Transcript LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH COMIC STRIPS

LEARNING ENGLISH
THROUGH COMIC
STRIPS
CALVIN AND ROBS
& MONICA
Select the appropriate alternative that completes the balloons.
Cartoon 1
( ) You are good.
( ) You are mean.
( ) You help me
Cartoon 2
( ) I respect you.
( ) I let you.
( ) I help you.
( ) You are a real friend.
( ) You are a bad friend.
( ) You did not disrespect me.
Cartoon 3
( ) You are good.
( ) You are stupid.
( ) You disrespect me.
( ) You are good too.
( ) You are stupid too.
( ) You disrespect me too.
Cartoon 4
( ) My flower is white too.
( ) Please to meet you too.
( ) Hi, I´m your neighbor. My name is Monica.
GABARITO:
1. You are so mean.
2. I help you; You are a very good
friend.
3. You are stupid; You are stupid too.
4. Hi, I´m your neighbor. My name is
Monica.
1- The verbs want and have (3rd box)
convey opposing ideas in this strip.
They could be replaced, without any
or slight changes in meaning, by:
a- desire and needn’t
b- wish and need
c- need and require
d- lack and need
2- The phrasal verb which
corresponds to postpone (3rd
box) is:
a- put on
b- call on
c- put off
d- call off
b- wish and need
c- put off