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Written practice Side by Side 2                                3                                         Units   5-6-7-8   

 

I-  USE THE COMPARATIVE FORM:  (Use la forma comparativa)

 

      1-(friendly) Dogs are ______________ than cats.

      2-(cheap) Used cars are ________________than new cars.

      3-(safe) My neighborhood is ________________ than yours.

      4-(intelligent) Helen is ________________ than Carmen.

      5-(large) His house is ________________ than mine.

      6-(useful) English is ________________ than Latin.

      7-(polite) My father is as ________________ as my uncle.

      8-(hot) Santa Ana is ________________ than Cartago.

      9-(fancy) My dress isn’t as ________________ as my sister’s dress.

    10-(bad) My friend’s school  is ________________ than my school.

 

II- COMPLETE  WITH THE CORRECT POSSESSIVE PRONOUN.  (Complete con el pronombre posesivo correcto):                 MINE – YOURS – HIS – HERS – ITS – OURS – YOURS – THEIRS

 

      1- Is this your car? No, it isn’t _______________.

      2- Are those his glasses? Yes, they are ______________.

      3- Paul and Rita have noisy neighbors, but my neighbors are noisier than  _____________.

      4- Are those your shirts? No, they aren’t _______________. We don’t  have any red shirts.

     

   III- WRITE THE SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE NEXT ADJECTIVES:  (Escriba la forma superlative de los siguientes adjetivos)

         Examples:              small           the smallest

                                       popular        the most popular

 

      1- Kind          _______________         2- hot              _________________

      3- energetic  _______________         4- safe             _________________

      5- happy       _______________         6- friendly        _________________

      7- good         _______________         8- interesting   _________________

      9- big            _______________       10- polite           _________________

 

   IV- TRANSLATE:  (Traduzca)

 

             1- CUTE                         __________________________

             2- FASHIONABLE         __________________________

             3- OBNOXIOUS             __________________________

             4- SLOPPY                     __________________________

             5- COURTHOUSE          __________________________

             6- HARDWARE STORE __________________________

             7- TRANSLATOR           __________________________

             8- NIGHTMARES             __________________________

             9- LADDER                    __________________________

            10- APPLIANCES           __________________________

            11- ENOUGH                  __________________________

            12- UNTIL                       __________________________

            13- FOLLOW                  __________________________

            14- HELPFUL                ___________________________

            15- REASONABLE        ___________________________

 

   V-  WRITE  THE CORRECT ADVERB:  (Escriba el adverbio correcto)

  

1-    She’s always very happy.  She always works ________________.

2-    He’s a careful driver.  He drives __________________.

3-    My wife is an excellent cook.   She cooks ________________.

4-    They’re good teachers.  They always teach _______________.

5-    She isn’t a very quick secretary.  She doesn’t type very _______________.

6-    Chinese people are really hard workers.  They work too ______________.

7-    He wasn’t very polite.  He spoke  to me very _______________.

8-    Teenagers are very sloppy nowadays.  They dress very _______________.

 

 

 

 

   VI-  ANSWER  THE NEXT QUESTIONS:  (Conteste las siguientes preguntas)

 

1-    What should I study, Chinese or English? Why?

 

       _____________________________________________________

 

       _____________________________________________________

 

2-    What are you going to do this weekend if the weather is good?

 

       _____________________________________________________

 

       _____________________________________________________

 

3-    What might happen if you don’t eat breakfast?

 

       _____________________________________________________

 

       _____________________________________________________

 

4-    What will happen if she doesn’t pay the rent?

 

       _____________________________________________________

 

       _____________________________________________________

 

5-    How do the people in Costa Rica drive?

 

       _____________________________________________________

 

       _____________________________________________________

        

6-    According the to the superstitious people, what will happen if a black cat walks in front of you?

 

       _____________________________________________________

 

       _____________________________________________________

        

7-    And if you find a four-leaf clover?

 

       _____________________________________________________

 

       _____________________________________________________