AUGUST 5TH 2020

JOSE DAVID HERNANDEZ JIMENEZ

16CS0112

ACTIVITI 1

Exercises: In this exercise you have to read a situation and then write a sentence.

Example: The two boys came into the house. One had a black eye and the other had a cut
lip (they / fight) They had been fighting.

1. Tom was watching television. He was feeling very tired. (He / study / hard all day)

He had been a studying hard all day

2. When I walked into the room, it was empty. But there was a smell of cigarettes.
(Somebody / smoke / in the room) Somebody

Somebody had been smoking in the room

3. When Mary came back from the beach, she looked very red from the sun. (She / lie /
in the sun too long).

She had been lying in the sun too long

4. The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very
tired. (They / play / football)

They had been playing football

5. Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened and she didn’t know
where she was. (She / dream)

She had been dreaming

Exercises II Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect continuous (I had been doing) or
past continuous (I was doing).

Example: Tom was leaning against the wall, out of breath. He had been running (run). I tried
to catch Tom but I couldn’t. He was running (run) very fast.

1. Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He was looking (look) for his cigarette
lighter.

2. We had been walking (walk) along the road for about 20 minutes when a car stopped and
the driver offered us a lift.

3. When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They were
eating (eat).
ACTIVITI 2

My friend Mathew has a very hectic life. For starters, he has three jobs. In the morning he
works as a teacher, in the afternoon as a taxi driver and at night as a singer. Mathew wakes
up at 4 am, he takes a shower, gets dressed and goes to school. He doesn’t have time for
breakfast at home so he has breakfast at school. Mathew teaches 5th grade. He loves
children so enjoys his work.

At 12:30 Mathew always has lunch with his coworkers. Then he goes to his father’s house
to pick up his father’s taxi and begins working as a taxi driver. He is a good driver and likes
talking to passengers about politics and sports. Mathew has a rock band; at night the band
plays some music at a local bar. ´

After singing for two hours, he goes back home, has dinner and watches a little TV.
Mathew’s wife is pregnant; so, he will quit two of his jobs soon. He wants to share a lot of
time with his family in the future.

1.--The word “hectic” is close in meaning to: HURRY

2.-How many jobs has my friend? He has 3 jobs, he is a teacher, taxi driver and singer

3.-What time Mathew gets up every morning on the week? Mathew gets up at 4 am

4.-With Whom Mathew has breakfast? He has breakfast whit his coworkers
ACTIVITI 3

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words given in the brackets.

1. Mr. Parks' lessons are really BORING. I hate his lessons. (bore)

2. My sisters are very AMBITIONING . (ambition)

3. I am so EXITED that we are going to New York tomorrow. (excite)

4. Women wear these skirts TRADITIONAL. (tradition)

5. His job is to paint houses and put paper on the walls. He is a DECORATOR. (decorate)

6. Want to see the National Theater's PRESENTING of Arthur Miller's 'The Last Yankee'.
(present)
7. Are you INTERESTED in the latest developments in technology? (interest)

8. She is a very DETERMINING woman. (determination)

9. There is friendly RIVALRY between the two teams. (rival)

10. Is it your final DECISION? (decide)

11. I don't like this team at all. They play AWFULLY. (awful)

12. I am DISGUSTED with her. (disgust)

13. Do you always behave TOLERANT when your naughty nieces come to visit? (tolerance)

14. My nephew is a professional WRESTLER (wrestle)

15. I don’t like eating PICKLED cabbages. (pickle)