viernes, 27 de marzo de 2020

ACTIVIDADES 30 - 3 INGLÉS


MONDAY 30TH MARCH 2020
Circle the odd word out. Say why this word does not fit.
1 beautiful — big — short — long             ___________________________________
2 brown — white — pretty — blue             ___________________________________
3 fantastic — wooden — wool — glass___________________________________
4 metal — cute — glass — cotton             ___________________________________
5 beautiful — pretty — nice — plastic        ___________________________________
Which personality adjectives are described here?
1 People know what you always do.             A reliable       B independent      C serious
2 You quickly know how to do things.          A shy             B practical           C helpful
3 You are easily hurt.                                   A bossy         B responsible       C sensitive
4 You don’t worry too much.                        A relaxed       B decisive            C organized
5 You always tell people what to do.            A loyal           B bossy               C efficient
Complete the personality profile Jen wrote about Josh.
Josh is very (1) ____________________. You don’t tell him what to do — he always knows it already! But he’s also a very (2) ____________________ friend. He will always help you, and he will never say bad things about you. Josh is so (3) ____________________. He takes the time to prepare everything he does. Then he does it step-by-step. It’s not always very efficient, but he does get things done. Sometimes Josh can be very, very (4) ____________________! On those days he does nothing at all. He just stays in bed, reads magazines, and listens to music. Is Josh (5) ____________________? No, he is not! If he wants to get to know you, he’ll come up to you and start talking. I can tell you one thing, though — he always knows what he wants to do. He is very (6) ____________________! At the same time, he is so (7) ____________________: the smallest thing can make him cry or make him angry.
HOMEWORK
Choose the best thing to say in each situation.

1 Your friend has shown his birthday presents to John. You want to see them, too. What do you say?
A Will you them show to me?
B Will you show me them?
C Will you show them to me?
2 Your friend’s parents come to your house. They’d like some tea. You offer to make tea for them.
A I’ll make it for you.
B I’ll it make for you.
C I’ll make for you it.
3 Your friend has bought some new jeans. You think they are very cool. Ask him/her to get you a pair, too.
A Will you me a pair get, too?
B Will you get me a pair, too?
C Will you them get me, too?

TUESDAY 31ST MARCH 2020
Complete the text with the missing phrases. Choose from the box. You can’t use them all.
can look ridiculous           can’t afford that       don’t need them    manage to find     target teenagers  they fall apart      under pressure

You don’t need to buy designer clothes to look good. A designer T-shirt can cost three times the price of a normal one, and a lot of people my age
(1) _____________________. I’ll bet the manufacturing costs are the same, so why should we pay more? What really bothers me is that ads for designer clothes
(2) _____________________. You feel that you aren’t cool if you don’t wear designer labels. This puts people (3) _____________________. Sometimes kids make fun of other kids who can’t afford the right labels. I go shopping at the local mall, and I (4) _____________________ cheap, stylish clothes. You just have to spend more time looking around. Thrift shops are great for interesting clothes. Anyway, just because something is made by a top designer, it doesn’t mean it looks good. Some of the latest designer outfits (5) _____________________. Think of what some celebrities wear to the Oscars. I know several people who have spent all their money on designer labels. There are much better things to spend your money on.
Choose the most logical verb forms in each fashion tip.
Top ten fashion tips
1          Shirts should be / might not be worn tucked in.
2          Denim jackets can’t / could be worn with jeans.
3          Nails have to / can be painted in different colors.
4          Baseball caps will / must be worn with the peak facing backward.
5          Who knows — unusual hairstyles could / have to be allowed at school.
HOMEWORK
Check true or false.

1 A cliff is a high part on a mountain where it suddenly stops.               ¨ true ¨ false
2 A peak is the lower part of the mountain.                                           ¨ true ¨ false
3 A valley is the area between two or more mountains.                          ¨ true ¨ false
4 A reservoir is a river of ice.                                                               ¨ true ¨ false
5 A beach is a sandy place beside a mountain.                                    ¨ true ¨ false

WEDNESDAY 1ST APRIL 2020
Fill in the correct form of “be supposed to” and a main verb.
1 Yesterday __________________________________ (they, see) the principal.
2 When _____________________________ (we, finish) this report? Tomorrow?
3 The library __________________________________ (be, open) next Saturday.
4 You _________________________________ (not, stay up) that late every day.
5 We _____________________________ (not, know) about Jen’s birthday party.
Fill in the correct form of the verb in the second half of the sentence. Use the verbs in parentheses.

1 If I drink too much soda, I ______________ a stomachache. (get)
2 If Josh works at the café for ten weeks, he ______________ earn 500 dollars. (earn)
3 I’d probably run away if I ______________ a ghost! (see)
4 If the sun is shining, it ______________ nice and warm. (be)
5 If you’re not a good singer, you ______________ be in this choir. (should)
HOMEWORK  Complete the dialogue. Use the correct form of the verbs from the box.

make    be        get       deal      flirt       have     add      earn      chat

Jen             So what’s it like (1) __________ a waiter?
Josh           It’s great. There are a lot of good things about working here. I love (2) __________ to customers.
Jen             Are all your customers friendly?
Josh           Most of them are! (3) __________ to be polite all the time isn’t always easy, but I’m getting pretty good at (4) __________ with problem customers.
Jen             I’m interested in (5) __________ a little extra money. Is there any chance of (6) __________ a job here? Do they need anyone else?
Josh           You’d better ask Carly. She’s the manager.
Matt            So everything’s cool?
Josh           Well, I’m fed up with (6) __________ up checks!
Sophie       Have you ever gotten in trouble for (7) __________ with girls who like surfing?
Josh           No, but I did get in trouble for being late on my first day. I’ve been on time since then. You learn by (8) __________ mistakes.


THURSDAY 2ND APRIL 2020

Fill in the missing words in the text about Freddy Adu. Choose from the box. You can’t use them all.

anyone          coach         continuing         dominate          dream            impressed
invited           mostly        recess              refusing            settled           valuable

Freddy Adu was born on June 2, 1989, in Ghana, western Africa. His mother won an immigration lottery and took the family to America. Freddy’s mother, father, and younger brother (1) ____________________ in Washington, D.C. Freddy had always been crazy about soccer. “When I first came over here, I couldn’t get (2) ____________________ to come out and play. Everyone was always inside, and when I got kids to come out, they (3) ____________________ wanted to play basketball. Back home, everyone in the neighborhood would just come together.” Then a school friend invited Freddy to play soccer at (4) ____________________. He also (5) ____________________ him to play in a local youth team. At one of their games, the Potomac Cougars’ (6) ____________________ saw Freddy play. “I couldn’t sleep that night. I’d never seen a player like Freddy before,” he said.
After helping the Cougars (7) ____________________ the league, Freddy played at two youth soccer tournaments in Italy, where he was named the MVP (most valuable player).
Correct the question words in each sentence.

1 What did you start at this school? Was it in May?         ____________________
2 Why did you see at the café?                                      ____________________
3 How kind of cell phone is that?                                   ____________________
4 Where color does she like best?                                  ____________________
5 What did he give you that surfboard?                          ____________________
HOMEWORK
Choose the correct phrase in each situation.

1 You want to make a suggestion. Do you say:
A What about having a party?        
B Do you think about having a party?
2 You don’t agree with your friend. Do you say:
A So we agree that we’ll have a party.
B I’m not so sure about having a party.
3 You want to make a recommendation. Do you say:
A I think there should be a party.    
B What about having a party?
4 You want to make an alternative suggestion. Do you say:
A I think there should be a party.    
B Wouldn’t it be better to have a party?
5 You want to ask for somebody’s opinion. Do you say:
A So we agree that we’ll have a party.        
B What do you think about having a party?

FRIDAY 3RD APRIL 2020

Complete this text with the correct verb forms and the other missing words. Use the verbs in parentheses where they are given.
The car that changed people’s lives
The first cars (1) __________________________ (design) and built by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler in Germany in 1885. They (2) __________________________  (build) by hand, so they were very expensive. Only the wealthiest people could afford (3) _____ buy them. It was Henry Ford, in Detroit, USA, (4) _____ came up with the idea of producing a car that was not expensive and that many more people (5) __________ afford to buy. It was a small, practical car. It was called the “Model T.” To make the car (6) __________ cheaply, Ford used the techniques of “mass production.” For example, instead of the car workers moving to each car to work on it, the cars (7) __________________________ (move) past the workers on an assembly line. This helped to make production much (8) _______________ (quick) and more efficient. Ford’s new way of making cars was (9) _____ profitable that he could afford to double the workers’ pay. He also reduced (10) ___ working day to eight hours and added a third shift, instantly (11) __________________________ (create) thousands of new jobs. The factories worked (12) __________ the clock. For an eight-hour shift, the workers (13) __________________________ (pay) $5 a day. Workers in other factories earned $2.35 a day at this time. Tens of thousands of immigrants from all (14) __________ the world came to Detroit to work in the car factories. These new workers bought homes, and in time, (15) __________ bought cars. In this way, Ford’s employees were also his future customers.
 Check true or false.
1 A factory is a place where a person buys something.               ¨ true ¨ false
2 An employee is a person who works somewhere.                     ¨ true ¨ false
3 A customer is a person who manages a factory.                      ¨ true ¨ false
4 If something is profitable, it doesn’t make money.                   ¨ true ¨ false
5 A shift is a period of work.                                                      ¨ true ¨ false
6 In a health food bar, you can eat burgers.                                ¨ true ¨ false
7 A mouse is tiny and square.                                                        ¨ true ¨ false

Información Becas

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