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Reading comprehension Meet Christina Aguilera Hello! My name’s Christina Marie Aguilera. I’m the singer of Genie in a Bottle and What a Girl Wants. I’m a lucky person because more than 8 million people own a copy of my debut album. What else can I tell you about me? Well, I was born on l8th December 1980. I’ve got two brothers, Michael and Casey, and a sister, Rachel. My favourite colour is purple and my favourite food is cheeseburgers and fries or hot dogs. I like practising sports and my favourite sport is basketball. I also like pets. I have a dog called Fozzie and a cat called Tiger. Both are black and white and they are three years old. My dog doesn’t like cats very much. You know I love music. My favourite female singer is Mariah Carey but I also like classical music. Would you like to know about my ambitions? I dream of one day becoming the most famous pop singer in the USA. Do you think I am being too ambitious? If you want to know more information about me, here’s my official website: http://www.click2music/com/christina A. Fill in the table according to the information given in the text: Name: Date of birth: Family: Favourite sport: Favourite colour: Favourite food: Pets: Favourite types of music: Favourite female singer: Ambition: B. Match these words taken from the text with their equivalent or explanation: 1.lucky (l.4) 2.own (l.5) 3.debut album (l.6) 4. fries (l. 13) 5.dream (l.27) a) have b) chips; fried potatoes c) hope d) first CD e) having good fortune C. Answer these questions. Give complete answers. 1. What is Christina’s full name? 2. What’s her occupation? 3. When was she born? 4. How many brothers and sisters has she got? 5. What’s her favourite colour? 6. How many pets has she got? Personal pronouns and possessive adjectives PERSONAL PRONOUNS POSSESSIVE SUBJECT ADJECTIVES I My You Your He His She Her It Its We Our You Your They Their e.g. I am a student. My name is Mary. A. Complete the gaps with the missing personal pronouns. 1. Peter is at school. __________ likes going to school on foot. 2. Jane is at home. __________ doesn’t like going to school very much. 3. Peter and Jane are good friends. __________ live in Oxford Street. 4. I am in year 7. __________ like learning English very much. 5. My sister and I like listening to the radio. __________ have got a new radio. 6. “Can’t __________ turn the radio off?”, my mother told me yesterday. 7. I live in a very comfortable flat. ___________ is in Oxford Street. B. Complete the gaps with the missing possessive adjectives . 1. Meg is at the newsagent’s. _________ motorbike is over there. 2. There are two students in the classroom. ________ parents are waiting for them at the gate. 3. There’s a lot to do and see in London. __________ parks are wonderful. 4. We are from London but __________ parents are from Chicago. 5. Peter’s got a younger brother. __________ name is John. 6. That’s __________ new computer. I bought it yesterday. 7. Jane and I are from Manchester but __________ parents are from Liverpool. 8. What is __________ new address? Grammar 2 Questions and answers 1. Where does your sister work? 2. What are you doing? 3. Do you get up at ten? 4. Are they writing a letter? 5. Does he work at night? 6. When does Joe go home? 7. Where is Jane going? 8. Are you watching TV? a. At half past four. b. No, I am having dinner. c. She works at home. d. She is going home. e. No, I get up at nine. f. I am going home. g. No, he works in the afternoon. h. No, they are sleeping. Grammar 1 Grammar 3 Present Simple A. Complete with the right form of the verbs in brackets. 1. Sometimes Brad Pitt ________ (eat) in a restaurant. 2. They ___________(play) tennis every day. 3. You __________ (have) lessons on Mondays. 4. He _________ (drink) milk at breakfast. 5. She always ________ (read) the newspaper before going to bed. 6. I normally ________ (take) a shower in the morning. 7. You ___________ (be) a famous dancer. 8. He ________ (arrive) at the studio at 8.30. B. Write correct sentences with the words given. (Pay attention to the interrogative and to the negative.) 1. he / What / time / up / get / ? 2. He / watch / not / after / TV / dinner. 3. have / he / Where / lunch / ? 4. Sunday / We / on / school / to / go / not. 5. for / you / usually / breakfast / have / What /? 6. school / by / always / I / bus / go / to. 7. classes / When / begin / their / ? C. Write these sentences in the negative form. 1. He is a famous film star. 2. Brad Pitt cooks on Sundays. 3. He gets up early. 4. I like his films very much. 5. He has breakfast at home. 6. His friends eat in restaurants. D. Follow the example. school / begin / 8.30 What time does school begin? It begins at half past eight. 1. bus / arrive / 8.00 2. train / leave / 10.15 3. shops / open / 9.30 4. museum / close / 5.00 Grammar 4 Present Continuous A. Write the sentences in the Present Continuous. Don’t forget to add any missing words. 1. She / wear / earrings 2. It / rain / today 3. I / have / good time 4. Train / come 5. They / wait for / train 6. I / study 7. We / walk / school 8. We / plan / our work B. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative. 1. I am thinking. 2. You are singing. 3. He is eating jelly. 4. She is studying hard. 5. It is raining now. 6. We are having tea. 7. They are driving to Toronto. Grammar 5 Present simple or Continuous 1 Look! Junko ________ into the water. a. jumps b. is jumping 2 I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day. a. have b. am having 3 I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come? a. go b. am going 4 Don't give Jan any cheese. She ________ it! a. hates b. is hating 5 You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library. a. studies b. is studying 6 Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college. a. go b. am going 7 I ________ you're crazy! a. think b. am thinking 8 Silvia is rich - she usually ________ a Mercedes. a. drives b. is driving 9 It ________ quite hard - perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight. a. snows b. is snowing 10 Marie-Claude isn't Canadian. I ________ she comes from France. a. believe b. am believing Grammar 6 the Past Simple A. Identify the Past Simple of each verb. 1. catch a. catched b. catch c. caught 2. get a. got b. get c. gought 3. fly a. flew b. flought c. flown 4. set a. set b. sat c. sought 5. drink a. drink b. drank c. drunk 6. have a. have b. hove c. had 7. bring a. brought b. bringed c. brang 8. cut a. cutted b. caught c. cut 9. find a. found b. fand c. find 10. teach a. teach b. teached c. taught B. Write the correct form of each verb. Emily Carr, British Columbia's most famous artist, 1._________ (be) born in 1871. Her parents 2. _________ (die) when she was still a teenager. She 3._________ (study) art in San Francisco and Paris, but when she 4._________ (come) back to Victoria, she 5._________ (keep) a house called "The House of All Sorts", where she 6._________ (be) the landlady. Many years later, she 7._________ (begin) painting again. To find subjects for her paintings, she 8._________ (take) trips into the forests of British Columbia, and she often 9._________ (meet) with the First Nations people and 10._________ (paint) them too. Emily Carr also 11._________ (write) several books andshe 12._________ (win) the Governor General's Award for one of them. C. Write the sentences in the negative and interrogative. 1. They sang a beautiful song. 2. She decided to go away. 3. We met her yesterday. 4. John told her the truth. 5. You slept well last night. 6. He played basketball last week. 7. Joan went to France. 8. They loved their holidays. Grammar 7 Comparatives and Superlatives 1 What is the comparative of "hot"? a. hoter b. hotter c. hotest d. hottest 2 What is the superlative of "deep"? a. deeper b. deepper c. deepest d. deeppest 3 What is the comparative of "lively"? a. livelyer b. more livelyer c. livelier d. more livelier 4 What is the comparative of "sad"? a. sader b. sadder c. sadier d. saddier 5 What is the superlative of "ugly"? a. uglier b. uggliest c. uglyest d. ugliest 6 What is the superlative of "small"? a. smallier b. smaller c. smalliest d. smallest 7 What is the superlative of "unpleasant"? a. unpleasant b. most unpleasant c. more unpleasant d. unpleasantest 8 What is the comparative of "destructive"? a. destructiver b. more destructive c. destructivier d. more destructiver 9 What is the superlative of "soft"? a. softest b. softiest c. softtest d. most soft Página 1 Página 2 Página 3 Página 4 Página 5 Página 6