Online Assignment I. Comparatives - Past Simple & Cont

Well, well, well! Please, read the instructions carefully. You can also ask doubts online. :)  You have to submit your practical task with a general portada. 

Submission dates: May 17th or May 24th.

Topics: Past simple & continuous. Comparatives.

1) Listen to the following songs. Analyze and compare them. Write ten comparatives sentences. Use short, long & irregular adjectives as well as the structure (not) as... as.

Song 1. Tell me baby by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N1XbKHNH7Y

Song 2. Someone like you by Adele.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qemWRToNYJY

2) Look at the following pictures. Write ten comparative sentences. Use short, long & irregular adjectives as well as the structure (not) as... as. 

Picture 1. The city.

Picture 2. The Country.

3) Compare the Comic Super Heroes. Who is your favourite?  Write ten comparative sentences. Use short, long & irregular adjectives as well as the structure (not) as... as. Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, & Captain America.

4) Copy the chart. And classify these adjectives in the correct column. WRITE them in the correct COMPARATIVE FORM.

Hot- dangerous- dirty- good- nice- sunny- bad- loud- young- dangerous-

Short adjectives				Long adjectives	Irregular adjectives
+ er	+ r	+ ier	+ double consonant

5) Complete the story with the correct form of the past simple or continuous. 

Read the story of when Dave Mascott met his hero, and put the verb in brackets in the Past simple or past continuous.

The famous American rock star Bob Goldhart (a)........... (do) a tour of Britain when he (b).........(meet) British rock star Dave wells at a party. As he (c)............. (leave), Dave (d)............ (invite) Bob to come to his house and (e)........... (tell) him the address. But Bob (f)............ (make) mistake as he (g).............. (write) down the address: he wrote 'Addison Street’ of "Addison Road.

The next day, Helen Mascott of 145 Addison London (h)......... (listen) to the radio in her kitchen when the doorbell (I).......... (ring). A man with long hair (j)............. (stand) outside. She (k) ........ (think) the man(I)................ (look) familiar but (m).............anything (not say). Is Dave in?' the man (n)........... (ask) The woman - whose husband’s name was also Dave - (o).............. (explain) that Dave (p)............ (do) the shopping but he would be back in a few minutes. She (q)............ (invite) come in and wait.-While Helen (r)........ (make) some coffee, he (s)........... (look)around the living room and (t)........... (be) very happy to see all of his albums! A few minutes later, Dave (u)............. (arrive) home, 'You've got a visitor,' Helen (v)......... (tell) her -husband, When Dave - a big, big fan of Bob Goldhart (w)......... (open) the living room door and(x)........... (see) who (y)................ (wait) for him..he (z)............. (faint) !!

That's all!! 

Submission requirements:

1. Include a title page (portada).

2. You can copy and paste the activities in word and print your results or you can copy it and solve it by hand.

3. Be prepared to answer ORAL questions about your assignment. So, DO IT YOURSELF, do not copy it from your classmates. ;)

Hope you find this experience interesting. Remember you can consult your doubts online!

Love,

Miss Yanina

PS: No need to print the pictures. Thanks for being there. It's a Friday night... 23. 26 and I'm working for you... because I want you to enjoy my classes as much as I do... :) and because I know I can count with you!