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ENGLISH EXERCISES

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WORKSHEET 1

1.Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives or pronouns: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2.Make questions for the following answers: 1 2 3 4 3.Complete the sentences with the correct interrogative pronoun: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 4. Complete the sentences below with the correct preposition: 1 2 3. 4. 5. 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (simple & continuous present): 1. 2. 3 4

There is a pen on the table. Give ...... to me. Give these books to Susan. They are ...... . Are you John Brown? There is a letter for ...... . Don´t take these keys. They are not ...... . My umbrella isn´t black. ...... is grey. ? I´m fine Thank you ? That is my father ? He is twenty years old ? Yes, my father is a teacher sisters do you have? one is the platform for London, please? are you doing tomorrow night? far is Manchester from Bristol? ........................ is making dinner? She studied in France four years What do you do weekends? I´m seeing my grandparents ........... Sunday. -Can I talk to you? -Sorry, but I´m leaving .......... five minutes. I don´t need any money ........ the moment. Tom .............. (play) football in a school team. I´m busy now. I .............. (go) to do some shoppings. This meal (smell) wonderful !! The kettle (boil) !! Please, switch it off !!

TICK THE FOOD YOU HAVE TRIED: baked potato cake dog duck fish & chips fried insects fried rice frog´s legs hamburguer horse mashed potatoes monkey noodle soup ostrich seafood snake pasta sushi omelette paella goat WORKSHEET 2 LET´S TALK ABOUT FOOD !!

CONVERSATION CARDS

What are the most popular dishes in your country? What do people usually eat on s special holiday like New Year? Have you ever eaten Japanese food? Did you like it? When did you last go to a nice restaurant? What did you order?

What´s your favourite food? How often do you eat it? What is your favourite restaurant? Why? How often do you eat in a restaurant? Describe an everyday meal from your country and tell how to prepare it. Which country do you think has the best food? What food do you refuse to eat? Why? Can you give some examples of fast food? (also junk food) How often do you eat fast food?

If you visited a country where people ate snake or dog, would you try it? Have you ever eaten insects or snails? Would you like to try them? Can you cook? What is the last dish you cooked? What is the strangest food you have ever eaten? Who usually does the cooking in your family? Is there a pet in your family? What does it eat?

I ............. (know) the answer yesterday. We don´t know the person .......... donated the money. This is the woman ............. husband died three years ago. The cottage ........... we rented was lovely. The box the old toys are is in the garage

WORKSHEET 3

2.Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST TENSE of the verbs in brackets: 1 2 3 4. 5. 3.Complete the sentences below with the correct relative pronoun: 1. 2. 3. 4 5 4.Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

She played tennis LAST SUNDAY. Susan buys A CUP OF COFFEE every morning. He IS WASHING HIS HAIR now. John NEVER cries. JULIE passed the English exam. I (hear) a new song on the radio They (speak) French to the waitress I (forget) to buy some milk

You .............. (lose) your keys last week.

1.Make questions according to the capital letters: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

The year 1993, I went to study abroad, was the best of my llife Susan visits us ........ Christmas every year. They got married ...... July 3rd. Some people rest ....... the afternoon. I´m going to London ....... January. They had lunch ........ noon. This church was built ......... 1785. You have an appointment ............. June 1st. I do not work ........ night.

4 LET´S TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCES !! Have you ever been abroad? Where? Which country would you like to visit and why? Have you ever ridden a horse? An elephant? A camel? A motorbike? Talk about it. Have you ever travelled by plane or ship? Which do you prefer? Explain. Have you ever seen a ghost? Do you believe in ghost? Talk about it. Have you ever bought a lottery? Have you ever won anything? Have you ever visited a fortune teller? Talk about it. Have you ever been camping? Where did you go? Did you like it? Have you ever cheated on an exam? How did you do it? Talk about it. Have you ever been to an amusement park? What were your favourite rides? Have you ever broken a bone or been in hospital? Talk about it. Have you ever done anything that you really regretted? What was it? Have you ever been to the zoo? Which animals did you like the most?. Explain why. Have you ever met a celebrity? Who was he / she? Talk about it Have you ever performered in public? Talk about it. Have you ever been on the radio or on TV ? Talk about it Have you ever fallen down in the street? When, where, what happened? Have you ever seen a natural disaster? Which one? Make a list about natural disasters. Have you ever made a mistake on the phone? Talk about it.

DETAILS / EXTRA QUESTIONS Why? taste? taste? Where? with whom? cost prediction from where where why? How?

WORKSHEET

CONVERSATION CARDS

INTERVIEW A FRIEND HAVE YOU EVER ... ? (be) in a fight? (drink) beer? (eat) horse meat? (go) abroad? (play) golf? (ride) a donkey? (visit) a fortune teller? (speak) to a foreigner? (see) a ghost? (skip) school? (cheat) on an exam?

OPINION amazing fantastic brilliant wonderful horrible ugly terrible awful SIZE small big huge tall short large enormous NOUN WORKSHEET 5 ADJECTIVES ORDER AGE old young new ancient SHAPE triangular square round oval rectangular CONDITION broken clean dirty COLOUR blue yellow white black pink red PATTERN plain spotted stripped ORIGIN Spanish English French American Italian MATERIAL wooden silk paper cotton leather plastic silver PURPOSE writing cooking running washing 1 2 3 4 5 6 1987 0 This is a BIG ROUND BEAUTIFUL BLACK IRON ANCIENT SPANISH sword A TALL YOUNG ITALIAN NICE boy My dog has LONG CUTE SOFT hair. It is a TINY BRIGHT RED FRENCH LOVELY VINTAGE chair A RUSSIAN DELICIOUS HOT soup A LITTLE CUTE puppy. Put the adjectives in the correct order: 1 2 3. 4 5 6.

6 LET´S TALK ABOUT YOU !!

TASK INTERVIEW ANOTHER STUDENT. WRITE DOWN THE ANSWERS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. NOW TELL THE WHOLE CLASS ABOUT THE PERSON YOU INTERVIEWED

WORKSHEET

What do you do in the evening? What time do you usually go to bed?

INDIVIDUAL

CONVERSATION

What´s your name? What´s your surname? What´s your nickname? Do you have any brothers or sisters? Talk about them. Where do you live? How did you get there? What do you do? Do you like being a ? Why? Do you have a pet? Talk about it. What is your favourite food and drink? What is your favourite kind of music? Which bands do you like? What´s your phone number? And your email? When is your birthday? What do you usually do on your birthday? What is your favourite day of the week? Why? What´s your favourite month of the year? Why? What´s your favourite sport? How often do you play it? What do you do in your free time? What do you usually do on Saturdays? How often do you go on holiday? Where do you like going? How often do you eat out? What´s your favourite restaurant? Why? How often do you go to the cinema? What´s you favourite kind of movie? CARDS

Seusaparadecir queunacosasucede antesqueotra. BEFORE/AFTER/DURING/FOR (time prepositions) BEFORE (antes) I´mgoingtomeethimBEFOREthelunch. ShewasateacherBEFOREshebecame famous. AFTER espués) Seusaparadecir queunacosasucede despuésqueotra SusandoesherhomeworkAFTERhaving breakfast. HehascomeAFTERme Seusaparadecirque dosaccionesocurren almismotiempo DURING (durante) YoudrinkacoffeeDURINGyourbreak TherestaurantisclosedDURINGthe wi FOR (p / durante) Indicaladuracióndeuna acciónI have lived here FOR six months She has been a chef FOR 20 years Train A leaves at 11:00 Train B leaves at 12:00 Train B leaves BEFORE / AFTER / DURING / FOR the A train. Bus 1 arrives at 7:00 Bus 2 arrives at 5:00 Bus 2 arrives BEFORE / AFTER / DURING / FOR bus 1 She worked at the hotel BEFORE / AFTER / DURING / FOR five years. The rain started BEFORE / AFTER / DURING / FOR the football match They had to stop the game

to bed We eat chocolate cake BEFORE

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I will see you

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You need to brush your teeth BEFORE

AFTER / DURING / FOR six weeks 1.Choose the correct answer for the following sentences: 1 2 3. 4 5. 6. 7 8. 9 WORKSHEET 7

/ FOR the film He

BEFORE

/ FOR dinner. They travelled BEFORE

The film ends at 6:00. I will see you at 6:30. BEFORE / AFTER / DURING lived in that house / AFTER / DURING FOR 20 years. / AFTER DURING going / AFTER / DURING /

AGO five minutes ago two hours ago three days ago two weeks ago six months ago a few years ago a long time ago TALKING ABOUT THE PAST OTHER TIME MARKERS yesterday the day before yesterday last week last month last year last evening last Saturday

Think of 3 things that did not exist 20 years ago. Could you live without them? Talk about your last birthday. What did you do? Who was there?

What did you do yesterday? Describe your day. What were you doing at 10 pm yesterday evening? How is life today different from life 100 years ago? Give examples. Where were you born? Where did you grow up? Talk about your childhood. When was the last time you went on holiday? Talk about it Think of a major news story of the recent past. Tell it in your own words

(buy) an ice cream (come) home late (do) housework (drink) an orange juice (eat) fast food (get up) late (go) swimming (have) a party (meet) your best friend (play) cards (speak) English (visit) a museum WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ... ? 1. 2 3. 4 5. 6 7 8. 9 10. 11 12. INTERVIEW A FRIEND

Nowadays many families have a car How did your grandparents get around? Ask a friend some questions about their last shopping trip. "You have to know the past to understand the future." Do you agree? Explain why. Older people sometimes talk about "the good old days". What do they mean? Discuss.

WORKSHEET

Think of a celebrety who passed away (=died). Talk about him / her. When was the first time you went to the cinema? Talk about this experience. Did you watch the last Olympic Games? What do you remember?

CONVERSATION CARDS

8 LET´S TALK ABOUT THE PAST !!

WORKSHEET 9 Click on the picture to watch a video about HOW TO WRITE A SHORT STORY IN ENGLISH Video time 08´47´´ Then choose a picture and let´s tell a story

IDEA STEP1 STEP2 STEP3 STEP4STEP5 STEP6 CHOOSE A TOPIC YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS MIND MAP CAN HELP YOU TO PUT IN ORDER YOUR IDEAS. WORKSHEET 10

TO GET ALONG TO (llevarse bien) BELIEVE IN (creer en) FORGIVING (perdonar) FORGETTING (olvidar) HODDIE (sudadera) SPARKLY (chispeante) REVENGE (venganza) CHANCES (oportunidades) CRUSH (enamoramiento) SOULMATES (almas gemelas) BRAND (marca) Watch the video by clicking on the picture below and read the questions out loud. Answer the questions in out loud, of course !! Video time 02´23´´ Take a look at the new vocabulary box, it may help you to understand the questions better. 25 QUESTIONS YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN ASKED BEFORE WORKSHEET 11 Watch the video by clicking on the picture below. Video time 02´16´´ Use your own words to explain what happens in the video. TIPS: 2 MINUTE SHORT GRATITUDE STORY 1. 2 3 4 ask yourself WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHEN, WHERE, ... use time sequencers use relative sentences use linking words use adjectives to make your speech longer

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND ASK THEM TO YOUR CLASSMATES WORKSHEET 12 WHEN ARE YOU (OR HAVE BEEN) MOST AFRAID? WHAT HAS BEEN THE HAPPIEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE? IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING IN THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU COULDN´T LIVE WITHOUT? WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE MOVIE AND WHY? WHAT CARTOON CHARACTER WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO BE AND WHY? WHAT IS THE WORST THING ABOUT BEING A TEENAGER? WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A TEENAGER? DESCRIBE YOUR PERFECT DAY !! WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND AND WHY ? WHAT SUPERPOWER WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE?

SOLUTIONS

3.Complete the sentences with the correct interrogative pronoun: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 4. Complete the sentences below with the correct preposition: 1 2 3. 4. 5. 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (simple & continuous present): 1. 2. 3 4

WORKSHEET 1

Don´t take these keys. They are not yours . My umbrella isn´t black. It is grey. How are you ? I´m fine Thank you

1.Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives or pronouns: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2.Make questions for the following answers: 1 2 3 4

There is a pen on the table. Give it to me. Give these books to Susan. They are hers. Are you John Brown? There is a letter for you .

Who is making dinner? She studied in France for four years What do you do at weekends? I´m seeing my grandparents on Sunday. -Can I talk to you? -Sorry, but I´m leaving in five minutes. I don´t need any money at the moment.

How old is he ? He is twenty years old Is your father a teacher ? Yes, my father is a teacher How many sisters do you have? Which one is the platform for London, please? What are you doing tomorrow night? How far is Manchester from Bristol?

Who is that man ? That is my father

Tom plays (play) football in a school team. I´m busy now. I am going (go) to do some shoppings. This meal smells (smell) wonderful !! The kettle is boiling (boil) !! Please, switch it off !!

The year 1993, when I went to study abroad, was the best of my llife Susan visits us at Christmas every year. They got married on July 3rd. Some people rest in the afternoon. I´m going to London in January. They had lunch at noon. This church was built in 1785. You have an appointment on June 1st. I do not work at night

2.Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST TENSE of the verbs in brackets: 1 2 3. 4. 5. 3.Complete the sentences below with the correct relative pronoun: 1. 2. 3 4 5

She played tennis LAST SUNDAY. When did she play tennis? Susan buys A CUP OF COFFEE every morning. What does Susan buy every morning? He IS WASHING HIS HAIR now. What is he doing now? John NEVER cries. How often does John cry?

4.Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8

WORKSHEET 3

I heard (hear) a new song on the radio They spoke (speak) French to the waitress I forgot (forget) to buy some milk. You lost (lose) your keys last week. I knew (know) the answer yesterday. We don´t know the person who donated the money. This is the woman whose husband died three years ago. The cottage which we rented was lovely

The box where the old toys are is in the garage

JULIE passed the English exam. Who passed the English exam?

1.Make questions according to the capital letters: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

OPINION amazing fantastic brilliant wonderful horrible ugly terrible awful SIZE small big huge tall short large enormous NOUN WORKSHEET 5 ADJECTIVES ORDER AGE old young new ancient SHAPE triangular square round oval rectangular CONDITION broken clean dirty COLOUR blue yellow white black pink red PATTERN plain spotted stripped ORIGIN Spanish English French American Italian MATERIAL wooden silk paper cotton leather plastic silver PURPOSE writing cooking running washing 1 2 3 4 5 6 1987 0 This is a BEAUTIFUL BIG ROUND ANCIENT BLACK SPANISH IRON sword A NICE TALL YOUNG ITALIAN boy My dog has CUTE SOFT LONG hair. It is a LOVELY TINY BRIGHT VINTAGE RED FRENCH chair A DELICIOUS HOT RUSSIAN soup A CUTE LITTLE puppy. Put the adjectives in the correct order: 1 2 3. 4 5 6.

Seusaparadecir queunacosasucede antesqueotra. BEFORE/AFTER/DURING/FOR (time prepositions) BEFORE (antes) I´mgoingtomeethimBEFOREthelunch. ShewasateacherBEFOREshebecame famous. AFTER espués) Seusaparadecir queunacosasucede despuésqueotra SusandoesherhomeworkAFTERhaving breakfast. HehascomeAFTERme Seusaparadecirque dosaccionesocurren almismotiempo DURING (durante) YoudrinkacoffeeDURINGyourbreak TherestaurantisclosedDURINGthe wi FOR (p / durante) Indicaladuracióndeuna acciónI have lived here FOR six months She has been a chef FOR 20 years Train A leaves at 11:00 Train B leaves at 12:00 Train B leaves AFTER the A train Bus 1 arrives at 7:00. Bus 2 arrives at 5:00. Bus 2 arrives BEFORE bus 1. She worked at the hotel FOR five years The rain started DURING the football match . They had to stop the game. The film ends at 6:00 I will see you at 6:30 I will see you AFTER the film He lived in that house FOR 20 years You need to brush your teeth BEFORE going to bed. We eat chocolate cake FOR dinner They travelled FOR six weeks. 1.Choose the correct answer for the following sentences: 1 2. 3 4. 5 6 7. 8 9. WORKSHEET 7

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