I. Articles

Utilice el artículo adecuado, si es necesario, para completar las oraciones.

a) a b) an c) the d) no article

  1. Those are books I told you about last week.

  2. What is _ distance between the television and the couch?

  3. Cars normally travel at a speed of 65 miles _ hour.

  4. When Emmy was a young girl, she always wanted to live in big house.

  5. I usually eat banana for lunch every day.

  6. bananas taste best when they are yellow.

  7. My brother and I love to study __ English.

  8. Did you ask _ teacher if our presentation is due on Friday?

  9. On Saturday we went to the zoo and I saw __ elephant for the first time.

  10. _ communication is very important in __ marriage.

  11. __ adverb often ends in “ly”.

  12. Can you please tell me where _ post office is?

  13. May I please have __ cup of coffee?

  14. Would you like another __ cup of coffee?

  15. His car was stolen, so he is going to rent __ car until he buys new one.

II. Irregular verbs

Pon la forma correcta de los verbos irregulares.

  1. Have you ever _(swim) more than 25 laps.

  2. Yesterday my father (fly) to Boston for a business meeting.

  3. I have never _(forget) to turn off the stove before I leave the house.

  4. My neighbors house (burn) to the ground last year.

  5. I don’t think he (understand) what you asked him.

  6. My teacher _(tell) me I _(write) a great essay.

  7. Seven people in our group have already (run) a marathon.

  8. The company truck was _(steal) last night.

  9. My son has __(go) to Mexico at least five times.

  10. Has the guest of honor _(speak) yet?

  11. We have to do everything over again because a mistake was (make).

  12. The sun __(rise) at 6:05 this morning.

  13. This gift was __(give) to me last year. Who _(give) it to you?

  14. When are you going to pay me the money I __(lend) you?

  15. Last week our teacher _(teach) us how to conjugate verbs.

III. Prepositions

Escoge entre las preposiciones abajo para completar las oraciones.

a) in b) at c) on

  1. I left everything _ the table.

  2. Please don’t sit __ the desk because it is not strong enough to hold you.

  3. If you need to contact his mother, you can call her __ work.

  4. My cousin lives _ Florida.

  5. _ least we don’t have to clean the kitchen.

  6. They said the table will be ready __ about 15 minutes.

  7. If we don’t finish, we can do it tomorrow home.

  8. What is __ television tonight?

  9. I heard about the accident _ the news.

  10. Can you meet me _ the hospital __ front of the reception area.

Answers

I: 1) c 2) c 3) b 4) a 5) a 6) d 7) d 8) c 9) b 10) d, a 11) b 12) c 13) a 14) d, d 15) a, a

II: 1) swum 2) flew 3) forgotten 4) burnt or burned 5) understood 6) told, wrote 7) run

8) stolen 9) gone 10) spoken 11) made 12) rose 13) given, gave 14) lent 15) taught

III: 1) c 2) c 3) b 4) a 5) b 6) a 7) b 8) c 9) c 10) b, a

Quote of the week

Spend the majority of your time pursuing the things that take the longest time to accomplish. – TW

Persistence overcomes resistance.

Thomas