Universidad del valle

Sede yumbo (preparcial)

English I
Mg. Marco Antonio Aristizabal

 Review the concepts of skimming, scanning, intensive Reading, critical reading

 What are contest clues, give examples
 What are contextual references, give examples

 Based on the following picture complete the sentences that are below applying either
comparative or superlative.

Sally is (old) Ellen.

Tom is the (old) 
Sally is (fat) Ellen.
Tom is the (fat) 
Sally is (happy)Tom.
Ellen is the (happy) 
Tom is (good)Sally.
Ellen is the (good) 
Ellen is (intelligent)Tom.
Sally is the (intelligent) 

Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).

1. My house is (big) than yours.

2. This flower is (beautiful) than that one.
3. This is the (interesting) book I have ever read.
4. Non-smokers usually live (long) than smokers.
5. Which is the (dangerous) animal in the world?
6. A holiday by the sea is (good) than a holiday in the mountains.
7. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) than a beer.
8. Who is the (rich) woman on earth?
9. The weather this summer is even (bad) than last summer.
10. He was the (clever) thief of all.

Complete the sentences using the superlative form of the word in brackets. Be careful with your
spelling.

1. My dad is  dad in the world. (FUNNY)

2. Whales are  animals in the world. (HEAVY)
3. Mice are  animal in the world. (CUTE)
4. My bedroom is  room in my house. (COMFORTABLE)
5. I am  cook in the world. (BAD)
6. For English people, Japanese is  language to learn. (DIFFICULT)
7. That was  film I've ever seen. (SAD)
8. My sister is  person I know. (TIDY)
9. My grandmother is  person in my family. (OLD)
10. That was  book I've ever read. (STRANGE)
11. I've ever travelled is from London to San Francisco. (FAR)
12. What's  animal in your country? (DANGEROUS)
13. Spain is  country in Europe. (SUNNY)
14. What's  place you've ever visited? (HOT)
15. What's  you've ever stayed up at night? (LATE)
Complete the following sentences using comparison as…as

1. The blue car is the red car. (fast)

2. Peter is Fred. (not/tall)
3. The violin is the cello. (not/low)
4. This copy is the other one. (bad)
5. Oliver is Peter. (optimistic)
6. Today it's yesterday. (not/windy)
7. The tomato soup was the mushroom soup. (delicious)
8. Grapefruit juice is lemonade. (not/sweet)
9. Nick is Kevin. (brave)
10. Silver is gold. (not/heavy)
 Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets using the simple past, the following sentences.

1. They ____________________ (watch) TV last night.

2. Priscila ____________________ (talk) to her friends all day.
3. I ___________________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.
4. Bob _____________________ (come) home from school late.
5. They ____________________ (arrive) late and ___________________ (miss) the bus.
6. She ____________________ (study) hard and ___________________(pass) the exam.
7. He ____________________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.
8. I ___________________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.
9. Dr. Johnson ______________________ (get up) early this morning.
10. Mary _____________________ (do) her homework and ________________ (go) to school.
11. Chris ____________________ (find) a ten-dollar bill.
12. The dog ______________________ (follow) us down the road.
13. Those students _____________________ (work) hard last semester.
14. Lucio ___________________ (stop) at the corner and __________________ (call) us.
15. I ___________________ (try) to talk to Helen last night.
16. I ___________________ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.
17. My dad ____________________ (catch) a cold when he ________________ (be) in
Canada.
18. She _____________________ (leave) home early yesterday.
19. They ____________________ (know) each other very well when they ________________
(be) kids.
20. The teacher _____________________ (bring) the exams corrected.
21. She was cleaning the vase when she ____________________ (drop) it.
22. We ___________________ (jog) in the park yesterday.
23. The fire ____________________ (occur) while we ___________________ (be) out.
24. I __________________ (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend.
25. Carol _____________________ (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she
_______________ (go) out to lunch.
26. We ______________________ (fly) to the USA on a great airplane.

Rewrite the sentences in the negative.

1. They collected postcards.
2. You jumped high.
3. Albert played squash.
4. The teacher tested our English.
5. Fiona visited her grandma.
6. He washed the car.

 Organize and write questions form in simple past.

1. Anna / the window / open

2. she / home / walk
3. you / in the garden / work 
4. you / a song / sing 
5. she / on a chair / sit
6. you / the castle / visit
7. Jenny / the door / lock
8. she / happy / be
 Replace the personal pronouns by the possessive adjectives.
1.Where are (you)_______ friends
2.Here is the postcard from (I)_______friend John
3.She lives in England now with (she)________ family
4.(He)_______wife works in Thailand
5.(She)_______company makes websites.