INSTITUTO CULTURAL BRASIL ESTADOS UNIDOS

S2/PE2 ENGLISH ID 1
REMEDIAL CLASS

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1) Write sentences about famous people and their nationalities.

For example:
Ireland: Bono Vox is from Ireland. Hes Irish.
Japan: Yui is from Japan. Hes Japanese.
Brazil: _____________________________________________________________
Argentina: _________________________________________________________
The USA: __________________________________________________________
Spain: ____________________________________________________________
The UK: ___________________________________________________________
Mexico: ___________________________________________________________
Peru: _____________________________________________________________
Canada: ___________________________________________________________
2) Now, give adjectives to the famous people from exercise 1 and say what
they do.

3) Now, write questions for the answers. Find out who it is.
a) _________________________________________________________________?
His name is __________________.
b)_________________________________________________________________?
Hes from Londrina.
c) _________________________________________________________________?
His birthday is on November 12th
d)
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Hes 19 years old.

Adjectives: cool, excellent, fantastic, great, horrible, intelligent, interesting, OK, rich,
ridiculous, terrible.

e) _________________________________________________________________?

Example:

f) _________________________________________________________________?

Bono Vox is a rich singer. Hes an excellent person.

Hes a ________________ (job)

His favorite singer is Raul Seixas.

Yui is a great singer. Shes a terrible dancer.

4) Complete the table with DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
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NEAR

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SINGULAR
PLURAL

FAR

They ______ dog is a black and white Border Collie.

Now, look think about your house. Write one sentence for each demonstrative
pronoun. Also add an adjective and the color:
Adjectives bad, big, good, heavy, light new, old, pretty, small, ugly.
Example:
That is a new black computer.
Those are heavy green books.
These are light white pillows.
This is an old pink cellphone.
Now you do it:
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6) Write sentences using the information provided. Use possessive pronouns.

Ex: Those are her books (she/far/books).
a) (I/near/bag)
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b) (you/far/earrings)
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c) (we/near/glasses)
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d) (they/far/keys)
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e) (Mrs. Campbell/far/lipstick)
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f) (Mr. Jackson/near/sandwiches)
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g) (the waitress/far/pen)
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h) (mother/near/phone)
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i) (father/far/umbrella)
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j) (friend/far/wallet)
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5) Complete the table with POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES.

SIMPLE PRESENT
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You
He
She
It
We
You

_________ book is green.

_________ flash drive is on the table.
_________ mother is an excellent teacher.
_________ son is a terrible student.
Look at this cat! _________ tail is short!
_________ English schools name is Cultural.
You have to study for _________ tests.

7) Complete the sentences below using the verbs in parentheses.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

I usually _______________ (go) to school in the morning.

They often _______________ (visit) us.
You _______________ (play) basketball once a week.
Tom _______________ (work) every day.
He always _______________ (tell) us funny stories.

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g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
n)
o)

She never _______________ (help) me with that!

Martha and Kevin _______________ (swim) twice a week.
In this club, people usually _______________ (dance) a lot.
Linda _______________ (take care) of her sister.
John rarely _______________ (leave) the country.
We _______________ (live) in the city most of the year.
Lorie _______________ (travel) to So Paulo every Sunday.
I _______________ (bake) cookies twice a month.
You always _______________ (teach) me new things.
She _______________ (help) the kids of the neighborhood.

8) Now, write negative sentences and questions using the sentences in

activity 7.
a) _____________________________________________________________
b) _____________________________________________________________
c) _____________________________________________________________
d) _____________________________________________________________
e) _____________________________________________________________
f) _____________________________________________________________
g) _____________________________________________________________
9) Write a paragraph about a family member of yours. Use the following pieces
of information. Then, get your classmates to guess who this person is.

first and last names

age
occupation
city or country of origin
telephone number
address
e-mail address

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