Reviewing the OPT Test

Please, read carefully the next items and choose the best option

The right answer is “most”

1. Use of the article “THE”

You use “the” when you want to specify something. When you are talking about general things,
you don’t use the article “the”

Examples

 People have qualities and faults (All the people in the world)
 The people have bad manners when treating foreigners.

2. The use of MOST

You use most in superlative ideas and it is usually accompanied by the article “the” and followed
by an adjective. When you use superlative ideas with short adjectives, you do not use MOST but
instead you use the suffix -est

Example

Ferrari cars are the most expensive of all brands.

Elephants are the most big of all the animals. WRONG

Elephants are the biggest of all the animals

3. Most is also used as an adverb of quantity, meaning “LA MAYORIA”

 Most people are overcoming the virus.

What is it the most you like from Colombia?
What is the thing that you like the most from Colombia?
What do you like the most from Colombia?
What I like the most from Colombia is women.
Most people don’t know what it is like in other countries.

a. Most of
b. The most
c. Most /moust/
d. Must /mast/

Explain Comparative and superlative rules

When you use SAY, you indicate that you mention things. (impersonal)
When you use TELL, you indicate that you mention SOMEBODY things.

When you use TALK ABOUT/ WITH, you indicate that you speak and converse with SOMEBODY or
about THINGS

Some tips for speaking

I told you

I told him

I told her

I told them

Tag Questions

A tag question is a small question that is attached to the end of a sentence to verify or confirm
something or to come to an agreement. They mean something like: "Is that right?" or "Do you
agree?"

 You came by train, didn’t you?

 It’s very windy today, isn’t it?
 You can meet me at the station, can’t you?
 You couldn’t give me a ride, could you?

Specifically, the tag question is formulated based on the same tense expressed in the original
sentence. Also, If the sentence is positive, the tag is negative. If the sentence is negative, the tag is
positive, as in the example below.

 You didn’t tell him, did you?

 You couldn't lend me some money, could you?
 He never drinks alcohol, does he?
 Nobody left a message, did they?

Examples

1. This rule is a little difficult, isn’t it?

2. It is raining, isn’t it?
3. You sent me the homework yesterday, didn’t you?
4. You won’t come to Colombia this year, will you?
 5. Carolina has eaten exotic food, hasn’t she?
6. You are sick, aren’t you?
7. I am not happy, am I?
8. I am very happy, ain’t I?
9. I am very happy, aren´t I?

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNUhMBmPbTU

Exercises: https://www.english-practice.at/b1/grammar/question-tags/qt001-question-tags.pdf

Test: https://www.examenglish.com/grammar/B1_question_tags.htm

Relative Clauses

Wh- Words

Questions

What?
Who?
Where?
Which?

Connectors

------------ what-----------: LO QUE This is what I like the most from you.
What I will do this weekend is studying hard

----------- who------------: QUIEN The people who make the lunch are there
EL QUE
QUE
El CUAL / LA CUAL / LOS CUALES

----------- which------------: QUE The courses which are taught in Unal are great
 The topics which (that) we are analyzing are quite interesting.

The people who (that) I meet in the US are pretty nice.

EL QUE
LA QUE
L@S CUALES

Rather (verb) prefer, like,

Rather than (conn) Instead of I like football rather than baseball

Rule for verbs working together S V to V C

 Exception

Rather Vsimple form

Rather not Vsimple form

I rather drink coffee I rather NOT drink coffee

She would rather travel to Cancun She would rather NOT travel to Cancun

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/usage-of-rather-than

What do you rather do on weekends? What do you rather not do on weekends?

I rather play video games I rather not go to church

I rather going out

I rather go out with my friend

I would like to travel to Cartagena rather than going to Tunja

https://www.talkenglish.com/lessondetails.aspx?ALID=2086
We’d better not stay up late tonight

We should not stay up late tonight

My parents ____________ to Brazil last year.

a. Travel
b. Are traveling
c. Have traveled
d. Traveled
GO WENT GONE

I have gone to Mexico 3 times

I had gone to Mexico when I met my wife.

I had met my wife when I went to Mexico.

They have enough time and they want to visit us. They ________ come tomorrow.

a. will
b. would
c. might
d. can
SEE LOOK AT WATCH

Make, let , rather Vsimple

TIMETABLE FOR THE INTERVIEWS (Oral Test 15%)

6.00 a.m Lina

6.10 a.m Santiago

6.20 a.m Monica

6.30 a.m Mario

6.40 a.m Yerly

6.50 a.m Alejandro

7.00 a.m Kelly

7.10 a.m Maria Camila