Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Superlative: Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.



Read the sentences. Then write a statement using the superlative form of the adjective.
1.  (tall) Mount Kangchenjunga (in Nepal) is 28,169 feet high. K-2 (between Pakistan & China) is 28,251 feet high. Mt. Everest (between Nepal & China) is 29,035 feet high.
      ___________________ is _______________ mountain in the world.
.     (cheap)   Sony Cyber-shot camera
      STORES:  Dell: $399   Gateway: $449   RitzCamera:  $400 
  
      Of the three stores, ___________ is ___________________ place to buy       a Sony Cyber-shot camera.
3.  (cool)  Average High Temperatures in October:
      Beijing, China: 66º F.   Vancouver, Canada 56º F.    Mexico City, Mexico 73º F.
      Of the three cities, _________ is _________________ in October.
4.  (easy)  Number of A’s these instructors gave for final grades last semester:  Mr. Trego: 4     Ms. Wenselow: 2     Mr. Greene: 12
      Of the three teachers, _______________ was _______________.
5.  (low in calories) One serving (部分, porción, порция) of roast chicken has 160 calories. One portion (部分, porción, порция) of mashed potatoes has 200 calories. One serving of bacon on toast has 400 calories. 
      Of the three dishes, ____________ is _____________________ in calories.
6.  (heavy) The first package weighs 2.5 lbs. The second one weighs one half pound. The third one weighs 2.1 lbs. 
      The ____________ package is ____________________.
7.  (safe) New Orleans (in the state of Louisiana) had 401 murders (谋杀, asesinatos, убийство) last year. Detroit (in Michigan) had 320.  Paris (in France) had 135.
      Of the three cities, __________ was ____________ last year.
8.  (crowded) Mr. Trego’s 10:00 class has 25 students in it. His 8:00 has 40. His class at 12:00 has 18.
      Mr. Trego’s _______ class is _____________________.
                             time

1.  Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
2.  Of the three stores, Dell is the cheapest place to buy a Sony Cyber-shot camera.
3. Of the three cities, Vancouver, Canada, is the coolest in October.
4. Of the three cities, Mr. Greene's class was the easiest (because he gave more A's than the other teachers).
5. Of the three dishes, one serving of roast chicken is the lowest in calories.
6. The first package is the heaviest.
7. Of the three cities, Paris, France, was the safest last year.
8. Mr. Trego's 8:00 class is the most crowded.

Phrasal Verbs 9: That's a lot of money you want us to spend!



Part 9: Phrasal Verbs. Fill in the blanks. Use a two-part verb from the list. Sometimes you will need to add a pronoun, such as me, her, him, it, or them. The ˬ sign between two words means that they must stay together. 


look up
pick up
put back
take off
talk over
throw away
turn down
turn down
turn
ˬ into
work out
write down



1.  That's a lot of money you want us to spend!  We should all __________________ before we make such a big purchase (购买, la compra, поку́пка).
2.  Do you have a pencil? I need to __________________ her phone number so I don't forget it.
3.  He and his wife don't get along with each other ( , , llevarse bien con algn, они́ ла́дят ме́жду собо́й). In fact, they have been seeing a marriage counselor in order to __________________ their problems.
4.  He forgot how to spell the word, so he __________________ in the dictionary.
5.  What are you doing? Don't __________________ that paper! We can recycle it.
6.  I can't __________________ today. I have to meet with a client. You'll have to take the bus home instead.
7.  Excuse me, honey. Could you __________________ the TV? I'm trying to talk on the phone, and I can't hear.
8.  She took two tablets of Tylenol out of the bottle, and then she ______ the bottle ______ in the medicine cabinet and closed the door.
9.  They offered him the job, but he _____________________ because he didn't want to have such a long commute.
10.              She looked in the mirror. The dress she was wearing had a stain ( , mancha, пятно́) in front,
     so she __________________, and she put on something else.
11.              The witch waved her wand (魔杖,varita mágica, волше́бная па́лочка), and the handsome prince __________________ a frog!

1. talk it over
2. write down
3. work out
4. looked it up
5. throw away
6. pick you up
7. turn down
8. put (the bottle) back
9. turned it down
10. took it off
11. turned into

Part 8: Phrasal Verbs She grew up in a small village in Szechuan...



Part 8:  Phrasal Verbs.  Fill in the blanks. Use a two-part verb from the list. Sometimes you will need to add a pronoun, such as me, her, him, it, or them. The ˬ signs means that the two verbs must stay together; you cannot put a word between them. (They are inseparable.)
getˬup            
growˬup          
help out         
put back        
talk over
goˬon              
growˬup          
pick up           
take off                                   
throw away
1.  Before he went to bed, he __________ his shirt and pants and hung them up in the closet.
2.  She _________ in a small village in Szechuan Province, but she moved to Shanghai when she was 18 to get a job.
3.  The train stopped at Civic Center Station. Then it _________ to Powell Street Station.
4. Don't forget to set (, 设置 时间, poner, ста́вить) your alarm clock for 5:30 a.m. You need to _________ early tomorrow.
5.  a.  I can't decide whether I should get a job or continue my studies.
     b.  It's an important decision. You should _________ with your family before you make up your mind (=decide).
6.  I'm going to the concert tonight. My friend Mary just called up and asked me for a ride, so I'm going to _________ on the way.
7.  Mike was on vacation, so I had to clean everything up myself at the end of the shift (日班, el turno de..., смена). Jack was really nice and offered to _________ . We finished everything in a half hour.
8.  She took the clean dishes out of the dishwasher and _________ on the shelf.
9.  What are you doing? Don't _________ those bones! We can use them to make soup stock  (汤汁, caldo, бульо́н).
10.                            I think kids today _________ too quickly. Ten-year-old girls should not be wearing make-up and miniskirts. They look like little prostitutes!

1.  took off
2.  grew up
3.  went on
4.  get up
5.  talk it over
6.  pick her up
7.  help me out
8. put them back
9. throw away
10. grow up, are growing up