ENGLISH COURSE - EXERCISES

Prof.: Jeisa Fuentes

1.- Complete the following sentences according the tense.
a.- If I become President, ________________________________________________
b.- If you had a lot of Money, _____________________________________________
c.- We would pass our English test if________________________________________
d.- If someone looks for help on you, ___________ _____________________________
e.- If you hadnt had time for your classes,__ __________________________________
f.- We would be better persons if __________________________________________
g.- What do you do if you have a terrible stomachache?
2.- Translate the following sentences:g
Some activities have been very difficult in this office.
We were preparing a good budget for them
She is going to be your assistant during these projects.
Mary pays by herself a lot of money for that beautiful apartment.
We must conserve natural energy.
3.- Write the questions:
Yes, I bought this yesterday. ______________________________________________?
I am studying in El Tigre _________________________________________________?
No, I have never been there _______________________________________________?
Im going to present my test on September ___________________________________?
4.- Answer the following questions. (5 pts)
1.- What are your principal functions in your work?
2.- What do you usually do in your free time?
3.- What would you do when you felt stressing? Why?
4.-What are two things you do on Saturdays?
5.- Why do you do this Master in Education?

5.- Write this sentence in: She has been eating fruits salad.
Present S:
Past S:
Past Prog:
Fut Perfect:
Past Perfect:
6.- Passive Voice:
a.- A waiter serves the food quickly.
b.- My secretary isnt selling her country house.
c.- A new restaurant will open next week.
d.- The professor forgot the english book today.
e.- That worker has stopped the drill engine.
f.- Laura was giving me the english book in class.
7.- Complete the following lines with a modal verb.
a.- Tom ________see a doctor immediately.
b.- Eating out_______be costly.

d.- We _________nt understand this

e.- The salaries________ go up this year. I think.

c.- I __________ go to bed, you feel so bad.

f.- __________ we tell you something

8.- Vocabulary Practice.

a.- Match the definitions with the words in the box.
suggestion

backgammon adventure

supplementarytrip

rafting poem hiking appointment archery

1. Making a long journey on foot.______2. A kind of literary work written in short
lines._____3. A prior arrangement to meet._______4. A dangerous but exciting
activity._________5. A kind of sport practiced with a bow and arrows.________
6. A type of board game played with dice and disk-shaped pieces.______7. A short
visit._________8. Extra, additional.________9. A type of sport practiced in rivers that
flow fast.__________10. Something you believe to be a good thing to do.__________
b.- Match the definitions with the words.
outstanding

blend stimulate

lyrics improvisation

repetitive

derive compose

charming

recognition

1. Arouse, Encourage.___________2. Happening again.___________3. Appreciation,

Liking____________ 4. Something done without any preparation_______ 5. Better than
the rest_______ 6. Come from _________7. The words of a song ______8. Harmonious
mixture ______9. Write music _________10. Attractive, Good looking

c.- Synonym vocabulary practice

1. They have radically changed the rules since I played football .
(A) slightly (B) completely (C) fundamentally (D) reasonably
2. Jim's decided to buy a phonograph even though they are now redundant.
(A) old-fashioned (B) reproduced (C) unnecessary (D) quaint
3. His plan was rejected because it just wasn't feasible.
(A) unrealistic (B) inconceivable (C) attainable (D) attractive
4. The yearly growth of the gross national product is often used as an indicator of a
nation's economy. (A) sluggish (B) haphazard (C) routine (D) annual
5. The cost of living in the United States has risen at a rate of 6 percent per year during
the last ten-year period. (A) tenth (B) century (C) decade (D) quarter
6. Carbohydrates are plentiful in nature where they serve as an immediate source of
energy
(A) abundant (B) obscure (C) unstable (D) reliable
7. The knife that is displayed in the museum is more than one thousand years old and
was a gift to the president of the United States from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
(A) nadir (B) rancor (C) dagger (D) boulder
8. Thrift is an excellent virtue, especially for young people who wish to purchase their
own home.
(A) honesty (B) industriousness (C) openmindedness (D) frugality
9. Pain signals, in the form of electrical impulses, are carried to the brain by the nerves.
(A) hurts (B) lights (C) cells (D) shocks
10. The choice of a particular career is influenced by a number of factors.
(A) usefulness (B) success (C) desirability (D) selection

9.- Making summary

A. One of the major processes that takes place in schools, of course, is that students
learn. When they graduate from high school, many can use a computer, write essays
with three-part theses, and differentiate equations. In addition to learning specific skills,
they learn to think critically, to weigh evidence and to develop independent judgment.
The extent to which this development takes place is related to both school and home
environments. Teachers who are more open to new ideas and less authoritarian produce
students who have greater intellectual flexibility and higher achievement test scores.
Studies show that teachers are most demanding when they are of the same social class
as their students. The greater the difference between their own social class and that of
their pupils, the more rigidly they structure their classrooms and the fewer demands they
place on their students.
B. A book has just been published to help parents to deal with their children's naughty
behaviour at home. The author, Dr James Bruno, says that the first positive discipline
technique is for parents to remain calm because nervous parents don't get good results.
Parents who cannot often remain calm find that their children stop taking any notice of
them. The second challenge is to know how to correct bad behaviour in an effective
way. For instance, punishing children by preventing them from watching their favourite
TV program is not an ideal solution. Dr Bruno believes parents should establish clear
rules for children to follow. If children refuse to follow these, they know they will be
disciplined. Finally, the most effective way of encouraging good behaviour is to give
positive feedback as often as possible, to show that it is not only naughtiness that
attracts attention.
10.- Simple Past gap-fill exercise.
Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in past (in brackets).
1) When he _______(be) a boy he _____(like) his job, it _____(be) fun.
2) They ________(live) in a small flat 10 years ago.
3) She ____________(study) history last year.
4) I ____________(eat) breakfast at 6.00 am this morning.
5) I _____________(walk) from home to work.
6) We ________(go) to the cinema last night.
7) They _________(feel) very good yesterday, they always ____________(do) their
homework.
8) When he ________(has) the boss he never ________(write) the report, he always
_________ (get) some photocopies.
9) When I _________(come) to this city I __________(teach) for a language school.

ENGLISH EXERCISES
Part I. Write the questions for these answers.
a.- I try to work two days of the week in that company.
b.- No, my professor isnt American.
d.- No, Im not. Im an Engineer
c.- My best friend is Alice.
e.- Yes, We bought those boots yesterday.
Part II. Complete the dialogue and choose the correct verb form.
My family and I _________(live) in the suburbs. My wife _______ (work) near here, so
she ________(drive) to her office. I ________(not/work) in an office everyday, I
_________(take) the bus to the city yesterday because I _________(not/have) car. Our
son _______(ride) his bike to school, but our daughter _________ (not/go) to school
yet. We _______(be) a happy family and we __________ (want) to be together all the
time.

Part III. Write a short paragraph about you (personal information, hobbies, goals, so
on.)

Part IV. Answer the questions.

1.- Do you think that English language is very important for you career? Why?

2.- Are you singing in the bathroom?

3.- Where will you do in vacation?

4.- What do you do in a terrible situation?

5.- Would you like to go to United State?

Part V. Change the following sentences.

1.-The economical situation will be a big problem. (presente simple presente perfecto)

2.- The employee is eating a delicious food. (past simple cond. Perfecto futuro
progresivo)