) Fat _____fatter ___________ fattest___________________

j) Sad __________sadder______ ____saddest_______________

6) Complete the following sentences using the comparative form

a) My motorbike goes faster than (fast) yours

b) I work ___is harder than_(hard) Paul

c) Today it is __colder than______________(cold) yesterday

d) Im _______older than__________(old) you

e) English is ________more difficult (little) difficult ______than_______ Japanese

f) The last bus was ____more crowded than the first bus

g) I need a _____bigger___________ (big) bag ____than _________this

h) Travelling by train is ____more expensive than travelling by bus

i) A coat costs ____is mucher____than__ (much) a Jacket

j) Vegetables are _more__good for your health __than__ crisps.

7) Complete the following sentences using the superlative form

a) Sarah is the youngest person in my family (young)

b) That is _the most horrible dress I have ever seen (horrible)
c) Roses are the flowers which have ___the nicest____________________ smell (nice)
d) January is ______the coldest___________ month of the year (cold)
e) That was ___the funniest_______________Joke Ive ever heard (funny)
f) She is ___the ____most __beautiful____________ woman Ive ever met (beautiful)
g) This is ____the baddest________________ song Ive ever heard (bad)

8) Choose one of the following topics and write a paragraph using comparative and
superlative. State your personal opinion on the topic you choose.

a) Messi VSCristiano Ronaldo

In football, journalists and fans believe that there is a rivalry between Argentine striker
Lionel Messi and Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo. Having won a combined of nine
Gold Balls between the Ball of Gold of France Football magazine and the FIFA Ballon
d'Or; In addition to the FIFA World Player Award and The Best FIFA Award. Both
Messi and Ronaldo are widely regarded as the best players in the world of their
generation. Both scored in two finals of the UEFA Champions League, regularly break
the barrier of 50 goals in a season and scored more than 500 goals taking into account
their careers by club and country. Sports journalists often analyze the individual merits
of both players in an attempt to establish who they believe is the best player in modern
football. In particular I think that Messi is the most talented player I've seen, his goals
outweigh Ronaldo even though Ronaldo is more effective than Messi. Ronaldo is the
most vain player in the world and Messi is more humble than Ronaldo, that's why Is that
I deeply admire him.
b) Traditional classroom VS Virtual classroom

c) Living in the city VS living in the countryside

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