Grammar &

Exercises 3

DESARROLLO

Paula López Moreno

Diseño Creativo

Paula López Moreno

 CONTENTS:

6 R&C THIRTY-ONE: 3UH¿[HVDQG6XI¿[HV

13 R&C THIRTY-TWO: Present Perfect Tense
20 R&C THIRTY-THREE: Past Perfect Tense
27 R&C THIRTY FOUR: Future Perfect Tense
34 R&C THIRTY-FIVE: Conditionals
41 R&C THIRTY SIX: Active and Passive Voice
48 R&C THIRTY-SEVEN: Common Mistakes:
Do and Make
Do common expressions
Make common expressions

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 Common Mistakes:
Some and Any
57 R&C THIRTY-EIGHT: Common Mistakes:
Listen and Hear
Common Mistakes:
Remember and Remind
64 R&C THIRTY-NINE: Common mistakes:
See, Look and Watch
71 FIFTH JUMP: Prove yourself!

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On the way to the party, Chad was
complaining about his Christmas
party at The Firm. ‘I can’t believe
they allow people to smoke insi-
de the ball-room’, he said. ‘It is
uncivilizedWRKDYHSHRSOH¿OOLQJ
the room with smoke’
Joany agreed with him, she said
it was uncomfortable to share
a room with smokers if you are
not one of them. ‘Uncomforta-
ble? Unbearable! That’s what it
is!’ said Chad.
Naomi said she thought it was
antidemocratic to divide people
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between smokers and nons-
mokers. Chad answered that
what she just said was nonsense,
that it had nothing to do with de-
mocracy, because smokers were
directly affecting non-smokers
health. ‘It is a biological matter’,
he argued.
‘What happens here is that the
boss fears the antipathy of his
coworkers; that’s why he allows
them to smoke in parties, despite
of it being a noncompliance of
federal law. But things are going
to change when I become Senior
Executive!’
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 Reading and
comprehension

3UH¿[HVDQG6XI¿[HV
A SUH¿[ is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its
meaning.
Example:

Comfortable- Uncomfortable
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Like- Dislike
³GLV´LVWKHSUH¿[

A VXI¿[ goes at the end of a word to modify or change its meaning.

Example:

Happy - Happiness
³QHVV³LVWKHVXI¿[

End – Endless
³OHVV´LVWKHVXI¿[

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 1- Complete the words with its appropriate pre-
¿[XVHWKHSUH¿[HVIURPWKHFKDUW
7KHSUH¿[HVFDQEHXVHGPRUHWKDQRQFH

re – im – in – dis – anti – el – mis - un

_____ dress

_____ possible

_____ place

_____ credible

_____ place

_____ legal

_____ pair

_____ connect

_____ understand

_____ depressive

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 &RPSOHWHWKHZRUGVZLWKLWVDSSURSULDWHVXI¿[
XVHWKHVXI¿[HVIURPWKHFKDUW
7KHVXI¿[HVFDQEHXVHGPRUHWKDQRQFH
ly – ing – ful – ment – ist – ness – ship - hood

Sad_____

Friend_____

Pediatri_____

Gynecolog_____

Beauti_____

Freez_____

Child_____

Original_____

Environ_____

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  :ULWH  VHQWHQFHV XVLQJ ZRUGV ZLWK SUH¿[HV
DQGVHQWHQFHVXVLQJZRUGVZLWKVXI¿[HV
_______________________________________________________.

_______________________________________________________.

_______________________________________________________.

_______________________________________________________.

_______________________________________________________.

_______________________________________________________.

4- Reading and comprehension questions.

What was Chad complaining about?

_______________________________________________________.

What did Joany think about the situation?

_______________________________________________________.

What did Naomi think about it?

_______________________________________________________.

What is the problem with the boss?

_______________________________________________________.

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Carlos has been cooking ham all
afternoon. Cindy and Christina
have arrived on time, and sin-
ce Joany and the Robertsons are
late, Christina has been making
fun of Carlos because she knows
he has fallen in love.
When the rest of the guests arri-
ved they have all moved to the
dining room and Carlos has ser-
ved dinner.
Lewis has said something not
very nice and Chad and her have
had a short argument.
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Everybody has pretended they
didn’t listen to them and they
have all enjoyed the delicious
meal.
Some kids from the neighborhood
have prepared Christmas ca-
rols. They have knocked on the
door and when Carlos opened it
everybody has had a really nice
surprise; they enjoyed the music
for some minutes and then Carlos
has given the kids a few dozens
of cookies.
At midnight they have attended
the Christmas Eve service at the
cathedral and then they have
gone home.
It has been a wonderful Christ-
mas Eve for everyone.
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 Reading and
comprehension

Present Perfect Tense

Structure:

$I¿UPDWLYH:
Subj./ Pron. + have/has + verb (past participle) + Complement.

Negative:
Subj./ Pron. + have/has + not + verb (past participle) + Complement.

Interrogative:
Have/Has + Subj./ Pron. + verb (past participle) + Complement?

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The present perfect tense should be used in the following situations:
‡ :H XVH WKH 3UHVHQW 3HUIHFW
to say that an action happe-
QHGDWDQXQVSHFL¿HGWLPHEH-
fore now. The exact time is not
important.
‡ <RX CANNOT use the Pre-
VHQW3HUIHFWZLWKVSHFL¿FWLPHH[-
pressions such as: yesterday, one
year ago, last week, when I was
a child, when I lived in Japan, at
that moment, that day, one day,
etc.
‡ :H CAN use the Present
Perfect with XQVSHFL¿FH[SUHV-
sions such as: never, once,
many times, several times, befo-
re, so far, already, yet, etc.
‡ :H RIWHQ XVH WKH 3UHVHQW
Perfect to talk about change
that has happened over a pe-
riod of time.
‡ :H RIWHQ XVH WKH 3UHVHQW
Perfect to list the accomplish-
ments of individuals and huma-
QLW\<RXFDQQRWPHQWLRQDVSHFL-
¿FWLPH
Examples:
I haven’t seen Chad yesterday.
(incorrect)
I haven’t seen Chad yet.
(correct)
The baby has grown a lot since
the last time I saw him.
She has learned how to read.
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 1- Complete the sentences using simple past or
present perfect.

I _______________ (be) in France many times.

He _______________ (forget) his wallet in the car.
They _______________ (lose) their money in the casino several times.
7KHFODVVBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBEHDQ[LRXVWRKHDUWKH¿QDOJUDGHV
She _______________ (try) to get her license many times.

2- Answer the following questions, use present

participle to explain yourself.

What have you changed in your house since last year?

________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

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3- Match

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+DYH\RXVHHQP\ERRN"    <HV,KDYH,W¶VEHDXWLIXO
Has she apologized to Pedro? No, I haven’t.

+DYHWKH\FKRVHQWKHEHVWVHDVRQWRWUDYHO" <HVWKH\KDYH.

4- Reading and comprehension questions:

What has Carlos been doing all afternoon?

_______________________________________________________

What does Christina know?

________________________________________________________

What have the kids prepared?

________________________________________________________

What has Carlos given the kids?

________________________________________________________

How was their Christmas Eve?

________________________________________________________

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It had been a very hot day. I had
had a tough day because I had
fought with Misha, my girlfriend.
So I had gone back home and
had decided to do something
fun, to relax and feel good about
myself. And what can be more
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jumped into the swimming pool.
I had been in the water for three
VHFRQGV DQG )LI¿ had already
gone bananas. She barked so
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hard that even Chad, who had
been concentrated watching the
Marla Johnson Show, went out to
see what was going on.
Lewis had heard the barking but
she didn’t pay attention until she
saw Chad going out.
Chad and Lewis had never
seen a cat swimming before.
- apparently - And they were re-
ally surprised when I came out
of the pool by myself - safe and
sane.
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 Reading and
comprehension

Past Perfect Tense

$I¿UPDWLYH:
Subj./ Pron. + had + verb (past participle) + Complement.

Negative:
Subj./ Pron. + had + not + verb (past participle) + Complement.

Interrogative:
Have/Has + Subj./ Pron. + verb (past participle) + Complement?

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 The past perfect tense should be used in the following situations:
‡ 7KH3DVW3HUIHFWexpresses
the idea that something occu-
rred before another action in
the past.
It can also show that some-
thing happened before a spe-
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‡ 7R VKRZ WKDW something
started in the past and conti-
nued up until another action
in the past.
‡ ,I WKH Past Perfect action
GLGRFFXUDWDVSHFL¿FWLPH, the
Simple Past can be used instead
of the Past Perfect when “before”
or “after” is used in the sentence
.Take a look at the example, both
sentences are correct.
Examples:
Carly had had the car for ten
years before it broke down.
I had never seen such a beauti-
ful woman before I went to Brazil.
She had studied English before
she moved to the U.S.A.
She studied English before she
moved to the U.S.A.
1- Complete the sentences using past participle
or simple past.

They ___________________________ friends for years before this

whole problem began.
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nally met you.
She ______________________ the scholarship.
Paula _______________________ sick for weeks before she could go
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I _________________ a pizza last night.

2- Write a short paragraph using 5 words in the

past perfect tense.

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________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

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 3- Match:

I had used it many times but it’s a boy.

She had trained for years before the accident occurred.
They had enjoyed the trip before she broke her arm.
He would had preferred a girl before it broke down.

4- Reading and comprehension. Fill in the blanks.

It ________________ a very hot day. Foochi ______________ a tough

day because he____________ with Misha, his girlfriend.
So he _____________ back home and _________________ to do so-
mething fun, to relax and feel good about himself. And what can be
PRUHIXQWKDQWRGULYH)LI¿FUD]\"
So he jumped into the swimming pool. He _______________ in the
ZDWHUIRUWKUHHVHFRQGVDQG)LI¿BBBBBBBBDOUHDG\BBBBBBBEDQDQDV
She barked so hard that even Chad, who _____________ concentrated
watching the Marla Johnson Show, went out to see what was going on.
Lewis ____________ the barking but she didn’t pay attention until she
saw Chad going out.
Chad and Lewis ___________never _________ a cat swimming befo-
re. And they were really surprised when Foochi came out of the pool by
itself.

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This will be a long and beautiful
day together for Carlos and Joa-
ny.
Half an hour from now, Joany will
have taken a shower and Car-
los will have bought a bunch of
ÀRZHUVIRUKHU
At nine, they ZLOOKDYH¿QLVKHG
having breakfast together; at ten
they will have gone to Carlos’
house to enjoy the swimming
pool and the sun.
At four o’clock they will have
changed clothes already, because
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both want to see.
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 Reading and
comprehension

Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense should be used in the following situations:

‡ 7KH )XWXUH 3HUIHFW H[SUHV-

ses the idea that something will
occur before another action in
the future. It can also show that
something will happen before a
VSHFL¿FWLPHLQWKHIXWXUH

‡ 7KH)XWXUH3HUIHFWLVXVHGWR
show that something will conti-
nue up until another action in the
future.

NOTE: Like all future forms, the Future Perfect cannot be used in
clauses beginning with time expressions such as: when, while,
before, after, by the time, as soon as, if, unless, etc.
Instead of Future Perfect, Present Perfect is used.

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 Future Perfect has two different forms:
WILL HAVE DONE and BE GOING TO HAVE DONE.

Using Will Using Be Going To

STRUCTURE: STRUCTURE:
will have + past participle to be + going to have + past part.

<RX will have perfected your You are going to have perfec-
English by the time you come ted your English by the time you
back from the U.S. come back from the U.S.

Will you have perfected your Are you going to have perfec-
English by the time you come ted your English by the time you
back from the U.S.? come back from the U.S.?

You will not have perfected You are not going to have per-
your English by the time you fected your English by the time
come back from the U.S. you come back from the U.S.

NOTE: Unlike Simple Future forms, Future Perfect forms are usually
interchangeable. It is possible to use either WILL or BE GOING TO
to create the Future Perfect with little or no difference in meaning.

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 1- Fill in the blanks using the future perfect tense
of the verbs in parenthesis.

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7KH\BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB¿QGRXWDERXWWKHVLWXDWLRQE\WKHQ
He _______________ (eat) already by the time the party begins.
She _______________ (arrive) by the time the car picks her up.
Carlos _______________ (pack) by 10:00p.m.

2- Match:
He will have eaten the whole cake if she doesn’t go to the party.

7KH\ZLOOKDYH¿QLVKHGWKHFDNH  E\WKHWLPHWKHELUWKGD\JLUO
arrives.

She will have broken her promise by the time the guests arrive.

I will have chosen the route by tomorrow, just before the

trip.

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3- Write a brief paragraph using the future per-
fect tense.

________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

4- Reading and comprehension questions:

What will they have done at nine?

________________________________________________________

What will they have done at ten?

________________________________________________________

What will they have done at four?

________________________________________________________

Who is punctual?
________________________________________________________

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If Naomi didn’t arrive so early
to the mall, she wouldn’t have
seen Joany. If they didn’t talk
that day, Joany wouldn’t have
shown Naomi her engagement
ring.
Naomi was very excited about
Joany’s story; she thought to her-
self that if she were in Joany’s
shoes she would be very, very
happy.
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If Naomi weren’t so punctual,
she wouldn’t get mad at her
friends every time they have to
meet; but even if her friends
always arrive late she always
makes it on time - that’s just the
way she is.
If she had brought money that
day, she would have bought tho-
se beautiful red shoes she saw,
but Chad is not giving her more
money until December; too bad.
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 Reading and
comprehension
Conditionals
Zero Conditional
The “zero” conditional is formed
with both clauses in the pre-
sent tense. This construction is
similar across many languages. It
is used to express a certainty,
a universal statement, a law
of science, etc.
It is different from true conditio-
nals because the introductory
“if” can be replaced by “when”
or “whenever”, which cannot be
done for true conditionals.
Example:
If you heat water to 100 degrees
Celsius, it boils.
Whenever you heat water to 100
degrees Celsius, it boils.
Conditional 1
It is possible and also very
likely that the condition will
EHIXO¿OOHG
7KH¿UVWFRQGLWLRQDOLVXVHGPRUH
generally to express a hypo-
thetical condition that is po-
tentially true, but not yet ve-
UL¿HG
Examples:
If she tookWKDWÀLJKW\HVWHUGD\
she arrived at 10pm.
If I take a taxi, I will arrive on
time.
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 Conditional 2
It is possible but very un-
likely, that the condition will
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This condition clause expresses
a condition that is known to
be false, or presented as un-
likely.
The result clause contains a con-
ditional verb form consisting
of would (or could, should,
might) plus a main verb in the
Conditional 3
It is impossible that the condition
ZLOOEHIXO¿OOHGEHFDXVH it refers
to the past.
The third conditional is used to
refer to contrary-to-fact past
events.
The past perfect is used in the
condition clause.
Examples:
If you had called me, I would
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have come.
The past tense must be used.
If you had done your job pro-
perly, we wouldn’t be in this
Examples: mess now.
If she were at work today, she
would know how to deal with
this client.
If I were you, I would accept
the proposal.

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1- Write zero conditional, conditional 1, conditio-
na 2 or conditional 3, next to the sentences.

If you answer the question correctly, you get all the points. _____

If I were you, I would break up with the guy. _____

If you miss red and yellow you get orange. _____

If you had invited me, I would have gone to the party. _____

If she took the airplane last night she arrived today at 6:00. _____

2- Complete the sentences using your imagina-

tion.

If she had told me, ____________________.

If you mix blue and yellow ____________________.

If you woke up early, ____________________.

If I had had more time, ____________________.

If you don’t want to come to the party, ____________________.

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 3- Write a short paragraph using the conditionals.

________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________.

4- Reading and comprehension questions:

What would have happened if Naomi and Joany didn’t talk that day?

_______________________________________________________.

What would Naomi do if she were in Joany’s shoes?

_______________________________________________________.

What would have happened if she had brought money that day?

_______________________________________________________.

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Christina was invited to Carlos’
and Joany’s wedding, but Cindy
was not.
Cindy knew this was going to
be remembered as the wedding
of the year, so she wanted to be
invited too, and she decided to
do something about it.
It wasn’t very hard for her to get
Carlos’ phone number because it
was listed in the directory. So,
she called him and through him
she got in touch with most of
Joany’s friends and family.
Joany’s bridal shower was or-
ganized by Cindy and it was a
great success. The tables were
decorated ZLWK EHDXWLIXO ÀRZHU
FHQWHUV DQG GHOLFLRXV ¿QJHU IRRG
was served. Also, many games
were organized. The guests and
the bride-to-be had a blast.
Cindy’s invitation to the wedding
was delivered right on time for
her to look for a nice dress. Her
dress was bought at the most
expensive store in town.
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 Reading and
comprehension

Active and Passive Voice

There are two special verbal
forms called voice:

 ‡ $FWLYHYRLFH
 ‡ 3DVVLYHYRLFH

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 The active voice is the normal
voice. This is the voice that we
use most of the time.

<RXDUHSUREDEO\DOUHDG\IDPLOLDU
with the active voice. In the ac-
tive voice, the object receives
the action of the verb:

SUBJECT VERB OBJECT

Chad eats the cookies
Joany loves Carlos

The passive voice is less usual.

In the passive voice the sub-

ject receives the action of the
verb:

OBJECT VERB SUBJECT

The cookies are eaten by Chad
Carlos is loved by Joany

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 1- Write the following sentences in its passive voi-
ce:

Many people ate pizza.

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Carlos prepared the spaghettis.
________________________________________________________
Naomi reads the book.
________________________________________________________
The doctor cured Foochi.
________________________________________________________

2- Write next to the sentence active or passive

according to its type.

__________ I always go out with my friends.

__________ Lewis is usually visited by her friends.

__________ Christina has been forgotten by her ex-husband.

__________ She likes hot chocolates.

__________ Foochi was chased by a dog.

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3- Write a brief paragraph using active and passi-
ve voice.

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

4- Reading and comprehension questions:

Who wasn’t invited to Carlos and Joany’s wedding?

________________________________________________________

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________________________________________________________

What did Cindy do in order to get invited to the wedding?

________________________________________________________

Finally…was Cindy invited to the wedding?

________________________________________________________

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Today is a happy day for the Ro-
bertsons; at The Firm, they made
Chad, Senior Executive; so, Lewis
and him are making a party to
celebrate, and the party will be
tonight.
They made a list and invited
some close friends; then Chad
and Naomi started to tidy up the
house while Lewis started coo-
king.
Chad did WKH ÀRRUV and Naomi
did the windows; then Chad did
some arranging in the garden
while Naomi helped her mother
with the cooking; she had to rush
to the supermarket to buy some
bread, carrots and onions, becau-
se there weren’t any at home.
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At six, they all went to dress up
and get ready.
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to arrive; Joany brought a cake
she made for the occasion. Some
other friends brought presents for
Chad too.
The promotion and the raise
made Chad so happy that even
Lewis’ jokes made him laugh,
and he usually doesn’t laugh at
any joke.
Now they are making a lot of
plans; they want to do some re-
novations in the house and travel
to any country abroad on sum-
mer.
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comprehension

Common Mistakes:
Do and Make
People usually get confused of when to use do and when to use make.
Here are some tips of how to recognize the appropriate usage of it.

DO MAKE
‡ :H XVH WKH YHUE µGR¶ ZKHQ ‡ ³0DNH´ LV XVHG IRU PRUH
someone performs an action, abstract things.
activity or task. ‡ ,W LV XVHG ZKHQ \RX DUH
‡ ,WLVXVHGwhen the activi- going to create something that
ty does not usually produce a you can touch.
physical object. ‡ µ0DNH¶ LV RIWHQ XVHG ZKHQ
‡ ,WLVXVHGWo describe most referring to preparing food of
of the shores. any kind.

Examples: Examples:
Do the laundry. Make the breakfast.
Do the homework. Make love.

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 “DO” common “MAKE” common
expressions: expressions:
do business make arrangements
do the dishes make believe - (to pretend)
do a favour make a choice
do good make a difference
do harm make an effort
do time - (to go to prison) make an excuse
do well make a fortune
do your best make friends
do your hair make a mistake
do a favor make money
make a move
make a noise
make a phone call

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 Common Mistakes:
Some and Any

SOME ANY
Some is used LQ DI¿UPDWLYH Any is used in questions and in
sentences and for countable and negative sentences.
uncountable nous.
Some is also used for offering. Examples:

Examples: I don’t take any sugar.

Would you like some wine? Do you have any money?
I would like some bread.

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 1- Fill in the blanks, use do or make.

He likes to __________ the laundry, but he doesn’t like to _________

the bed.

([FXVHPH'R\RXNQRZZKHUHFDQ,¿QGDWHOHSKRQHERRWK",QHHG
to _____________ a phone call.

Oh my God!! I forgot I have homework to ____________.

She needs to ________________a desert for Claudio’s dinner.

Stop ____________(ing) noise, I am trying to sleep.

Let’s go, I don’t have anything to ______________.

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2- Formulate 5 sentences using do.
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________________________________________________________

3- Formulate 5 sentences using make.

________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

4- Circle the correct answer.

I need (some, any) advise.

She doesn’t practice (some, any) sport.
He wants (some, any) more bread.
Would you like (some, any) coffee?
Do you have (some, any) idea of where the bathroom is?

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 5- Match:

Would you like any interruption during the class.

I don’t have any sponsor?
She needs some help with her children.
He doesn’t like some more food?
Do they have any preference of where to sit.

4- Reading and comprehension questions:

Why is it a happy day for the Robertsons today?

________________________________________________________

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________________________________________________________

Who did the windows?

________________________________________________________

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________________________________________________________

What did Joany bring for the occasion?

________________________________________________________

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Lewis heard the press was co-
ming to the wedding, so she was
really worried about what to wear.
Naomi heard her mom talking
about clothes with her friends
and she got really mad when she
heard they were advising her to
wear the old black dress. But she
didn’t say anything, because she
truly believes her mom never lis-
tens to her.
At the beauty shop, they had an
opportunity to talk about the sub-
ject and Naomi reminded Lewis
about that awesome red dress
VKHZRUH¿YH\HDUVDJR
Lewis obviously didn’t remem-
ber the red dress. But this time
she listened to her daughter’s
advice, and decided that was the
RXW¿W VKH ZDV JRLQJ WR ZHDU WR
the wedding.
When Lewis came out of her
room, dressed up with the red
GUHVV WKH ¿UVW WKLQJ VKH heard
was Chad saying to her:
‘Wow! You look amazing, honey!
Lewis turned to Naomi and they
both smiled.
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 Reading and
comprehension

Common Mistakes
Listen and Hear

HEAR LISTEN
Hear refers to the action of re- Listen refers to the action of pa-
ceiving sounds in our ears ying attention to the sounds
unintentionally. in our ears.

Example: Note: Listen is always followed

I hear the bells. by the preposition ‘to’ .

Example:
Are you listening to me?

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 Common Mistakes
Remember and Remind

REMEMBER REMIND
Remember is to recall a Remind is to help someone
thought within oneself. else remember something or
when something or someone

Examples: makes you remember a parti-

cular thing or person.
I don’t remember about the
party.
Examples:

Do you remember my friend Please, remind me to take my

Cindy? medicine.

<RXremind him of his sister.

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 1- Fill in the blanks, use remember or remind.

Tomorrow, I must _________________ to go to the doctor for my back.

It’s very important. Would you please _________________ me?

If I don’t _________________, I’ll never be able to get another

appointment.

I must _________________ you to get your lab reports to me on time.

If you don’t _________________ ,your grade will be low.

But _________________ me to look at them this week.

2- Circle the correct answer.

Did you (hear, listen)the gun shot last night?

Please, (hear, listen), it is very important.
(hear, listen) to me!
It is impossible to (hear, listen)you , come closer.
Do you (hear, listen)that strange noise?

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3- Formulate 2 sentences using hear and 2 sen-
tences using listen.
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

4- Formulate 2 sentences using remember and 2

sentences using remind.
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

5- Reading and comprehension. Fill in the blanks

using the verbs hear, listen, remember and re-
mind in its appropriate tense.

Naomi ____________ her mom talking about cloth with her friends

She didn’t say anything, because she truly believes her mom never
____________ to her.

At the beauty shop, they had an opportunity to talk about the sub-
ject and Naomi ____________ Lewis about that awesome red dress
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dress. But this time she ____________to her daughter.

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 thirty-nine

Looking back in time,

it is always nice to see how things
began.
7KH¿UVWWLPH&DUORVsaw Joany, he felt in love;
not only because she is beautiful but because she
didn’t even look at him; when she left the supermarket,
Carlos watched her go away and said to himself he had to
see her again.
Lewis loves watching the neighbors from the porch; she always
saw&DUORVZKHQKHZDVFRPLQJEDFNKRPHIURPWKHRI¿FHDQG
wondered what he was like as a person, being so famous and all.
He looked self assured and successful in every way.
So, when Joany told her that she met Carlos at the supermar-
ket, Lewis told her: ‘Look at it this way, either he is a Latin
lover or he is a nice guy. Watch every detail of his beha-
vior very carefully and you’ll clearly see what kind of
man he is’
And now, Carlos and Joany are married. Let’s
see what the future has hidden for them.
This story will continue…

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 Reading and
comprehension

Common Mistakes
See, Look and Watch
SEE
When your eyes are open you see
without thinking (a blind person
is unable to see)

Example:
Can you see the picture?

Note: See also means unders-

tand.

Example:
I see what you mean.

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 LOOK
Look at is to direct your eyes in
order to see, generally for a short
time.
Example:
Look! That bird is falling.
Note:
Look like = apparently, look alike
Look for = to search
Look after = to take care of
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WATCH
Watch is to look at something for
a period of time, especially some-
thing that is changing or moving.
(movie, play, game…)
Example:
Carlos watches TV.
Note: Watch out = be careful
1- Fill in the blanks using see, watch or look.

Excuse me, can you move? I can’t _______________ anything.

I have to _____________ for my bags.

We need to __________________the next volleyball game.

People who use glasses can’t _________________ without it.

She loves to _________________ movies during the night.

2- Formulate a sentence for each verb; see, watch

and look.
________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

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 3- Circle the correct answer.

<RXFDQ¶W(see, look, watch) in the dark.

<RX(see, look, watch) good tonight.

This (sees, looks, watches) like fog.

Oh, yes…I (see, look, watch) what you mean.

Did you ever (see, look, watch) the movie Titanic?

4- Reading and comprehension questions:

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________________________________________________________

How did Carlos look according to Lewis’ testimony?

________________________________________________________

How did Joany meet Carlos?

________________________________________________________

Who is Carlos married to?

________________________________________________________

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 ¿IWK

A life
experience Foochi, where are you? Foochi!
Foochi! Here Foochi, Foochi, Foo-
chi... Here Foochi, Foochi...

Come out now! I’m not playing

this game anymore.

We have to say good bye to the

reader.

Foochi, where are you? Foochi?

Oh God! I guess he’s gone too.

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 Everybody went to Carlos and Let’s share a life experience,
Joany’s wedding today, and once
learning each day a little more
again I’m left here all alone.
- let us enjoy it -
Life is tough, but nobody said it
was going to be easy, right? and soon you’ll se

Ok, so I guess it’s just you and
me now.
Let me say on behalf of every one
here in Sevenland that we all hope
you had a real good time with us.
the world gets smaller
- much smaller -
Your life will change;
this is the way...

Come back whenever you want, the experience of life!

ok? Visit us.

See you now, I have to go back

in. Bye. Bye bye now...

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If I were you...
If only...
If I could...
If it wasn’t for...
If you could see...
If things would change...
If you only knew...
If so...

We kiss each other

They care about each other
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I love myself!
Do it yourself!

The three of us: Me, myself and I

Go by yourself
I was left by myself
They came by themselves
She travels by herself

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 remind me
remind you
remind him
remind her
remind them
remind us
remember to....
remember about....
remember of...
remember when...

look at that!
with him look for a job
to him look after your brother
for him
with her We see the birds from our win-
to her dow.

for her I see a problem there.

with us I can’t see a thing!

to us See?

for us I see...

with me
to me
for me
with them
to them
for them

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words, use the word bank.

able – ir –dis –pre – ism - un

_____ tension

understand_____

_____regular

_____dict

Terror_____

_____comfortable

_____like

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 2- Circle the appropriate tense.

I (have, had, will have) never been to Ecuador.

I (have, had, will have) been waiting for hours by the time the photo-
grapher begins the session.

He (have, had, will have) arrived when the police entered the house.

They (have, had, will have) talked about many things by the time you
get there.

3- Fill in the blanks using remember or remind.

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I need to _______________ what happened yesterday.

Well, it is hard to _______________ everything.

Please, _________________ me of my medicine. I need to take it at

4:00 p.m.

They ________________ every single detail of the wedding.

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4- Write a short story using the verbs listen and
hear.

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

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 5- Fill in the blanks using see, look and watch.

______________ at the door, there is an unexpected guest.

I can’t _________________properly from here.

Tonight we’re going to _______________the hockey game.

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I love to__________________TV.

6- Match
Would you like any sugar left.

Please, don’t bring some sleep.

There isn’t some more salad?

I would love to have some more whisky.

He needs to get any crazy guest to the party.

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