LICEO SAN BERNARDO SCHOOL

READING AND WRITING RECOVERY

TEACHER CLAUDIA PATRICIA PULIDO
8th Grade

Student name: _______________________________________ Term: Third

1. Write the verb in past simple or past perfect according to the sentence
coherence.
My father ________ in Madrid when he was young (To live)
David's car was very new; he just ________ it (To buy)
Ann passed her exam because she ________ a lot (To study)
The oil tanker ________ in the middle of a terrible hurricane (To sink)
Last summer my parents went to London; they never ________ there
before (To be)
When the police arrived the terrorist just ________ one hostage (To
kill) (acababa de suceder)
Mark didn't ________ me to his birthday party (To invite)
Yesterday morning my kids ________ to the zoo (To go)
The first time I ________ my wife was in Paris during the Roland Garros
Tournament (To meet).

2. Rewrite the following sentences in passive voice.

Mark Twain wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" in 1876.

They make many movies in Hollywood.

The students will give a presentation tomorrow.

Someone has stolen my bike!
The Beatles recorded "The White Album" over 40 years ago.
We receive the newspaper everyday.
The children have eaten the cookies.
We will complete the renovations next week.
They pay us every Friday.
3. Rewrite the following sentences in active voice.

We are taught grammar by Ms Sullivan.

He was praised by the teacher.
The injured were taken to the hospital by the fireman.
The town was destroyed by an earthquake.
The teacher was pleased with the boys work.
The building was damaged by the fire.
He was found guilty of murder.
You will be given a ticket by the manager.
The streets were thronged with spectators.
We will be blamed by everyone.
4. Write the correct preposition. Use the prepositions in the following chart,
these can be writing one more time.
Across, in, into, up, off, around, under, over, through, out of, down, along.

We walked _________ to the top of the mountain and then we cycled to the
bottom again.

We both jumped _________ the swimming pool at the same time.

In some countries it's considered unlucky to walk _________ a ladder.
The athletes ran _________ the track for 1 hour.
The first person to swim _________ the English Channel was Mathew Webb,
in 1875.
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sailor who sailed _________ the world
in the 16th Century
I would never do base jumping. I think it's really dangerous to jump
_________ a building even if you have a parachute.
If you are afraid of heights don't look _________ when you are climbing the
mountain.
The teacher walked _________ the class, so we stopped talking and sat
down.
If I walk _________ that door, I will never come back.

5. Read the text and develop the following exercises.

NIGHT-CLUB CLOSING TIME
The Greek Government has enacted legislation that will radically alter the
nocturnal habits of the nation. Despite growing protests, the ruling Socialists have
passed a law that enforces a 2p.m. closing time on all night-clubs and prohibits
entry to anyone under 17. Any bar, disco or dance-hall which does not respect the
new law will be heavily fined.
The Socialists say their ambitious clean-up measure will also crack down
on alarming rates of crime, alcoholism and drug addiction among the younger
generation. Special police units will monitor night-clubs to see theyre not
breaking the law. Too many young and drunk people die on our roads.

But night-club owners, who accept the age limit but reject the new hours,
have threatened to launch a war against it by closing their clubs altogether. The
400.000 of us who work in this field will be ruined if we have to shut so early,
said a night-club owner. Greeks never begin their night before 11p.m.
QUESTIONS
a.

Find words in the text that have the same or similar meaning to the
following.

To pay an amount of money as a punishment:

Increasing:
Take a disciplinary action on:
Start:
Close:
b. Answer the following questions in your own words.
Which have been the measures taken by the Greek Government, as described by
the text?
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Why have the Socialists decided to take these measures?

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What have been the reactions of people?
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c. Complete the following sentences so that they become the type in brackets.
I do not like the English class (reason) _______________________________________
I do not like the English class (time)__________________________________________
I do not like the English class (contrast)________________________________________
d. Write your opinion about the following topic (80 words): Staying out late at
night.
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