English exercises 7

ENGLISH EXERCISES 7

INDEX EXERCISE 1 (speaking exercise) EXERCISE 2 (reading comprehension) EXERCISE 3 (crossword) SOLUTIONS EXERCISE 4 (listening comprehension) SOLUTIONS EXERCISE 5 (describing pictures) EXERCISE 6 (trivia quiz) SOLUTIONS EXERCISE 7 (listening exercise) SOLUTIONS EXERCISE 8 (test about how romantic you are) EXERCISE 9 (test about LOOK, SEE and WATCH) EXERCISE 10 (liveworksheet) EXERCISE 11 (listening comprehension)

EXERCISE 1 Ask the following questions:

What is the best thing that happened to you today?

What is the last picture you took on your phone?

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7

Describe your best friend.

How many toes do you have?

10

Are you happy today?

What's you favourite smell?

Do you like gardening?

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18

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What is the place you like the most in your town?

What do you spend your money on?

How many cigarettes have you smoke today?

What is your zodiac sign?

What do you like to do in your free time?

12 14

Whom do you miss?

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What do you do for fun?

3 What is your favourite word?

6

What is the last movie you have seen?

9

Which do you prefer, eating oysters or chicken?

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17

In which season were you born?

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What makes you special?

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Which famous person would you like to have dinner with?

What does your English teacher look like?

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EXERCISE 2 ONLINE SHOPPING Click on the picture below to do the reading comprehension exercise about ONLINE SHOPPING.

EXERCISE 3 CROSSWORD COMPARATIVE OF ENGLISH ADJECTIVES 1

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7 8 9

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DOWN 13

ACROSS 1.EASY 5.FAT 6.BIG 8.MUCH 9.HAPPY 10.LONG 12.RAINY 13.PRETTY

2.SMALL 3.TALL 4.CHEAP 6.GOOD 7.POOR 9.HUNGRY 10.LARGE 11.NICE

EXERCISE 4 Watch the video BRITSH AIRWAYS.

about

Video time: 04'22'' Take a look at the nEW VOCABULARY BOX. It may help you to understand the video better.

Answer the questions.

following

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vocabulary box ON BEHALF / en nombre de ELDERLY / tercera edad CUSTOMER / cliente WONDER / preguntarse GROW UP / criarse, crecer MOVE OVER / mudarse GLAD / contento DELIGHTED / encantado EXCITED / emocionado WING / ala SIGN / cartel CHEEK OF HIM !! / ¡Descarado!

SLÁINTE !! / ¡Salud! (Scottish word) YOU ALL SET? / ¿todo listo?

AMAIZING / sorprendente, increíble SHARP / clara LOOK FORWARD TO / esperar con muchas ganas OVERWHELMING / abrumado 1. What is the video about?

2. How long is the video?

3. Who speaks in the video?

4. Why is Derek in Malvern?

5. How old is Mary Parsons?

6. When is Mary's birthday?

7. How old will Mary be in January?

8. Where did Mary grow up?

9. Why did Mary Parsons move over to the United Kingdom?

10. Who will Mary meet at the airport?

11. How does her son call her?

12. Does she drink beer at the airport?

13. What does her family give her when she arrives at Belfast?

EXERCISE 5

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Tell what happens in the pictures above by using time sequencers, relative clauses, linking words and adjectives to make your speech longer.

Explain who they are, what they are doing, where they are, what they are talking about ...

Make a dialogue between the two girls.

EXERCISE 6 TRIVIA QUIZ Ask the following questions and choose the correct answer.

Use long answers.

In a website browser address bar, what does "www" stand for?

In a bingo game, which number is represented by the phrase "two little ducks"?

According to Greek myth, who was the first woman on earth?

WE WALK WALL

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APHRODITA

WE WASH WISH

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VENUS

WORLD WIDE WEB

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PANDORA

In which European city you find Heathrow airport?

Who wrote "THE NEVERENDING STORY"?

Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?

IN PARIS

PICASSO

SWITZERLAND

IN LONDON

CERVANTES

SPAIN

IN MADRID

MICHAEL ENDE

FRANCE

In the United Kingdom, what is the day after Christmas Day?

Which of Shakespeare's plays is the longest?

Outside which New York building was John Lennon killed?

XMAS EVE

HAMLET

THE EMPIRE STATE

BOXING DAY

CINDERELLA

THE DAKOTA BUILDING

NEW YEAR'S EVE

ROMEO AND JULIET

THE CHRYSLER BUILDING

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What is the tallest breed of dog in the world?

Who was the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain?

How many ribs are in a human body?

THE GREAT DANE

LADY GAGA

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BEAGLE

M. TATCHER

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COCKER SPANIEL

DIANA SPENCER

4

What colour eyes do most humans have?

Which country produces the most coffee in the world?

Which two countries share the longest international border?

BROWN

PORTUGAL

GREEN

SPAIN

CANADA & THE USA

BLUE

BRAZIL

SPAIN & PORTUGAL

How many hearts does an octopus have?

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

What type of music has been shown to help plants grow better and faster?

SPAIN & FRANCE

3

MARIE CURIE

CLASSICAL

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MADONNA

ROCK & ROLL

5

LADY GAGA

7

ROMANTIC

EXERCISE 7 Watch the video about a Victorian Era Couple by clicking on the picture on your left.

Video time: 03'27'' Take a look at the NEW VOCABULARY BOX. It may help you to understand the video better.

AS THOUGH / como si TOP-DOWN / de arriba a abajo FURNITURE / muebles CLOTHING / ropa GROW UP / crecer KIND OF / tipo de END UP / terminar ENCOURAGE / animar FURTHER / más lejos MISS / echar de menos GIVE UP / abandonar LIGHT BULBS / bombillas MOSTLY / en su mayoría GET OUT / sacar HEIGHT / altura FLAVORS / sabores SMELLS / olores APPLIANCES / aparatos WOOD STOVE / cocina de leña AFRAID OF / tener miedo de WHATEVER / cualquiera

Say if the sentences below are TRUE or FALSE: 1. The video is about an English couple who like the Victorian Era. 2. Sarah wanted to be a nurse when she was a little child.

3. Gabriel is a librarian.

4. There wasn't electricity when they bought the house.

5. Gabriel loves riding bikes.

6. Sarah likes cooking in the wood stove because it doesn't use electricity.

EXERCISE 8 HOW ROMANTIC ARE YOU? Do the test by clicking on the picture below to know how romantic you are.

Check your answers and the end of the file.

EXERCISE 9 Watch the video about the differences between LOOK / WATCH and SEE by clicking on the picture below.

Video time: 01'00''

Now click on the bulb to do the test about the uses of LOOK , WATCH and SEE.

EXERCISE 10 HOUSEWORK VOCABULARY Click on the picture below to do the liveworksheet about HOUSEWORK VOCABULARY by dragging the tags in the correct picture.

EXERCISE 11 DINING OUT Click on the picture below to do the test about RESTAURANT CONVERSATION. Watch the video and choose the correct answers.

Video time: 01'56''

SOLUTIONS

EXERCISE 3 DOWN

ACROSS

2.SMALLER 3.TALLER 4.CHEAPER 6.BETTER 7.POORER 9.HUNGRIER 10.LARGER 11.NICER

1.EASIER 5.FATTER 6.BIGGER 8.MORE 9.HAPPIER 10.LONGER 12.RAINIER 13.PRETTIER

EXERCISE 4 1. The video is about an old lady who is travelling to Belfast with British Airways.

2. The video is 4 minutes and 22 seconds.

3. Derek Tennant does.

4. He is in Malvern to surprise Mary.

5. Mary is 99 years old.

6. Her borthday is on the 1st of january.

7. She will be 100 year old.

8. She grew up in Ireland.

9. Mary Parsons moved over to the United Kingdom to become a nurse.

10. Her niece and nephew will.

11. Her son calls her "the old girl".

12. No, she doesn't. She drinks a glass of champagne.

13. Her family gives her a beautiful bouquet of red roses.

EXERCISE 6 world wide web 22 Pandora in London Michael Ende Switzerland Boxing Day Hamlet The Dakota building the Great Dane M.Tatcher 24 brown Brazil Canada & the Usa 3 Marie Curie classical

EXERCISE 7 1. FALSE. Because they are from America, They are not English.

2. FALSE. Sarah wanted to be a writer.

3. TRUE 4. FALSE. Electricity was already available when they bought the house.

5. TRUE 6. FALSE. She likes cooking in the wood stove because it is easiest to control than the electricity stove.

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