UNIT 4

LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION AND

COMPLETE IT.
CONVERSATION 1

John: Hey Celeste! How are you?

Celeste: Hi John! I’m (pron; verb be; present simple) fine.
Thank you.
John: Great! I’m doing (do; gerund) my English homework.
Have you done it?
Celeste: Not yet. I’m working (work; gerund) on my math
problems.
John: Oh I see. Do you need (need; present simple) any
help?
Celeste: Well, now that you are (verb be; present simple)
offering. I don’t (negative sentence; present simple)
remember the rules for writing (write; gerund) the dates.
John: That’s easy! Let me help you. Ok?
Celeste: Yes, please.
John: Ok, so for informal and short dates the order is:
month, ordinal number and year.
Celeste: Like this June 2nd, 2020?
John: Yes, exactly like that. And for formal and long dates
the order is: Today + day of the week + ordinal number +
month and year.
Celeste: Like this Today is Saturday, 14th August 2021?
John: Yes!
Celeste: Thank you so much John! Is there anything I can
help you with?
John: No, everything is cool.

CONVERSATION 2

Claudia: What (interrogative word) is the problem, Fer?

Fernando: Hey Clau! Look! Santiago sent me his
(possessive pron.) address but I’m a little bit confused.
Claudia: What is confusing (confuse; gerund) Fer?
Fernando: Well, he draw this croquis for me and I don’t
(negative; present simple) get if his house is in front of
(preposition) the supermarket or beside / next
(preposition) to the supermarket.
Claudia: Let me see. Ok, I think I can help you. I’ve been to
Santiago’s house. And what I can remember is that his
house is in front (preposition) of the supermarket.
Fernando: Awesome! Thank you Clau. You are (verb be;
present simple) amazing.
Claudia: You are welcome Fer.
Fernando: Can I ask you something else?
Claudia: Yes, of course.
Fernando: Can you describe Santiago’s house for me,
please?
Claudia: Ok. His (possessive pron.) house is big (adj). and
color red an blue.
Fernando: How many floors is his house?
Claudia: 2 floors.
Fernando: Ok, thank you so much.
 CONVERSATION 3
Pablo: How (interrogative word) are you doing (do;
gerund) Javier?
Javier: Fine, thank you. My mom sent me to buy some
tomatoes.
Pablo: How many tomatoes?
Javier: 8, I think. Oh cool. I can go with you to the grocery
store if you want.
Pablo: Thanks. Where (interrogative word) is Efrain?
Javier: He is in (preposition) Merida visiting (visit; gerund)
his girlfriend.
Pablo: He usually / normally/ always (adv of frequency)
goes (go; 3rd person) to Merida now, right?
Javier: Yes, he goes to visit his girlfriend every 2 weeks.
Pablo: I guess he really misses (miss; 3rd person) her.
Javier: Yeah but she is studying (study; gerund) her degree.
Pablo: Cool. Oh look, that’s the grocery store.
Javier: Ok, wait a minute, please.
Pablo: Ok.
Javier: I’m done, let’s go back to the house. Look at these
(this/these) tomatoes.
Pablo: They are so big.
Javier: Which (interrogative word) one do you think is the
biggest (big; superlative)?
Pablo: Mmmmm this one.
Javier: You are (verb be; present simple) right.
Pablo: Talking about big things, do you think my bike is
bigger (big; comparative) than yours?
Javier: Hummm your bike is definitely bigger than mine.
But, my bike is newer (new; comparative) than yours.
Pablo: Yeah, I know.