Piranha

Go to the link and answer the following questions:          Piranha     

Where does the Piranha live?

What does the Piranha have in its mouth?

How fast can the fish eat a cow?

How big is a Piranha?

Who is the Piranha's #1 enemy?

What other things does the Piranha eat?

Why is it a bad idea to keep a Piranha as a pet?

What do humans do with the Piranha's teeth?

Simple Past Drill: Irregular Verbs

Complete the sentence using the past tense.

break   buy   go    write   eat   run   swim

Michael _______________ a new skateboard with the money he saved.

Harriet  _______________ a mile in seven minutes.

Karolyna ______________ across the Niagra River without being carried away by the strong current.

Joselito  almost ________________ all of his birthday cake at the party.

Lupita Solazapanos _____________ a world record by creating the largest chicken quesadilla ever.

George and Robert _____________ a story about the Chupa-Cabra legend.

Alexis  _______________ to the Whale Festival in Rincon last weekend.

Listen up to more Collocations

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Collocations

Color Collocations

Around the clock Idioms

Read each idiom and write its meaning.

a good time a hard time a matter of time a race against time a race against time clock about time ahead of time before time better luck next time buy time catch at a bad time catch me later time flies

Words for your Dictionary

Add these words to your dictionary:

laud    collocation    idiom    language     habit      

expression    euphemism     brawn    louse    recollect

Collocations Match

take             make          do             get           wash

1. lunch
2. up
3. the dishes
4. dressed
5. the bed
6. a nap
7. a bath
8. homework

Simple Present vs. Simple Past

Examples:
Where does Ramon usually study?                    When did Ramon eat his dinner?                                    
He usually studies  at the library.                       He ate his dinner at 6:30p.m.

When does Yolanda usually go shopping?             When did Yolando go to the movies?
_________________________________               ___________________________


When do you usually go to church?                         When did you do your homework?
_________________________________               __________________________

When do they usually visit their grandmother?       Where did Tomas meet his girl friend?
_________________________________               __________________________