UNIT 2

UNIT 2 - SOLUTIONS

SEQUENCE CONNECTORS

1.- PUT THE SENTENCES BELOW IN THE CORRECT ORDER.
     a) First, Anne published the book in 1973.  
     b) Finally, in 1994, Interview with the Vampire became a popular film around the
         world.  
     c) Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire is a very famous story.
     d) After that, Neil Jordan decided to make the book into a film.  

a) By 13,000 BC, people were making lamps from stones and bones.  
b) Before there was fire, man did not have light at night.  
c) Finally, in 1879, the electric light was invented by Thomas Edison and the world was bright at night.  
d) Then, in 400,000 BC, man discovered fire and could create artificial light.  
e) Eventually, in 400 AD, people began using candles.  

2.- CHOOSE THE CORRECT CONNECTOR TO COMPLETE PARAGRAPH
THE PARTY
      Tonight, Cindy is going to have a party. She’s got a lot of things to do today.
      Before / Later  she stars preparing everything, she’s going to go shopping.
      Then / After  she has finished shopping, she’s going to decorate the room for the
      party. Then / Before,  she’s going to make the food. After / Later,  she’s going to
      have a shower and get dressed. Finally / Before,  she’s going to start dancing!

THE COOKER
     In every modern kitchen, you can find a cooker which is used for preparing food.
     Although people have been cooking for thousands of years, the cooker wasn’t
     widely used until the end of the 19th century.
     Before / By / Eventually  there were cookers, people cooked food on open fires.
     This was dangerous and dirty. Then / By / At last  the 16th century, inventors had
     begun to look for a safer way to cook food. Stone walls were built around the fire
     and it was covered with a metal plate. By the time / Finally / Then,  at the
     beginning of the 19th century, the British inventor Benjamin Thompson designed
     the first cooker. By / Eventually / Before,  in 1826, another Englishman, James
     Sharp, invented a gas cooker. This was not a big success until later in the century
     because most homes didn’t have gas. Finally / By / Before,  in 1893, the electric
     cooker was invented.
     With the development of gas lines and electricity, the use of gas and electric
     cookers became more common. At last / By the time / First at all,  people could
     use a cooker that was clean, efficient and safe.
CAN / CAN’T / COULD / COULDN’T

1.- COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING CAN / CAN’T
     1) I ____________________ (do) my homework. It’s very hard.
     2) Babies ____________________ (drive) cars.
     3) Tigers ____________________ (run) very quickly.
     4) I ____________________ (sit) here. It’s the teacher’s chair.
     5) ____________________ (I, go) to the cinema, please?
     6) We ____________________ (eat) the cake.It isn’t for us.
     7) ____________________ (you, speak) French, well?
     8) You ____________________ (take) my umbrella. Here you are!
     9) He ____________________ (play) football very well but he
         ____________________ (play) rugby, he’s not good at rugby.
   10) This cake is delicious, you ____________________ (cook) very well.
   11) I’m sure you ____________________ (do) this exercise alone, it’s very easy.
   12) This is too difficult! I ____________________ (do) it.
   13) My uncle is trilingual. He ____________________ (speak) French, English and
         Chinese.
   14) I ____________________ (carry) this bag: it’s too heavy for me.
   15) Sorry, but I ____________________ (hear) you: there’s too much noise.
   16) I ____________________ (speak) only English. I don’t know any other language.
   17) Fish ____________________ (breathe) outside the water.
   18) I am very hungry. I ____________________ (eat) everything right now.
   19) The letters are very small I ____________________ (read) anything.
   20) You ____________________ (park) here if you pay.

2.- USE “CAN,CAN’T, COULD, COULDN’T”
     1) I _____________________(speak) French five years ago, but my French is good
         now.
     2) _____________________ (you, see) my MP3 player? I don’t know where it is.
     3) Harry _____________________ (swim), but he wants to learn.
     4) No, I _____________________ (ride) a bike 10 years ago.
     5) _____________________(the children, read) last year?
     6) Janis _____________________(run) fast. She often wins races.
     7) I _____________________ (teach) you some German grammar. My German is
         very good.
     8) I _____________________ (call) you last night. I didn’t have my mobile phone.
     9) _____________________(you, ski) last year?
   10) Marion _____________________ (walk) home. It’s too far.
   11) Kate _____________________ (read) when she was four years old. She read many
         books.
   12) _____________________ (you, help) me please? I need your help.
   13) We _____________________ (understand) the homework so we didn’t do it.
   14) _____________________ (you hear) the music last night? It wasn’t very loud.
   15) You _____________________ (have) one biscuit but not two.
   16) When I was five or six, I _____________________ (do) a handstag but I
         _____________________ now.
   17) We are having a dinner party next Saturday, but Roger _____________________
        (come).
   18) When I met Harry last year he _____________________ (swim).
         He was terrified of the water. Now he _____________________ (swim) like a fish!
   19) I _____________________ (finish) my lunch today. I just wasn’t hungry at all.
   20) I _____________________ (sleep) last night. It was so hot!

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

PUT IN ORDER NEXT ADJECTIVES AND NOUN
1) yellow bow nice:      
2) cat white small:  
3) great oranges some big:    
4) two very people smart:    
5) green hat yellow and big:    
6) tie silk blue:      
7) new boy cute:    
8) shiny big diamond ring:    
9) red-haired children sweet three:
10) clouds black scary storm:  
11) soda frosty large:  
12) feathered yellow hat silly:  
13) twelve pencils wood small:  
14) white house old ranch:  
15) frozen small pond smooth:  
16) scarf cotton dark blue:  
17) plastic big table round:  
18) German Gothic church wonderful:  
19) shirt red ugly cotton:  
20) square table wooden brown big:  
21) paper red bags small:  
22) music interesting Irish folk:  





COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

1.- WRITE THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE OF NEXT ADJECTIVES
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
Sweet
Bad
Hot
Important
Good
Healthy
Cheap
Crunchy
Delicious
Expensive
Nice
Spicy
Tasty

2.- COMPLETE NEXT SENTENCES WITH COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE
1) Bikes are _________________________ (cheap) cars.
2) Mike is _________________________ (old) student in the class.
3) Long hair is _________________________ (beautiful) short hair.
4) English is _________________________ (easy) French.
5) Friday is _________________________ (good) day of the week.
6) Trainers are _________________________ (popular) shoes at my school.
7) Rock music is _________________________ (loud) pop music.
8) Dogs are _________________________ (good) cats.
9) Breakfast is _________________________ (important) lunch
    10) These are _________________________ (big) shoes in the shop.
    11) Laura is _________________________ (young) student in the class.
    12) The blue dress is _________________________ (expensive) dress in the shop.
    13) Patch is _________________________ (happy) dog in the world.
    14) My mum is _________________________ (tall) my dad.
    15) Rap is ________________________ (popular) classical music.
    16) Brandon is _________________________ (bad) singer in my family.
    17) That is _________________________ (romantic) film at the cinema.
    18) Gail is _________________________ (funny) Sue.
    19) Kevin is _________________________ (confident) boy in the class.
    20) History is _________________________ (interesting) science.
    21) That was _________________________ (sad) day of my life.
    22) Disney World is _________________________ (fantastic) place in the USA.