Wednesday 09/05/12

e-bikes: an efficient and environmentally responsible gadget? http://www.electric-bicycle-guide.com/who-can-use.html

Click on the link above, read the written article about the use of electric bikes and answer the following questions:



  1. Summarize the article in 2 minutes or less
  2. Do you disagree with any of the arguments included in the article? Why?
  3. Find additional reasons why someone should use an electric bike
  4. Find 3 of the arguments cited in the article and change the wording to make the arguments stronger

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Time Prepositions

Multiple Choice Exercise

Complete the sentences below by choosing the correct prepositions, then press "Check" to check your answers.
1. Jane is arriving  January 26  2 o'clock  the afternoon.

2. It snows here every year  December. We always go outside and play in the snow  Christmas day.

3. Michael is leaving  Friday  noon.

4. Frankie started working for her law firm  1995.

5. Franklin began working on the project  yesterday.

6. Normally,  New Year's Eve, it's tradition to kiss the one you love  midnight.

7 Don't be ridiculous; there were no telephones  the seventeenth century! The telephone was invented  the 1870s.

8. The plane leaves  tomorrow morning  8:00 AM.

9. The hills here are covered with wildflowers  early spring.

10. We met at the restaurant  6:30 and stayed  10:30.


Verb Tenses: Past Simple or Present Perfect

Simple Past or Present Perfect?
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
  1. He (leave / just)  his house.
  2. We (build)  a tree house last week.
  3. Two years ago, Fiona (break)  her leg.
  4. I (wash / already)  the dishes.
  5. The other day, our cat (bring)  home a mouse.

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
  1. We (empty / not)  the bin last week.
  2. She (be / not)  there an hour ago.
  3. He (lose / not)  any game so far.
  4. My brother (pick / not)  me up at 8 o'clock.
  5. I (make / not)  up my mind yet.

QUESTIONS

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
  1. (you / see)  Bob recently?
  2. Who (switch)  off the lights a minute ago?
  3. When (she / become)  a teacher?
  4. (you / ride / ever)  an elephant?
  5. (you / hurt)  your knee when you were playing football?

TEXT

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
  1. Last week I (be)  very busy and I (have not)  the time to do a lot in the household.
  2. On Monday I (work)  three hours overtime and (come)  home very late in the evening.
  3. From Tuesday to Thursday I (be)  on a business trip.
  4. On Friday I (go)  to a friend's birthday party and at the weekend I (visit)  my grandparents.
  5. Tomorrow some friends are coming over. I (see / not)  them for ages and they (be / never)  at my place before.
  6. I (clean / just)  my house so I can show them around. Now everything is perfect.

Use the correct verb tense in the following exercises: Past Simple/Present Perfect/Past Perfect



1. When I (arrive)  home last night, I discovered that
2. Jane (prepare)  a beautiful candlelight dinner.
3. Since I began acting, I (perform)  in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama.
4. However, I (speak, never even)  publicly before I came to Hollywood in 1985.
5. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already)  without me.
6. My boss (be)  furious
7. with me and I (be)  fired.
8. When I (turn)  the radio on yesterday,
9. I (hear)  a song that was popular when I was in high school.
10. I (hear, not)  the song for years,
11. and it (bring)  back some great memories.
12. Last week, I (run)  into an ex-girlfriend of mine.
13. We (see, not)  each other for years,
14. and both of us (change)  a great deal.
15. I (enjoy)  talking to her so much
16. that I (ask)  her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.
17. Jack (enter)  the room,
18. I (recognize, not)  him because
19. he (lose)  so much weight and
20. (grow)  a beard. He looked totally different!
21. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture (disappear, virtually)  by the time Europeans first
22. (arrive)  in the New World.
23. I (visit)  so many beautiful places
24. since I (come)  to Utah. Before moving here,
25. I (hear, never)  of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands. 
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Perfect time to start rehearsing this popular song from the 70's, don't you think?  Listen to the song and fill in the blanks.  ALLEZ MONTPELLIER!







I've ____ my dues - 
Time after time - 
I've ____ my sentence 
But committed no crime - 
And bad mistakes 
I've ____ a few 
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face - 
But I've ____ through 

We are the champions - my friends 
And we'll ____ on fighting - till the end - 
We are the champions - 
We are the champions 
No time for losers 
'Cause we are the champions - of the world - 

I've _____ my bows 
And my curtain calls - 
You _____ me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it 
- 
I thank you all - 

But it's ____ no bed of roses 
No pleasure cruise - 
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race - 
And I ain't ____ lose - 

We are the champions - my friends 
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end - 
We are the champions - 
We are the champions 
No time for losers 
'Cause we are the champions - of the world - 
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