Actividad 2: ejercitación de 2º año

A) Writing Activity. Complete this account of a safari holiday with the past simple tense of the verbs in brackets:

Last year Roger Ferguson (1)..........(organize) a safari to Lunguala in Western Africa. He (2)......... (plan) everything and(3)..............(arrange) every detail. He(4)............(hire) a group of native guides and(5)................(travel) to the jungle with fourteen tourists. The group(6).............(included) three women. They(7)..........(arrive) in Lunguala on a Sunday and (8)..............(explore) the place for a week. They(9)............(carry) their equipment in a jeep but they(10)................(walk) most of the time. At the end of the safari everybody was tired but very happy.

B) Write the sentences in the interrogative:

1. Lucy worked in a restaurant.2. The Minister informed the country about the situation.3. Bob and Sylivia rented a house at seaside last summer.4. The police arrested the criminal last night.5. Harry telephoned his mother this morning

C) Write the following sentences in the negative:

1. Bill Gates invented television.2. Thomas Alva Edison discovered the cure of Polio.3. The Americans elected Jhon F. Kennedy as president in 1980.4. Sebastian Cabot explored the Amazon.5. Austria attacked the USSR during the Second Wold War.

D) Choose the right form of verb in each sentences.

1. Maria ( live/lives) in a small house near the river.
2. Bob and Robert ( study/ studies) at Christ College.
3. Arnold( drive/drives ) his car to his office in the morning.
4. We ( visit/visits) our grandparents every Saturday.
5. My cat ( sleep/sleeps) on the carpet.

E) Write the sentences in negative and interrogative form.

Lucy works in a cafeteria.
Bob and Sylvia rent a house at the seaside in summer.
Engineers build roads and bridges.
Harry telephones his mother every day.
I eat fish on Sundays.

F) Make your dairy routine

G) Countable and uncountable nouns (indefinite adjectives: "some", "any")

Write a (1) next to the countable nouns and (X) next to the uncountable nouns.

1. water ....
2. pencil....
3. Wool.....
4. rice....
5. book.....
6. cassette....
7. dollar....
8. money....
9. honey.....
10. jam......
11. horse.....
12. beer.....
13. Map......
14. Sand......
15. umbrella....
16. cotton....
17. soap.....
18. tree.....
19. towel....
20. music......

H) Choose the right option

1. (Is there any/Are there any) rice in the cupboard?
2. (is there any/Are there any) sausages in the refrigerator?
4.Please buy (some bread/ one or two breads).
5. There (is/are) some tea in the cup.
6. Put (a cheese/some cheese) in the bowl.
7. (Are there any/ Is there any) Coke in that glass?
8. Put (some/a) milk in my tea.

I) Plural of nouns

A) Write these nouns in the plural:
1. clock. .......
2. gas .........
3. radio.......
4. monkey......
5. T-shirt......
6. dinosaur.....
7. glass.......
8. man......
9. football.....
10. moustache.....

J) Write these nouns in the singular:

1. dictionaries.....
2. matches.....
3. parties.....
4. dresses.....
5. countries.....
6. children.....
7- cities.....
8. adresses.....
9. wishes.....
10. brushes.....



K) Use How much or How many?

1. ......... sandwiches do we need?
2........... compact disks do you have?
3............ flour does he have?
4........... milk did you buy?


L) Simple Future

1. I..... travel by train
2. He.... buy some clothes for the summer
3. They.... play handsall this Sunday
4. I..... go this weekend (neg. form)
5. She..... play chess with us( neg. form)


M) Simple Present

A) Complete this article. Use the verbs in the correct form.

Why(1).......(many animals/migrate)?
Why(2).......(they/travel) long distances?
Because they(3)...... (need) food and shelter. For example, during the dry season in Africa grasses and other plants(4)........(not/grow) well. Zebras (5)......(not/stay) there because they (6).....(not/get) much food. Where(7)..........(they/move) to?
They (8).........(zebras/return) to the south? Of course, they (10)...........(return) to the south in the wet season.

N) Comparison and superlative of adjetives:
A) Choose the right option:1.Bruno is(fater/fatter) than Luca.
2. Betsy is (eleganter/more elegant) than Tamara.
3. Augustus is( most refined/the most refined) memeber of the club.
4. Lady Evelyn is (the most sophisticated/the more sophisticated) person in the world!
5. The school is (more modern/ the most modern) building in the town.

O) Present Perfect Tense

1. He...... ........ (not get) headache.2. You ......... ......... (be) at the hotel.3. She ......... .......... (not go) to Paris.4. It ............ ............(rain) for a week.5. They.......... .............(buy) his sister a ring.6. .......... you........... (be) in Spain?

P) Use for or since

1. I have used here........ three years.2. She has lived there.......... 1191.

Q) Conditional Tense

1. I ........... ............ to live alone(like).2. She .......... ........... to win a million dollars(like).3. He ............ ............ a good politician.(be)4...............you............ a cup of coffee? (like)5. ............ you............ to go to the cinema(go).