Course 2 class for next Tuesday June 4th.

Print or write down on your nothebook everything (including the chart with the questions etc.) Next, take it to class

1- Match the questions with a correct answer a - i. There are two extra ones not to be used.

 

Column A		Column B
1 Did you go out yesterday evening?	d	a Two dollars.
2 When did you start your new job?		b I love my new job.
3 Did he call his parents?		c Thank you very much.
4 My grandmother is 105 years old		d Yes, I did.
5 The cake you made was wonderful		e No, thank you.
6 What did you do yesterday evening?		f Two months ago.
7 How much did you pay for that?		g I’m not sure.
		h We went to the cinema.
		i I don’t believe it!

 

2- Read the story and fill out the gaps with the best choice (a; b; c; d)

 

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870)

Charles Dickens was a famous (0)____writer_______in the English(1)___________. He (2)____________about the real world of England and many of the people in (3)___________books were not rich, but poor and hungry.

Charles Dickens’s family (4)_____________in London and his father worked in an(5)__________ office. It (6)________________a good job, but he (7)________________ sufficient money and he had a lot of expenses and often there was no money to buy food. There (8)__________eight children in the family, so life was hard.

Charles (9)___________to school and his teachers thought he was very clever. But when Charles was only eleven, his father lost all his money and the family left their house. Charles got a job washing bottles. He worked ten hours a (10)_________ day and he (11)___________six shillings (30p) a week. Every night, after work, he (12)_____________four miles back to his room. Charles (13)______________it and never (14)______________it. He used it in (15)___________books, for example David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

 

0-    a)Reader                               b) writer                    c)speaker                  d)nothing

1-    a)Idiom                                  b) script                     c) language              d)nothing

2-    a)write                                   b) writing                   c) wrote                     d)nothing

3-    a) his                                     b) your                       c) he                           d)nothing

4-    a)lives                                   b) lived                      c) living                      d)nothing

5-    a)the                                     b) his                         c) a                            d)nothing

6-    a)is                                         b) has                      c) was                        d)nothing

7-    a) didn’t make                      b) no made               c) didn’t made            d)nothing

8-    a)was                                    b) are                         c) were                      d)nothing

9-    a)go                                       b) went                      c) goes                      d)nothing

10- a)in                                        b) on                          c) at                           d)nothing

11- a)won                                   b) earned                    c) price                      d)nothing

12- a) walked                              b) walks                     c) walking                 d)nothing

13- a)no liked                             b) not liked                c) didn’t like              d)nothing

14- a) forgot                                b) forgets                   c) forget                     d)nothing

15- a)very                                    b) many                     c) a                            d)nothing

 

 

3- After reading the text. Are the statements true (t) or false (f)?

 

1 Charles Dickens was born in the nineteen century?                        ___

2 Charles Dickens wrote in English.                                                    ___

3 Charles Dickens only wrote about rich people.                               ___

4 Charles Dickens’ father had a job in an office.                               ___

5 Charles Dickens’ life was difficult because he had eight children.      ___

6 Charles Dickens was good at school.                                                ___

7 Charles Dickens spent all his father’s money.                                 ___

8 Charles Dickens worked every night.                                              ____

9 Charles Dickens earned very little money.                                        ___

10 Oliver Twist was Charles Dickens’ friend.                                       ___

 

4- Read the text. Are the statements true (t) or false (f)?

 Jaya Rajah is fourteen, but he doesn’t go to school, he goes to New York University. He is in a class of twenty-year-olds. Jaya was born in Madras in India but now lives in a house in New York with his mother, father, and brother. They can all speak English. His father is a doctor. Jaya was different from a very young age. He could write before he could say “Mummy” or “Daddy”. He could play the piano when he was five and use a computer when he was eight. Now he studies from 8.15 to 4.00 every day at the university. Then he studies at home with his father from 6.30 to 10.00 every evening. Jaya doesn’t have any friends. He never goes out in the evenings, but he sometimes watches TV. He says, “I live for one thing - I want to be a doctor before I am seventeen. Other children of my age are boring. They can’t understand me.

 

1 Jaya is the same age as the other students in his class.    ___

2 Jaya wasn’t born in the United States.                                   ___

3 Jaya was very good at music when he was a young child. ___

4 Jaya goes out with his friends in the evenings.                   ___

5 Jaya wants to do the same job as his father.                       ___

6 Jaya likes being with children of his age.                              ___

5- Listen to this story and fill out the blanks to complete the story.

Jerry Baldwin was 30 years _____. He was _____________ manager of a pizza ___________________. He lived in __________apartment about one mile _____ of the restaurant. ___________ walked to and from work. When it was _____________, he took the bus.
Jerry loved gangster movies. _____________ a new one came out, he would go _____________ the theater and _________ the new movie three _____________ four times. Then, when it went to video, _____________ would buy the video at Barney’s Video Store. _____________ had a home collection of over 1,000 gangster _____________. Old ones, new ones, color, black and white, _____________, Spanish, Japanese--he loved them all. He could tell _____________ the name of the movie, the director, the _____________, and the plot. Did you say you liked “_____________ Fiction”? Well, Jerry ___________ rattle off all the _____________ of that movie. And then he would invite _____________ to his place to watch it some time. _____________ was a nice guy.
Jerry finally decided that _____________ would ________ to own a gun, just like _____________ gangsters. So he saved his money for a ____________ of years. Then he went to a gun _____________ and bought a used .38 caliber revolver for _____________. While there, he also bought a couple of _____________ of ammunition. The following Saturday ______________, he went _____________ the gun club to practice with his new _____________. He was in the club for only 10 _____________when he _______________ dropped his pistol. The gun_____________ off, and the bullet went into Jerry’s right _____________.
Jerry now walks with a limp and a _____________, just like some gangsters.

Exercise 1Course 2

Print everything and take it to next class

→Read the passage and answer the questions. Bring a copy to next class.

My Family

Hi, my name is Eric. I am 10 years old. I want to talk about my family. I have two sisters. Their names are Rachel and Carrie. Rachel is 18 years old. Carrie is 15 years old. Rachel is 178 centimeters tall. She is talland slim. Carrie is short. However, she is overweight.Only, Carrie has long and curly hair in my family.She has got the most beautiful hair. My sisters are very nice. My mother's name is Julia. She is 40 years old. My mother is short and slim. She has short brown hair. My mother is also very nice. My father's name is Richard. He is smart. He is an engineer. He is 45 years old. My grandparents live with us.My grandfather’s name is Tom. He is 70 years old. My grandmother’s name is Sam. She is 65 years old. She has got blue eyes.Also, She is a tall and slim woman. She is 170 centimeters tall. Rachel looks like my grandmother. We live in a big house. I also have two dogs. Their names are Paw and Snoopy. Paw is a big dog. He is a brown dog. He is a big brown dog. Snoopy is smaller than Paw but also faster. Because, Paw is old. I like playing with my dogs in the garden. It is the most beautiful thing I do in my spare time.

I love my family.

→ Answer the questions

1. What is the name of Eric’s older sister ?

2. Is Rachel taller than Carrie ?

3. Is Rachel fatter than Carrie ?

4. Is Eric’s mother younger than his father ?

5. Who is the oldest person in the family ?

6. Who is the tallest person in the family ?

7. Who has got the most beautiful hair ?

8. Is Julia older than Sam ?

9. Which dog is the smallest one ?

10. Is Snoopy faster than Paw ?

11. Why does Paw run more slowly ?

12. What does Eric like in his spare time?

Activities:

1. Write the comparative forms of adjectives:

a. old older f. good ………

b. strong ……… g. large ………

c. happy ..…….. h. serious ………

d. modern ..…….. i. pretty ………

e. important ..…….. j. bad ……….

2. Complete the sentences with a superlative:

a. This building is very old. It’s the oldest building in the town.

b. It was a very happy day. It was ………….. of my life.

c. It’s a very good film. It’s………………. I’ve seen.

d. It was a very bad mistake. It was …………….. in my life.

e. It was a very cold day. It was ……………… of the year.

f. She’s a popular singer. She’s …………….. in the country.

g. He’s a very boring person. He’s ……………….. I know.

h. This house is very big. It is ………………. I’ve lived in.

i. My cousin is very tall. He is…………………. I have.

j. Laura is a very pretty girl. She is …………… I know

Exercise 2 Write the adjectives in brackets in the Comparative form.

a) John Lennon was (OLD) __________ Paul McCartney.

b) Some people think the Met is (GOOD) ___________ the Louvre.

c) Eric was (AFRAID) ______________ in Harlem _____ in the Subway.

d) Cats are (NICE) ___________ dogs.

e) Cartoons are (GOOD) _____________ music programmes.

f) The Empire State is (BIG) _____________ the Chrysler Building.

g) Barcelona is (SMALL) ________________ Madrid, but (BIG) ___________ Valencia.

2. Write the adjectives in brackets in the Superaltive form.

a) Samantha is the (PRETTY) __________ girl that Paul has ever met.

b) I think that King Kong was the (BAD) _____________ film ever!

c) Mounth Everest is the (HIGH) ____________ mountain in the world.

d) Our English teacher is the (GOOD) _____________ teacher ever!

e) My room is the (CLEAN) ______________ room in my house.

f) Ron is the (CLEVER) _______________ person I’ve ever met.

g) The Millenium Star is one of the (EXPENSIVE) _______________ diamonds in the world.

3. Write the sentences in the correct order.

a) are / than / faster / Cars / bikes.

b) interesting / is / than /more / History / Maths.

c) than / is / exciting / New York / Albany.

d) than / funnier / Comics / magazines / are

e) Japan / expensive / the / country. / is /most

4. Complete the table. Pay attention and don’t forget than or the.

ADJECTIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Good
	Nicer than
		The most annoying
	Cheaper than
Expensive
Bad
	Bigger
		The tallest
	Prettier
Fast
	Happier
		The smallest
	Sadier
Boring