Universidad Vizcaya de las

Américas

Level 6 English Class

Saturday and Nocturnal Modules
Course Material

Student Name: _____________________________________________________

Major: _______________________________ Group: ______________________

Teacher Name: ______________________________________________________

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Table of Contents

First Partial (Primer Parcial)

● Future with going to

● Time expressions for the future

Second Partial (Segundo Parcial)

● Review simple past (regular and irregular verbs)

● Past progressive and simple past

Final (Final)

● When and while

● Describing reactions using prepositions (at, by, about, in)
● Superlatives

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First Partial (Primer Parcial)

Future with going to

As we saw before, we use the future with “going to” for future events that have
previously been thought about, mentioned, planned or arranged and imminent events
based on evidence in the present. Do the following exercise to remember the uses of
the future with “going to” (Como ya vimos anteriormente, usamos “going to” para
hablar de eventos futuros en los que hemos pensado previamente, mencionados,
planeados o arreglados y para hechos inminentes basados en evidencia presente.
Realiza el siguiente ejercicio para recordar los usos de “going to”)

Exercise: Match the two columns. (Ejercicio: Relaciona las dos columnas.)

1. The images aren’t going to look as good in print as a) predictions

they do on screen. _______

2. I’m going to see him tonight. ________ b) emphatic intentions

3. It’s going to rain. ________ c) present evidence

4. It looks as if the negotiations are going to fail. _____ d) all-purpose future

5. I AM going to take that shirt back. ________ e) events initiated before now

Language in context (Lenguaje en contexto)

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 Jorge: Oh, no! Look at this grade! That’s it. Matt: Don’t worry about it now, anyway. I’m going
I’m going to improve my English! out with some friends tonight. Do you want
to go?

Matt: How? What are you going to do? Jorge: Sure, that sounds fun. What time are you
going?

Jorge: Well, first, I’m going to study every Matt: Well, we’re going to a Chinese restaurant
day. for dinner first, so we’re meeting at Lenny’s
at 7:30.

Matt: Oh, sure! Jorge: Ok, great. Listen, I have to go. I’m going
swimming with Julio.

Jorge: I am! And I’m going to get a summer Matt: Ok, have fun.
job in the U.S.

Matt: Oh, yeah? And are you going to get Jorge: Thanks. See you at Lenny’s!
an American girlfriend, too?

Jorge: Yes, I am! So I’m not going to speak

Spanish at all. Only English.

Read the previous conversation and underline the sentences in future with “going to”

Now read it again and complete the table. (Ahora lee la conversación otra vez y
completa el recuadro.)

be + going to + verb

Affirmative sentences I___________________________ my English.

Negative sentences I____________________ speak Spanish.

Questions and answers _____ you __________________get an

American girlfriend?
Yes, _____________/No, I’m not.
What ______ you ________________ do to
improve your English?

Complete the conversation with going to and the verb in parentheses. (Completa la
conversación con going to y el verbo que está en paréntesis.)

Jim: Hey, I hear you’re going to the beach next week. What ___________ you
_______________ (do) while you’re there?

Max: Well, I ___________________ (relax). I _________________(not drink) about

work for a week. I ___________________(read) a good book, play tennis, and lie
on the beach. Emma ___________________ (take) surfing lessons. She doesn’t
like too much relaxation.

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Now complete the following sentences, also with going to and the verbs in
parentheses. (Ahora completa las siguientes oraciones, también con going to y los
verbos que están en paréntesis.)

1. I am planning to go to Italy. I _______________________________(improve) my

Italian.

2. Tito wants to buy a car. But first he __________________________(learn) how to drive.

3. Tomorrow is Uma’s birthday. Her sister _____________________(bake) a cake for her.

4. We don’t have any money. We ____________________(not do) anything this weekend.

5. Gino and Sam have an exam tomorrow. They __________________(not go out)

tonight.

Now complete the questions with going to and the verbs in parentheses. Then
complete the short answers.

1. A: Where ________________ (go)? 4. A: How long ____________ (stay) there?

B: To Italy. B: For two months.

2. A: What _________________ (do) 5. A: _____________ (study) Italian?

there? B: Yes, I __________________.
B: Visit art galleries and learn about art.

3. A: Who _________________ (go) with? 6. A: ______________ (study) Italian too?

B: With my girlfriend. B: No, she ___________. She ________
(study) fashion design)

Now read the descriptions and write what these people are going to do with phrases
in the box. (Ahora lee las descripciones y escribe lo que esta gente va a hacer, usa las
frases en el recuadro.)

be a lawyer get up earlier go running go to China read save money study harder
magazines in
English

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 1. Mary is in law school.
She is going to be a lawyer.

2. Frank doesn’t have enough money to buy a car.

He ________________________________________________________ .

3. I want to learn Chinese.

I __________________________________________________________ .

4. Elizabeth’s grades are not good.

She _______________________________________________________ .

5. Frank and Julia are always late for work.

They ______________________________________________________ .

6. We want to exercise more.

We _______________________________________________________ .

7. They want to learn English.

They ______________________________________________________ .

Time expressions for the future

Future with Present Progressive and time expressions: Futuro en el

presente progresivo y expresiones de tiempo

El presente progresivo, también llamado presente continuo se forma con el verbo “to be”
(ser o estar) + el verbo con ing. Este aspecto gramatical corresponde al verbo estar +
gerundio.

I am studying English The internet is growing. Tom and Sue are waiting at
the cafe.

El presente progresivo funciona de tres maneras:

Describe acciones que Describe una acción Indica acciones que
están sucediendo al interrumpida es decir una pasarán en el futuro:
momento de hablar: acción que se inició en el She is graduating next
The baby is sleeping now. pasado y fue detenida pero month.
continuará desarrollándose
más adelante:
They are painting the
house.

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Common expressions to use in present progressive to talk about the future. (Expresiones
comunes para usar en el presente progresivo para hablar del futuro.)

At the moment por el momento This month este mes

Now ahora Tomorrow mañana

Today hoy Next week la próxima semana

This week esta semana Currently actualmente

Later más tarde This evening esta tarde

Next month el próximo mes Next year el próximo año

Tonight esta noche Tomorrow morning mañana en la mañana

Tomorrow evening mañana en la tarde Tomorrow night mañana en la noche

Agenda:

Linda: Friday / play / tennis

1. Dick: Friday / go / to the movies

2. Tom and Sue: Friday / go / to a party

3. Kim: Friday / meet / 9 p.m. / Dave

4. Bob: Friday / go / to Europe / on

vacation

Look at the agenda above and answer the question: What are these people doing next
Friday? (Mira la agenda de arriba y contesta la pregunta: Qué es lo que estas
personas harán el próximo viernes?)

Example: Linda is playing tennis on Friday.

1. Dick _____________________________ 3. _________________________________

2. _________________________________ 4. _________________________________

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Unscramble the following questions, use the present progressive. (Escribe
correctamente las siguientes preguntas, usa el presente progresivo.)

1. you / go / out tonight?

____________________________________________________?

2. you / work / next week?

__________________________________________________?

3. what / you / do / tomorrow night?

___________________________________________?

4. what time / your / parents / come?

__________________________________________?

5. when / your / sister / go / on vacation?

_______________________________________?

Now answer the questions above with your own information. (Ahora responde las
preguntas de arriba con tu propia información.)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Now write what are you doing in the next few days? (Ahora escribe qué es lo que
harás en los siguientes días?)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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Second Partial (Segundo Parcial)

Review simple past (regular and irregular verbs)

Este tiempo se utiliza para hablar de eventos que iniciaron y terminaron en el pasado.

Los verbos conjugados en pasado tienen dos formas regular e irregular.

Los verbos regulares tienen la terminación –ed.

Simple Simple
Present Past Spanish

work worked trabajar

cry cried llorar

play played jugar

fry fried freír

rent rented rentar

try tried probar

Los verbos irregulares sufren cambios impredecibles.

Simple Simple
Present Past Spanish

buy bought comprar

see saw ver

swim swam nadar

make made hacer

bite bit morder

catch caught capturar

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Los verbos irregulares sufren cambios impredecibles.
Simple Simple
Present Past Spanish

buy bought comprar

see saw ver

swim swam nadar

make made hacer

bite bit morder

catch caught capturar

A way of learning the irregular verbs is to organize them in groups. There are verbs
that are the same in the simple past and in the past participle, ALSO there are some
verbs that the simple past and the past participle are different, like the following: (Una
manera de aprender los verbos irregulares es organizarlos en grupos. Hay verbos que son
iguales tanto en pasado simple como en pasado participio, TAMBIÉN hay otros verbos que
son diferentes en el pasado simple y en el pasado participio, como los siguientes:)

Simple past and past participle are the Simple past and past participle are
same different

Group 1 Group 1

cost - cost let - let break - broke - broken

cut - cut put - put choose - chose - chosen
hit - hit shut - shut speak - spoke - spoken
hurt - hurt steal - stole - stolen
wake - woke - woken

Group 2 Group 2

lend - lent lose - lost drive - drove - driven

send - sent shoot - shot ride - rode - ridden
spend - spent get - got rise - rose - risen
build - built light - lit write - wrote - written
sit - sat

feel - felt beat - beat - beaten

leave - left keep - kept bite - bit - bitten
meet - met sleep - slept hide - hid - hidden
mean - meant

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Group 3 Group 3

bring - brought eat - ate - eaten

buy - bought fall - fell - fallen
fight - fought forget - forgot - forgotten
think - thought give - gave - given
catch - caught see - saw - seen
teach - taught take - took - taken

Group 4 Group 4

blow - blew - blown

sell - sold grow - grew - grown
tell - told know - knew - known
throw - threw - thrown
fly - flew - flown
draw - drew - drawn
show - showed - shown
find - found
have - had
hear - heard wear - wore - worn
hold - held tear - tore - torn
read - read /red/
say - said
Group 5

begin - began - begun

drink - drank - drunk
pay - paid swim - swam - swum
make - made ring - rang - rung
sing - sang - sung
run - ran - run

Group 6
stand - stood
understand - understood
come - came - come
become - became - become

Escribe la forma pasada de los verbos en paréntesis.

1. My mother _______________ (cook) dinner last night.
2. I _______________ (write) a book about elephants.
3. She _______________ (to be) at school when we _______________ (plan) her
party.

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4. My friends _______________ (play) soccer last Sunday.
5. They _______________ (to be) home last night.
6. You _______________ (read) this book twice.
7. The children _______________ (watch) a movie last night.
8. Peter Pan _______________ (kill) Captain Hook.
9. I _______________ (make) sandwiches for lunch.
10. You _______________ (to be) angry about it all day.
11. Katie _______________ (take) a French class last semester.
12. I _______________ (forget) my sister's birthday.
13. She _______________ (to be) very mad at me.
14. The teacher _______________ (fail) me because I never did any homework.
15. I _______________ (know) the answer but I was so nervous I went blank.
16. They _______________ (study) the lesson.
17. My sister _______________ (wash) her clothes.
18. You _______________ (understand) the question.
19. Sally _______________ (pay) the power bill.
20. The teacher _______________ (come) to class yesterday.
21. My father _______________ (buy) a new car this year.
22. My classmates _______________ (cheat) on the test.
23. My nephew _______________ (learn) some Chinese last year.
24. I _______________ (have) a terrible experience in a bank last week.
25. Bella and Edward _______________ (become) vampires at a very young age.
26. Frodo and Sam _______________ (travel) to middle earth.
27. Harry Potter _______________ (fight) with the basilisk in the second movie.
28. Nanny McPhee _______________ (give) the children measles medicine.
29. Iron Man _______________ (fly) all over the city in his cool suit.
30. My nieces _______________ (to be) very excited to meet Robert Pattinson at the
premiere of” Remember me” last month.
31. I didn't see “The Hurt Locker” but somebody _______________ (tell) me that it
_______________ (to be) really good.
32. The Taliban _______________ (hang) a lot of innocent people.
33. This new door for my office _______________ (cost) almost $3,000 pesos.
34. Barack Hussein Obama _______________ (become) the first African American
president of the United States.
35. I _______________ (choose) Criminology because I'm interested in human

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 behavior.
36. My brother _______________ (bet) his new T-shirt in the soccer game and
_______________ (lose).
37. My dog _______________ (dig) a huge hole in the garden, my mom
_______________ (to be) really mad.
38. I _______________ (leave) my book in the classroom and someone
_______________ (take) it.
39. Sally _______________ (keep) the secret of her birth, until she _______________
(die).
40. My mother never _______________ (forgive) me for lying to her.
41. The president _______________ (lead) the country to an economic disaster.
42. I _______________ (find out) that I _______________ (to be) adopted when I
_______________ (to be) 13 years old.
43. I'm not sure but I think the Titanic _______________ (sink) in the Atlantic ocean in
1912.
44. She didn't come to the party because she _______________ (think) that you didn't
like her.
45. When we _______________ (clean) the attic , we _______________ (find) a
beautiful oil painting of my grandma.
46. I don't know why Jacob _______________ (spend) so much money on her
engagement ring. She doesn't deserve it.
47. The man _______________ (swim) across the English Channel by himself.
48. The driver _______________ (stop) when he _______________ (see) the old lady
trying to cross the street.
49. My children _______________ (behave) badly at school so the principal
_______________ (call) me in.
50. I _______________ (have) no choice but to expel him from school.
51. My dad and I _______________ (go) fishing last week and _______________
(catch) a huge fish.

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Past progressive and simple past

El pasado progresivo se utiliza para establecer el fondo de una historia o hablar de eventos
que estaban en progreso en el pasado. El pasado simple se usa para hablar de eventos que
empezaron en el pasado y concluyeron en el pasado.

Simple Past Past Progressive or Continuous

beginning end beginning end

(3:00 pm) (4:00 pm) (3:00 pm) (4:00 pm)
⤆__________________________⥤ ⤆___________3:30_____________⥤
we played we were playing
(complete action) (in the middle of an action)
We played tennis yesterday. We played tennis yesterday.
(from 3 o’clock until 4 o’clock) (yesterday at 3:30)

Forma Afirmativa
Present
Participle
Subject to be (verb + ing) Complement

I was studying Yo estaba estudiando.

You were studying Tú estabas estudiando.

Ud. estaba estudiando.
Ustedes estaban estudiando.

He was studying Él estaba estudiando.

She was studying Ella estaba estudiando.

It was studying Eso estaba estudiando.

We were studying Nosotros estábamos estudiando.

They were studying Ellos / Ellas estaban estudiando.

Forma Negativa
Present
Participle
Subject to be + not (verb + ing) Complement

I was not (wasn’t) studying Yo no estaba estudiando.

You were not (weren’t) studying Tú no estabas estudiando.

Ud. no estaba estudiando.
Ustedes no estaban estudiando.

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 He was not (wasn’t) studying Él no estaba estudiando.

She was not (wasn’t) studying Ella no estaba estudiando.

It was not (wasn’t) studying Eso no estaba estudiando.

We were not (weren’t) studying Nosotros no estábamos estudiando.

They were not (weren’t) studying Ellos / ellas no estaban estudiando.

Forma Interrogativa
Present
Participle
to be Subject (verb + ing) Complement

Was I studying? ¿Yo estaba estudiando?

Were you studying? ¿Tú estabas estudiando?

¿Ud. estaba estudiando?
¿Ustedes estaban estudiando?

Was he studying? ¿Él estaba estudiando?

Was she studying? ¿Ella estaba estudiando?

Was it studying? ¿Eso estaba estudiando?

Were we studying? ¿Nosotros estábamos estudiando?

Were they studying? ¿Ellos / ellas estaban estudiando?

Completa las oraciones usando el pasado progresivo.

1. My sister __________ __________ (do dishes) when she heard the police sirens.

2. I __________ __________ (read) while my husband was watching TV.

3. They __________ __________ (stand) outside their classroom when the teacher
arrived.

4. The children __________ __________ (play) in the yard when the ice-cream truck
came.

5. Sam __________ __________ (run) towards the door when he tripped and fell.

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 6. We __________ __________ (get) ready to leave when the phone rang.

7. A few weeks ago, when I ___________ _______________ (make) dinner; my

friend called me.

8. I ________ ____________ (drive) to work and I ran into a stop light, I ______
not____ _________ (pay) attention. Now I have to pay for the repairs.

Complete las oraciones usando la forma negativa del pasado progresivo.

1. I ____________________________________. (take)
2. You ________________________________. (eat)
3. He __________________________________. (work)
4. They _______________________________. (paint)
5. We __________________________________. (read)

Complete las oraciones usando la forma interrogativa del pasado progresivo.

1. _____________ he _____________ (take) a shower when the telephone rang?

2. _____________ they _____________(chat) while I was working?
3. _____________ you _____________ (do) your homework?
4. _____________ she _____________ (watch) TV when her dad arrived?

Conteste las oraciones siguientes usando el pasado progresivo.

1. What were you doing last night? I __________ _____________ (watch)TV.

2. Where were you working last year? I _________ _________ (work) in a bank.
3. What were you eating? We __________ __________ (eat) candy.
4. Who was talking to you at the party? My brother _______ ___________ (talk) to me
at the party.
5. What was happening while you were in the kitchen? The stove _________
___________ (burn) when I was in the kitchen.
6. Who was playing soccer this morning? My children ________ __________ (play)
soccer this morning.

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses, use the past
progressive or the simple past. (Complete las oraciones con la forma correcta del
verbo en paréntesis, usa el pasado progresivo o el pasado simple.)

1. When we went (go) out, it was raining (rain).

2. I wasn’t hungry last night. I didn’t eat (not/eat) anything.

3. Were you watching (you/watch) television when I phoned (phone) you?

4. Jane was busy when I went to see her. She ______________________ (work).

5. I _____________ (get) up early this morning. I

__________(wash),______________(get) dressed, and then I
_____________________(have) breakfast.

6. The mail _________________(come) while I ____________________(have) lunch.

7. We ______________ (meet) Joan at the party. She _____________ (wear) a red dress.

8. The boys ____________ (break) a window when they ______________ (play) baseball.

9. I was late, but my friends ____________ (wait) for me when I ______________ (arrive).

10. I ______________ (get) up at 7 o’clock. The sun ____________ (shine), so I

________ (go) for a walk.

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Final (Final)

When and While

Para expresar acciones de larga duración utilizamos el pasado progresivo, para expresar
acciones de corta duración utilizamos el pasado simple. Las acciones las unimos usando las
conjunciones when (cuando) & while (mientras).

She was watching TV when Jim knocked I was studying while he made dinner

Completa las oraciones con el pasado simple o pasado progresivo del verbo en el
paréntesis.

1 Sumiko_________________ (live) in England when she_______________ (write) her first

book.
2 We_______________ (get) the idea for our restaurant while we_______________ (travel)
in Mexico.
3 While Adriana_______________ (study) in the library, someone_______________(steal)
her cell phone.
4 Sarah and Mike_______________(clean) the house when they_______________ (find) a
large box of old letters from their grandmother.
5 When Joanna_______________ (meet) her husband, she_______________ (study) to be
a doctor.
Hay un error en cada oración, encuéntralo y corrígelo.

1. I was chat online when I heard the crash.

________________________________________________________________________

2. We didn’t go out while it were raining.

________________________________________________________________________

3. Julianne and Kate were have dinner when they heard the news.
________________________________________________________________________

4. Did you living in France when you started French lessons?

________________________________________________________________________

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Describing reactions using prepositions (at, by, about, in)

Describing emotions using prepositions (at, by, about, in): Descripción de

emociones utilizando las preposiciones (por, sobre, acerca de, en)

Usamos la combinación adjetivo / preposición para describir las emociones de las

personas.

¿Qué tipo de reacción describen estos adjetivos? Escribe + para reacciones positivas, -
para las negativas o +/ - para positivas y negativas.

1 shocked at / by ____ 4 amazed at ____ 7 worried about ____

2 upset about ____ 5 angry about ____ 8 suprised by ____

3 excited about ____ 6 interested in ____ 9 happy about ____

Encierra el adjetivo que mejor complementa a la oración.

1 You dropped my laptop! I´m really…..about 5 Nancy heard the terrible news. She´s
it …. by it.
a) angry b) surprised a) angry b) shocked

2 My new computer can download files really 6 Our dog broke his leg. My son is
fast! I'm….at it. very….about it.
a) upset b) amazed a) excited b) upset

3 You loved your car, but you sold it! I´m….by 7 I found a new Web site for chatting
it. online. I´m very…..in it.
a) surprised b) worried a) interested b) angry

4 I bought a new laptop yesterday. I´m 8 I think I flunked my test. I´m

so….about it. very….about it.
a) excited b) angry a) surprised b) worried

Read the following conversations of four people talking about events in the past. How
did they feel about it? Write the event and an adjective to describe their reactions.
(Lee las siguientes conversaciones de cuatro personas hablando de eventos
ocurridos en el pasado. ¿Cómo se sintieron?. Escribe el evento y el adjetivo que
describe sus reacciones.)

Conversation 1. Conversation 3.
A: I remember when I failed my driving test. A: I remember when I started college.
B: Were you upset about it? B: Were you excited about it?
A: Yes, I was. But I passed the second time. A: No, I was worried about it. Everything
was new and different.

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Conversation 2. Conversation 4.
A: Do you remember when we first opened A: Do you remember when someone stole
our book store? my purse on the bus?
B: We were so happy and excited about it. B: You were very upset about it.
A: Yes, we were. A: No, I wasn’t. I was angry and a little
shocked by it -that’s all.

1. ______________ 2. _______________ 3. ________________ 4._______________

1. ______________ 2. _______________ 3. ________________ ________________

Superlatives
En inglés cuando comparamos dos cosas usamos los adjetivos y sus tres grados: positivos,
comparativos y superlativos. En esta lección nos enfocaremos en los superlativos.

Adjetivos de A la mayoría de los adjetivos solo les agregamos -est:

una sílaba
old- the oldest (viejo-mas viejo) new- the newest (nuevo- mas
nuevo)
En los adjetivos que terminan en consonante- vocal- consonante, duplica
la consonante final y agrega -est:

thin- the thinnest (flaco- mas flaco) fat- the fattest (gordo- mas gordo)
hot- the hottest (caliente- mas caliente)

Adjetivos de Cambia la y a i agrega -est:

dos sílabas
que terminan happy- the happiest (contento- mas contento) easy-the easiest
en -y (facil-mas facil)

Adjetivos de Utiliza most (mas) o least (poco / menos):

dos o más
sílabas important-the most important (importante- mas importante) interesting- the
least interesting (interesante- poco interesante)
popular- the most popular (popular- mas popular)

Adjetivos Estos adjetivos se transforman completamente:

irregulares good-the best (bueno- mejor) bad- the worst (mal- peor)

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Completa la tabla transformando a los adjetivos en superlativos.

Adjective Superlative Adjective Superlative

good strange

bad popular

funny happy

fat interesting

beautiful important

Lee la información, completa las oraciones y convierte el adjetivo a superlativo.

1. Going to the theater is the____________________ (popular) free time activity for the
students.
2. These students think that pop music is the____________________ (exciting) kind of
music.
3. These students think that action movies are the____________________ (boring)
kind of movies.
4. These students think that classical music is the____________________ (exciting)
kind of music.
5. These students think that comedies are the____________________ (interesting)
kind of movies.
6. These students think that sculptures is the____________________ (difficult) kind of
art.
7. Watching TV is the____________________ (popular) free time activity for these
students.
8. These students think that dance is the____________________ (fun) kind of class.

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