Dear Apprentice, This is your space to share information about: Which country would you like to visit? Which city would you like to go? Why did you choose that country? Where would you like to stay? How will you make hotel reservations? You can make some comments, ask questions and add information to your classmates’ participations (at least one classmate).
Exercise 1 a) Watch the following video by Clicking on the link: http://youtu.be/3pwwrF0UBQQ b) Now choose two cities of your country c) Find out information about each one d) Write comparatives and superlatives sentences. e) Make an oral presentation. f) Ask questions to your classmates about your presentation (You should use comparatives and superlatives) Example: What is oldest city?
COMPARATIVES -er/ than short adjectives
More/than long adjectives
Peter-Andrew
Cindy-Kathy
E.g: Peter is tall. Peter is taller than Andrew
E.g: Cindy is beatiful. Cindy is more beautiful than kathy SUPERLATIVES
The /-est short adjectives
“The most” long adjectives
Peter/Andrew/Daniel
Cindy/kathy/Samantha
E.g: Peter is the tallest of the E.g: Cindy is the most beautiful girl. three of them.
Short Adjectives: tall,short, big, easy, cold, new, hot, small, old, high, close…etc
Long adjectives: important, popular, dangerous, intelligent, modern, interesting…etc
Exercise 2 WRITE FALSE (F) OR TRUE (T)
The rabbit is faster than the cow
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The rabbit is heavier than the cow The cow is slower than the rabbit
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Simple Present
Simple past
am
was
is
was
are
were
He She It We You They
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences by choosing the correct verb to be form.  July and Marcos 1) __________ my best friends. I love them!!!
 That 2) __________ my sister and that man 3) __________ her boyfriend. They 4) __________ friends but now they 5) __________ in love.
Exercise 2 Choose the correct verb in past to complete the sentence. 1.
My father ____________ basketball last week.
a)
Did
b)
Played
c)
Went
2.
At the shopping center, my sisters ___________ new shoes.
a)
Bought
b)
Wore
c)
Studied
3.
My mother _________ a beautiful poem.
a)
Cooked
b)
Wrote
c)
Swam
4.
All my friends _________ soup operas.
a)
Jumped
b)
Worked
c)
Watched
5.
The kids _________ to the zoo last month.
a)
Had
b)
Went
c)
Made
6.
The teacher ___________ the “past continuous “last class.
a)
Explained
b)
Danced
c)
Sang
7.
The architect _________ a big and beautiful house.
a)
Had
b)
Made
c)
Played
8.
The athlete _________ in the pool for hours.
a)
Took
b)
Talked
c)
Swam
9.
Yesterday, I __________ broccoli and onions. Yuck!!!
a)
Ran
b)
Watched
c)
Ate
Exercise 3 Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets. Choose present or past. One hundred years ago, dinosaurs___________________ (live) in the world. The mammoth ___________________ (run) 6 km per hour but the elephant ________________ (run) 7 km per hour. The hummingbird ___________________ (like) red flowers and it ___________________ (fly) very fast. Giant sloths___________________ (be) 6 meters tall and they ___________________ (die) 11,000 years ago. The cheetah ___________________ (live) in Africa and it ___________________ (hunt) small animals. Dodos ___________________ (weigh) 23 kilos.
Exercise 4 What did you do on your last vacations? Grammar: Past simple, comparative and superlative, adjectives, regular and irregular verbs You should search on the internet the elements of a formal and informal e-mail. Write a short e-mail to your best friend telling him/ her about your last vacation: activities, places, food, transportation etc.
Answer the following questions according to your life experience.
Question 1: What is your favorite food? Is it healthy? Do you prefer national or International food? What is your favorite restaurant? Why?
Question 2: How old were you four years ago? Describe some things you did four years ago?
Question 3: Make a list of the things you like and dislike, share this information with your classmates and make questions to your classmates in order to look for someone who likes or dislike the same things that you do, then discuss the reasons you like or dislike those things.