Adjetivos en inglés

Tomado de: http://www.mansioningles.com/Gram09.htm

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Escribe las siguientes oraciones en inglés

Esta manzana es más pequeña que aquella manzana.

This apple is smaller than that apple.

Este apartamento es más nuevo que aquella casa.

This apartment is newer than that house.

Escribe las siguientes oraciones en inglés

El niño más pequeño está llorando.

The smallest child is crying.

Este es el dormitorio más grande.

This is the largest bedroom.

El mejor estudiante recibe una medalla.

The best student receives a medal.

La segunda parte es peor que la primera parte.

The second part is worse than the first part.

Reading: taken and adapted from: https://www.softschools.com/language_arts/reading_comprehension/social_studies/286/the_italian_renaissance/

The Italian Renaissance

The Renaissance was a period in Europe after the Middle Ages (400's-1400's). It started in
the late 1300's in Italy and continued for two centuries. The French word 'renaissance' means
'rebirth.' People began to look back at the architecture and art of Classical times in Greece and
Rome. There was a renewed interest in studying the cultures of those two civilizations.
 There are at least two reasons why the Renaissance began in Italy. First, Italy's location put it
halfway between the East and West. Ideas could spread all over by means of merchants and
sailors. Italy was, of course, the home of the Roman culture which had also taken over the
Greek. Italy was surrounded by remnants of classical culture. The Middle Ages, those centuries
before the 1300's, were dark. Knowledge seemed to be dead. Life was dull. People were ready
to return to a life that was full of classical beauty and art.

The second reason that the Renaissance began in Italy is that the country had a wealthy
merchant class. Most of the other European countries were farming oriented. The wealth of a
person was in land ownership. In Italy, however, land ownership did not provide wealth.
Merchants became wealthy by trading all over the Mediterranean area.

The Bubonic Plague hit Italy in the 1300's. Over 60% of Italy's residents died. Many of these
were laborers. The wealthy merchants needed common laborers. There was a lack of them so
the laborers could ask for higher wages. Thus, the common man earned now more money.
Since the wealthy could not find enough laborers at this time to expand their businesses,
however, they used their money to buy artwork and invest money in artists and writers.

The Italian Renaissance centered in the city-states of Florence, Venice and Milan. A city-
state is a city which is mostly independent from rule by any country. The achievements of this
period were mainly in literature, music and art, but also in philosophy, science and architecture.
The Florence Cathedral and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome were built during this time. Both
returned to the classical Greek and Roman style.

The Aldine Press founded by Aldo Manuzio, developed Italic type and the invention of a
small, portable book. Manuzio was also the first to publish books in Ancient Greek. Scholars
searched for ancient manuscripts and renewed their interest in the Greek and Roman authors.
The architectural principles of the Roman Vitruvius were studied again.

Italian merchants and bankers succeeded in building up wealth through trade and banking.
They became the rulers of the Italian city-states. Any laws which hindered trade in any way
were rewritten by the wealthy class. Under them, in the city-states, was a class of artists and
craftsmen who made a decent living. In the early period of the Renaissance, artists did not
receive much fame. Later, the famous men could charge higher fees and be much more
influential. The ideals of the Renaissance really affected only the top layer of people, though.
Nearly 3/4 of the people throughout Italy were peasants or laborers.

The end of the Italian Renaissance occurred in the late 1500's. Italy endured a foreign
invasion by the French in 1494. Many of the city-states lost their independence. In 1527,
Spanish and German troops invaded Rome and destroyed the greatest patron of classical art
and architecture, the Pope and his staff.

Answer the following questions based on the reading:

1) Which of the following is the meaning of the word 'Renaissance'?
A: Return C: Reissue
B: Re-invent D: Rebirth
2) Which of the following styles of art did Italians go back to during the Renaissance?
A: Persian C: Arabic
B: Classical Greek and Roman D: Egyptian
3) Which of the following was a famous Roman architect?
A: Vitruvius C: Leonardo da Vinci
B: Manuzio D: Fontainebleau
4) Which of the following was the first Renaissance printer to publish books in Ancient
Greek?
A: Vitruvius C: Leonardo
B: Manuzio D: Michelangelo
5) In which of the following time periods did the Italian Renaissance end?
A: 1200's C: 1500's
B: 1700's D: 1100's
6) In which of the following cities was St. Peter's Basilica built?
A: Florence C: Venice
B: Milan D: Rome