INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNOLÓGICO COTOPAXI

ELEMENTARY “E”

HOMEWORK
TOPIC: GRAMMAR PRACTICE

TEACHER:

Lic. Yajaira Herrera

NAME:

José Luis Toapanta Untuña

JANUARY 30, 2021

Comparative adjectives
1. 1. Complete with a comparative adjective and all the necessary words.

1. Snakes are faster than (fast) snails.

2. London is bigger than (big) Madrid.
3. Snails are slower than (slow) snakes.
4. My literature book is more (difficult) my English book.
5. Lord of the Rings is more interesting than (interesting) Mission Impossible.

2. 2. Make sentences comparing these things, as in the example.

1. English / maths (important) English is more important than maths.

2. A tortoise / a cat (slow) …..A tortoise is slower than the cat.

3. My friend / I (handsome).. …My friend is more handsome than me.
4. Chocolate milkshakes / lemonade (good) chocolate smoothies are better than
lemonade.
5. A tiger / a rabbit (dangerous) …The tiger is more dangerous than the rabbit.
6. The North Pole / Africa (cold) …At the North Pole it is colder than in Africa.
7. Swimming / skating (easy)...Swimming is easier than skating.
8. The Eiffel Tower / my house (big)… The Eifel tower is bigger than my house.
9. A stone / a feather (heavy)... A stone is heavier than a feather.
10. Planes / cars (fast...Planes go faster than cars.

3. Write the comparative form.

1. Big bigger 6. Good better

2. Happy happier 7. Easy easier
3. Expensive more expensive 8. Great greater

4. Intelligent more intelligent 9. Interesting more interesting

5. Boring more boring 10. Bad worse

4. Complete with the comparative form of the adjectives in the box.

Far cold hot modern

1. Summer is hot than spring.

2. Winter is cold than summer.
3. The Eiffel Tower is modern than the Coliseum.
4. China is Far than Italy
Englishforeveryone.org Name: Jose Toapanta
Date: 30/01/2021

Order of Adjectives
•• In English, it is common to use more than one adjective to describe a noun. These
adjectives must be used in the proper order.
Example: Here is a beautiful, red, cloth
flag. Why does beautiful come before
red?
Why does red come before cloth?
•• Understanding the proper order of adjectives takes practice. Use the following table to
practice using the proper order of adjectives in the following sentences.

Number Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Materia Purpose Noun
l
one responsabl small new round yellow German plastic playing cat
e
two strong big modern rectangul red Frech nylon sleeping house
ar
three generous short old square pink Chinese gold working man
four humble long antique triangular blue English metal runnig child

Directions: Choose the correct order of adjectives in the following sentences.

1) The woman is wearing a
dress. A) ten US
A) yellow long B) US ten
B) long yellow
8) The scientists have found a
2) He is a man. cure for the disease.
A) tall thin A) new great
B) thin tall B) great new
3) The company makes
products.
A) excellent farming
B) farming excellent
4) James recently departed on a
trip.
A) camping long
B) long camping
5) I love eating strawberries.
A) red big
B) big red
6) The woman did well on
the test.
A) intelligent young
B) young intelligent
7) The ticket costs dollars.
9) I am going to wear my
tie to the wedding.
A) big cotton blue
B) blue big cotton
C) big blue cotton

10) Please recycle those

bottles.
A) three water empty
B) three empty water
C) water empty three

11) She packed her clothes in a

box.
A) green flimsy cardboard
B) flimsy green cardboard
C) cardboard flimsy green

12) Their dog is a shepherd.

A) brown big German
B) big brown German
C) German big brown

13) I am drinking from a cup.

A) small English tea
B) tea small English
C) English small tea

14) My teacher talks for hours!

A) philosophy old boring
B) old philosophy boring
C) boring philosophy old
D) boring old philosoph
Directions: Now write two of your own sentences using more than one adjective to describe a noun.

1) English books are more interesting than movies.

2) Gold earrings are more expensive than silver ones.

 SUBJECT: Simple Past Tense

A) Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST:

break swim have make sit write

spend buy drink lose wash

1. She make a cake an hour ago.

2. She bought a hat last week.
3. The boy wrote a letter yesterday.
4. They swam in the sea for an hour.
5. They drank a lot of Coke last night.
6. She broke her arm last week.
7. He spent all his money last week.
8. She had a bath two minutes ago.
9. He lost his wallet last night.
10. She sat on the old chair a minute ago.
11. She washed the clothes yesterday.

B) Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:

Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We saw (see)
Lots of things. My father bought (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We ate (eat) the
popcorn and drank (drink) the orange juice.
We laughed (laugh) at the funny clowns. There was (be) a lion-tamer.
The lions did (do) tricks; they jumped (jump) through hoops.
A girl rode (ride) an elephant around the ring. We all had (have)
a wonderful time.

C) Write what Jean DID or DIDN’T do yesterday:

Go shopping ( - ) Jean didn’t go shopping yesterday.

Clean the house ( + ) Jean cleaned the house

Feed the cat ( + )
Telephone Mary ( - )
Watch a film on TV (- )
Visit her grandparents (+)
Take them a cake (+)
Jean feeded the cat
Jean didn't telephone Mary
Jean didn't watch film on TV
Jean visited her grandparents
Jean toke them a cake

D) Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:

Benjamin Franklin …… was born ….. (Be born) in Boston in 1706. He was (be).The fifteenth of the
seventeen children of a poor candle maker. He went (go) to School only one year. He began (begin) to
work when he was twelve. At The age of fourteen he decided (decide) to be a writer. He
Copied (copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he became (become) the best known
writer in his time. When he was (be) seventeen, he leaved (leave) Boston and arrived (arrive) in
Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his pocket. He got (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and
retired (retire) from business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he spent (spend) the next forty
years for his government. He played (play) an important role in the founding of the USA. Franklin was
(be) also an important scientist and inventor. His drawed (draw) electricity from a cloud on a kite
string. He wrote (write) one of the first text books on electricity. He invented (invent) a simple lightning
rod and many other practical tools. He made (make) a study of water and discovered (discover) many
principles of hydrodynamics. He even invented (invent) bifocal glasses when he was seventy-eight and
needed (need) them himself. Franklin did (do) all these things and many more because he believed
(believe) he can (can).

E) Read the following story:

Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship.One summer he comes
back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s house. They have a pretty
daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when he comes back. Bob promises the
girl to send a present from every port. Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a
parrot from there. The parrot speaks three languages. When Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter
comes from the girl. The letter says, “Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a
chicken.”

a) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:

Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.
Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.

One summer he came back form long voyage and found new neighbors near his mother's house.
They had a pretty daughter, and bob soon loved her and he wanted to marry her when he came back.
Bob promised the girl to send a present from every port.

Bob's first port was Cape Town in Africa, and he sent the girl a parrot from there. The
parrot spoke three languages. When Bob's ship reached Australia, a letter came from the girl. The
letter said, "Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken."

b) Answer the questions about the story:

1. What was Bob?

He was a young sailor.
2. What change did he find when he was back home?
There were new neighbours near his mother's house.
3. How was their daughter?
Their daughter was pretty.
4. How did Bob feel about the girl?
He felt in love with the girl so he wanted to merry her.
5. What did Bob tell the girl?
He promised her that he would send her a present from every port he visited
6. What did Bob send the girl from Capetown?
He sent her a parrot.
7. Where is Capetown?
In Africa
 8. How many languages did the parrot speak?
The parrot spoke 3 languages.
9. What did the girl do with the parrot?
The girl ate the parrot.

G) Rewrite the sentences using the word and signs in parenthesis:

1. We ate lunch at the cafeteria last night.

(he) (-) 2. He didn’t eat lunch at the cafeteria last night.
(yesterday) (?) 3. Did you eat lunch at the cafeteria
(study in the library) (-?) 4. yesterday?
(we) (-) 5. Did you study in the library yesterday?
(play tennis) (+) 6. We didn’t study in the library yesterday.
(I) (-) 7. We played tennis yesterday.
(get a present) (+) 8. Didn’t play tennis yesterday.
(you) (-?) 9.
Got a present yesterday.
(go shopping) (?) 10.
Did you get a present yesterday?
(last week) (-) 11.
Did you go shopping yesterday?
(she) (+) 12.
(stay home) (?) 13. No, I went shopping last week.
(-?) 14. She went shopping last week.
Did she stay home last week?
(last night)
(they) (-) 15.They didn't stay home last night.
Didn't she 15.
stay…………………………………………………
home last night?
(get into trouble) (+) 16. They16.
got…………………………………………………
into trouble lastnight.
(you) (?) 17, Did you
17. get into trouble lastnight?
…………………………………………………
(see him) (-?) 18, Did you
18. see him lastnight?
…………………………………………………
(yesterday afternoon) (?) 19. Did you
19. see him yesterday afternoon?
…………………………………………………
(I) (+) 20. Yes, 20.
Isaw…………………………………………………
him yesterday afternoon.
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