GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to

the first. Do not change the key word. You must use between two
and five words.

1. He didn't make any mistakes in the exam.

AVOIDED
He ____carefully avoided to commit any_____________ mistakes in the exam.

2. We haven't been to my parents for a long time.

WENT
It's been a long time ______​_ I went to visit​_______________ my parents.

3. Your jacket is like mine.

SIMILAR
Your jacket _________is similar to___________ mine.
 4. I advise you to see a doctor immediately.

BETTER
​ doctor immediately.
You _​better visit a

5. It wasn't easy for Susan to find a place to live in London.

DIFFICULTY
Susan_______had great dificulty to find_______ a place to live in London.

6. I can't wait to go on holiday with you.

FORWARD
I'm ___looking forward in being_______________ on holiday with you.
 7. May I use the computer?

COULD
I wonder __if I could__________________________ use the computer.

8. Nobody helped me decorate the house.

BY
I decorated the house _by my own________________.

9. Despite leaving home early, we missed the train.

ALTHOUGH
We missed the train __________although we had left________ home early.

10. I'm sure Janet wasn't asleep because I could hear her talking.

BEEN
Janet __hasn´t been sleeping______________________________________ because I could
hear her talking.

WORD FORMATION.

1. Can I make a _suggestion_____ about this?

SUGGEST

2. I wouldn't have a friend who was ​dishonest__​.

HONEST

3. Okay, shall we make a __choice__ now?

CHOOSE

4. If you want to make some ​improvement​ to your house, you need to find a good builder.
IMPROVE

5. Don't you think that this option would be a great ​_success__​?

SUCCEED

6. Many ​tourists__​ visit my part of Spain as it's a particularly beautiful area.

TOUR

7. I think that this option would be ​_attractive___​ to many teenagers.

ATTRACT

8. If there is a local airport, it's easy to catch ​_flights_​ to different places.

FLY
 9. The only problem about Barcelona in the summer is the ​hot weather​_ .

HOT

10. The older people might need some ​_assistance​ with their suitcases.

ASSIST

From New York To Los Angeles - In A Yellow Cab!

Gap-fill exercise

Principio del formulario

Two New Yorkers ​have​ accomplished a challenge that most people would have

considered impossible - convince a Yellow Cab driver to take

them​ cross-country from the Big Apple to Los Angeles.

This​ trip started as a crazy idea that New Jersey resident John Belitsky,

teamed ​up​ with at his pal, Dan Wuebben's birthday party. After convincing Dan

to go along with ​him​ on the approximately 3,000-mile bi-coastal trip, they started

looking ​for​ a yellow cab driver, crazy enough to agree to ​them​.

 While this may sound easy, in a city ​where​ drivers refuse to go from Brookyln to

Queens , this was an enormous task. In fact John's father, a retired cab driver

was convinced that ​he​ would agree - John of course took that as a challenge!

After being turned ​on​ by a number of cab drivers the two met Mohammed Alam,

an immigrant from Bangladesh at La Guardia Airport, who was intrigued by the

idea. In fact, he agreed to do it for ​just​ $5,000, a big discount on the $17,000 it

would have cost had the meter ​while​ running.

CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION:

1) She complained about a ______ in her right knee.

● damage
● hurt
● harm
● pain
2) Paul is looking for a/an ______ at the moment.
● work
● job
● employment
● occupation
3) Ed ______ eating the last piece of birthday cake, even though everybody
knew he had.
● refused
● rejected
● ignored
● denied
 4) I was so interested in the TV programme that I didn't ________ my girlfriend
come home.
● recognise
● remark
● notice
● realise
5) Our flight _______ Lisbon at 20.00 pm.
● lands
● reaches
● arrives
● gets
6) My sister and I have ______ characters but are very different physically.
● like
● similar
● equal
● same
7) My dad won't _______ me use his computer.
● permit
● allow
● leave
● let
8) That red shirt really doesn't _______ your green jacket.
● agree
● match
● suit
● fit
9) I _________ you bring lunch tomorrow because there won't be time to go out
to eat.
● suggest
● ask
● advise
● remind
10) The flights were very cheap. They were a real _______.
● discount
● sale
● profit
● bargain

Complete this formal letter:

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am the secretary of my college History Club. I ​have read ​your

advertisement for the exhibition “The Roman Empire” and I am interested

​in ​organising a group visit. I was wondering if I could ask you some

questions​ about​ our visit.

I would be grateful ​if ​you could let me know whether we need to book.

Also, how ​long ​in advance do we need to say that we will ​ be

coming? Our group is quite large, so I would also ​like ​to know if there

is a maximum group size.

Since we will probably coming for the entire ​day, I would like to know if

there is some place​ to buy snacks, or if there is a picnic area where we

can eat our own food.

I look ​forward ​to hearing from you and visiting your museum.

Yours faithfully

Justin Beiber

COMPLETE THIS INFORMAL LETTER

Dear Jordan,

Thanks for​ your letter. It was great to hear ​about​ you. Sorry I

haven't written sooner but I've been really busy with exams.

In your letter you asked me about ​which language school would be

better for you. I’ll give you some tips about it with pleasure.

Firstly, about your lesson schedule, I suggest you don’t study the very intensive

2 week (60 hour) course​ because​ it's too stressful and those courses

don't have a high success rate. It's much ​more ​sensible to do the 4

week (60 hour) course. ​Furthermore​ , on the 4 week course there will

be much more time to ​get​ involved in some serious speaking practice.

Secondly​, accommodation, living with a local family is better

​than ​staying in a hostel because you’ll have a great chance to improve your

everyday spoken English. Thirdly about excursions. If I were you,

instead of paying high prices for them, I’d buy a map of the city and go round all

the places of interest on foot or by bike, which you can rent there.

Finally, my last piece of advice is, as you like clubbing and partying so much

you should choose the school which is in London where there's lots of nightlife. I

think the out of town school would be a bit boring for you.

Drop ​me ​a line soon and ​let ​me know what you decide to do.

Best wishes,

Andrew

FUTURE PERFECT AND SIMPLE FUTURE

Tom will finish his work at midnight.

and

Tom will have finished his work at midnight.

"Tom will finish his work ​at​ midnight" means that he will be working

until midnight, and midnight is more or less the exact time he will

finish working.

"Tom will have finished his work ​by​ midnight" means that Tom will

work until a time before midnight, when the work will be finished. We

don't know when. Maybe 8, 9 or 10 o'clock.

Note that with the future perfect, we usually use the preposition ​by​,

or ​before​.

"Future simple" tells about something that is predicted to happen or

will happen in the future. For example, firve years from now, in
August 2113, little Sally will begin kindergarten. Little Sally is only
two weeks old right now.

But before that time, little Sally will have learned to walk, to talk and
to do many other things that she can't do now. She will learn how to
do these things during the next few years, but she will have finished
learning them at some time before she begins kindergarten. There
will be a space of time between the end of learning those things and
the beginning of kindergarten.

This is different from the future simple, in which you just describe
things in the future.

 In August 2113, little Sally ​will begin​ kindergarten.

 By August 2113, little Sally ​will have learned​ how to walk, how to talk, how

to eat by herself, how to throw things, probably how to swim, and many more things.

FUTURE
1.​ A
​ s soon as she ​sees ​(see) that her children
have finished ​(finish) weeding the garden, she ​will be​ (be)
happy.

2.​ A
​ s soon as I feel ​(feel) that you ​are doing ​(do)
something​ ​wrong, I ​will​ (punish) you.

3.​ A
​ s soon as he ​has received​ (receive) his pay check,
he ​will pay​(pay) the rent.
4.​ T
​ hey ​will start​(start) to shout as soon as they
​have realized​(realize)​ ​it.

5.​ D
​ on’t sell this material to them. As soon as they ​realize​

(realize)​ ​that you ​have sold ​(sell) them defective article,

they ​will ​(sue)​ ​you.

6.​ H
​ e ​will post ​(post) this letter as soon as he ​has
finished​ (finish) it.

7.​ T
​ hey ​will tell ​(tell) you everything as soon as you
have asked​ (ask)​ ​them.

8.​ A
​ s soon as he ​answers ​(answer) question 1, he​
​will proceed ​(proceed) to question 2.

9.​ I​ t is not a smart thing to do. As soon as everybody ​have

learnt ​(learn) that you ​did ​(do) it, you ​will be​
(be) laughed at.

10.​ As soon as you

​ ​have handed​(hand) in the composition
what​ ​you ​wrote​ (write) I ​will mark​ (mark) it.

11.​ ​He ​will see ​(see) the result as soon as you

​have completed​(complete) this work.

12.​ As soon as you

​ ​have come​(come), you ​will see​
(see) that​ ​I​ ​have already finished
(already/finish) cleaning the house.