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Exercicis de recuperació 2n ESO
Primer trimestre
Reading comprehension
‘Kyle and me’
by Jane Wheeler
I’m Jane and this is my best friend, Kyle. Kyle can’t walk. He uses a wheelchair, but
he’s hardly ever grumpy. He’s kind and confident and he’s always smiling. After school,
we like playing computer games and reading comics. We’re writing a comic together at
the moment; Kyle writes the story and I draw the pictures. His favourite comics are the
old DC comics about Batman and Spiderman. Sometimes we play games in my
garden. We pretend his wheelchair is Batman’s car – the Batmobile! Kyle is very
creative; he loves painting and twice a week he plays the guitar in a band, too. We also
like sport; I like doing karate, but Kyle prefers playing basketball.
1 Read the text. Circle the correct option.
1 Kyle / Jane is in a wheelchair.
2 Kyle / Jane draws the pictures for their comic.
3 Kyle / Jane likes old DC comics.
4 Kyle / Jane doesn’t play the guitar.
5 Kyle / Jane is very creative.
6 Kyle / Jane is hardly ever grumpy.
2 Read again. Answer the questions.
1 Can Kyle walk?
No, he can’t.
2 What do Kyle and Jane like doing after school?
_______________________________________________________
3 What are Kyle and Jane writing together?
_______________________________________________________
4 How often does Kyle play in a band?
_______________________________________________________
5 What instrument does Kyle play?
_______________________________________________________
6 What sport does Jane like doing?
_______________________________________________________
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Vocabulary
1 Underline the best personality adjective to complete the definitions.
1 A person who likes giving things to their friends and family is generous / active.
2 A person who doesn’t like talking to new people is shy / selfish.
3 A person who doesn’t like working or doing their homework is talkative / lazy.
4 A person who doesn’t share with their friends is hardworking / selfish.
5 A person who chats a lot is kind / talkative.
6 A person who is always busy and likes doing sport is active / grumpy.
2 Order the letters and complete the sentences about hobbies.
1 Marissa likes surfing the Internet. (finsurg)
2 Jo likes __________. Her favourite thing to make is lemon meringue pie. (okgonci)
3 Brenda doesn’t like __________ people; she’s quite shy. (geemitn)
4 Suzie and Fred always go __________ in the summer. (gipnmca)
5 I love __________ at the disco. (dgncian)
6 My brother likes __________ comics. (dreangi)
Grammar
1 Circle the correct option.
1 My mum likes / like eating doughnuts in bed.
2 My friends and I watches / watch cartoons on TV every day.
3 My brother never get up / gets up early on Saturday.
4 My dad doesn’t eats / doesn’t eat yoghurt because he doesn’t like / doesn’t likes it.
5 My cousins has got / have got an MP3 player.
6 Laura and I study / studies English and Chinese.
2 Complete the text using the third person singular of the verbs.
Kyle (1) is (be) Jane’s best friend. Jane and Kyle love swimming, but Kyle
(2) __________________________ (not swim) in the sea very often. He
(3) __________________________ (not like) going to the beach, because his
wheelchair (4) ________________________ (not work) on the sand. Every Sunday,
Kyle (5) ______________________________ (go) swimming in the swimming pool.
He (6) _______________________________ (meet) Jane at 11 o’clock and they
swim for an hour.
3 Rewrite the sentences with the adverb in the correct position.
1 I walk the dog. (never)
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I never walk the dog.
2 Grandad eats bananas for breakfast. (always)
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3 We watch football on Sunday. (usually)
_______________________________________________________
4 My mum eats fish. (hardly ever)
_______________________________________________________
5 I listen to music at lunchtime. (often)
_______________________________________________________
6 Bob plays tennis after school. (sometimes)
_______________________________________________________
4 Look at the table. Underline the correct option.
Mon
do yoga
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ride his scooter
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Tues
Wed
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Thurs
Fri
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watch Formula One
use the Internet
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play football
Sat
Sun
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eat meat
1 Mark does yoga once a week / twice a week.
2 He rides his scooter at the weekend / every day.
3 He watches Formula One at the weekend / three times a week.
4 He surfs the Internet once a week / three times a week.
5 He plays football at the weekend / twice a week.
6 He never / hardly ever eats meat.
5 Complete the questions with do or does.
1 Do you like Coldplay? -Yes, I do.
2 __________ she wear dresses? No, she usually wears jeans.
3 How often __________ you go to the cinema? - Once a month.
4 What __________ your brother like doing at school? - Chemistry and Maths.
5 When __________ we celebrate New Year?- 31st January.
6 Why __________ your sister look grumpy today? - She’s worried about her exam
tomorrow.
6 Write true sentences about Hugh’s likes and dislikes. Use the information in
the chart below.
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love
camp
like
not mind
not like
hate
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read
play
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board
games
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cook
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paint
sing
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1 Hugh loves camping.
2 He _________________________________
3 He _________________________________
4 He _________________________________
5 He _________________________________
6 He _________________________________
Writing
1 Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets.
1 My mum is good at board games and she’s good at computer games. (too)
My mum is good at board games, and she’s good at computer games too.
2 Kyle writes comic books and he plays the guitar. (also)
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3 I eat cake but I eat a lot of vegetables. (also)
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4 We do karate on Thursdays and on Saturdays. (too)
_______________________________________________________
5 She’s very talkative but she’s very kind. (also)
_______________________________________________________
6 Playing the violin is difficult, but it’s fun also. (too)
_______________________________________________________
2 Complete the text about Sam and his friends.
also play free active shy kind
Hi! My name’s Sam and I’m from Oxford, in the UK. I think I’m (1) kind , confident and
very talkative! In my (2) __________ time I love doing karate and playing the guitar – I
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really want to be a musician when I’m older. These are my two best friends, Jake and
Simon. We often meet and (3) __________ video games together. Simon is quite (4)
__________ and doesn’t talk very much. He really likes reading. Jake
(5) __________ likes reading but his favourite thing to do is surf the Internet – he’s
always chatting online! But he’s not lazy. We usually play football together on Saturday
afternoons because he’s very (6) __________ and he gets bored very quickly!
Reading
Bob
I’ve got a lot of photos on my phone. My favourite photo is of me and my best friends,
Robin and Dean. It’s 2004, we’re 19 and we’re on holiday in the USA. We’re standing
in a big music shop.We’re looking for a CD to remember our trip and we can’t decide:
reggae or hip-hop?
Sarah
This photo is the view from my bedroom window of my village and the shops on Main
Street: the florist’s, the bookshop and the newsagent’s. People are walking and talking.
And look! There’s my brother – he’s buying bread at the baker’s. He usually buys fresh
bread and the newspaper at the weekend.
Toni
I took this picture with my new mobile phone. My mum’s making a funny face! She’s
cross with me and she’s saying: ‘Can you hurry up?’ She hates this picture but I love it.
1 Read the text. Who talks about…
1 one shop? Bob
2 a holiday? _______________
3 different kinds of shops? _______________
4 friends? _______________
5 someone’s face? _______________
6 family? _______________and_______________
2 Read again. True or false? Correct the false sentences.
1 Bob is from the USA.
False – he’s on holiday in the USA.
2 Bob’s friends want to buy fresh bread.
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_________________________________________________
3 Sarah’s brother usually buys the newspaper at the weekend.
_________________________________________________
4 Toni’s mum doesn’t like the picture.
_________________________________________________
5 There’s a pet shop on Main Street in Sarah’s village.
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6 Bob and his friends are 19 years old today.
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Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There’s one word you don’t
need to use.
music shop
pet shop sweet shop newsagent’s florist’s
1 You can buy magazines and comics in the newsagent’s.
2 You can buy watches, earrings and necklaces in the ___________.
3 You can buy flowers and plants in the _____________.
4 You can buy a toy for your dog in the _____________.
5 You can buy paracetamol and plasters in the _____________.
6 You can buy a guitar in the _____________.
2 Complete the crossword.
Across
1 My dad loves playing country music songs on his guitar.
3 My friend likes listening to _______________ – he loves Bob Marley!
4 My mum loves dancing to _______________music, especially the salsa and the
tango.
5 My brother plays in a _______________band.
Down
1 I usually play music. I like_______________ Beethoven but I prefer Mozart.
2 My uncle went loves listening to_______________ music like Kings of Leon and U2.
Grammar
1 Look at the table. What are they doing?Write present continuous sentences.
Jane Toby Kate Henry Lucas Layla Gina Me
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choose a necklace
try on shoes
dance in a competition
buy chocolate
write a letter
feed the fish
1 Jane and Toby are choosing a necklace.
2 Kate ___________________________________.
3 Henry ___________________________________.
4 Lucas and Layla ___________________________________.
5 I ___________________________________.
6 Gina ___________________________________.
2 Now complete the questions.
1 Is Layla buying chocolate?
2 _______Toby and Lucas _________on shoes?
3 _______ you_______ in a competition?
4 _______Henry _______the fish?
5 _______Jane _______a necklace?
6 Who_______ _______ a letter?
3 Look at the sentences. Write present actions (P) or future plans (F).
1 I’m flying to Japan next Friday. F
2 He’s chatting online now.__
3 She’s going to the chemist’s after school today.__
4 They’re running a marathon in March. __
5 We’re buying a new fish at the pet shop.__
6 I’m meeting Dave at 5 o’clock. __
4 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the present continuous or
present simple.
Mike (1) is visiting (visit) his cousin Ahmed today. They (2)________________(spend)
the day in London. They (3) ________________(want) to go to Covent Garden
because their favourite band (4) ________________ (play) in a festival. The band is
called Latinfunk and their music is a mixture of Latin and jazz. Both Ahmed and Mike
(5)________________ (like) Latin and jazz music. Later, Ahmed and Mike (6)
________________ (meet) some friends in a restaurant.
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5 Underline the correct option.
1 I usually / now listen to the radio in the morning.
2 I’ve got two English exams twice a week / this week.
3 What shops do you go to at the weekend / this weekend?
4 Are your parents watching TV every day / at the moment?
5 What are you reading on Tuesdays / right now?
6 I go to the theatre once a week / this week.
6 Complete the dialogue with the pronouns in the box.
you him her them it me
Mum Where’s Jodie? Can you see (1)her?
Jess Yes, she’s at the florist’s buying flowers for Grandma.
Mum Where is the florist’s? I can’t see (2) __________.
Jess Over there, next to the chemist’s. Can you see the man in white trousers?
Mum Oh yes, I see. Jodie’s talking to (3__________.
Jess Look, she’s coming over.
Jodie I’ve got the flowers, where shall I put (4) __________?
Mum Give them to (5) __________, I’ll put them in my bag.
Jodie No, Mum, I’m not giving them to (6) __________, you might drop them!
Writing
1 Complete the sentences with and, or, but or because.
1 I go to salsa classes because I like dancing.
2 My sister loves classical music _______I prefer rock.
3 I don’t like jazz _________I like some Latin music.
4 I dance salsa ________flamenco.
5 I’m not going to the concert at the weekend _________I haven’t got any money.
6 My MP3 player is very old ___________it’s not working well.