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