INSTITUTO EMPRESARIAL GABRIELA MISTRALPLAN DE MEJORAMIENTO

I PERIODOIDIOMA EXTRANJERO INGLÉS 2014 8-02 A 8-05

ASIGNATURA AÑO CURSO DOCENTE: LIC. CARMEN CECILIA RAMIREZ CAMARGO

Desarrolle el siguiente trabajo en hojas sueltas, a mano, preséntelo en carpeta blanca y susténtelo en la fecha señalada:

8-02: _ABRIL 10 DE 20148-03: ABRIL 9 DE 20148-04: ABRIL 10 DE 20148-05: ABRIL 8 DE 2014

1. Elabore un cuadro con los siguientes adjetivos señalando el significado, la forma comparativa y la forma superlativa:ADJECTIVE MEANING COMPARATIVE

FORMSUPERLATIVE FORM

clean clear cloudy colorful crowded cute dark bad distinct dull elegant

uglyBusyLightDarkCrazyDangerousGreatNoisyFriendlyFantastic

ModernSweetSharpHeavyStrongDirtygoodProudSuccessful

2. Complete las siguientes oraciones con el adjetivo dado en su forma comparativa:1. Philadelphia is...larger than...Washington (large)2. John is ____________________________ William (short)3. Henry is ____________________________ I (tall)4. This book is ____________________________ that book . (old)5. The weather today is ____________________________ yesterday (bad)6. This summer is ____________________________ last summer (hot)7. This article is ____________________________ that one. (interesting)8. Is this exercise ____________________________ the last one? (difficult)9. These apples are ____________________________ those. (good)10. Some people are ____________________________ others. (healthy)11. This room is ____________________________ that one. (light)12. Is this exercise ____________________________ the last one? (important)

3. Cambie las siguientes frases a positiva utilizando el opuesto del adjetivo subrayado:

1. Henry is not taller than I. Henry is shorter than I.2. New York is not smaller than Chicago. __________________________________________________________3. Helen is not younger than her sister. __________________________________________________________4. This street is not wider than that street. __________________________________________________________

5. This exercise is not more difficult than the last one. __________________________________________________________6. This book is not thicker than my French book. __________________________________________________________7. This book was not more expensive than my French book. __________________________________________________________8. The weather today is not better than it was yesterday. __________________________________________________________9. The weather today is not colder than it was yesterday,. ___________________________________________________________

4. Reescriba las siguientes frases expresando comparativo de igualdad:

Example: 1. John is taller than his brother. John is as tall as his brother. 2. This street is wider than that one. ___________________________________________________ 3. This exercise is longer than the last. ___________________________________________________ 4. Helen is more beautiful than Mary. ___________________________________________________ 5. New York is more important than Washington D.C. ___________________________________________________ 6. Our apartment is larger than yours. ___________________________________________________ 7. This corridor is cleaner than the room. ___________________________________________________ 8. The sky is darker than it was yesterday. ___________________________________________________ 9. This book is better than the other. ___________________________________________________ 10. The weather today is worse than it was yesterday. ___________________________________________________

5. Complete las siguientes frases con el adjetivo dado en su forma superlativa:1. John is the tallest boy in the class (tall).2. Today is ____________________________ day of the year.(hot)3. New York is ____________________________ city in the United States. (interesting)4. New York is also ____________________________ city in the United States. (large)5. This is ____________________________ apple of all. (sweet)6. This is ____________________________ park in the city. (beautiful)7. John is ____________________________ boy in the class. (intelligent)8. He is also ____________________________ student in the class. (good)9. Henry is ____________________________ dancer in the school. (bad)10. Which is ____________________________ city in this country? (large)

6. Traduzca a Español las oraciones del punto 2 y del punto 5.7. Lea el siguiente texto y complete los espacios con el adjetivo dado en forma superlativa:Michael Jordan was ___________ (good) known basketball player of his time. His career started in the early 1980's, when he played college basketball with the University of North Carolina. Although he was not _________ (tall) or __________ (strong) player, he won the attention of his coach for being an excellent athlete. Probably his _____________ (important) achievement at that time was scoring the winning basket in the 1983-1984 championship game.

Jordan left college early to join the professional basketball team, the Chicago Bulls. He led the Bulls to the best record in professional basketball history. He was voted ___________ (valuable) player

five times. Jordan holds several records: ____________ (high) scoring average and the most points in a playoff game.

Many people think that Michael Jordan was ___________ (spectacular) basketball player of all time. A statue of Michael Jordan in Chicago reads, "The best there ever was. The best there ever will be." Jordan retired from basketball in 1999 at the age of 35.

Jordan's popularity with his fans brought him to the attention of advertisers. Jordan is paid a lot of money to have his name appear on sports products and to appear in TV commercials, making him __________ (high) paid athlete in the world. He is also one of ___________ (rich) people in the world. Forbes Magazine in 1997 said that he earned over 78 million dollars that year.

8. Traduzca a Español el texto anterior.

9. Complete las siguientes frases utilizando TOO o ENOUGH y la palabra del paréntesis:

1. I couldn’t work. I……. was too tired. …………. (tired)2. Can you turn the radio up, please? It ….. isn’t loud enough. …………. (loud)3. I don’t want to walk home. It’s …………………………………….. (far)4. Don’t buy anything in that shop. It’s ………………………………………. (expensive)5. You can’t put all your things in this bag. It’s not ………………………….. (big)6. I couldn’t do the exercise. It was…………………………………. (difficult)7. Your work needs to be better. You are ………………………………….. (lazy)8. I can’t talk to you now. I am………………………………… . (busy)9. I thought the film was boring. It was…………………………………. . (long)

10. Complete las frases utilizando una de las siguientes palabras de enlace: "But, however, So, Because ,o And" 1. She can speak French _________she can't write it. 2. He's going to work in Colombia,  ____________ he's learning Spanish. 3. I went into town. I bought some food  _________ I went to the library. 4. I don't have a car__________ I have a motorcycle 5. She's working late next Friday__________ she can't come to the party 6. We enjoyed the vacation__________,it rained a lot. 7. She went home ___________ she was tired 8. He worked hard,__________ he passed all his exams. 

11. Escriba 10 frases en Inglés utilizando 10 palabras de enlace (linking words) diferentes a las estudiadas en la clase.

12. Escoja la palabra adecuada para completar la frase:

1.  I found his home very _______.A. easilyB. frequentlyC. difficulty2. They called the pólice _______ after the accident.A. inmediatelyB. peacefullyC. badly3. Brian plays football _______A. reallyB. well

C happily4. She was _________ happy when she got his first job.A. enoughB. carefullyC. very5. Speak ________, I cannot heasr you.A. loudlyB.hardlyC. slowly