TRABAJO PRÁCTICO Nro 2

CARRERA: Traductorado
ASIGNATURA: Gramática Inglesa I
ALUMNO:....Brandoni Micaela.........................................................................

1. Refer to the words in brackets and put in the right nouns.

COMPUTER TANTRUMS
A clever computer built at Imperial College, London, often suffers from ( bore) ___boredom___ . the

computer was built to find out about human (communicate) __communication__ YES!!!____. The
computer acquired a simple vocabulary in the same way as babies do: through ( babble)
__babbling___. It is common (know) __knowledge___ that when babies babble, it is a ( prepare)

__preparationYES!!!_____ for speech. When babies make sounds like real words, they are
encouraged to remember them. With (encouragement) from their parents, babies quickly build up
their vocabulary. In the same way, the clever computer learnt to use real words. For example, it
learnt to identify a black cat. It was then shown a white cat to test how good it was at ( recognize)

__recognizing__YES!!!_. It refused to co-operate because the (solve) ___solutions_YES!!!___

to the problem was too easy. At first this ( refuse) ___refusal____ puzzled scientists, but then they
decided the computer was having a tantrum. “It just sits there and goes on strike,” a ( science)

__scientistYES!!!___ said. “These clever computers must also be taught good ( behave)

__behavior_YES!!!__.

2. Put in singular or plural verb-forms.

LIES, DAMN LIES?
Statistics (be) ___are_________ a branch of economics, but it is often said that there ( be)
____are________ lies, damn lies and statistics. Recent statistics of British life ( show)
___shows_________ that the family (be) ____are________ happier than it used to be. The youth
of today (be) ___are_________ likely to live longer than the previous generation. People ( own)
___owns_________ more things than they used to, but more police ( be) ___are_________

employed to fight crime. YES!!!Mathematics (be) ___is_________ a subject which is studied more
by oys than by girls, as ( be) ___is_________ physics. The earnings of working women ( be)
___are_________ getting higher all the time and many women earn more than their husbands.
Good manners (be) ___are_________ declining. The public ( spend) __spends__________ more on
clothes, and clothes (be) ____are_______ becoming more and more expensive. Glasses ( be)
____are________ worn by more people, but only a minority ( favour) ___favours_________ contact
lenses. Statistics (make) ___makes_________ us want to grind our teeth and can probably tell us if

we have any teeth left to grind! YES!!!

3. Put in a, the or one nly where necessary.

Here’s health!
 “I think that’s all, Mrs Grant,” Dr Grey said as she handed her (1) _a______ list of prescriptions. (2)

__the____YES!!!_ list was very long and Mrs Grant almost fainted as she tried to read it. She had

(3) __a___YES!!!__ headache and (4) __a_ YES!!!____ cold and felt as if she was getting (5)

__flu. On top of this, one of her children was in bed with (6) ___ YES!!!____ mumps. “I’ve

prescribed some pills for (7) _ YES!!!______ high blood pressure as well,” Dr Grey said. “How

many do I have to take - (8) ___a____ pill (9) ___a____YES!!! day?” “No. One pill with each

meal. Three pills (10) ___a____ day.” YES!!!Mrs Grant thanked (11) __the_____ YES!!! doctor
and walked out of her surgery with some difficulty. She staggered onti the local chemist’s and

handed (12) _the___YES!!!_ long prescription list to Mr Burt, (13) __the__ YES!!!___ chemist.
Mr Burt greeted her cheerfully. “Good morning, Mrs Grant,” he said, glancing at (14) ___the____

list. “What a list! I trust you’re keeping well!” YES!!!

4. Put in you, one or ones where necessary.

HELP!

(1) __You___YES!!!__ can always tell the people who know all about cars. They’re the (2)

__ones___YES!!!__ who can recognize all the latest models and who bore (3) __you____ YES!!!

_ silly with useless information. The (4) _one__ YES!!!_ who don’t know about cars are a bit like

my friend, Robin. Robin is (5) __one__ YES!!!___ of those people who believes that all car
engines are in the front of a vehicle. He recently hired a car without even realizing that it was (6)

__one_____YES!!! of those with its engine at the back. Last week he was driving along a country
road when he heard a strange noise coming from the car and he stopped to have a look. He raised
the bonnet to examine his engine and you can imagine his surprise when he saw that he didn’t

have (7) __one__YES!!!_! He waved to a passing car and a young man stopped. Robin explained

that he had lost his engina. “I don’t suppose (8) ___you_ YES!!!___ can help me,” he said. “Of

course I can help (9) __you_YES!!!____,” the young man said. “I’ve got a spare (10) _one______

in the back of my car. You can use that (11) __one__YES!!!_.”

5. Put in reflexive pronouns (ourselves,etc.) or object pronouns (us, etc.)

KEEP SMILING!
Psychiatrists have proved that happiness is the secret of god health. Mood really can affect the

body (1) _itself___YES!!!___. This means we all have to look after (2) __us__ YES!!!_. We have

to enjoy (3) __ourselves___YES!!!__ and take pride in (4) __us___YES!!!__ and we’ll rarely

have to visit the doctor. Praise helps (5) __ourselves_ YES!!!___ to learn and is good for us, too.

We all know how pleased young children feel when they learn to dress (6) __themselves__ YES!!!

___ and do things by (7) _themselves__ YES!!!____. We should praise (8) __us___ YES!!!__ for
the achievements. Bosses rarely have a good word for (9) __ourselves__ YES!!!___. Yet if we

want to be happy and healthy, we need people around (10) ___us__ YES!!!__ who keep telling
(11) ___ourselves____how marvellous we are. Then we (12) __ourselves_____ will believe that we

are marvellous, too! YES!!!

Good dear, take a look at the mistakes, please. Regards, Mariana.