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Culture Documents
1. Fill the gaps with the use of present simple and continuous. (1,5p)
Dear Ed,
Thanks for your email. I (1) __________________ (have) a really busy week! As you know,
I (2) __________________ (play) the guitar with a rock band at school every week. It’s the
school concert on Saturday, so we (3) __________________ (practise) all the songs this
week. Fortunately the teachers (4) __________________ (give) us much homework this
week, so that’s good! I (5) __________________ (do) about ten hours homework in a
normal week. Please write again. I (6) __________________ (not read) my emails every day,
because Celine and Tim (7) __________________ (use) the computer after school. But they
(8) __________________ (watch) TV at the moment, so now’s my chance! Ok, time to go
now. Mum (9) __________________ (call) me for dinner and I’m hungry!
Manolo Carmen
· Who is Manolo?
· Who is Maria?
· Who is Àngela?
· Who is Ana?
· Who is Juan?
· Who is José ?
4. Fill the gaps with comparative or superlative. (1p)
1. The Burj Khalifa building in Dubai is the ________ (tall) building in the
world.
2. Labradors are ________ (big) than Chihuahuas.
3. We built rockets in physics class today. Mine flew the ________ (high).
4. My necklace is ________ (expensive) than my bracelet.
5. I got a C on my essay, which is ________ (bad) than the 100% I got
last time.
6. Homework is ________ (important) than watching television.
7. Watching television makes me ________ (happy) than doing homework.
8. To save money, I am searching for the ________ (cheap) textbooks.
9. My grandmother’s chocolate chip cookies are the ________ (good).
10. Driving on a dirt road is ________ (bumpy) than driving on asphalt.
4. Relate the countries to the nationalities. Then, translate the countires (1p)
Translation:
· Brazil __ 1. Brazilian
· Uk __ 2. German
· Germany __ 3. American
· Russia __ 4. Colombian
· Greece __ 5. Russian
· Spain __ 6. Greek
· France __ 7. French
· Colombia __ 8. British
· England __ 9. Spanish
· the USA __ 10. English
9. Fill the gaps with one word (2p)