Inglés I – Tarea Práctica I

Nombre del alumno/a: Gustavo García Gonzalez

Tarea práctica IN1 U1 1

1- Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.

1. Martin ………………..
is working in his garage.
work
7. …………….
Do you work
on Sundays?
works
is working Do you work
are working Are you working
Either could be used here
2. Martin ……………….
enjoys fixing things.
8. How often ………………..
are you working out
?
enjoy
enjoys are you working out
is enjoying do you work out

3. What …………………
do we have for breakfast? 9. Susie ……………..
comes here often.

do we have come
are we having comes
does we have is coming

4. I ………………..
am visiting France this summer. 10. ……………….
Do you come
with us to the movies?

visit Do you come

am visiting Are you coming
are visiting 11. Does
……………….
she know
what ……………..?
she is doing

5. I ……………….
visit France every summer. Is she knowing, she is doing
visit Does she know, she does
visits Does she know, she is doing
am visiting 12. How ……………….
do you start
a washing machine?
6. …………………..
Do you work on any new projects at the are you starting
moment? do you start
Do you work does you start
Are you working
Is you working

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2- Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.

watches
1 - We never …………………… TV in the morning. (to watch)
2 - Listen! Sandy ……………………
is singing in the bathroom. (to sing)
Helping
3 - My sister usually …………………… in the kitchen. (to help)
4 - My mother …………………… breakfast now. (to make)
is makes
5 - Andy sometimes ……………………read comics. (to read)
is coming
6 - Look! The boys …………………… home. (to come)
is going
7 - Every day his grandfather …………………… for a walk. (to go)
chat
8 - I …………………… with my friend at the moment. (to chat)
are eats
9 - Cats …………………… mice. (to eat)
is cleaning
10 - They often …………………… the bathroom. (to clean)

3- Write a suitable question asking for the bold type word.

(Ej. María come una tostada todas las mañanas. --> ¿Cuando come María una tostada?)
Horatio is having breakfast at the moment.

1. I´m going to London to improve my English.

2. They want a cup of coffee.

3. He can speak five languages.

4. I have lunch at one o´clock.

5. My sister is wearing a new hat and coat.

6. These children will be taken on an excursion next weekend.

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4- Complete these sentences with the comparative of superiority of the adjectives in
brackets (don't forget 'than' when necessary).

1 - Jake's room is …………………… Larry's room. (small)

2 - The blue car is …………………… the black car. (nice)
3 - This exercise is …………………… that one. (boring)
4 - His pullover is …………………… his jeans. (dark)
5 - My result in the test was …………………… Harry's. (good)
6 - Gold is …………………… silver. (expensive)

5- Complete these sentences using the superlative of the adjectives in brackets.

1 - Which is ................................... (fast) car in the world?

2 - Water is ................................... (healthy) drink.
3 - August is usually ................................... (hot) month of the year.
4 – Spider-Man was .................................... (good) film I ever saw.
5 - What is ................................... (interesting) tourist attraction in London?
5 - The chimpanzees are ................................... (intelligent) animals in this zoo.

6- Complete these sentences with a comparative or a superlative.

1 My bike is ................................... (fast) my sister’s.

2 Poor Tom! He got ................................... (bad) mark in the class in English.
3 The Alps in Switzerland are ............................... (high) the mountains in France.
4 December is usually ................................... (cold) month of the year.
5 Tigers are ................................... (dangerous) lions.
6 Italy is ................................... (sunny) England!
7 I think maths is not ................................... (difficult) chemistry.
8 Who’s ................................... (young) student in the class?

7- Rewrite the sentences using the Genitive Case.

1 - I drove the car of James last week.

2 - Sally will go to the office of the doctor next month.
3 - The mother of Bruce and the mother of Mirna are German.
4 - The furniture of my father-in-law is very old.
5 - A man was speaking about the words of Jesus in the park.

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8- Write the correct form of the possessives into the gaps (saxon genitive).

1 - This is ................................… book. (Peter)

2 - Let's go to the .................................... (Smiths)
3 - The ................................… room is upstairs. (children)
4 - My .............................… car was not expensive. (parents)
5 - .........................… and ............................… school is old. (Susan – Steve)

9- Choose te correct word for each space. (possesive adj and pron).

1. Jack has two sisters. ................ names are Jane and Judith.
2. Look at this lovely bird ! ................ head is red !
3. Kate is not in my bedroom. She is in ................ .
4. This rabbit is not in the right hutch. Please put it in ................ .
5. You like painting. ................ paintings are beautiful.
6. She speaks English very well because ................ mother is English.
7. Our car is red and ................ is blue. (you)
8. My friends love gardening. ................ garden is fantastic.
9. Kate and Mary, don't play with these balls, they are not ................ .
10. We don't like their house, we prefer ................ . (we)

10- Complete the following sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Anna's holiday ____________ (be) great last summer. She _______________ (stay) in a college
in England for two weeks. She ________________ (have) classes in the mornings and in the
afternoons she ________________ (do) some sports like swimming or tennis. In the evenings
she often __________________ (go) dancing or ________________ (watch) films with her new
friends. At weekends they __________________ (drive) to some interesting places. Once they
__________________ (visit) Marwell Zoo where they _______________ (see) some beautiful
animals. Anna ____________________ (not like) the food at the college but that
_____________________ (not be) a problem. She ____________________ (meet) a lot of
people and ____________________ (learn) some English. All the students in her class
________________ (be) sorry to go home. They all _________________ (promise) to come
back next summer.

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11- Complete these sentences with the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1. The dog ........... a cat down the street. (chase)

2. It's hard to believe that I ............ on the same plane as a hijacker. (fly)
3. We ............ in the forest when we heard a strange sound. (walk)
4. The bank robbers ............ the bags when the police caught tchem. (not carry)
5. I saw a shoplifter! She .............. a pair of expensive sunglasses into her bag. (put)
6. What did you say? I'm sorry, I ............ . (not listen)
7. It .............. on Saturday, so they stayed at home. (rain)

12- Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past
Continuous.

a) We ___________ (go) down the road at 100 Km/h when the wheel ________ (fall)
off.
b) She nearly ________ (have) a heart attack when she _______ (see)the lion.
c) My mother _________ (get) dressed when she _________ (feel) a pain in her chest.
d) She _________ (fill) in a questionnaire when the pen _________ (run) out of wink.
e) Susan __________ (not/see) her friend because she ________(face) the other way.
f) Mike ________(fall) off the ladder while he __________ (paint) the ceiling.
g) While Ann _________ (cook) dinner, the phone _________ (ring)
h) Susan _________ (wait) for me at home when I _________ (arrive) yesterday.
I) What ___________ (you /do) at this time yesterday?
j) I ______________ (see) Carol at the party. She ___________ (wear) a beautiful dress.

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13- Complete these sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous forms of the verbs
in brackets.

1.Carol ( make) was making dinner when the phone (ring) rang.
2.I (do) ______________ my weekly shopping when I (see)_____________Jane. We
(stop) _______________and (have)_______________ a chat.
3.We (be) ________________ stuck in a traffic jam. We (not know)
__________________what to do.
4.Susan (have) __________________ the feeling that everyone
(look)__________________at her.
5.The boys (enjoy) _________________ the film, when suddenly the electricity
(go)___________off.
6.While Dick (try) ___________________ to get his car started the police car
(stop)_____________ and the driver (offer) ____________________ his help. It (is)
_________________very nice of him.
7.The kids (make) _________________ so much noise that I couldn’t hear what he (say)
__________________and (ask) ______________________him to repeat.
8.He (stand)_______________at the bus stop. I asked him what bus he (wait)
__________________for.

14- Choose the right question for these answer. The underlined part is the relevant
information.

1. As a result, eleven international airlines were thinking of ordering the new model
a) What was eleven international airlines thinking of?
b) Why was eleven international airlines thinking of?
c) Why were eleven international airlines thinking of?
d) What were eleven international airlines thinking of?
e) When were eleven international airlines thinking of?

2. Boeing decided to produce smaller aircraft.

a) What did Boeing decided to produce?
b) What does Boeing decided to produce?
c) What did Boeing decides to produce?
d) What did Boeing decide to produce?
e) What is Boeing decided to produce?

3. The world got its first look at the A380 in Toulouse, France.
a) Where did the world got its first look at the A380?
b) Where did the world get its first look at the A380?
c) When did the world get its first look at the A380?
d) Where did the world gets its first look at the A380?
e) What did the world get its first look at the A380?

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15- Complete these sentences with the connectors of sequence.

1. ___ she didn’t understand why he was acting so strangely.

a) Next
b) At first

2. ___ she fell in love with Paul.

a) In the beginning
b) Eventually

3. _____ John has done his homework, he can play computer games
a) While
b) After

4. She came to visit Mum and ___ she is going to visit Charles.
a) while
b) later

16- Match A to B to form sentences.

A B

That's when we extremely tired, but very lucky

In the end, I found a phone, he called an ambulance
As soon as he heard a loud noise behind us
She felt horse started running in circles
It all began when her had a great time