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In this blog you will find useful information and further exercises for you that study English at UANL Prepa 9.

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Ms. García

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Physical description




1. Bob is ________.
a) slim
b) thin
c) fat

2. Jane has _______ hair.
a) dark
b) blond
c) yellow

3. Martin is ________.
a) fat
b) slim
c) stocky

4. Rick is ________.
a) short
b) tall
c) average height

5. John's hair is _______ __ _______.
a) blond and short
b) long and black
c) black and short

6. Cathy is _______ __ _______.
a) tall and stocky

b) fat and short
c) slim and tall

7. Bob has ________, _______ hair.
a) short, blond
b) brown, long
c) long, dark

8. Jane is _______.
a) fat
b) thin
c) average weight


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Monday, 2 November 2009

Habits

Answer the questions about Mike's habits. Use:

once/ twice / two or three times - a week
every - day / week /month / Saturday / weekend





1. How often does Mike go to the gym?
He goes to the gym ________ ________ and _________.
2. How often does he wash his car?
He washes his car ________ ____ ________.
3. How often does Mike visit his grandparents?
He visits them ________ ___ ________.
4. How often does he take the children to the school?
He takes them ________ ___ ________ ___ ________.
5. How often does he go shopping?
He goes shopping _________ ___ __________.

Past Simple Tense

Regular Past Verbs
  • want - wanted
  • play - played
  • visit - visited
  • rain - rained
  • walk - walked
  • watch - watched
  • cook - cooked
  • dance - danced

Regular Past Verbs

  • go - went
  • have - had
  • be - was (1), were (2+)
  • swim - swam
  • sing - sang
  • do - did
  • speak - spoke
  • ride - rode
  • read - read
  • make - made
  • eat - ate

Affirmative sentences:

Steve sang many songs at the party.

My friends went to the supermarket.

I watched TV all night.

Negative sentences:

You weren't at home last night.

They didn't visit their grandparents.

I didn't do my homework.

Questions:

Were you at Secundaria 23?

Was Rose in the same classroom as you?

Did you eat tacos yesterday?

Did you play computer games?

Sunday, 1 November 2009

Can you count them?

Look at these obejcts. Say if you can count them or not, then complete the sentences with: a, an, a pair of, some.
BOTTLE OF WATER
___ Countable ___ Uncountable
I want _______ bottle of water.

WALKING SHOES
___ Countable ___ Uncountable
You shoud take _________ walking shoes.


MONEY
___ Countable ___ Uncountable
We need _________ money.


FOOD
___ Countable ___ Uncountable
We are eating _________ food.




RAINCOAT
___ Countable ___ Uncountable
Take _________ raincoat, it is raining.




SOCKS
___ Countable ___ Uncountable
I want _________ socks.



EGGS
___ Countable ___ Uncountable
Ana is making a cake, she needs _________ eggs.








'Can' for ability

1. Maria / ? / a / can / cake / make


2. can / dogs / obey / some


3. speak / we / Japanese / can't



4. well / drive / Mrs. Ferriño / can't / very




5. the / dance /Lucy / can / and / Michael / tango






What are they doing?

1. doing / what / is / ? / she
A= is / horse / a / she / riding

2. Diane / doing / are / Joanne / what / and / ?
A= and / doing / Joanne / the / are / shopping / Diane




3. playing / ? / Erick / is
A= is / isn't / he / no / sleeping / he


4. the / what / students / doing / ? / are
A= are / an / having / students / exam / the





5. reading / Mr. Robertson / ? / book / is / a
A= is / TV / no / Mr. Robertson / he / isn't / watching



6. Joe / Nocole / pizza / and / ? / eating / are
A= Yes, _____________.




7. Daniel / ? / doing / what / is
A= is / shower / Daniel / a / having



8. ? / doing / is / Mrs. Richards /what
A= lunch / is / Mrs. Richards / cooking