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WEEK 2

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

A. VOCABULARY: Actions

do exercises study run talk read sing march eat

B. READING: Read the text and answer these questions.

1. Where is the Jones family? _______________________________

2. What are the birds doing? _______________________________
3. What is Tommy doing? _______________________________
4. What are Sally and Patty doing? _______________________________
5. What are Mr. and Mrs. Jones doing? _______________________________

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C. GRAMMAR: The Present Continuous.
The Present Continuous is a grammatical tense that describes eventshappening at the time
of speaking.

Examples:
1. A: What are you doing? B: I am doing exercises.
2. A: What is she doing? B: She is eating a hamburger.
3. A: What are we doing? B: We are studying English.
4. A: What am I doing? B: You are reading a book.
5. A: What is he doing? B: He is running.

D. GRAMMAR: Read these examples aloud.

AFFIRMATIVE
Pronoun Verb To Be Verb + ING
I am listening to music.
He, She, It is cooking pizza.
You, We, They are playing soccer.
Contractions: I’m / She’s / We’re / They’re / It’s…

NEGATIVE
Pronoun Verb To Be + NOT Verb + ING
I am not reading.
He, She, It is not singing.
You, We, They are not talking.
Contraction: I’m not / You aren’t / He isn’t

The -ing spelling rules

1. The general rule is to add 2. For the verbs that end in a 3. For one-syllable verbs ending
-ing to the verb. silent e, we drop the e and add in a vowel and a consonant, we
Examples: - ing. double the final consonant and
play + ing → playing Examples: add -ing.
watch + ing → watching close + ing → closing Examples:
write + ing → writing stop + ing → stopping
set + ing → setting
4. For verbs ending in w, y, 5. For verbs ending in a vowel 6. For verbs ending in -ie, we
or x, we only add -ing. and a consonant with stress on drop the -ie and add -ing.
Examples: the final syllable, we double the Examples:
• fix + ing → fixing consonant and add -ing. die + ing → dying
• say + ing → saying Examples: lie + ing → lying
• snow + ing snowing • begin → beginning
• admit → admitting
• refer → referring
• upset → upsetting

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E. LET’S PRACTICE: Choose the correct option.

F. Write negative sentences:

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G. Write the -ing form for each verb:

H. Complete with the verbs in parentheses

I. Make sentences in order to describe activities and actions about yourself and your classmates.

a. _________________________________________________________
b. _________________________________________________________
c. _________________________________________________________
d. _________________________________________________________
e. _________________________________________________________
f. _________________________________________________________

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 WEEK 4

DESCRIBING PEOPLE

A. VOCABULARY: Personal Appearance

B. PRACTICE: Write the correct number.

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C. GRAMMAR: Adjectives

1. Adjective + Noun = The adjective go first:

1. The White House is in the It’s a big house. NOT It’s a house big.
US. 2. Plural Noun = Adjectives don’t change before a plural
2. They’re attractive boys. noun: They’re good boys. NOT They’re goods boys.
3. He’s strong. 3. We can use adjectives without a noun, after the verb
Is she tall? BE.
4. Mily’s very beautiful. 4. We can use very before adjectives:
He’s very tall. She isn’t very short.

Tipo de adjetivo Ejemplos

Opinión amazing, quiet, useful, etc
Tamaño big, small, tall, etc
Forma round, square, haxagonal, etc
Edad old, new, modern, antique, etc
Color gray, yellow, blue, etc
Nacionalidad Greek, Turkish, Chinese, etc
Material leather, glass, steel, etc.

1. Find 11 adjectives in the text: What does she look like?

1. __________________
2. __________________
3. __________________
4. __________________
5. __________________
6. __________________
7. __________________
8. __________________
9. __________________
10. __________________
11. __________________

2. Play and say who the celebrity is:

She has short and blond hair.

She is a sexy woman.
She has a white, medium and
pretty dress.
She is a famous actress.
She died.
Her name starts with M.
Who is she?

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 He is short.
He is Chinese.
He is thin
He has a short and black hair
He is…
He is …
Who is he?

3. Make phrases matching the adjectives and nouns.

1. American Airlines
2. _____________________________
3. _____________________________
4. _____________________________
5. _____________________________
6. _____________________________
7. _____________________________
8. _____________________________

4. Read and answer the questions.

Is she tall?
What does she look like? __________________________
She is short and slim. Her Does she have blond hair?
hair is short and blond. She __________________________
has small blue eyes. What color are her eyes?
__________________________

Is he tall?
What does he look like? __________________________
He is medium height and Does he have blond hair?
thin. He is bald. He has __________________________
small green eyes. What color are his eyes?
__________________________

5. Create a text.

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 WEEK 5

THE WEATHER AND CLOTHES

A. VOCABULARY: Clothes and Weather

TIE

B. Find ten words and circle

C. Write the words you need according to the definitions.

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D. GRAMMAR: Present Continuous; Yes/ No Questions & Information Question

1. Match the descriptions with the pictures:

1. Lucy is wearing brown high 2. Fred is wearing black

heels, pantyhose, a gray shoes, a denim jacket, green
jacket and a light blue skirt. pants and beige shirt.

3. Mark is wearing brown 4. Sarah is wearing gray

shoes, black belt, blue jeans pants, a blue top, black shoes
and a red t-shirt. and a yellow blouse.

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2. Complete the sentences:

3. Look at these people and their clothes:

a. She is wearing ________________________________________________________.

b. _____________________________________________________________________.
c. _____________________________________________________________________.
d. _____________________________________________________________________.
e. _____________________________________________________________________.
f. _____________________________________________________________________.

4. Answer these questions:

a. What are you doing now? ______________________________________________________
b. What is your classmate doing now? ______________________________________________
c. What is your teacher e doing now? _______________________________________________

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5. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

a. What company ___________________ (you work) for?

b. What class ___________________ (they study) in?

c. Who ___________________ (John shake) hands with?

d. What time ___________________ (your friends come)?

e. What country ___________________ (they visit) at the moment?

6. Listening practice: Look at the picture. What are the people wearing? Robin has just
arrived at the party. He doesn’t know many people there are. Listen and write the
names.

Alan Trisha Carlos Robin

Linda Ben Colin Georgia

7. Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences.

1. Sam and Stewart are playing basketball.

Question: __Are Sam and Stewart playing basketball?______
Answer: Yes, they are. . .
Answer: No, they aren’t. . .

2. It’s raining now.

Question: _________________________________________
Answer: Yes, __________________
Answer: No, __________________

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3. Susan is doing her homework.
Question: _________________________________________
Answer: Yes, __________________
Answer: No, __________________ .

4. The train is arriving now.

Question: _________________________________________
Answer: Yes, __________________
Answer: No, __________________ .

5. My classmates are studying for a test.

Question: _________________________________________
Answer: Yes, __________________
Answer: No, __________________

6. Mr. Stevens is washing dishes.

Question: _________________________________________
Answer: Yes, __________________
Answer: No, __________________ .

7. Your cat is eating the food.

Question: _________________________________________
Answer: Yes, __________________
Answer: No, __________________.

8. The phone is ringing.

Question: _________________________________________
Answer: Yes, __________________
Answer: No, __________________.

9. I am studying grammar.
Question: _________________________________________
Answer: Yes, __________________
Answer: No, __________________.

10. The airplane is landing.

Question: _________________________________________
Answer: Yes, __________________
Answer: No, __________________ .

11. The kids are playing in the garden.

Question: _________________________________________
Answer: Yes, __________________
Answer: No, __________________.

12. My uncle is baking cookies.

Question: _________________________________________
Answer: Yes, __________________
Answer: No, __________________.

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 WEEK 6

THE SIMPLE PRESENT

A. VOCABULARY: Listen to your teacher and repeat.

B. Classify the activities in “A”:

In the evening
In the morning
In the afternoon

C. READING: Read the text and write True or False or NI (No Information)

I I I I

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1. I get up at seven o’clock. __________
2. I have breakfast with eggs and bread. __________
3. I go to school by mototaxi. __________
4. I watch TV in the evening. __________
5. I sleep at a quarter past nine. __________

 The simple present tense is one of several forms of present tense in

English. It is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general
truths, and fixed arrangements.
 The simple present tense is simple to form. Just use the base form
of the verb: (I take, you take, we take, they take) The 3rd person
singular, takes an -s at the end. (he takes, she takes)

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1. Write the correct 3rd person form. Remember the spelling rules!
eat _________ do __________ study __________ watch __________
drink _________ read __________ make __________ cook __________
study __________ play __________

2. Describe Lucy’s day. Use 3rd Person Singular:

1. She gets up at 7.15 a.m.
1. I get up at 7.15 a.m. 2.
3.
2. I have breakfast. 4.
5.
6.
3. I watch the news on TV.
7.
8.
4. After that I have a shower.

5. Then I get dressed. 7. I start work at nine o’clock.

6. I go to work at 8.15 a.m. 8. I finish work at five o’clock.

3. Write the activities and the time.

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4. Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences, as in the example:
I live (live) in Edinburgh.
1. She’s a teacher. She (work) at primary school.
2. “Are you a singer?” “No, I’m a pilot. I (fly) airplanes.
3. Joan (wash) her hair every day.
4. The museum (close) at seven in the evening.
5. Daniel (brush) his teeth every morning.
6. She (study) Science at university.
7. Every Saturday, Paul (give) his dog a bath.
8. In the mornings, Betty (take) her sister to school.
9. We (go) to the swimming pool at the weekend.
10. John and Mary (have) a cup of tea in the afternoon.

5. Write questions and negations as in the example

Tom lives in England.
→ Does Tom live in England? Tom doesn’t live in England.
1. Mr. Simpson teaches Chemistry.
______________________________________________________________
2. You like playing computer games.
______________________________________________________________
3. John and Sue work in a café.
______________________________________________________________
4. We do the shopping on Saturdays.
______________________________________________________________
5. The baby cries all the time.
______________________________________________________________

6. Write about your daily routines

____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________

7. Use the words to make questions and then answer them

you / have / a dog?
______________________________________ _______________________
she / go / by motorcycle?
______________________________________ ______________________

they / get up / a 7pm?

______________________________________ ______________________

he / brush / his teeth?

______________________________________ _____________________

I / work / at school?
______________________________________ _____________________

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8. Look at the answers and make questions
1. _____________________________________________________?
Yes, I do. I take a shower at 5:30 am
2. _____________________________________________________?
Yes, he does. María goes shopping in the market.
3. _____________________________________________________?
No, they don’t. The students don’t do exercises today.
4. _____________________________________________________?
No, he doesn’t. The doctor doesn’t work in that hospital.

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 WEEK 7

CELEBRATIONS AND TIME

A. VOCABULARY: Days of the week, months and seasons

Write the days in the correct order:

1 Sunday
2 __________________
3 __________________
4 __________________
5 __________________
6 __________________
7 __________________

B. Write a letter to complete the months

Seasons

C. Complete the following sentences:

My English class is on _______________ (a day)

Mother’s Day is in ________________ (a month)
It’s very cold in the ________________ (a season)
In Peru, the Summer starts in ______________ and finishes in _______________.

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D. GRAMMAR: Prepositions of time (at – on – in)

1. Write the dates in full. Follow the example:

a. Monday - Tuesday - ____________ d. Tuesday - Wednesday - ___________
b. Thursday - Friday - ____________ e. Monday - ___________ - Wednesday
c. Saturday - Sunday - ____________ f. Thursday - ____________ - Saturday

2. Match the months with the celebrations and complete the sentences.

We celebrate New We celebrate our

Year in ______. Independence in
______.
We celebrate All
Saint’s Day in
______. We celebrate
Woman’s Day in
______.
We celebrate
Valentine’s Day in
______. We celebrate
Easter in April.

We celebrate
Christmas in ______.

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3. Associate the pictures with the names of the four seasons. Copy the words in the appropriate box.

Fruit
Flowers
Wind

Ice cream Birds

Hot

Sun Christmas
Cold

Beach
Leaves Snowman

Gloves Umbrella
Rain

4. Put the letters in the correct order to find the months.

MEEERSTBP BETOORC VEEOBRNM

EEEBCMRD UYAANRJ BYERAFRU

RAHMC RLPAI MYA

NJUE UJYL UUGTAS

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E. VOCABULARY: What time is it? Cardinal numbers 1 – 100

F. Take turns with a partner and count up to 100 in different ways:

A: one C: two E: five
B: two D: four F: ten
A: three… C: six… E: fifteen…

G. VOCABULARY: Ordinal Numbers

1st first 9th ninth 17th seventeenth
2nd second 10th tenth 18th eighteenth
3rd third 11th eleventh 19th nineteenth
4th fourth 12th twelfth 20th twentieth
5th fifth 13th thirteenth 21st twenty-first
6th sixth 14th fourteenth 22nd twenty-second
7th seventh 15th fifteenth 30th thirtieth
8th eighth 16th sixteenth 31st thirty-first

H. Say sentences about your classmate according to the class list:

Example: “The second student in the list is Bernaza”

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I. GRAMMAR: The Time

1. Can you complete these sentences?

a. 2:00 It’s _______ o’clock.
b. 10:15 It’s _______ past ten.
c. 1:50 It’s _______ to two.

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2. Listen and repeat.

3. Listen to the time and write a number in the order that you hear.

4. Match the time.

1. It’s three o’clock. a. 12.25 5. What time is it? Write numbers.
2. It’s a quarter past eight. b. 8.05 It’s seven thirty: …………………..
3. It’s ten thirty. c. 11.25 It’s five to ten: ……………………..
4. It’s five to five. d. 1.58 It’s one to one: …………………….
5. It’s nine twenty-five. e. 8.15 It’s a quarter past three: …………
6. It’s twenty-five to eleven. f. 4.55 It’s eight forty-five: ………………
7. It’s two to two. g. 10.35 It’s ten past eleven: …………………….
8. It’s eleven twenty-five. h. 9. 25 It’s a quarter to three: ………………..
9. It’s five past eight. i. 10.30 It’s four thirty-five: ……………………
10. It’s twelve twenty-five. j. 3.00 It’s twelve o’clock: …………………….

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6. Look at the clocks and write the time.

7. Look at dates and write them.

8. Fill in the blanks.

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 WEEK 9

FREQUENCY ADVERBS
A. VOCABULARY: Frequency Adverbs

B. Read the text and choose true (T) or false (F).

Robert Hughes lives in Lima. He lives with his wife Patricia. They live with their
two children Sam and Lana. Robert loves his family.
Robert works as a Military officer in Peru. He always leaves the Military Station
late, because he likes his job. He is a good Military officer. Robert is a Military
officer because he always helps people.
Robert always protects the citizens of Lima. He keeps the citizens safe. He
never fails to his work. He sometimes visits the schools. He usually talks to
students. The students like Robert.

1. Robert lives with his family T F

2. He never fails to his work T F
3. He always leaves the Military Station late T F
4. He doesn´t keep the citizens T F

Adverbios de frecuencia.
Los adverbios de frecuencia nos indican la periodicidad con la que se realiza una acción.
Los adverbios de frecuencia se ponen delante del verbo.

Example:
- "I always brush my teeth"
- My father often cooks dinner.
- I usually get up at 7 o’clock.

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1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1. Sheila usually …………………….. to school at 7:00 am.

a. go b. goes

2. You sometimes ………………………. TV at nights.

a. watch b. watches

3. I always ………………………… to bed at 10:00 pm.

a. go b. goes

4. Does Harold ………………….. dinner at 11:00 pm?

a. have b. has

5. Do they ……………………. English in the morning?

a. study b. studies

6. We usually ……………………….. breakfast at 7:30 am.

a. have b. has

7. Anthony sometimes …………………………… the homework in the afternoons.

a. do b. does

8. Does Silvia ………………………… her house on Sundays?

a. clean b. cleans

9. I ……………………… a shower in the afternoons.

a. take b. takes

10. We ……………… up very early every day.

a. get b. gets up

2. Use the frequency adverbs in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. I have toast for breakfast. (always)
____________________________________________________________
2. I drink beer. (never)
____________________________________________________________
3. Brenda and Luis clean their bedrooms (usually)
____________________________________________________________
4. She doesn’t go to bed late. (often)
____________________________________________________________
5. I listen to music. (rarely)
____________________________________________________________
6. She watches TV. (sometimes)
____________________________________________________________
7. How do you go out for dinner? (often)
____________________________________________________________
8. I go shopping for clothes. (occasionally)
____________________________________________________________

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3. Look at the information chart and make sentences using the information
and the frequency adverbs.
Also, you can use the days of the week and the time.

NAMES MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

Joel Goes to Goes to Goes to school Goes to Goes to
school school school school
We Study X
I Go to bed at Go to bed at Go to bed at Go to bed at Go to bed at Go to bed at Go to bed at
9:00 p.m 9:00 p.m 9:00 pm 9:00 p.m 9:00 p.m 9:00 pm 9:00 p.m
You Clean your Clean your
bedroom bedroom
Sara Have Have
breakfast at breakfast at
8: 00 am 8:00 am
Richard Watch TV at Watch TV at Watch TV at Watch TV at Watch TV at
and Mark 5:00 pm 5:00 pm 5:00 pm 5:00 pm 5:00 pm
William Does the
homework X
Mirtha Have lunch Have lunch at
and I at 1:30 pm 1:30 pm

1. ..................................................................................................................
2. ..................................................................................................................
3. ..................................................................................................................
4. ..................................................................................................................
5. ..................................................................................................................
6. ..................................................................................................................
7. ..................................................................................................................
8. ..................................................................................................................

4. Complete the sentences. Use the expressions in the box.

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5. Write sentences about your daily routine using frequency adverbs.

1. _________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________________________
6. _________________________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________
8. _________________________________________________________________
9. _________________________________________________________________
10. _________________________________________________________________

6. Choose the aliments and write your diet. (Use the verbs of frequency)

1. _________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________________

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 WEEK 10

TARAPOTO IS THE MOST EXCITING CITY IN PERU

A. VOCABULARY: Adjectives for places. Label each picture in the chart.

old – clean – big –

modern – beautiful –
small – polluted –
crowded– dirty – ugly

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B. DIALOGUE: Practice this conversation with a partner.

Hello dad, this morning, the teacher told

A: us that Egypt is drier than the United
Kingdom.
B: But, however, Atacama Desert is the
driest place in the world.

A: Oh really? The teacher also told us

that the Amazon River is the
longest river in the world.
B: Yeah, it´s even longer than the
Mississippi River.
A: Fantastic.

C. GRAMMAR: Comparatives and Superlatives

• Egypt is drier than the United Kingdom.

• Atacama Desert is the driest place in the world.
• Amazon River is the longest river in the world.
• Yeah, it´s even longer than the Mississippi River.

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1. EXERCISE: Write the comparative and superlative form of these adjectives.
Comparatives: Complete the sentences by using the words in the brackets

1.- Mountain Everest is ____________________ than Kilimanjaro. (high)

2.- Baikal is _______________ than Loch Ness. (deep)
3.- The Pacific Ocean is ____________ than the Atlantic Ocean. (large)
4.- The Amazon River is ____________ than the Mississippi River. (long)
5.- Tokyo is ___________ than New York. (crowded)
6.- Rio de Janeiro is ___________ than Mosow. (hot)
7.- Egypt is ____________ than the United Kingdom. (dry)
8.- The Giza pyramide are ______________ than the Eiffel Tower. (old)

Superlatives: Complete the sentences by using the words in the brackets

1. Mountain Everest is _______________________ mountain in the world. (high)

2. Baikal is __________________________ lake in the world. (deep)
3. The Pacific Ocean is ________________________ ocean. (large)
4. The Amazon River is ________________________ river. (long)
5. Tokyo is ____________________________ city in Japan. (crowded)
6. Death Valley is ________________________ place in the world. (hot)
7. Atacama Desert is ________________________ place in the world. (dry)
8. Egypt is ________________________ country in the world. (old)

2. Complete the chart below:

Which of the adjectives below do you associate with the city and which with the
countryside?

safe
polluted
peaceful
crowded
big
stressful
exciting
helpful
relaxing
healthy
noisy
fast
expensive
cheap
clean
dangerous
boring

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3. Write 10 sentences comparing your city with another of your choise, using the
new learnt vocabulary.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. ________________________________________________________________
10. ________________________________________________________________

4. Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences, use the verb “to be” and
the adjective in parenthesis.

1. He (tall) person in my family.

2. Jupiter (big) planet in our solar system.

3. Elephants (large) land animals.

4. We bought (expensive) TV.

5. Which sports do you think is (dangerous)?

6. My cat (lazy) animal I know.

7. This restaurant serves _____________________________ (good) food.

8. I think math (difficult) subject.
9. What (long) word in English?

10. He (strange) man in the story.

11. Last week, I had ________________________________ (bad) time of my life.
12. Which place (hot) on earth?
13. I think it (funny) show on television.

14. My friend __________________________________ (interesting) person I know.

15. Who (famous) person in your country?
16. Lima (big) city of Peru.
17. Tarapoto and Moyobamba (modern) cities in our region.
18. My parents (good) in the world.
19. My girlfriend (pretty) girl.

20. My best (funny) person I know.

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 WEEK 11

ON MY WAY
A. VOCABULARY: Things and school
Look at the classroom objects and label the pictures. Use the words from the
box.

projector – pencil – computer – ruler – chair – notebook – pen – calculator

B. Read the conversation: Student: Good afternoon, Captain Ruiz.

Captain: Good afternoon, student. I am inspecting
the classrooms. How many students are there?
Student: There are forty students.
Captain: So, are there forty chairs?
Student: Yes, there are.
Captain: Are there any computers?
Student: Yes, there is just one computer.
Captain: Are there any tablets?
Student: No, there aren´t any tablets in the
classroom.
Captain: Is there any projector?
Student: Yes, there is one projector.
C. Put T or F (true or false): Captain: Thank you so much!

1. There are forty-two students. ( )

2. There aren´t forty chairs. ( )
3. There is one computer. ( )
4. There aren´t any tablets. ( )
5. There isn’t any projector. ( )

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D. GRAMMAR: There is / There are

There is Singular noun or uncountable noun.

There are Plural noun or countable noun

Important:

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1. Fill in the gaps with there’s or there are:

2. Fill in the gaps with there isn’t or there aren’t:

3. Complete with ‘some’ or ‘any’:

1. There are _______ carrots in the basket.
2. Are there _______ potatoes in the basket?
3. Is there _______ water in the watering can?
4. There are _______ yellow chicks on the eggs.
5. There isn’t _______ lemonade in the bottle.
6. Are there _______ chocolate cakes on the table?
7. There are _______ owls on the branch.
8. There isn’t _______ black birds in the nest.
9. There are _______ blue birds here.
10. Is there _______ homework for today.
11. There aren’t _______ chairs in my bedroom.
12. Is there _______ ice cream in that cup?

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4. PRACTICE IN CLASS: Students write their own dialogues using “there is” and
“there are”.

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 WEEK 13

WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT?

A. VOCABULARY: Past activities

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

The Simple Past Tense talks about an action, event or
moment that happened/finished in the past.

Match these verbs in the past with the activities below:

wrote studied listened played went drank

play study listen

_____________ _____________ _____________

go
go write drink
_____________ _____________ _____________

B. Match the following verbs.

Drink Enjoyed Do Traveled

Play Had Dance Read
Eat Bought Travel Saw
Buy Drank Drive Did
Enjoy Played Read Danced
Have Ate See Drove

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C. READING: Read and choose ( T ) ( F )

I didn’t study
Jason: Hi, Amy. Did you have a good weekend?
Amy: Well, I had a busy weekend, so I’m a
little tired today.
Jason: Really? Why?
Amy: Well, on Saturday, I exercised in the
morning. Then my roommate and I cleaned,
did laundry and shopped. And then I visited my parents.
Jason: So, what did you do on Sunday?
Amy: I studied for the test all day.
Jason: Oh, no! Do we have a test today?
I didn’t study! I just watched TV all weekend!

1. Jason didn’t watch TV all weekend. (T) (F)

2. Amy was busy at weekend. (T) (F)
3. Jason studied for the test. (T) (F)
4. Amy visited her parents. (T) (F)
5. Amy and her roommate cleaned it. (T) (F)

D. Write the activites that Amy and Jason did or didn’t do.

DID DIDN’T DO

Jason

Amy

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E. GRAMMAR: The Simple Past Tense

SIMPLE PAST

Use the Simple Past to talk about an event

that happened in the past.

REGULAR VERB IRREGULAR VERB

1. All the verbs add – ed. 1. Irregular verbs change completely.
2. If a verb end in “e” add -d. go – went / eat - ate
3. If a verb end in a “Consonant + Y, take off “Y” 2. No change in base form.
and add – ied. cut – cut / put - put
4. If a verb ends in a single vowel and a single 3. Change only the letter at the end of the word.
consonant, double the consonant and add -ed. buy – bought / do - did

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Affirmative Negative Interrogative
1. I studied on Sunday. 1. I didn’t study on Saturday. 1. Did I study on Saturday?
2. You watched TV. 2. You didn’t watch a movie. Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
2. Did you watch a movie?
3. She stayed home. 3. She didn’t stay out.
Yes, you did. / No, you didn’t.
4. We shopped for 4. We didn’t shop for clothes. 3. Did she stay home?
groceries. 5. They didn’t exercise on Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.
5. They exercised on Sunday.
Saturday.

S + V(past) + C S + didn’t V(base) + C Did + S + V(base) + C?

Example:
• John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.
• My father died last year.
• He lived in Fiji in 1976.
• We crossed the Panama Channel yesterday.

1. Complete the sentences with the verbs in parenthesis.:

1. Yesterday, I ………………. (watch) TV.

2. Last night, She ……………….. (go) to my home.
3. Last week, I ………………. (clean) the house.
4. Last month, He …………….. (buy) clothes.
5. Last year, I ……………….. (visit) a different country.
6. My parents ……………….. (drive) around the city, last night.
7. Rose ……………….. (stay) home alone.
8. My sister ……………….. (write) a poem.
9. Caesar……………….. (die) in 44 BC.
10.My father……………….. (cook) the meal.

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2. Write the verbs into the correct place:

3. Choose the correct answer.

1. Help a) help b) helped c) helped
2. Drive a) drived b) drive c) drove
3. Wash a) washed b) wash c) washied
4. Eat a) ate b) eated c) eat
5. Study a) studyed b) studied c) study
6. Write a) wrote b) writen c) writed

4. Complete the sentences.

1. I ………………… (walk) in the park, yesterday.
2. We ……………………. (eat) hot dog, last Sunday.
3. Daniel …………………… (run) in the marathon.
4. You …………….……. (travel) to Paris one year ago.
5. They …………………. (go) to London, yesterday.

5. Read the text and complete it.

On Friday night, I ……………………. (wait) for a phone call, but

my girlfriend ……………………. (not call). I just ……………………(stay)
home and …………………….(watch) TV.

A: …………you……….……(speak) English classes, last summer?

B: No, I ……………… But I …………….. (read) English books and I
………………(watch) English movie.

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 6. Write sentences using the Past Simple.

Ney/live/Rome (Madrid) Ney lived in Rome. .

Ney didn't live in Madrid. .

1. You/want/a cat (a dog)

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2. the man/die/in2005 (2010)

3. he/stay/alone (with me)

7. Change the sentences into negative or question form.

1. I went to Cartagena last holiday.

( - ) ………………………………………………………………………………..

2. She wrote a beautiful poem.

( ? ) ………………………………………………………………………………..

3. I didn’t see a movie, last weekend.

( + ) ………………………………………………………………………………..

4. They watched TV.

( ? ) ………………………………………………………………………………..

5. I didn’t speak French.

( + ) ………………………………………………………………………………..

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