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ENGLISH SUMMER WORK

1 BT0.

ndice:

A. Contenidos Mnimos 1 BTO.

B.- Ejercicios variados

C.- Textos

D.- Verbos irregulares: Listas de verbos y ejercicios

E.- Solucionario

Observaciones:

Para desarrollar las capacidades de comprensin oral y escrita

se aconseja escuchar cintas, y leer al menos 5 libros de

lecturas adaptadas (niveles 4-56 ), realizando los ejercicios que aparecen al final del libro.

A. CONTENIDOS FUNCTIONSSTRUCTURESVOCABULARY

* Apologising*Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have*Adjectives describing character

* Asking for and giving information*First Conditional

*Adverbs of frequency

*Complaining*Going to*Art

*Describing activities*Indirect questions*Birth

*Describing objects*Linking words*Dates

*Describing people*Modal verbs: can, have to, allowed to,*Death

*Describing placesmust, mustn't, should*Discoveries and inventions

*Expressing agreement and*Modal verbs: present and past

*Family

disagreement*Passive voice

*Food

*Expressing experiences*Past continuous

* Geography

*Expressing hypotheses*Past simple

* Hotel

*Expressing likes and dislikes*Present continuous

* Idioms

*Expressing numbers*Present continuous for future

* Informal words

*Expressing obligation* Present perfect continuous

* Jobs

* Expressing permission *Present perfect simple

*Literature

*Expressing plans*Present perfect simple vs. present

*Expressing probability

perfect continuous*Marriage

*Expressing time*Present perfect vs. past simple* Money

*Expressing wants and desires*Present simple* music

*Giving opinions*Question tags* Nationality words

*Giving reasons*Questions with like*Numbers

*Making, accepting and refusing*Relative pronouns* Parts of the body

suggestions*Reported commands and requests* Prices

*Making predictions*Reported questions* Quantity

*Narrating*Reported statements* Relationships

*Offering help*Second conditional*Sport and leisure

*Reporting questions*Short answers*Telephone

* Reporting requests and commands*Time clauses*Transport

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Reporting statements*Time expressions*Travelling

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Requesting*Verb + infinitive*Useful social expressions

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Talking about sports*Verb + ing*Weather

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Talking about the past*Will*Words with more than one meaning

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Telephoning* Zero conditional

B. EXERCICES

B.1. Put all these sentences into the past using the Past Perfect where appropriate. Begin all your sentences with In 1980...:

1. Im going to Australia in three months time. Ive never been there before.

2. Im going to Hong Kong next week, Ive never been there before, but I have been to Singapore.

3. I am now 25 and I have been in the Army for 8 years.

4. Im meeting Ivan tonight. Ive never met a Russian before.

5. Ive just bought a foreign car. Ive only had British cars before.

6. John is getting married on Saturday. Hes been married twice before.

7. Hes making a film at the moment. Its his first film. Previously hes only acted in plays.

8. Her first novel is coming out tomorrow, and she has already written her autobiography.

B.2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. Use the Simple Past, Past Continuous or Past Perfect:

B.2.1. I ______________ (LOOK) out before I _____________ (GO) to bed and _____________ (SEE) a man standing on the opposite pavement watching the house. When I _______________ (GET UP) the following morning, he _____________ (BE) still there, and I ______________ (WONDER) whether he __________________ (STAY) there all night or if he ______________ (GO) away and _____________ (COME BACK).

B.2.2. When I ____________ (open) the door I ____________ (see) a man on his knees. He clearly ______________ (listen) to our conversation and I ____________ (wonder) how much he _____________ (hear). When I ________________ (ask) him what he __________________ (do), he ______________ (say) that he ____________ (drop) a 50p piece outside the door and ___________________ (look) for it. I _________________ (not see) any sign of the money, but I _______________ (find) a small notebook and pencil which he probably ___________________ (drop) when the door _____________ (open) suddenly. So he _______________ (take) notes of our conversation! The notes _______________ (be) written in a foreign language, so I ______________ (turn) to the stranger and _______________ (ask) him to translate. But he _______________ (pull) my hat over my eyes and ________________ (run) off down the corridor. By the time I _________________ (recover) from the shock he ________________ (disappear) round the corner.

Curiously enough, when I ________________ (move) my foot I ______________ (find) that I ________________ (stand) on a 50p piece. Perhaps he _______________ (tell) the truth after all!

B.3. Write the story putting the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or Past Simple. If two answers are possible, write the more likely one:

Ann Jones is one of the most interesting people I _______________ (MEET): she is only twenty-five, but she ________________ (TRAVEL) to over fifty different countries. Five years ago, she ___________ (BE) a typist in Birmingham, but she ____________ (DECIDE) to give up her job and see the world. Since then, her life _____________ (CHANGE) completely.

The first time she _____________ (GO) abroad was seven years ago, when she ____________ (BE) just eighteen. She ______________ (TAKE) a boat to France and the ______________ (HITCH-HIKE) around Europe many times since that first trip, of course, but this holiday ___________ (BE) the one which ___________ (MAKE) her start travelling. She _________________ (NEVER/FORGET) the excitement of those five weeks although it was not all enjoyable. When she _____________ (BE) in Munich, somebody __________________ (STEAL) her purse: she _______________ (LOSE) all her money, and _____________ (HAVE) to work in a restaurant for a fortnight. She ____________ (MAKE) some good friends there, however, and ____________ (RETURN) several times since then.

How did she find the money for her travels? After her first trip abroad, she ___________ (GO) home and _______________ (WORK) for two years, saving all the time. Now she travels continually, finding work when her money gets low. She ______________ (MAKE) a lot of friends, she says, and _____________ (LEARN) quite a few languages. Although she _______________ (HAVE) occasional difficulties and _______________ (OFTEN/BE) sick, she ______________ (NEVER/THINK) about giving up her travels. The first time I _______________ (GO) abroad _____________ (CHANGE) my life, she says, and and I ______________ (WANT) to travel ever since.

B.4. Follow the instructions to make sentences in the Simple Present.

1. Does he go to school every day? (positive) He goes to school every day. 2. She comes from Germany. (question) _____________________________________________

3. She goes to work by car. (question) _______________________________________________

4. We watch television every night. (negative) ________________________________________

5. He doesn't walk to work every day. (positive) _______________________________________

6. She plays football every Saturday. (question) _______________________________________

7. He washes his car every week. (question) __________________________________________

8. They live in Australia. (question) ________________________________________________

9. They go to school by bus. (question) ______________________________________________

10. Does she finish work at five o'clock? (positive) ______________________________________

11. He goes to the cinema on Fridays. (question) ________________________________________

12. I come from Africa. (negative) ___________________________________________________

13. Does he live in this street? (positive) ______________________________________________

14. He works in a restaurant. (question) _______________________________________________

15. She gets up at five o'clock. (question) ______________________________________________

16. They eat a lot. (negative) ________________________________________________________

17. Does he work here? (positive) ____________________________________________________

B.5. Follow the instructions to make sentences in the Present Continuous.1. She's watching television now. (question) Is she watching television now?__2. He isn't staying at this hotel. (positive) _____________________________________________

3. Shes reading. (negative) ________________________________________________________

4. They're working. (question) ______________________________________________________

5. He's writing a letter. (question) ___________________________________________________

6. He's eating. (negative) __________________________________________________________

7. Im not working. (positive) ______________________________________________________

8. She's studying at the moment. (question) ___________________________________________

9. Im sleeping. (negative) _________________________________________________________

10. You're reading my newspaper. (question) ___________________________________________

11. She's writing a letter. (question) ___________________________________________________

12. He's talking to Mary. (question) ___________________________________________________

13. They're not playing football. (positive) _____________________________________________

14. He's listening to the radio. (question) _______________________________________________

15. You're playing with my football. (question) __________________________________________

16. She's writing to her mother. (question) _____________________________________________

17. We're listening to the stereo. (negative) _____________________________________________

18. They aren't watching television. (positive) __________________________________________

19. Hes reading. (negative) _________________________________________________________

20. They're eating. (question) ________________________________________________________

B.6. Put the correct tense (Present Simple or Continuous) of the verbs in brackets.1. Peter (talk) to Susan now.

2. (They work) in the restaurant?

3. She (listen) to the radio in her bedroom at the moment.

4. They (not come) to school every day.

5. (You work) now?

6. The children (go) to bed at eight o'clock.

7. I (leave) the office every day at five.

8. I'm sorry I can't talk to you now: I (go) out.

9. (Peter and Jane work) in London at the moment?

10. (Mary and Susan drive) to the office every day?

11. We (go) to the beach now.

12. (John listen) to the radio at the moment?

13. (Your parents sit) in the garden now?

14. The film (start) every night at eight o'clock.

15. They (not go) to the cinema very often.

16. (You go) into the office every month?

17. I (not study) at the moment.

B.7. Put the correct tense (Present Simple or Continuous) of the verbs in brackets.1. I (live) in Washington, though I (stay) in London at the moment.

2. The car isnt here today because Sheila (use) it. She generally (use) the bus, but the drivers are on strike.

3. We usually (stay) at home on Fridays, but we came out tonight because the children (have) a party.

4. I (come) from Scotland, though I (live) in London just now.

5. I (stay) with my parents at the moment, though I (have) my own flat.

6. They usually (work) at the weekends, though they (not work) at the moment.

7. He (teach) in a language school, though he (work) in a factory at the moment because the schools on holiday.

8. The business usually (make) money, though it (do) rather badly just now.

9. I usually (work) at night, though I (have) a holiday at the moment.

10. I (not speak) French though I (study) at the moment.

B.8. Write these sentences, putting the verbs given into the past simple.1. I ___________ some new clothes last week. (buy)

2. What time __________ last night? (they come)

3. I ____________ his question. (not understand)

4. I _______________ he was wrong. (think)

5. ________________a lot at the party? (you eat)

6. I ______________ the bus this morning. (not catch)

7. I ______________ my keys yesterday. (forget)

8. ______________ you about the meeting? (they tell)

9. Peter _______________ the washingup last night. (do)

10. They _______________ anything at the disco.(not drink)

11. I ___________________ your suitcase in your bedroom. (put)

12. We _______________ it was your birthday. (not know)

13. __________________to the office yesterday? (you go)

14. They ____________ her a present when she left. (give)

15. We __________________ their letters. (read)

16. He _________________ a bad mistake. (make)

17. They ______________ me about your problem. (tell)

18. _____________the money from the office? (you take)

19. I _______________ anything strange. (not see)

20. She _______________ to me. (not speak)

21. We ____________ what he wanted. (understand)

22. They ____________ some food and drink. (buy)

23. She _________________ his telephone number. (know.)

B.9. Rewrite the following sentences into reported speech. Use the verbs and pronouns in brackets.

1. I havent had time to do it. (explain)

2. You didnt buy me anything for my birthday. (complain/I)

3. Yes, we promised to deliver the goods last week. (admit)

4. Yes, you have the right idea. (agree/I)

5. Please, please, listen to me. (beg/me)

6. Do not leave the building without my permission. (order/me)

7. Go to the Town Hall for information about it. (advise/her)

8. Dont go near the edge of the cliff. (warn/him)

9. Will I ever see her again? (wonder)

10. Your passport is ready and waiting for collection. (inform/me)

B.10. Rewrite the following sentences into reported speech.

1. Please, help me!, she said.

2. Put it on the table, he said.

3. Dont worry about it!, he said.

4. Dont let him get away with it, he said.

5. Be careful!, she said.

B.11. Rewrite the following sentences into reported speech.1. Im sorry Im late, she said.

2. He doesnt get home from work until seven oclock, she told me.

3. I think its going to rain, she said.

4. Are you English?, she asked me.

5. Have you ever met him?, I asked.

6. When the boss comes back, I will tell him that you rang, she said.

7. Would you like to have dinner with us?, we asked them.

8. Why didnt you tell me about it?, she asked me.

9. Ive been working in the same job for twenty years, he told me.

10. Which one do you want?, he asked her.

B.12. Rewrite the following sentences into reported speech. Use these verbs: refuse, deny, accuse, offer, apologise, suggest, exclaim, promise.

1. I wont help you, he said.

2. I didnt steal the money, he said.

3. You stole the money, I said.

4. Ill go with you as far as the station, he said.

5. Im sorry I arrived late, she said.

6. Lets go out and celebrate, he said.

7. How lovely to see you, he said.

8. Ill pay you at the end of the month, he said.

B.13. Imagine what you might have seen or could have done if youd been in the following places at the right time.

Example: If Id been in Belgium in 1815, I might have seen Napoleon defeated at Waterloo.1966 Last live Beatles concert in San Francisco

1969 Apollo XI took off from Cape Kennedy for the moon.

1976 Fist commercial Concorde flights (Paris-Rio and London-Bahrain)

1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

1978-9 Reovolution in Iran.

1980 Bjorn Borgs 5th Wimbledon title.

1981 Prince Charless marriage to Lady Diana Spencer

1982 World Cup Finals in Madrid.

1983 Pope John Pauls visit to Poland.

1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

B.14. Complete each sentence with your own ideas.

Luckily my brakes worked all right, but if ................

Luckily I soon got better, but if ......

Luckily I only got a black eye, but if .............

Luckily I got the job easily enough, but if ................

Luckily the rain stopped after breakfast, but if ...............

Luckily I got to the cinema early enough, but if ................

Luckily our pilot managed to land the plane on one engine, but if ..................

B.15. Say the same in other words.

Example: We stayed up all night and thats why were all so tired this morning ( We wouldnt have been so tired this morning if we hadnt stayed up all night.1. She wasnt able to answer the questions and so she failed the exam. ( If she ................

2. I didnt see you there, otherwise Id have said hallo.( If I ...................

3. The reason why I havent been to America is that I cant afford it. ( ......................

4. He hasnt studied English before and thats why hes in a beginners class. ( ...................

5. They didnt go to the seaside because the weather was so bad. ( ............................

6. One of the reasons why I didnt phone you was that I was very busy. ( I might ....................

7. They won the match because two of our players were injured. ( ............................

B.16. Write three paragraphs, beginning as follows: If the weathers nice this weekend... If I had lots of money...... If Id worked harder at school...C. TEXTS C.1. A Narrow Escape

When my grandfather was a young man, just before

grandfather could see him clearly. He knew that there

the First World War, he lived in a large house near

were open fields on the other side of the hill, so he

the top of a hill on the outskirts of a town near25made desperate signals to him, pointing over his

London. The house had a sloping roof, and there was

head.

5an extra room, the attic, with a floor and a window,

The plane came so close to the house that my

built into it. It was the coolest part of the house at

grandfather threw himself to the floor, expecting to

night, and in summer my grandfather sometimes slept

hear it crash into the roof above him, but at the last

there.30minute the pilot made a great effort to gain height. As

One hot summer evening, before he went to bed, he

he looked up through the window, my grandfather saw

10read an article in the newspaper about an air race

the shadow of the plane blot out the light for a

across the English Channel. But while he was reading

moment before it passed safely overhead.

about the pilots getting ready to cross from France to

He got up, dressed, and ran to the top of the hill.

England that day, he had no idea that he would be35The plane was standing in a field below him, so he

involved in the race himself.

went down to speak to the pilot. As he reached it, the

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He woke early the next morning. The sunlight was

pilot climbed out. He smiled and shook my

streaming through the window but the first thing he

grandfather's hand. 'Where am I?' he said. 'I lost my

noticed was a strange noise coming closer and closer.

way during the night.'

He got up, looked out of the window, and got the shock40

My grandfather told him. 'I thought you were going

of his life. A plane was slowly approaching across the

to crash, he said.

20valley and as it got nearer, he realised it was heading

'Yes,' said the pilot. 'I recognise your face. I saw you

straight for the house.

waving at the window. It was a very narrow escape

The pilot was alone in the plane and soon my

for both of us!'

C.1.1. Answer these questions on the text.

1. Why was the writer's grandfather sleeping in the attic that night?

2. Why did he have a shock when he looked out of the window next morning?

3. Why did he make signals to the pilot?

4. Why did he throw himself to the floor?

5. How did the pilot recognise him?

C.1.2. Look at these words in context, and decide which is the more probable meaning in the context of the story, a) or b).

1 outskirts (l. 3): a) centre b) edge. Which detail later in the passage supports your answer?

2 attic (l. 5): a) a room at the top of a house b) the top flat in a block of flats. How do you know?

3 shock (l. 18): a) mental blow b) physical blow.

4 heading (l. 20): moving a) in the direction of b) upwards. Which word in the same sentence makes this clear?

5 desperate (l. 25): a) hopeless b) in an effort to solve a problem.

6 crash into (l. 29): a) affect mentally b) hit.

7 blot out (l. 32): a) make less clear b) remove completely.

8 waving (l. 43): a) making signals b) shouting.

C.2.

public health officers believe that only

Checks call after national alert will produce a true indication

disease outbreakof the scale of the outbreak. The council will

2ohave to check dozens of watercooling

Shop workers in the West End of London

systems to identify the source of the infec-

will ask managers to close air conditioning tion.

systems and check medical records after five

The council has established an inquiry

people were taken ill in an outbreak of

team. Its investigators are looking at public

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legionnaire's disease.25buildings in central London, as well as

The health officials investigating the out

private offices and stores. The outbreak will

break believe that many more people may

be considered at a special meeting of the all

be infected. They appealed yesterday for

party Commons Employment Committee

doctors in all parts of the country to send

tomorrow. The meeting was originally cal-

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details of suspected victims of the bacteria.30led to consider a court case last week in

It is believed that the five people known

which the BBC was fined 3,600 with 3,196

to be infected, four of whom are still in

costs after an outbreak of Legionnaire's

hospital, caught the disease while visiting

Disease at Broadcasting House last April.

the area between Oxford Street and the

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River Thames. Because so many people

travel through this part of central London,

Legionnaire's disease (l. 5) common name for legionel1a pneumonia, caused by bacteria in drops of water from infected airconditioning cooling towers.

Allparty Commons Employment committee (1. 28) committee of Parliament dealing with employment and formed by members of all political parties.

C.2.1. Answer the following questions on the article.

1Why do shop workers in the West End want managers to close airconditioning systems?

2What did health officials ask doctors to do yesterday?

3Why do they think many people may be infected?

4What are the health officials going to do to discover the source of the infection?5Why was the BBC fined last week?

C.2.2. Find words in the passage to complete the sentences below.

We say that a disease affecting a lot of people 'breaks out' (starts). The beginning is an ................1.

A person who has caught a disease is a ........... 2, because he/she is ............... 3. If the person may have the disease, he/she is a 4 ................... 5.

Medical officers are concerned about the ...............6 of the outbreak. They want to know how many people have caught the disease and think that a warning all over the country, a ............ 7 .................... 8, may be required.

A .................. 9 .............. 10 is a legal action. The losers may have to pay a .................. 11, and also pay the ...................... 12 of the winners' legal expenses.

C.3. Training a guard dog

The trainer waits until the dog is hungry and then hides. Then his assistant appears and calls the dog affectionately by its name. When he gets near the dog, he offers it a piece of meat. If the dog jumps for the meat without thinking, the assistant smacks it with a rolledup newspaper.

The trainer lies face down on the ground with the dog stretched out next to him. He keeps his hand firmly on the dog's back to prevent it from standing up.

Every day the trainer goes round the garden with the dog, repeating the word 'guard'. When the dog is used to this, he uses the orders 'go' and 'guard'. The final stage is to give the same orders from a distance, without moving.

For a few nights, the trainer goes round the garden with the dog, stopping at certain places and saying 'guard here' at each place.

The trainer's assistant pretends to be a thief, and the trainer 'finds' him. He tells the thief to stand still, and orders the dog to bark. When it barks three times, he gently closes its mouth, giving the order 'shh, shh'.

The trainer puts a cat in a cage. When the dog tries to run towards it, the trainer says 'Stay', pulls the lead, and squirts ammonia above the dog's head.

The trainer takes the dog to a place where people eat standing up. He tells the dog to sit and orders something to eat. He eats slowly but watches the dog. If it picks up food from the ground, he pulls on the lead

and smacks the dog gently, taking anything it has picked up out of its mouth.

The assistant brings another dog with pepper in its hair. If the guard dog tries to attack it, the pepper will make it sneeze and stop the attack. Then the assistant quickly takes the other dog away.

C.3.1. Match each training exercise with one of the following explanations.1 He wants the dog to learn how to bark as a signal.

2 He does this so that the dog will know where a thief is likely to come in.

3 He does this so that the dog will not attack other dogs without thinking.

4 He wants to teach the dog to crawl towards an attacker so that it will be more difficult for the attacker to hit it.

5 He wants to teach the dog not to accept food from strangers.

6 He wants to teach it not to attack cats.

7 He does this so that the dog will learn not to pick up food from the ground.

8 He does this so that the dog will learn to patrol the area alone.

C.3.2. Answer the following questions on the text.

1 A Why do you think the trainer waits until the dog is hungry?

Why do you think the assistant uses a rolledup newspaper, not a stick?

2 B Why do you think the trainer lies down himself?

3 F Why do you think he puts the cat in a cage?

Why do you think he squirts ammonia above the dog's head?

C.4. First Day at School

It was my first day it school in London and I was half-excited and halffrightened. On my way to school I wondered what sort of questions the other boys would ask me and rehearsed all the answers: 'I am nine years old. I was born here but I havent lived here since I was two. I was living in Farley. It's about thirty miles away. I came back to London two months ago." I also wondered if it was the custom for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age. I hoped they would decide not to risk it.

No one took any notice of me before school. I stood in the centre of the playground, expecting someone to say 'hello', but no one spoke to me. When a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was, one or two boys looked at me but that was all the curiosity my arrival aroused.

My teacher was called Mr Jones. There were 42 boys in the class, so I didn't stand out there, either, until the first lesson of the afternoon. Mr Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens and he had decided to read aloud to us from David Copperfield, but first he asked us if we knew Dickens' birthplace.

I had read an article about Dickens in a magazine the previous week, so I knew the answer. Mr Jones asked several boys the same question, but no one guessed right. A boy called Brian, the biggest in the class, said: 'Timbuku', and Mr Jones went red in the face. Then he asked me. I said: 'Portsmouth', and everyone stared at me because Mr Jones said I was right. This didn't make me very popular, of course.

'He thinks he's clever,' I heard Brian say.

After that, we went out to the playground to play football. I was in Brian's team, and he obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal. No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper.

'He's big enough and useless enough,' Brian said when someone asked him why he had chosen me.

I suppose Mr Jones remembered Dickens, too, because when the game was nearly over, Brian pushed one of the other team and he gave them a penalty. In the country, we had played football in a field, but here the pitch was asphalt. As the boy kicked the ball hard along the ground to my right, I threw myself down instinctively and saved it. All my team crowded round me. My bare knees were grazed and bleeding. Brian took out a dirty handkerchief and offered it to me.

'Do you want to join my gang?' be said.

At the end of the day, I was no longer a stranger.

C.4.1. Answer these questions on the text.

1What were the five questions that the writer expected the other boys to ask him?

2Why was he 'half frightened' on his way to school?

3How do we know that he did not 'stand out' in the playground?

4Why didn't he 'stand out' in the classroom, either, at first?

5What was the question Mr Jones asked the boys?

6What question did someone ask Brian when he told the writer to go in goal: 'Why ... ?'

7Why do you think Brian offered the writer his handkerchief?

8Why was the writer no longer a stranger at the end of the day?C.4.2. Look at these words in context and decide which is the more probable meaning here.1 rehearsed (l. 2): a) guessed b) practised beforehand

2 strangers (l. 5): a) foreigners b) people you don't know

3aloud (l. 10): a) for the whole class to hear b) in a loud voice

4stared (l.15): a) looked with admiration b) looked with surprise

5instinctively (l. 23): a) without knowing why b) without thinking

6 grazed (l. 43): a) cut b) covered with grass

C.5. The Unlucky Lover.

Antonio Marchesi, 24, from Catania in Sicily, is probably the world's unluckiest lover as well as one of the most persistent. Antonio's troubles began last September when Giulietta Guarneri, 19, moved into the house opposite with her family, and Antonio fell in love with her at first sight.

At first Antonio tried traditional methods. When he spoke to Giulietta in the street and she ignored him, he sent her flowers. He called at her house but her parents did not let him in. After that, he wrote several letters and poems and dropped them in her letterbox, but Giulietta tore them up without opening them.

Since she was resistant to poetry, Antonio decided to test the power of music. He bought

a guitar and practised for two or three weeks before serenading her outside her bedroom window one night last December. Giulietta's mother threw a bucket of water over him, and her father threatened to call the police.

Antonio did not give up easily. He was sure that Giulietta would change her mind eventually, so he bought a ring and waited outside her house one morning last week until she came out to go to work. Then he went down on his knees in front of her and said he would not get up until she agreed to marry him. Giulietta went off to work, saying: 'Don't be silly!

Then Antonio finally lost hope, and decided to kill himself. His first idea was to throw himself in front of a train, but he fell between the rails and the train passed safely over him. Doctors at the nearest hospital gave him first aid for cuts but as soon as he came out, he tried again. This time he jumped in front of a bus, but the driver braked quickly, and he only suffered some more cuts and bruises.

When he went back to the same hospital half an hour later the doctors asked a priest to talk to him, and before he left, he promised the priest that he would not attempt to commit suicide again.

Unfortunately, on his way out, he slipped on the steps and bloke his leg. He is now back in the hospital, recovering from his injuries.

Giulietta, interviewed by local journalists yesterday, said: 'I hope he will get better soon, but Im not going to marry him He's too unpredictable.'

C.5.1. Answer these questions.

1 Why is Antonio one of the worlds most persistent lovers?

2 And why is he 'the unluckiest?3 Which were the three traditional methods Antonio tried in his attempt to attract Giulietta?

4 What was the result in each case?

5 What did he do in his final attempt to attract her, and how did she react?6 Why did Antonio's attempts to commit suicide fail?

C.5.2. Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as the following:

1. most unfortunate9. despaired

2. as soon as he saw her10. commit suicide

3. in the beginning11. jump

4. took no notice of12. simple medical treatment

5. allow him to come in13. returned

6. singing romantically to14. try

7. abandon his attempt15. recover

8. sooner or later

D. IRREGULAR VERBS

TO BEWAS/WEREBEENSER, ESTAR

TO BECOMEBECAMEBECOME CONVERTIRSE EN

TO BEGINBEGANBEGUNCOMENZAR

TO BREAKBROKEBROKENROMPER

TO BRING BROUGHTBROUGHTTRAER

TO BUILDBUILTBUILTCONSTRUIR

TO BUYBOUGHTBOUGHTCOMPRAR

TO CATCHCAUGHTCAUGHTCOGER

TO COMECAMECOMEVENIR

TO COSTCOSTCOSTCOSTAR

TO DO DIDDONEHACER

TO DRAW DREWDRAWNDIBUJAR

TO DREAM DREAMTDREAMTSOAR

TO DRINKDRANKDRUNKBEBER

TO DRIVEDROVEDRIVENCONDUCIR

TO EATATEEATENCOMER

EXERCISESA. Fill in the blanks with a suitable verb form (irregular PAST):

1. He studied Law for five years and he..............a good lawyer.

2. They...........a house in this street last year.

3. Mary was carrying the cups when she tripped and the cups........

4. I...........to study English in 1987.

5. I...........born on February 6th, 1961.

6. Peter.........all the plates and glasses and Mary lay the table.

7. My father...........a new car last month.

8. She...........too much in the party and afterwards she couldn't drive.

9. Peter.........all the sandwiches Susan had made.

10.He got up at 9 and...........the 9.30 train.

11.When I was a child I.........a lot of nice pictures.

12.Since Mary cannot drive, I.........all the way from London to Glasgow.

13.My grandfather.........home yesterday to stay with us three months.

14.This sofa........300 three months ago.

15.Susan is in love with James. She.........that they are going to marry.

16.Peter.........his homework yesterday.

B. Turn these sentences into the Past:

1. They become doctors after six years hard work.

2. It costs ten pounds (last month).

3. They don't build nice houses in this area.

4. I catch the bus at 9.00 every day (yesterday).

5. He draws nice pictures (when he was a child).

6. Susan drives very fast.

7. James is a good student.

8. Mary and Paul aren't married.

9. He doesn't begin his job until next August (following August).

10. They don't bring me anything from their journeys.

11. They don't come by plane.

12. The teachers' strike doesn't do any good to the students.

13. She dreams a lot at night.

14. Susan doesn't catch the train to go home.

15. They don't drink at home.

16. They begin their daily work at 9.00.

17. Robert usually breaks some plates because he isn't very good at washing up.

18. Iran buys a lot of armament from the United States.

19. They will not become lawyers in four years.

20. My father buys us many presents (when we were children).

21. Peter brings the newspaper (yesterday).

22. That builder builds nice houses at very low prices.

23. Richard doen't break the law.

24. Peter doesn't drive a Mercedes.

25. He comes home by bus.

26. Ethiopian children only dream of food.

27. Those cars don't cost too much.

28. Paul does his homework regularly.

29. She drinks two glasses of wine a day.

30. Little children don't draw very well.

C. Turn these sentences into positive, negative or interrogative, according to the instructions:

Ex.: Peter came here yesterday (negat.)

Peter didn't come here yesterday.

1. It didn't cost me too much. (posit.)

2. He drove his car very fast (negat.)

3. The dog didn't catch the ball (posit.)

4. My sister became a famous artist (negt.)

5. Pat broke her leg (interr.)

6. Did Pamela dream about having a lot of money? (posit.)

7. Did he drink much last night? (posit.)

8. Roger drew a nice map of the Roman Empire (negat.)

9. Peter brought his father the newspaper (negat.)

10. Did Hugh eat a whole chicken? (negat.)

11. He didn't do me any favour (posit.)

12. Was Sue a nurse? (negat.)

13. Ruth wasn't a pretty girl (interrog.)

14. He came home very late (negat.)

15. It cost her 50 (interr.)

16. He didn't drive a Mercedes (posit.)

17. Did they come to the party? (posit.)

18. She dreamt about a handsome prince (negat.)

19. She doesn't eat the sandwich (posit.)

20. He caught a cold last winter (interr.)

21. Peter drank a bottle of whisky last night (interr.)

22. Did Susan bring her sister a letter? (posit.)

23. My father bought me a present (negat.)

24. Did the weather become warmer? (posit.)

25. Did James draw a picture of his mother? (negat.)

26. He built a two-store house (interr.)

27. My father broke that window (negat.)

28. Did she do her homework? (negat.)

29. Did your father buy a new car? (negat.)

30. Did the children build a sandcastle? (negat.)

TO FALLFELLFALLENCAER

TO FEELFELTFELTSENTIR

TO FINDFOUNDFOUNDENCONTRAR

TO FLYFLEWFLOWNVOLAR

TO FORGETFORGOTFORGOTTENOLVIDAR

TO GETGOTGOTCONSEGUIR

TO GET UPGOT UPGOT UPLEVANTARSE

TO GIVE GAVEGIVENDAR

TO GOWENTGONEIR

TO HAVEHADHADTENER

TO HEARHEARDHEARDOIR

TO HURTHURTHURTHERIR

TO KNOWKNEWKNOWNCONOCER, SABER

TO LEARNLEARNTLEARNTAPRENDER

TO LEAVELEFTLEFTDEJAR

TO LENDLENTLENTPRESTAR

EXERCISESD. Fill in the blanks with a suitable verb form:

1. What time did she...............this morning?

2. He..........very ill after eating those pancakes.

3. He...............Paris after living there for five years.

4. He...............his home keys, so he had to sleep at his brother's.

5. How much money did you.............yesterday?

6. Did you..............the news yesterday? Reagan is dead.

7. He..........from the tree and broke his leg.

8. Susan..........(NOT) how to cook a "paella".

9. He...........the money inside Peter's pocket.

10. She..............to speak English in six months.

11. The plane...........from Los Angeles to New York yesterday morning.

12. Could you............me your ball-pen, please? I have to write a letter.

13. My father............me a 5 note.

14. Yesterday I cut my finger. It really...........

15. Last week we........to the cinema by bus.

16. My cousins............five dogs.

E. Turn these sentences into the Past:

1. What time do you get home?

2. Those people give me a hand

3. He feels very happy when he comes back home

4. Peter goes home every Saturday

5. They fall whenever they go to ride on horseback

6. He has breakfast at 7.30

7. He finds his keys (yesterday)

8. These planes fly at 250 miles per hour

9. Do you know the rules?.

10. Susan will not forget the books.

11. Do you learn English in a public school?

12. Peter gets his money from Lloyd's Bank.

13. They don't hear anything.

14. Peter leaves home at 8.00.

15. They fly from Madrid to London (yesterday)

16. Lloyd's Bank lends money at a very low interest rate.

17. They will go to America.

18. He always hurts his knee playing football.

19. Peter lends me his hiking boots whenever we go climbing..

20. Peter will fall from that wall.

21. Mary doesn't have a bath after work.

22. Roger knows many important people.

23. Does your stomach feel itchy?.

24. Mary will not give you the money.

25. In that school they learn to write in several months.

26. They find strange species of fish in that lake.

27. The plane will leave at 7.40.

28. Robert forgets people's names very easily.

29. He hears Peter calling from that ship.

30. Philip hurts the other children.

F. Turn these sentences into positive, negative or interrogative according to the instructions given:

1. He got ill after work (interr.)

2. Did she have a good journey? (posit.)

3. Did Peter hurt his arm? (posit)

4. Peter fell from a three-metre wall (interr.)

5. His father didn't give him any money (posit.)

6. They heard the girl calling for help (interr.)

7. Did he fly from London to Moscow? (negat.)

8. He knew the answer (interr.)

9. He forgot his keys (interr.)

10. Did Rob leave a message? (posit.)

11. They went to Acapulco (negat.)

12. Lucy lent Ann her dress (negat.)

13. Lucy gave him an answer (negat.)

14. Peter felt tired after the football match (negat.)

15. Did Roger get your message? (posit.)

16. They didn't know who it was (posit.)

17. They found the camera in the end (interr.)

18. Did Susan learn to play the piano when she was ten? (posit.)

19. The eagles didn't fly very high (posit.)

20. They had lunch in a restaurant (interr.)

21. My father didn't leave me any money (posit.)

TO LETLETLET DEJAR PERMITIR

TO LIELAYLAINYACER,

ESTAR ECHADO

TO LOSELOSTLOSTPERDER

TO MAKEMADEMADEHACER

TO MEAN MEANTMEANTSIGNIFICAR,

QUERER DECIR

TO MEETMETMETREUNIRSE CON

CONOCER

TO PAYPAIDPAIDPAGAR

TO PUTPUTPUTPONER

TO READREADREADLEER

TO RIDERODERIDDENMONTAR A

CABALLO,EN BICI

TO RINGRANGRUNGSONAR UN TIMBRE,

LLAMAR POR

TELFONO

TO RISEROSERISENELEVARSE

TO RUNRANRUNCORRER

TO SAYSAIDSAIDDECIR

TO SEESAWSEENVER

EXERCISESG. Fill in the blanks with a suitable verb form:

1.Peter.............his glasses yesterday and he cannot read now.

2. Did you..........him the money you owed him?

3. Robert was having a shower when the telephone .............

4. My father can............a book with four hundred pages in two hours.

5. Do you know Susan? Yes, I ........her once in a pub.

6. ............me know as soon as you arrive in London.

7. Do you know where Frank is working now? Yes, I........ him in a McDonald's the other day.

8. When I was twenty, I could.........a mile in less than four minutes.

9. He..........on a horse once when he was younger.

10. Susan...........that she could eat twenty eggs in one go, but I didn't believe her.

11. This car was.........in Japan.

12. He............on the beach for three hours and he got burnt.

13. I.............the words in the correct order, but the teacher told me that the exercise was wrong.

14. He thought that I wanted to go to the Cathedral, but I didn't .............that.

15. The sun always............in the East.

H. Turn these sentences into the Past:

1. I always lose something. (Yesterday)

2. Those signs don't mean anything.

3. I always pay my debts. (Yesterday)

4. I'm reading a book by Tolstoi. (Three months ago)

5. The bell rings at three o'clock.

6. I run six miles every day. (Yesterday)

7. He sees his parents every weekend. (Last weekend)

8. My father lets us drive his car. (The other day)

9. My dog lies on the grass when it's hot. (Yesterday morning)

10. They make these ice-creams at home.

11. He meets his friends every day. (Yesterday)

12. He puts his name on the first page of his books when the school year starts.

13. He rides home on his brother's bicycle.

14. The prices of petrol rise every year. (Last year)

15. He says "Hello" whenever he sees a pretty girl.

16. The telephone rings whenever he is having a shower.

17. He makes wonderful cakes at Christmas.

18. He puts on his hat before going out.

19. He reads the newspaper every evening. (Last evening)

20. He runs a hundred metres in less than ten seconds.

21. My parents don't let me go camping.

22. He doesn't pay his debts.

23. Carol meets her boyfriend in a caf.

24. He rides on a motorbike just for fun.

25. He lies in the sun for hours every summer. (Last summer)

26. They don't rise the price of tea too often.

27. She says that Hugh can speak Arabic.

28. She doesn't lose anything when she travels.

29. He means to finish it, but he never does.

30. They see him every day. (Yesterday)

I. Make suitable YES-NO questions for these answers:

1. No, my parents didn't let me play rugby. Did your parents let you play rugby?2. Yes, his father lost his job.

3. No, she didn't mean to do it.

4. No, Peter didn't pay for the meal.

5. Yes, I read Don Quixote last year.

6. Yes, Peter rang Susan in the end.

7. No, she didn't run in the London Marathon.

8. Yes, they saw a group of Martians.

9. No, they didn't say anything.

10. Yes, the price of petrol rose yesterday.

11. No, Susan didn't ride on a Montessa.

12. Yes, she put on her coat.

13. Yes, Peter and James met at the pub.

14. No, the girls didn't make any noise.

15. Yes, my father lay in bed for several months.

J. Make suitable questions. Start each sentence with a WH- question word:

1. He saw the moon rise at 11.30.

2. They let him eat just two apples a day.

3. He said. "I like your dress".

4. She lay under a tree.

5. Thomas ran for three hours.

6. Alison lost a lot of money.

7. The prices rose because there was a lot of inflation.

8. They made tea in the kitchen.

9. Sue rang the bell.

10. The signal meant: "Don't touch. Danger of electric shock".

11. He read Hamlet last summer.

12. She met her boyfriend in a restaurant.

13. John and Carol put some plates on the table.

14. I paid all my debts to John.

15. She rode on Peter's scooter yesterday.

K. Turn these sentences into positive, negative or interrogative, according to the instructions:

1. Peter met Susan in the park (interr.).

2. His head rose above all the others (negat.).

3. He didn't say "Hello" (posit.) .

4. They let me go (negat.).

5. He meant what he said (negat.).

6. He ran at 60 km per hour (interr.).

7. He paid all the money (negat.).

8. The bell didn't ring at 8.00 (posit.).

9. She made a mistake (interr.).

10. Pat lay in bed for three weeks (negat.).

TO SELLSOLDSOLDVENDER

TO SENDSENTSENTENVIAR

TO SHAKESHOOKSHAKENAGITAR

TO SHOWSHOWEDSHOWNMOSTRAR

TO SHUTSHUTSHUTCERRAR

TO SINGSANGSUNGCANTAR

TO SITSATSATSENTARSE

TO SLEEPSLEPTSLEPTDORMIR

TO SPEAKSPOKESPOKENHABLAR

TO SPELLSPELTSPELTDELETREAR

TO SPENDSPENTSPENTGASTAR,

PASAR

(ELTIEMPO)

TO STAND

STOODSTOODESTAR DE PIE

TO SWIMSWAMSWUMNADAR

TO TAKETOOKTAKENTOMAR

TO TEACHTAUGHTTAUGHTENSEAR

L. Fill in the blanks with a suitable verb form:

1. John ......... a 50 metre swimming-pool in 30 seconds yesterday.

2. Reagan ........ hands with Gorbachov in the Moscow Peak in 1988.

3. Peter can play the guitar quite well, but he cant ...... a note in tune.

4. How do you ........ your name?/ P-E-R-E-Z.

5. The shop assistant ......... at the counter for twelve hours during the January sales.

6. My grandfather ........ me German.

7. The Queen ........ behind the King in the military parade.

8. Rask, a famous 19th century linguist, ........ many languages.

9. I went to bed at ten and I ........ nearly for ten hours.

10. The shop assistant ....... me a nice jumper and I bought it.

11. Yesterday he ........ the bus to go to the cinema.

12. Mary opened the front door, but Ann ........ it.

13. Robert is a real spendrift. He ....... one thousand pounds in one night.

14. He ........ the letter to his parents last week.

15. He ........ his car very cheap because he had to pay some debts.

M. Turn these sentences into the past:

1. People shut their eyes before going to sleep.

2. The soldiers stand there for four hours.

3. Klaus spells his name with a strong accent.

4. They don't send any letters to their cousins.

5. Richard doesn't sit on the floor.

6. Peter goes to the beach, but he doesn't swim.

7. He sells men's clothes in a big department store. (twenty years ago)

8. The Prime Minister speaks twice in the House of Parliament. (last year)

9. John shakes some eggs before making an omelette.

10. He sings beautiful Christmas Carols at Christmas. (last Christmas)

11. My grandfather sleeps six hours at night. (when he was 67)

12. They send clothes and medicines to the Red Cross.

13. The caretaker shuts the gate at 11.00 every night. (last night)

14. The Queen sits beside the King in ceremonies.

15. Robert spends his money very quickly.

16. John and Susan show their baby to everybody. (yesterday)

17. The policeman stands in the road junction for several hours. (yesterday)

18. They sell their belongings when they have to pay their debts.

19. Hugh teaches at the University. (for five years)

20. Sue sleeps quite well on a woolen mattress. (yesterday)

21. Lindsay speaks a lot. (when she was a child)

22. He shakes orange and vodka to get a very good drink.

23. My father doesn't take my studies seriously. (when I was at school)

24. They will sing in the European Song Contest.

25. He teaches English to foreign students.

26. They don't spell their surnames correctly.

27. The City Council doesn't spend any money on mending roads.

28. Peter takes a taxi to work every day. (yesterday)

29. Several hundred people swim across the Channel every year. (last year)

N. Complete the following sentences with a negative or positive verb:

1. Sue didn't spell his name properly, but James ......... quite well.

2. Mark spent all his money, but Frank ......... any money.

3. He stood there for three hours, but his boss .......... even for three minutes.

4. Although the children didn't sing the song, the teacher ..... for them.

5. My partner sold a car, but I ........ any cars.

6. The cats didn't sleep at home, but the dogs ....... at home.

7. Reagan spoke about human rights, but Gorbachov ...... about disarmament.

8. Ruth swam quite well, but Heather ....... at all.

9. Although she sent him a postcard, he ....... her any.

10. She sat by the window and the other woman ....... by her.

11. John shook hands with the Prime Minister, but Lucy ....... with him.

12. He didn't teach at a Secondary school, but his wife ....... at the University.

13. James shut the door, but Martin ....... the window.

O. Make suitable YES-NO questions for these answers:

1. Yes, he slept inside a tent.

2. No, he didn't sit there.

3. Yes, I sold that car.

4. Yes, he spelt her name correctly.

5. No, Mary didn't speak Russian.

6. No, she didn't sell that parcel.

7. Yes, James sang in the European Song contest.

8. No, Lucy didn't show them her new dress.

9. Yes, he shook Reagan's hand.

10 Yes, he taught us well.

11. Yes, she shut the front door.

12. Yes, he took the morning train to London.

13. Yes, she swam three hundred metres.

14. No, she didn't spend all his money.

15. Yes, he stood before the gate for three hours.

P. Make suitable questions for these answers. Start each question with a WH-question word:

1 He spoke Arabic, German and Italian.

2 He sang for three hours.

3 He spent 500.

4 The soldier stood at the gate.

5 I sold a pair of brown shoes.

6. He spelt his name quite badly.

7. He sent me a parcel last year8. She sat there for five hours.

9. Susan shook the milk to make butter.

10. Robert slept in a guest-house.

11. She swam for three hours because she wanted to save her life.12. John showed me his car.

13. The door shut very quietly.

14. The bus took us to the country.

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