III - EXERCISES Asking a simple question

Make a question with each of the given sentences.

1. There are a lot of beaches in Acapulco.

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2. We should buy some gasoline.

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3. He is very happy.

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4. The dog will bite me.

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5. She told the truth this morning.

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6. You wrote a lot of songs last year.

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7. They opened the gates.

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8. Fishermen come here every day.

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9. We will help the farmers.

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10. You want a lot of money.

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11. She wants to have an opportunity.

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12. This child is well behaved.

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13. The house is located in a valley.

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14. People are very friendly to us.

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15. You like taking examinations.

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16. You could translate this paper into French.

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17. Your uncle visited them last week.

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18. You think he lives in Mexico.

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19. The fish is fresh today.

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20. The door is closed.

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1. Are there a lot of beaches in Acapulco?
2. Should we buy some gasoline?
3. Is he very happy?
4. Will the dog bite me?
5. Did she tell the truth this morning?
6. Did you write a lot of songs last year?
7. Did they open the gates?
8. Do fishermen come here every day?
9. Will we help the farmers?
10. Do you want a lot of money?
11. Does she want to have an opportunity?
12. Is this child well behaved?
13. Is the house located in a valley?
14. Are people very friendly to us?
15. Do you like taking examinations?
16. Could you translate this paper into French?
17. Did your uncle visit them last week?
18. Do you think he lives in Mexico?
19. Is the fish fresh today?
20. Is the door closed?

V - EXERCISES Past Present Future

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                 REVIEWING EXERCISES

Simple present & present continuous


Exercise one:

Rosie's Family

This is Rosie and her family's house. They …………………………. (live) in a small town near Brighton. Rosie …………………………. (live) with her mum, her dad, her two brothers Tom and Toni and her dog Ronny. They …………………………. (have) a big back garden with some trees. Rosie …………………………. (like) helping her mum with the garden.
Today is Saturday, at the moment she …………………………. (clean) And …………………………. (tidy) her bedroom and her brothers………………………….(cook) breakfast in the kitchen. They …………………………. (like) bacon and eggs and every weekend they …………………………. (make) breakfast for the family.
This afternoon, Tom and Toni …………………………. (drive) to Brighton to go to the cinema and Rosie …………………………. (dance) at the club with her friends. Every Saturday afternoon, Rosie's mum …………………………. (visit) Aunt Liza and …………………………. (come) back home for dinner. Rosie's dad usually ……………………… (talk) on the phone.

Past Simple & Past Continuous

Exercise two:

The others

Last weekend Carmela …………………………. (go) to the cinema to see "The Others". Carmela …………………………. (not like) it because it …………………………. (be) about ghosts and she is afraid of them. When she …………………………. (go) home with her friend Lola, she …………………………. (feel) very strange.
There …………………………. (be) a noise behind them, but they could not see anyone. It …………………………. (rain) a lot and there …………………………. (not be) any taxis on the street, so they …………………………. (have) to go home walking. The noise …………………………. (be) still behind them and while they …………………………. (try) to see what or who it …………………………., (be) the lights on the street …………………………. (go) out and they …………………………. (cry) for five minutes. Do you know what happened next?

Going to & Will

Exercise three:

1. I have a terrible headache. Have you? I …………………………. (get) an aspirin for you.
2. Do you think you …………………………. (pass) the test?
3. What are you doing next summer? I …………………………. (visit) some friends in England.
4. Did you buy some bread? Oh, I completely forgot. I …………………………. (buy) it now.
5. If she gets this new job she …………………………. (move) to Madrid.
6. Why are you waiting for Ann? Because we …………………………. (go) to a football match.

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Exercise one:

Rosie's Family

This is Rosie and her family's house. They live in a small town near Brighton. Rosie lives with her mum, her dad, her two brothers Tom and Toni and her dog Ronny. They have a big back garden with some trees. Rosie likes helping her mum with the garden.
Today is Saturday, at the moment she is cleaning and tidying her bedroom and her brothers are cooking breakfast in the kitchen. They like bacon and eggs and every weekend they make breakfast for the family.
This afternoon, Tom and Toni are driving to Brighton to go to the cinema and Rosie is dancing at the club with her friends. Every Saturday afternoon, Rosie's mum visits Aunt Liza and comes back home for dinner. Rosie's dad usually stays at home and watches a video. At the moment, he is talking on the phone.

Exercise two: 

The others

Last weekend Carmela went to the cinema to see "The Others". Carmela didn't like it because it was about ghosts and she is afraid of them. When she was going home with her friend Lola, she felt very strange.

There was a noise behind them, but they could not see anyone. It was raining a lot and there weren't any taxis on the street, so they had to go home walking. The noise was still behind them and while they were trying to see what or who it was, the lights on the street went out and they were crying for five minutes. Do you know what happened next?

Exercise three:

1. I have a terrible headache. Have you? I will get an aspirin for you.

2. Do you think you will pass the test?

3. What are you doing next summer? I am going to visit some friends in England.

4. Did you buy some bread? Oh, I completely forgot. I will buy it now.

5. If she gets this new job she will move to Madrid.

6. Why are you waiting for Ann? Because we are going to go to a football match.

XIV - VIDEO Charlize Theron on David Letterman

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I love travelling so I do make time for that. 

Where did you go?

I did a little trip with one of my best friends in Spain where we flew into Barcelona and then just took trains all the way through Spain.

How are the Spanish trains?

Well, there are real… there are some really nice ones and then I like the more down to dirty ones, down and dirty ones.

What does that mean and why do you like them?  Because to me when you say down and dirty, ah, subway. That’s, that’s what I’m thinking.

They are a little bit like that. They are the ones where nobody would think Charlize Theron, academy award winner; Charlize Theron would be on this train. That’s why I like them. So people just they go you look so much like that actress.

Oh really.
But they never go, you’re the actress.

So, it’s just  Spaniards getting from one location to another.

Yeah. We took one train we knew was like seven hours and we thought we would get some food on the train and then I notice somebody next to me, a local lady, opened her lunch box, and, and I was like oh you were supposed to bring your own food and it’s a sever hour train and, and we stopped at this one stop and then all of the sudden the train starts going backwards and then we went backwards for seven hours going into Sevilla. With no food and, and so I’m literally like…

Wait wait a minute. Far meaning to tell the Spanish how to run there. Why are they running the damn thing backwards?

Still don’t know ‘till today. I really…we were going, we were going forward for an hour and then we went backwards for seven hours. It was the most bizarre, bizarre…

The story of my life, one hour forward seven hours backwards. I lived that. What did you learn about yourself and the country?

That I have a mad passion and love for Spanish food and if I could marry it I would.

Like a… is that, is that legal in Spain?

To marry food? I think anything is legal in Spain, you could probably marry it, a croqueta if you wanted to.

I was married to a croqueta, believe me.