UNIT N°2

UNIT N°2

GRAMMAR

2A HOW QUESTIONS

Use how + adjective.. ? to ask for information about price, age, distances, etc.

How questions	Answers
How long is the journey to Snowdon?	It’s an hour
How old is the Colosseum in Rome?	It’s 2.000 years old
How far  is the London Eye from Big Ben?	It’s 500 metres
How  high is the Eiffel Tower?	It’s 320 metres tall
How much is an Adult ticket?	It’s e 21.00

2B ADJECTIVE ORDER

Use adjectives to describe people and things.

Put an  adjective before a noun	A pretty village. A white village
Put adjectives of opinion before adjectives

2C COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Use comparative + than to compare two things.

One syllable adjective	+er or r	Old>older   large>larger
One-syllable adjectives That end vowel + consonant	Double the consonant + er	Big>bigger Hot>hotter
Adjectives that end y	Y  + ier	Heavy>heavier Pretty>prettier
Adjectives with more than one syllable	More + adjectives	Famous> more famous Interesting>more interesting
Irregular adjectives		Good>better Bad>worse

-use the + superlative to compare more than two things.

One-syllable adjectives	+er or r	Old>older Large>larger
One-syllable adjective That end vowel + consonant	The + double the consonant + est	Big> the  biggest Hot> the hottest
Adjective that end y	They + iest	Dry>the driest Pretty> the prettiest
Adjectives with more Than one syllable	The most + adjective	Famous > the most famous Interesting>the most interesting
Irregular adjectives		Good>the best Bad > the worst

2D PAST SIMPLE

Use the past simple to talk about actions that are finished

+	-	?
I/you/he/she/it/we/they visited Spain	I/you/he/she/it/we/they didn’t visit Spain	Did you/we/they visit Spain? Where did he/he/she/it/visit?

Short answers
Yes,  I/you/he/she/it/we/they did	No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they/didn’t

SPEELLING NOTE :  -ED ENDINGS

Most verbs	+ed	Visit> visited
Verbs that end e	+d	Live>lived
Verbs that end consonant +y	Y + ied	Study>studied
One-syllable  verbs that end one vowel+one consonant	Double the consonant +ed	Stop>stopped

VOCABULARY

2A VOCABULARY

Beach = playa

Castle = Castillo

Church = iglesia

Desert = desierto

Island = isla

Lighthouse =  faro

Lake = lago

Mountain = montaña

Railway = ferrocarril

River = río

Ruins = ruinas

Village = pueblo

2B VOCABULARY

Beautiful = lindo

Long = largo

Customers = clientes

Fact =  hecho

Horrible = horrible

Fine =  multa

Lovely = amoroso

2C VOCABULARY

WEATHER

Noun	Adj
Rain = lluvia	Rainy  = lluvioso
Snow = nieve	Snowy =  nevoso
Cloud = nube	Cloudy= nublado
Fog  = neblina	Foggy = neblado
Storm = tormenta	Stormy = tormentoso
Wind = viento	Windy =  ventoso
Heat =  calor	Hot= calor
Cold = frio	Cold = frio

2D VOCABULARY

Bag = mochila

Cup = taza

Fan = adanico

Key ring = llavero

Knife = cuchillo

Mug = jarra

Plate = plato

Postcard = tarjeta postal

Poster = pester

Rug = manta

 T – shirt = camiseta



 READING 

CHAPTER 2 

MARY  IN YOKSHIRE

They arrived at a very large  old house. It looked dark and  unfriedly, they went straight upstairs, Mary was shown to a room, this is your room,' said Mrs Medlock. 'Go to bed when you've had some supper. And remember, you must tay in your room! Mr Craven doesn't want you to wander all over the house!'.

When Mary woke up the next morning, she saw a young servant girl cleaning the fireplace, she was Martha the servant, Mary doesn't like the moor, Martha's mother said people should be able to take care of themeselves, even if the're rich and important. Little Miss Mary was furious with Martha it's different in India where Mary come.

She  sounded kind and friendly, and Mary began to feel better and soon stopped crying, Martha gor eleven brothrers and sisters, her brother Dickon, he's always out on the moor, he's  twelve, and he's gor a horse witch he rides sometimes. he plays by himself  on the moors for hours, with the wild  birds, and the sheep, and the other animals.

Mary went downstairs and wandered throug the great  empty gardens, she saw an old man digging in on of the vegetable gardens, but he looked croos and unfriendy, Mary noticed a robin singing to her  from a tree on the other side of a wall, she went back to where the gardener was digging and spoke to him, there aren't any robins in the garden, the robin's a bit lonely. Ben Weatherstaff is the gardener and the robin is his only friend, the robin wanted to be Mary's friend. In the next feww days Mary spent almost all her time in the gardens

EXERCISES
ADJECTIVE ORDER

1. He was wearing a ________ shirt.
  dirty old flannel
  flannel old dirty
  old dirty flannel

2. Pass me the ________ cups. 
  plastic big blue
  big blue plastic
  big plastic blue

3. All the girls fell in love with the ________ teacher.
  handsome new American
  American new handsome
  new handsome American

4. I used to drive ________ car.
  a blue old German
  an old German blue
  an old blue German

5. He recently married a ________ woman.
  young beautiful Greek
  beautiful young Greek
  beautiful Greek young

6. This is a ________ movie.
  new Italian wonderful
  wonderful Italian new
  wonderful new Italian

7. She is a ________ supermodel. 
  beautiful slim Brazilian
  Brazilian beautiful slim
  slim Brazilian beautiful

8. It's in the ________ container.
  large blue metal
  blue large metal
  blue metal large

9. He sat behind a ________ desk. 
  big wooden brown
  big brown wooden
  wooden big brown

10. She gave him a ________ vase. 
  small Egyptian black
  black Egyptian small
  small black Egyptian


CHECK ANSWERS 


PAST SIMPLE

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go)  to England on holiday.
2. It (be)  fantastic.
3. I (visit)  lots of interesting places. I (be)  with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk)  in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go)  to pubs.
6. The weather (be)  strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain)  a lot.
8. But we (see)  some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you)  your last holiday?