READING 2

THE LOTTERY PAST AND PRESENT
chance: opportunity
games of chance: juegos de azar
almost: casi
luck: suerte
over: más de
in order to: para(finalidad)
collect: raise Money
grew in size: crecieron en tamaño
spread: extend
rulers: dirigentes
financed: financiaron
as well as : así como también
warns: advierte
growth: crecimiento
gambling: ludopatía
out of: de cada..
take part: participate
frightening: aterrador
gamblers: ludopatas
gamble: jugar a juegos de azar
encourages: anima
WORDS TO KNOW
introduce: presentar
unfortunately: por desgracia
army: armada
growth: crecimiento
spread: extenderse
amount: quantity/ cantidad

UNIT 5 Workbook exercises

Page 32
Exercise 1
ACROSS
1.courageous
3.fight
6.villain
DOWN
1.comic strip
2.scientist
4.hero
5.cloak
Exercise 2
1.comic strip
2.hero
3.villain
4.scientist
5.fight
6.cloak
7.courageous
Exercise 3
4.a
7.b
6.c
5.d
8.e
1.f
2.g
3.h
Exercise 4
Good qualities: handsome, courageous, powerful, truthful, brave, good-looking, strong
Bad qualities:wicked, evil, insane, mad, bad
Exercise 7
1.jouranlist 2.mannerism 3.definitely 4. growing up 6.lifted 7.son 8. waste 9. fight 10. commited
Word Building
3.a , 1.b, 5.c, 4.d, 6.e, 2.f

GRAMMAR
Exercise 1
2. Fruit is healthier than chocolate
3.Lions are more furious than cats
4.Tom’s artwork is worse than mine
5.The film was more interesting than the book
Exercise 2
2.the friendliest 3.the best 4. the biggest 5.the most confortable
Exercise 3
1.more popular than 2.the most powerful 3. less scary than 4.handsome
5.not as tall as
Exercise 5
1.strong enough 2. too cold 3.attractive enough 4.too long 5.fast enough
6.fashionable enough 7. pretty enough 8.old enough
Exercise 6
1.a, 2.b, 3.b, 4.a, 5.b
Exercise 7
2.The Block is heavier than Mighty Monkey
3.The Block is the tallest of them all
4.Mighty Monkey is less scary than the Block
5.Super Sue is the least fierce
Exercise 9
1.didn’thave 2. cool enough 3. least popular 4.happened 5.was wandering
6.faster than 7.the most inusual 8.produce 9.strong enough 10.help
Error Correction
1.more expensive 2.big enough 3.most colourful 4.than 5.weak 6.as tall

UNIT 5 VOCABULARY

SUPERMAN from villain to hero
Once again: once more time/ una vez más
cloak: capa
ordinary: common
evil: bad
save: rescue/ salvar
a man of steel: un hombre de acero
fight: luchar
appear: aparecer
However: sin embargo
handsome: attractive( for male)
In fact: de hecho
superpowers: super poderes
mad: crazy
powerful: podereroso
lift up: levantar
for evil: para el mal
wicked: very bad/ malvado
whole: complete, entire/ entero
agree: estar de acuerdo
comic strip: tira cómica
In time: con el tiempo
development: desarrollo
screen: pantalla
ageless: sin edad
the fact: el hecho
means: significa

COMPARISON

STRUCTURES

EQUALITY

AS+ POSITIVE ADJECTIVE + AS= TAN …COMO

My brother is as tall as me/ I am

INEQUALITY

NOT AS+POSITIVE ADJECTIVE+AS
NOT SO…AS

My sister is not so clever as me
My sister isn’t as clever as me

SUPERIORITY

ADJECTIVE-ER THAN
MORE + ADJECTIVE +THAN = MÁS …QUE

Peter is taller than me
Peter is more intelligent than me
Peter is more careful than me
INFERIORITY
LESS+POSITIVE ADJECTIVE+ THAN= menos que
Peter is less tall/ intelligent/ careful than me

SUPERLATIVE

SUBJECT+ VERB+ THE+ ADJECTIVE +EST OR THE MOST+ADJECTIVE+ NOUN+ COMPLEMENT

Susan is the tallest girl in the class/ in Spain/ of the 4

COMPLEMENT
PLACE: AT, IN, ON
AT: PUBLIC PLACES( at the supermarket, at school, etc)
IN: COUNTRIES, CITIES, BIG AREAS(in Spain, in Barcelona, in the world,…)

ON: THE COAST, THE MOON, THE BEACH

GROUP: OF
Of all the animals, of all the students, etc

PHRASE
I’ve ever +past participle= que he …….jamás/ nunca
I have ever seen/ I have ever read
TOO/ ENOUGH

TOO+ADJECTIVES/ ADVERBS= DEMASIADO

E.g.: He is too young to drink alcohol

ADJECTIVE+ ENOUGH= NO LO SUFICIENTEMENTE
E.g.: He isn’t old enough to go out at night.


IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

GOOD BETTER THE BEST

BAD WORSE THE WORST

And a story.

Click on the picture, then click on START on the right.

You can read the story if you click READ on the left.

a game and a song.

you can play the game, but then listen to the song. You can read the lyrics clicking on on the READ button on the left.

A quiz

click on the image