martes, 2 de diciembre de 2014

Voc Review

1.  juvenile (adj.) - young
2.  marine (adj.) - in or connected to the sea
3.  analyzing (v.) - breaking into parts
4.  stunned (v.) - unable to sense what is going on
5.  ordeal (n.) - difficult experience
6.  fatal (adj.) - causing death
7.  intensive (adj.) - complete and carried out with care
8.  treating (v.) - giving medical care
9.  calling (n.) - occupation
10. basking (v.) - resting in or enjoying warmth
Quizlet Vocabulary Practice 
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Story 7 - "Old Yeller"

1.  romp (v.) - an energetic and noisy way to play
2.  strained (v.) - stretched to the limit, either physically or mentally
3.  shouldered (v.) - carried the weight
4.  lunging (v.) - making a sudden forward movement
5.  wheeled (v.) turned quickly
6.  frantic (adj.) - wild with excitement or worry
7.  picturing (v.) - creating a mental image of something
8.  bounding (v.) - leaping
9.  checking (v.) - limiting or controlling something
10. stride (n.) - the rhythm of your walking and length of your steps
Quizlet Vocabulary Practice
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Story 8 - "Everglades Forever:  Restoring America's Great Wetland"

1.  endangered (adj.) - threatened; for plants and animals, threatened with extinction
2.  responsibility (n.) - a duty or job
3.  conserving (v.) - using only what you need of something and protecting it; not wasting something
4.  regulate (v) - to control
5.  unique (adj.) - unusual and special in some way
6.  attracted (v.) - drew attention and captured interest
7.  adapted (v.) - changed, to survive or fit into new conditions
8.  vegetation (n.) - plants found in a particular area
9.  guardians (n.) - people who protect or take care of others
10. restore (v.) - to return something to its original state
Quizlet Vocabulary Practice 

Now, do the VOC TEST:

jueves, 27 de noviembre de 2014

Practice Past continuous with WHILE, WHEN and AT

Click and do the exercise:

Join the sentences by using while or when.

1) I hurt my knee. I was playing football.
———————————————– . (when)
———————————————-. (while)
2) They were talking about the exam results. The manager came in.
______________________________________________________. (when)
______________________________________________________. (while)
3) Gaye lost her wallet. She was walking in a crowded street.
______________________________________________________.(when)
______________________________________________________. (while)
4) Somebody stole my i-pod. I was speaking to a friend on the phone.
_______________________________________________________. (when)
_______________________________________________________. (while)
5) We were getting ready for the picnic. It started to rain.
_______________________________________________________.(when)
_______________________________________________________. (while)

jueves, 9 de octubre de 2014

Present Continuous or Simple Present?

Complete the sentences. First decide if it's  Present Continuous or  Simple Present. Then complete the correct form (+, - or ?).

1. I __________ (read) a very interesting book now.

2. Joanne __________ (work) eight hours a day.

3. Tonight we __________ (see) a play at the thereatre.

4. Who __________ you __________ (speak) to just now?

5. I __________ (not know) him very well.

6. What will you do if she __________ (come) late?

7. My wife __________ (like) coffee for breakfast.

8. What __________ Tom usually __________(have) for breakfast?

9. Your train __________ (leave) at 17.25 from platform 3.

10. What __________ Mary __________ (do) ? She's a student.

11. My whole family _____________(go) to church once a week.

12. My wife and I _______________(go) to the beach in the summer.

13. Listen! The phone ______________(ring) in the other room.

14. Rain seldom ______________(fall) in the Sahara. 

15. He is thirteen years old now, and his voice ___________________(change). 

16. Let's change the conversation. It _______________(get) too serious.

17. Leap year ________________(come) every four years. 

18. My grandfather ______________(grow) tomatoes in his garden this summer.

19. He ______________(grow) them every summer . 

20. The children ____________________(leave) for school right now. 

21. The children ________________(leave) at 8:30 every morning of the week.

22. Shu! The baby ____________________(take) her nap. 

23. In the north the season __________________(change) four times a year .

24. Unfortunately, the patient ____________________ (die). 

25. The monsoon ___________________(come) once or twice a year.

26. It's spring and the days ___________________(get) longer. 

27. The weather ___________(get) very cold in Moscow in the winter.

28. It _______________(rain) hard, and I don't have an umbrella.

29. It's November and the birds _________________(fly) south. 
30. Many birds of Europe ___________(fly) south to Africa every winter.