FIRST BACHILLERATO: Key to Unit 1 Grammar Plus

1.

1. Were waiting

2. Was Standing

3. asked

4 didn't say

5. went

6. looked

7. noticed

8. was watching

9. came

10. seemed

11. gave

12. Rang

2.

1. Javir broke his arm when/while he was skiing in Andorra.

2. Frank came to our house when/while we were having dinner.

3. I saw an accident when/while I was walking to school this morning.

5. I fell asleep when/while I was watching TV.

6. Enrique went home early because he wasn't feeling very well.

3.

1.- used to

2. both

3. used to

4.

1. When we were kids we used to have a dog

2. I used to do my homework in the library but now I do it at home

3.Did you use to live in Asturias before you came here?

4. Yesterday I got up at 6.30.

5. Correct

6. He fell asleep while he was reading his book.

5. 

1. B; 2.C; 3. A; 4. C; 5. B; 6.A

The following links will lead you to very appropriate explanations of the differences between used to/be used to/ get used to AND to several activities which you may find very useful.

http://englishisallaround.blogspot.com.es/2008/11/used-to-be-used-to-get-used-to.html

Present Simple and present continuous:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro

Gerunds and Infinitives:

http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/index.htm

Past simple and Past continuous:

http://www.e-grammar.org/past-simple-continuous/

If you have any doubt or question, please comment it here and share it with the rest of the class.

Key to SO,SUCH,TOO,ENOUGH

Hi there, have you found any problems yet? Hopefully not so many!

What was intended with these activities was to practice different alternatives. Some exercises were mainly focused on too/enough and others on such...that/so...that. Read carefully the headings (titles) that I've added to the activities here in the blog and rethink what you had previously written. If you think you should start them again, DO IT! It's better to do everything twice and correct than the opposite. Any questions or suggestions, I would be very pleased to answer them through the link named "comentarios." Good luck!

But first, here you have something to read.

Las partículas so/such ... that se utilizan para hacer oraciones con el significado de tan/tanto...que

SO se emplea con adjetivos (donde se incluyen much,many,little y few + sustantivos) y advebios. 

Por otra parte SUCH se emplea con sustantivos (se pondrá SUCH A/AN si el sustantivo es contable singular y SUCH solamente si el sustantivo es incontable o plural):

                        It was so cold that the river froze.

                        There were so many people that we could´t see.

                        He is such a fool that he doesn´t understand anything.

                        It was such a hot day that I took off my shirt.

Vídeo que explica la diferencia entre so... that y such... that (no los conozco, lo prometo!):

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

And here you have some external links to further activities:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2483

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3110

http://www.esoeonline.org/main-index/index-exercises/grammarexs/int/intsosuchtooenough.htm

TOO/ENOUGH ( I )

Fill in the blanks with TOO or ENOUGH

1. I don't have enough money to go to the concert.
2. enough
3. too
4. enough
5. enough
6. enough
7. enough
8. enough
9. too
10. too
11. enough
12 too
13. enough
14. enough
15. enough (I guess it wasn't that funny after all)


TOO/ENOUGH ( II )

(En este ejercicio no había que meter el such ni el so)

Key to "Rewrite each sentence keeping the meaning the same" (fotocopia)

1. The shirt is too small (for me) to wear.

2. This flat isn’t big enough (for my parents) to live in.

3. The road is too wet to control the car easily.

4. The bird is too weak / isn’t strong enough to fly.

5. My sister is too busy to come to the cinema with us.

6. The watch was too expensive for him to buy.

7. These sandals are not big enough to fit me.

8. This film is too boring to watch.

9. I was too tired to keep my eyes open.

10. The coffee was too strong (for her) to drink.

11. The boys are not old enough to watch that film.

12. Alex was too shocked to say a word.

13. Sinan is not tall enough to be a basketball player.

14. Carlso is too excited to sleep.

15. The room is too hot to sit comfortably.

So/Such ( III )

1. so

2. such

3. such

4. such

5. so

6. so

7. such

8. so

9. such

10. so

11. so

12. such

13. so

14 so

15. such a

MORE INTERESTING ACTIVITIES (WITH ANSWERS). USE THEM!!!

1.-

Rewrite Sentences Using So…that

Rewrite the following sentences using so…that.

1.    He is too proud to admit his mistake.
2.    The bag is too heavy for me to lift.
3.    He is too weak to walk.
4.    This news is too good to be true.
5.    He is too young to travel alone.
6.    He was too late to catch the train.
7.    The case is too urgent to be postponed.
8.    He is too short to be a good basketball player.
9.    It is too late for us to start a new lesson.
10.    He is too young to understand the consequences of his action.
11.    It is too early to predict the outcome.
12.    He is too simple-minded to be a successful businessman.

Answers

1.    He is so proud that he will not admit his mistake.
2.    The bag is so heavy that I cannot lift it.
3.    He is so weak that he cannot walk.
4.    This news is so good that it cannot be true.
5.    He is so young that he cannot travel alone.
6.    He was so late that he could not catch the train.
7.    The case is so urgent that it cannot be postponed.
8.    He is so short that he can’t be a good basketball player.
9.    It is so late that we cannot start a new lesson.
10.    He is so young that he cannot understand the consequences of his action.
11.    It is so early that the outcome cannot be predicted.
12.    He is so simple-minded that he cannot be a successful businessman.

2,- 

Change the sentences but the meaning must remain the same. (with SO or SUCH or

SUCH A)

1 – The weather was so hot !  It was  _______________________  . 

2 – It was such a windy day! The day was   _______________________  .  

3 – The exercise was so difficult. It was   __________________________  . 

4 – Their car was such an expensive one. Their car was   ________________________  .

2ºBach - Answers to PRESENT Perfect Simple/ PRESENT Perfect Continuous

USEFUL LINKS:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro/tests?test1
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro/tests?test2
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro/exercises?ex10
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro/exercises?ex11

A.
1. We've (or we have) sold much more than we expected.
2. How much money have you spent this week?
3. How many people has Jane invited to her party?

B.
1. It has been raining for hours.
2. They have been drilling holes in the wall all morning.
3. How long have you been sitting here?

C.
1. been standing?; been queuing.
2. had; broken
3. left; been sitting; noticed

D.
1. I've been sitting here for ten hours.
2. They've known each other since they were five.
3. Have you stayed up all night?
4. He has drunk all the milk!
5. She hasn't talked since she arrived.
6. Have you forgotten your keys again?
7. Has she been cooking and burnt her hand?
8 How long have you been standing behind me?

2ºBach - Answers to Past Perfect Simple/ Past Perfect Continuous

Hey guys, I really hope you're studying hard so as to achieve the best possible results. The following links might perfectly be very useful to practise the tense presented. 

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-9553.php

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfectcontinuous.html

http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/exercises/past-perfect-2.html

These are the solutions to page 23.

A.

1. He had never ridden a horse before that

2. He had already run five marathons/ in a marathon five times before that.

3. She had never written a poem before that.

4. She had never appeared on TV.

5. He had already played tennis at Wimbledon four times.

B.

1. Jim had finished the work

2. I had been reading a book.

3. Alice and Jack had had lunch.

4. Ian had prepared the supper.

5. The thieves had been spending the money.

C.

1. had just gone out

2. had been to Cambridge.

3. had been making sandwiches.

4. had met her in Amsterdam.

5. had been practising karate from the age of 5.

Forming Questions (1st ESO)

These are some extra activities related to the formation of questions. Please complete them for our following class.

1) John is writing a letter. ?
2) She walks home from school. ?
3) The children are sitting in the garden. ?
4) Peter runs with his dog on Sundays. ?
5) My rabbit has a cage in the garden. ?
6) They go to work by bus. ?
7) David likes cats because they are nice. ?
8) Jenny isn't sleeping late today. ?
9) We are going to the cinema. ?
10) I'm leaving now. ?

PASSIVE VOICE (IES VICENTE NÚÑEZ)

Passive - Use

We only use the passive when we are interested in the object or when we do not know who caused the action.

Example: Appointments are required in such cases.

We can only form a passive sentence from an active sentence when there is an object in the active sentence.

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Form

to be + past participle

How to form a passive sentence when an active sentence is given:
- object of the "active" sentence becomes subject in the "passive" sentence
- subject of the "active" sentence becomes "object" in the "passive" sentence" (or is left out)

Active:	Peter	builds	a house.
Passive:	A house	is built	by Peter.

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Examples

Active	Peter	builds	a house.	Simple Present
Passive:	A house	is built

Active:	Peter	built	a house.	Simple Past
Passive:	A house	was built	by Peter.

Active:	Peter	has built	a house.	Present Perfect
Passive:	A house	has been built	by Peter.

Active:	Peter	will build	a house.	will-future
Passive:	A house	will be built	by Peter.

Active:	Peter	can build	a house.	Modals
Passive:	A house	can be built	by Peter.

Here are the answers of the activities. I'll show you some links too so you can work with the passive voice by yourself: 
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive
http://www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises/grammar/grammar-passive_voice.asp

Here are the answers:

         Write the following sentences in the passive if possible.

1.      They first developed the polio vaccine in the 1950s.

       The polio vaccine was first developed in the 1950's

2.      To record, you must press the red button and the black button at the same time.

      To record, the red buttom and the black button must be pressed at the same time

3.      You should make the sandwiches just before we leave.

      The sandwiches should be made just before we leave.

4.      Shakespeare died in 1616.

……………………………………………………………………………………

5.      The crew will bury the sailor at sea.

The sailor will be buried at sea by the crew.

6.      The technicians were repairing my fax machine when I arrived

     My fax machine was being repaired by the technicians when I arrived

2. Write the following sentences in the passive voice:

1.      IBM offered her a job.

She was offered a job by IBM  /  A job was offered to her by IBM

2.      The bank gave me a loan for a new house.

    I was given a loan for a new house by the bank  /  A loan was given to me for a new house

3.      They showed him the gun that was used as the murder weapon.

                 He was showed the gun that was used as the murder weapon  /  the gun that …... was showed

4.   She paid the workers three months’ salary when she closed down her business

      The workers were paid 3 months´salary when her business was closed down.

      three months´salary was paid to the workers when ….

5.      The ice-cream vendor gave my child a free ice-cream cone.

      My child was given a free ice-cream cone by the ice-cream vendor  / A free ice-cream cone was given to my child by ...

3. Write the following active sentences in the passive voice. Use the words in  brackets.

1.      Did you take the car to the garage yesterday? (TAKEN)

Was the car taken to the garage yesterday?

2.      The government should pass a law against pollution. (PASSED)

A law against pollution should be passed by the government

3.      The school doesn’t permit smoking. (ISN’T)

Smoking isn’t permitted by the school

4.      Did they invite you to the grand opening? (WERE)

Were you invited to the grand opening?

5.      She didn’t tell anyone about the phone call. (NO ONE)

No one was told about the phone call

6.      They are painting their house this week. (BEING)

Their house is being painted this week

4. Write the following  active sentences, which contain modals and semi-modals, in the passive voice.

1.      We have to translate this story into Spanish.

This story has to be translated into Spanish

2.      We must pay for our tickets before Thursday.

Our must be paid for before Thursday

3.      We ought to invite Susan to the party.

Susan ought to be invited to the party

Have a happy summer!