Some Exercises I've done

LISTENING ACTIVITI:

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/firstcertificate2/listening/ANSWER1.htm

ACTIVITIES:

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/firstcertificate2/exercises/ANSWER2.htm

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/firstcertificate2/exercises/ANSWER10.htm

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/firstcertificate2/exercises/ANSWER9.htm

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/firstcertificate2/exercises/ANSWER1.htm

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/firstcertificate2/exercises/ANSWER8.htm

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

1. He is determined to win (win) that race.
2. He lay in bed planning (plan) the days to come.
3. We went running (run) in the morning.
4. Her fear of spiders made travelling (travel) difficult.
5. They don't mind waiting (wait) outside.
6. The problem is to get (get) there on time.
7. I am accustomed to taking care (take care) of myself.
8. I want him to paint (paint) the wall.
9. To be (be), or not to be (not be), that is the question.
10. This guy is known for breaking (break) the rules.
11. Sue enjoys dancing (dance).
12. The advantages of going (go) by train were clearly visible.
13. Your advice to plan (plan) ahead was excellent.
14. Your addiction to  (drink) will not serve you well.
15. I am pleased to meet (meet) you.

1) She delayed  (get) out of bed.Correct!
2) He demanded  (speak) to the manager.Correct!
3) I offered  (help).Correct!
4) I miss  (go) to the beach.Correct!
5) We postponed  (do).Correct!
6) I'd hate  (arrive) too late.Correct!
7) She admitted  (steal) the money.Correct!
8) I chose  (work) here.Correct!
9) She waited  (buy) a drink.Correct!
10) I really appreciate  (be) on holiday.Correct!
11) I couldn't help  (laugh).Correct!
12) It seems  (be) raining.Correct!
13) I considered  (move) to Spain.Correct!
14) They practised  (speak).Correct!
15) Finally I managed  (finish) the work.Correct!
16) I really can't stand  (wait) for the bus.Correct!
17) Unfortunately, we can't afford  (buy) a new car this year.Correct!
18) She risked  (be) late.Try Again!
19) I'd love  (come) with you.Correct!
20) I prepared  (go) on holiday.Correct!

3rd CONDITIONAL

Write True or False next to each of the statements below according to the information presented in the movie segment.

1) The little girl hid Carrie's cell phone. (T)

Carrie didn't receive any calls. (T)

2)Carrie didn't know where her phone was. (T)
Carrie didn’t receive Big’s messages and phone calls. (T)

3) Big wasn’t confident enough to walk into church all by himself. (T)
Big quit getting married. (F)

4) Big took too long to apologize. (T)
Carrie hit him with her wedding bouquet. (T)

5) Carrie’s friend didn’t let Big explain himself. (T)

Carrie went home in a state of shock. (F)

6) Carrie and Big didn't get married. (T)

They both had a horrible afternoon. (T)

Now fill in the blanks of the sentences saying how things would have been different if the characters had acted differently. Use the 3rd conditional.

Ex:
1) If the little girl hadn't hidden (hide) Carrie's cell phone, shewould have received (receive) Big's calls.

2) If Carrie HAD KNOWN where her phone was, she HAD RECIVED Big’s messages.

3) If Big HAD BEEN confident enough to walk into church all by himself, He HAVE QUITED getting married.

4) If Big HAD TAKEN too long to apologize, Carrie HADN'T  him with the wedding bouquet.

5) If Carrie’s friend HAD LET Big explain himself, Carrie HADN'T GONE home in a state of shock.

6) If Carrie and Big HAD GOT married, they HAVEN'T GONE through a horrible afternoon.

LETTER!!!!!!!!!!

Bogotá D.C. 10/01/2012



Dear Fabian,


This is me, your best friend when you where a kid, now I feel lost with out you, now I have no one to play with me, I am sad and I want to see you again with that smile in your face that always make me happy, because I was doing my work well, I miss you and I miss you a lot, I hope I can see you again, I would like to know whant are you doing with your life and I reaslly like to play with you as the way you used to do it, not only with me, I would like to be with all my other friends, so I hope you should like it too, but I know it is impossible, because you are almost an adult, so you do not have time, to rememer how your life used to be, thank you for reading this letter, thank you for rememer me and all you other toys.



With love,
Your favorite toy.

LETTER!!!!!!!

Bogotá D.C. 10/01/2012








Mr. Jose Rodriguez



Greeting,




Thank you for call me back to the offer of your job, I am so gland that you choose me, I am shure that I will do my job with responsivility so you can be sure you were not wrong with your decission.






Have a nice day,







Fabian Ospina

Countable and Uncountable

People

How many people are in the picture?

There are seventeen people in the picture.

Peoples

Lots of peoples are here in Colombia, all of them are different from the others and all of them are awesome. 

A people

This is a beautiful girl from the people Wayúu, It is located in the north of Colombia.

TITANIC THE SINKING

Here is the most popular sinking in the history, and of course the easyest to prevent, let's see what they should have done and what they might  have done even better, so lets start with what they should have done wrong?, well firt I think they though that this ship couln't sink because that was the firts tecnology on that time and they might not have thongh that this kind of thing could happen, but I think that was the mistake. 

IDIOMS

"A race against time"

That is an idiom, is not necesary to know the literally meaning becaise if we do so, it could have no sense, it means that you have to do thinks fast because you are running out of time.

It's origin is in races and it's meaning is that you are running out of time.

Language Barriers

English as a Second Language

Hi this is Tsunami again, and I have another question for you, what do you think about studying English as another language, is it important?, well I think english as second language is important, because all of these stuff of globalization, as we know we are closer every day and we need to comunicate with others easier and for that reason I think all of us need to speak English, know what do you think about studying English as another language, is it important?

Language Barriers

Language Barriers

Hi, everyone my name is Fabian but you can call me Tsunami and I got a question for you, do you think English is complicated to learn?, well I think English is not easy to learn as other languages, but if you think you can, you will do it, I'm not from a country where english is spoken, so I had to learnt it in an institute, well that was hard, but then I saw it was easy, but english is hard to learn, so what do you think about it?, let me know it in the coments below, do you think english is complicated to learn?