A Read Aloud

A waffle is a food that is typically eaten for breakfast. It is made from flour, water, oil and
eggs. Waffles are usually in the shape of a square, but sometimes they can be round.
Many people eat them with eggs and orange juice for breakfast. Others like to eat waffles
for dessert. They put fresh fruit and cream on top.
My brother´s name is Marcus. We live together in New York City. Our apartment is in a nice
neighborhood. There are lots of good restaurants nearby. He is a student at the University.
He studies history. He wants to be a professor. He is very busy, but we usually eat out
every night. We like to try different food.

B Repeat
1. You should bring your family.
2. Do you accept credit card?
3. The food is getting cold
4. I left my hat in the restaurant.
5. The tall brown building is the factory.
6. They wrote down each other´s phone number.
7. Which car is yours?
8. What time do you wake up in the morning?
9. The winters are very cold here.
10. I can´t wait for it to stop raining.
11. There isn´t any juice in the refrigerator.
12. Did anything exciting happen on your trip?
13. They put their house up for sale.
14. When I went to the shop, they told me the computer hadn´t been fixed yet.
15. I love going to the movie.
16. Are you going to the new year´s party tomorrow?

C Sentence Builds
1. Any help/ do you need/ from me
2. The jacket / expensive / is quite
3. I don´t/ any money / have
4. Very sad / was / the movie
5. going out / what time / are you
6. Is almost / my neighbor / never home
7. To see / you again / it´s great
8. We´re just / eat dinner/ about to
9. Broke /his leg/ he
10. Coffee yet/ he hasn´t / had his
 D Conversation
1.
A: Dr. Peterson is my favorite professor.
B: Mine, too! She´s easy to talk to and so smart.
A: I can´t wait to take her other class next semester.
What is Dr. Peterson´s job?
2.
A: My coffee is cold.
B: Let me heat it in the microwave.
A: Thanks.
What is cold?
3.
A: Did you make this table by yourself?
B: My father helped me a lot.
A: You two did a great job.
What did the man build?
4.
A: I´m so nervous about tomorrow.
B: Don´t worry. You prepared so much for the interview. You´ll be fine.
A: I hope so. I really want this job.
What is the man nervous about?
5.
A: Have you seen my new ring?
B: It´s so pretty. What´s the material? Metal?
A: No, it´s glass. I got it at the new jewelry store in town.
What is the ring made of?
6.
A: Are you a doctor?
B: No, my wife´s a doctor. I´m a nurse.
A: Do you both work at the same hospital?
What is the man´s job?
7.
A: Do you have a big family?
B: Not really. Just my parents and two sisters.
A: How nice. Are you the oldest?
How many siblings does the woman have?
8.
A: I think the soup needs some more salt.
B: Really? I thought it needed a bit more pepper.
A: What does the recipe say?
What does the woman think the soup
needs?
9.
A: How was your basketball game today?
B: It wasn´t very much fun. We lost because two of our best players were sick.
A: Sorry to hear that. Hopefully, you win next time.
Why did the team lose the game?
10.
A: Do you paint?
B: Yes, I do. I paint a lot of landscape.
A: Wonderful. I prefer painting people.
What does the woman like to paint?
 11.
A: I want to get a new vase for the living room.
B: What´s wrong with the old one?
A: I thought it cracked when I put some flowers in it.
What does the man want to buy?
12.
A: Guess what I found under the bed today
B: What was it?
A: My umbrella. It´s been missing for a week.
Where did the woman find her umbrella?

E Typing
When you have a good idea, you should write it down. If you don´t, you might forget it. Many
people, such as authors and poets, do this. It is a good idea to carry a pen and paper with
you. This way, you are prepared to write down your interesting thoughts. Later, you can sit
down and read your ideas. Anyone can do this, not just writers. Your ideas might help you
understand yourself more. It can teach you how you think. You might have an idea that
could change your life.

F Sentence Completion
1. I love looking up at the sky on a clear night and seeing all of the .
2. It was so outside that no one wanted to leave the air-conditioned house.
3. Do you have any roommates or do you live ?
4. They arrived at the show because it was popular and they wanted to get good
seats.
5. Many teachers assign to students to complete in the evenings or over the weekends.
6. My sister called me from New York. She wanted to if I was coming home for the
holiday.
7. The box has your sister´s address on it, so it´s for .
8. My sister can´t come to the meeting because she has a doctor´s at the same time.
9. You should look both way before you the street.
10. Don´t leave any items in your car or they might be stolen.
11. After her college graduation, she decided to by having a party with friends.
12. Aaron and Mei were driving south, but they needed to go in the opposite direction, so they
turned around headed .
13. I need to my hotel reservation. I won´t be staying there anymore.
14. Yun placed the plate the other two plates, so that it was in the middle.
15. I don´t want to start class yet. Let´s for everyone to get here.
16. The elevator is broken, so you will have to take the to get to the second floor.
17. I have bad . I need to brush my teeth.
18. We can´t to hear what they have to say.
19. He´s running ; he should have been here half an hour ago.
20. Please make sure that all seatbelts are securely .

G. Dictation
1. Tennis is my favorite sport.
2. Is this your bottle water?
3. I don´t have any information.
4. Can you bring me a coffee with a little sugar?
5. When we arrived, everyone was dancing.
6. You can use the computer in a minute.
7. Soft music was playing.
8. The banks are closed today.
9. When did he say he can come and pick up the documents?
10. David is taking the next week off to travel with his
family.
11. The leaves are turning orange and
yellow.
12. We didn´t understand the
poem.
13. I was hoping to visit my grandparents this
summer.
14. Lost items are placed in a box below the
noticeboard
15. A new assistant was put in charge at the last
minute.
16. Having a pet can reduce
stress.

H Passage Reconstruction
Paul wakes up early every day so that he can be at work on time. He sets his alarm for the
same time every morning. One day, Paul´s alarm didn´t go off and he didn´t wake up until
noon. He arrived to work very late and missed a meeting.
This past weekend, Henry went to do his laundry in the laundry room of his apartment
building. The washing machines and dryers had always accepted coins, but when he got
there, he found that all of the machines had been switched to receive only bills. Henry was
happy to see that he wouldn´t have to go out of his way to get coins anymore
Brian has just returned from a trip to Mexico. He loved everything about the country: the
food, the language, and the culture. A friend told him that his university has an exchange
program that sends students to a University in Mexico for a year. Brian loved the idea and
he sent in his application for the program right away. Just a few weeks later, he was
accepted. Brian couldn´t wait to get back to Mexico.
I Summary and Opinion
The first computers were very large and some were as big as several rooms. Over time,
the technology improved and computers became smaller. Now, personal computers are
everywhere. They are supposed to improve the quality of our lives, but they have not made
life better.
Computers waste a lot of time. Computers are machines, and machines often break. There
are many stories about people who have wasted time because of computer problems. For
example, one woman bought a computer, and after she turned it on did not work. She
spent a week talking on the phone with someone from customer support and was still not
able to successfully set up the computer. She eventually returned the computer to the
store. In another story, a graduate student at a major university lost a year´s worth of
research because his computer stopped working. He had to start his research project all
over again. Having a computer mean losing time when they break.
Computers also hurt relationships between people. It is important to build strong
relationships with family and friends. However, people often sit in front of their computers
instead of being with their family and friends. On computers, there is always another email
to answer, another website to read, or another online game to play. Before computers,
families would talk and play games as aa group for an entire evening. Now, a family can
be in the same house without talking to one another. This can damage relationships.
Computers are in more places than ever before. Computers are getting smaller and easier
to carry around. We will see more and more computers as technology improves. Despite
what many people think, they do not make life better.