ENGLISH COURSE / GROWN – UPS A1

WORKSHOP

DATE: April 7th,2020

WORKSHOP

PART 1: GRAMMAR/ VOCABULARY

EXERCISE 1: INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

Write the corresponding indefinite pronoun to each sentence. BE CAREFUL,READ THE

SENTENCE AT LEAST TWICE.

1) She wants to live ____________________by the sea (in a certain place).

2) She put ____________________in the box, all the things that she had.
3) Does ____________________have a phone charger? (I don't know if a person has a
charger or not.)
4) We went ____________________this weekend. We stayed at home.
5) She didn't bring ____________________to the party.
6) Is there ____________________in the room?
7) A: What's wrong? B: ____________________, I'm fine.
8) ____________________lives in that house. It's empty.
9) Would you like to go ____________________this weekend? (I don't expect a particular
answer.)
10) ____________________was really friendly, all the managers and even the CEO.
EXERCISE 2: COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Put the adjectives between brackets in the correct form

1. My brother has a (tidy) ____________________ room than me.

2. Australia is (big) ____________________ than England.
3. I'm (good) ____________________ now than yesterday.
4. She's got (little) ____________________ money than you, but she doesn't care.
5. He thinks Chinese is (difficult) ____________________ language in the world
6. Valencia played (bad) ____________________ than Real Madrid yesterday.
7. Cats are not (intelligent) ____________________ than dogs.
8. Show me (good) ____________________ restaurant downtown.
9. (hot) ____________________ Desert of all is the Sahara and it's in Africa.
10. Who is (talkative) ____________________ person in your family?

EXERCISE 3: ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

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Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb of frequency in brackets in its correct
position.

1. They go to the movies. (often)

________________________________________________
2. She listens to classical music. (rarely)
________________________________________________
3. He reads the local newspaper. (sometimes)
________________________________________________
4. Sara smiles. (never)
________________________________________________
5. I drink coffee. (sometimes)
________________________________________________
6. Frank is ill. (often)
________________________________________________
7. She helps her daughter with her homework. (never)
________________________________________________
8. We watch television in the evening. (always)
________________________________________________
9. I smoke. (never)
________________________________________________
10. I eat meat. (seldom)
________________________________________________

PART 2: LISTENING

Listen to the following audio and answer the questions.

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/beginner-a1-listening/band-auditions

1) The boy wants to be in the band.

True
False
2) He doesn't like singing.
True
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True
False
4) The boy is good at the drums.
True
False
5) The girl says she will call him the next day.
True
False

PART 3: READING
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Read the following texts and answer the questions. READ CAREFULLY, AT LEAST
TWICE.

Val's Garden

I am new to the city. I do not know anyone. But an old woman lives next door. Her name is
Val. She gives me a big box of vegetables. She grows them in a garden by the sidewalk.
There are carrots, tomatoes, beans, and peas. They are the best vegetables I ever ate. Val
lives alone, too. But she seems happy in her garden. She loves plants. Sometimes, I can
hear her talking to them. Maybe that is why they grow so big.

One day, I stop seeing Val in the garden. I see people take many boxes from her home.
Weeds grow in her garden. The dirt is dry. The plants look sad. Val must have passed on.
So I pull the weeds. I water the garden. I even talk to the plants. Then a family moves next
door. They are new to the city. They do not know anyone. And I give them a big box of
vegetables from Val’s garden.

How long has the writer of the story lived  They were lucky because the
in the city? writer of the story took care of
Val's garden even after she died.
 A very long time  They had good jobs.
 Not very long
 Ten years What is something that the writer of the
 She was born in the city. story did NOT do after Val died?

What kind of vegetable did Val NOT  pull the weeds

grow?  water the garden
 talk to the plants
 Tomatoes  learn about Val's family
 Carrots
 Corn
 Beans and peas

What happened after the writer of the

story stopped seeing Val in her garden?
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Val's house.
 Other neighbors took care of the
garden.
 Val's house stayed empty.

Why was the new family lucky?

 They moved into a good

neighborhood.
 They had lots of friends in town.

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 Canada's Tallest Tree

A man named Randy liked to hunt trees. He looked for big trees and old trees. He made
maps to show where these trees were. He did not want to cut them down. He wanted
people to take care of them. Randy was told of a very tall tree on Vancouver Island. The
tree was said to be 314 feet tall. That would make it the tallest tree in Canada. Randy set
out to find the tree.

But someone else found it first. It was found by a logger. Loggers wanted to cut down
Canada’s tallest tree and all the trees around it. Randy made a path in the forest so people
could see the tall tree. The tree was so big and beautiful it would fill them with awe. More
and more people wanted to save that forest. Thanks to these people, that forest is now a
park. Canada’s tallest tree is still there. There may still be a bigger tree out there. Maybe
you will find it. But there are only a few old forests left in Canada. Many are still at risk of
being cut down.

Why did Randy make maps?  He wanted more people to see it.
 He made a path so he could visit
 The maps help the loggers. the tree more easily.
 Randy makes maps to help  He made a path to help the
campers. loggers get to the tree.
 He makes maps to show where
Canada's biggest trees are located. What does it mean to be "filled with
 He makes maps because he works awe".
for the government.
 to be not interested
What did the loggers want to do to  to be curious
Canada's tallest tree?  to be amazed
 to want money
 They wanted to cut it down.
 Save the tree. What happened to the forest where
 Take pictures of the tree. Randy found Canada's tallest tree?
 Measure the tree to find out how
tall it was.  The loggers might cut it down in
the future.
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 It became a park.
 He needed the path to get home.

PART 4: WRITING

Describe a family member using many PERSONALITY AND PHYSICAL

APPAREANCE ADJECTIVES.

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