Ready for the Final Exam?

Hi there!

The term and 2010 are coming to an end, and to help you study and round off those topics that could be difficult to understand, we offer you a "virtual classroom". This lesson covers the main grammar issues and vocabulary areas that have been analyzed in class.

May you find the virtual class useful and hope you can have a great exam!

Kind regards,

Prof. Michael Scranton & Prof. Mariano Ignacio
Centro Univ. de Idiomas

Unit 4.3 - Indirect Questions

Indirect or Embedded Questions

Start the sentence with the words given in parentheses.
Click the answer button to see the answer.

1. Who built that enormous bridge? (I wonder...)
   AnswerI wonder who built that enormous bridge.
2. What's Brazil like? (I want to find out...)
   AnswerI want to find out what Brazil is like.
3. Did Benjamin Franklin write 'Poor Richard's Almanac'? (I can't remember ....)
   AnswerI can't remember if Benjamin Franklin wrote 'Poor Richard's Almanac'.
4. How do you do it? (Can you tell me ...)
   AnswerCan you tell me how you do it?
5. Who did you meet at the party? (I'd like to know ...)
   AnswerI'd like to know who you met at the party.
6. How long have you been waiting for me? (I wonder ...)
   AnswerI wonder how long you have been waiting for me.
7. What happened to them? (Nobody cares ...)
   AnswerNobody cares what happened to them.
8. How important is that meeting to the company? (Can you tell me ...)
   AnswerCan you tell me how important that meeting is to the company?
9. When was the film produced? (Nobody remembers ...)
   AnswerNobody remembers when the film was produced.
10. Have they flown an ultralight too? (I don't know ...)
    AnswerI don't know if they have flown an ultralight too.
11. What is it called in English? (I can't remember ....)
    AnswerI can't remember what it is called in English.
12. Should people be allowed to smoke in public places? (I'd like to know ....)
    AnswerI'd like to know if people should be allowed to smoke in public places.

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Opposite Verbs

Match the verbs on the left with its opposite on the right.
Use the boxes on the left to write your choices.
Then click on the answer button to see if your answer is correct.

1. accept 2. allow 3. attack 4. be born 5. bend 6. buy 7. build 8. come

a. die b. destroy c. straighten d. defend e. go f. prohibit g. refuse h. sell

Answers 1-g 2-f 3-d 4-a 5-c 6-h 7-b 8-e

Opposite ideas

Opposites

Click the answer button to see the answer.

1. What is the opposite of happy?
   Answersad

2. What is the opposite of black?
   Answerwhite

3. What is the opposite of up?
   Answerdown

4. What is the opposite of under?
   Answerover

5. What is the opposite of crooked?
   Answerstraight

6. What is the opposite of father?
   Answermother

7. What is the opposite of sister?
   Answerbrother

8. What is the opposite of noisy?
   Answerquiet

9. What is the opposite of empty?
   Answerfull

10. What is the opposite of fast?
    Answerslow

11. What is the opposite of closed?
    Answeropen

12. What is the opposite of stop?
    Answergo

13. What is the opposite of high?
    Answerlow

14. What is the opposite of late?
    Answerearly

15. What is the opposite of soft?
    Answerhard

(C) 2001 by Noreen Artar

Verbos irregulares

Hola,
han comenzado en sus cursos a analizar tiempos perfectos, y con ellos han llegados los verbos irregulares. Les acercamos un ejercicio para ver cuánto recuerdan de las 3 columnas de algunos de esos verbos. Suerte!
Prof. Mariano Ignacio
Centro Univ. de Idiomas

Irregular Verbs

Think of the correct answer, then click on the answer button to see the correct answer.

go	went	gone
become	Answerbecame	Answerbecome
Answerbegin	began	Answerbegun
Answerblow	Answerblew	blown
break	Answerbroke	Answerbroken
Answerbring	brought	Answerbrought
Answerbuild	Answerbuilt	built
buy	Answerbought	Answerbought
Answercatch	caught	Answercaught
Answerchoose	Answerchose	chosen
come	Answercame	Answercome
Answercut	cut	Answercut
Answerdo / does	Answerdid	done
draw	Answerdrew	Answerdrawn
Answerdrink	drank	Answerdrunk
Answerdrive	Answerdrove	driven
eat	Answerate	Answereaten
Answerfall	fell	Answerfallen
Answerfeel	Answerfelt	felt
fight	Answerfought	Answerfought
Answerfind	found	Answerfound

(C) 1997 Charles Kelly

All miners are saved

One by one the miners who had been trapped underground for more than two months in Chile ascended to the surface, ending their subterranean captivity. The world watched, their nation cheered, their families wept.

Today, we invite you to watch this CNN 10-minute report on the rescued miners.

Enjoy, and celebrate life!

Transcription to the report.

Prof. Mariano Ignacio

Centro Univ. de Idiomas

Complete the sentences...

Finish the Sentence

Click the answer button to see the answer.

1. She usually is a careful driver but yesterday she had a(an) ___.
   a. accident
   b. happening
   c. incident
   Answera
2. She was fishing from the river ___.
   a. cliff
   b. valley
   c. bank
   Answerc
3. It took him three times to pass his driving ___.
   a. competition
   b. match
   c. test
   Answerc
4. He took a map with him in case he got___.
   a. lost
   b. found
   c. discovered
   Answera
5. She was fired from her last___.
   a. business
   b. job
   c. house
   Answerb
6. If my toothache doesn't stop, I'll go to the___.
   a. doctor
   b. dentist
   c. hospital
   Answerb
7. Water expands when it ___.
   a. freezes
   b. thaws
   c. flows
   Answera
8. The teacher was angry because Tom kept asking lots of stupid ___.
   a. questions
   b. mistakes
   c. answers
   Answera
9. He said he was going to sail around the world in his ___.
   a. car
   b. parachute
   c. yacht
   Answerc
10. Wait while I rewind the___.
    a. television
    b. tape
    c. book
    Answerb

(C) 1998 by Letitia Bradley