activities for the compensation period full name: year: 1...

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ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMPENSATION PERIOD

Full name: ______________________________________

Year: ____________

1) Read the story.

Monday

Last week, there was one really, really bad day. It was Monday. Usually, there are about 25 students in my class, but that

day, there were only 5 people! It wasn't warm. In fact, it was really cold. It was raining a lot. It was dark and gray

outside. There wasn't any sunshine. I think the students weren't at school because they were sick. They were at home.

Maybe they were in bed.

Mr. Jibbit is our teacher. He is always at school. He is never at home on a Monday. Last Monday was no different. He

was not in bed. He was in the classroom, and he was cold! Why was he so cold? That's a very good question. He was cold

because the heater in the school was broken. It was freezing. The school was like a refrigerator. Our room was like a

freezer! And poor Mr. Jibbit was like ice! The small class was cold, cold, cold!

The next days were much warmer. The heater was fixed on Tuesday, so everything was ok. There were 25 students, not

only 5. But where was Mr. Jibbit? He wasn't there. He was at home, sick in bed!

2) Complete the sentences with the correct option according to the story.

1. The weather___________cold and rainy.

a.was b.wasn't c.were d.weren't

2. Many students________in class.


3. A lot of students_________sick at home.


4. The teacher________at home.


5. The classrooms___________very cold!


6. Our classroom_______freezing!


7. There______any heat!


8. That day_________really horrible!


9. The next days________better.


10. The heat_______ok the next day.


3) True or False?

1. There were 25 students in the class that Monday.

2. It was warm that day.

3. Mr. Jibbit was present that Monday.

4. The heater in the school was working that day.

5. Mr. Jibbit and the students felt cold that day.

6. The heater was broken on Tuesday.

7. The next days were warmer.

8. Mr. Jibbit had to stay at home because he got sick.

4) Complete the rule for the past form of the verb TO BE.

5) Read the story

An Embarrassing Incident

One day last summer I was walking through the local park. It was a hot day and I was eating an ice cream. As I was walking past the boating lake, I saw my friends, Carol and Jim. They were taking their dog for a walk. When we met, we stopped for a chat. While we were talking, the dog suddenly jumped up and tried to get my ice cream. I pulled my hand away and unfortunately the ice-cream came out of the cone. Now there was a bald man behind me. The poor man wasn't doing any harm. He was just sitting on a bench and reading a newspaper. Well, when I pulled my hand away, the ice cream flew through the air and it landed on the man's head. I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. When I looked at my friends, they weren't just laughing, they were in hysterics. But I was terribly embarrassed.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

WE/YOU/THEY __________ WEREN’T __________/WE/YOU/THEY? YES, WE/YOU/THEY WERE NO, WE/YOU/THEY __________

I/HE/SHE/IT WAS __________ __________I/HE/SHE/IT? YES, I/HE/SHE/IT __________ NO, I/HE/SHE/IT WASN’T

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6) Read the story again and complete these sentences.

I ___________________________ through the local park.

They _________________________ their dog for a walk.

The poor man ____________________ any harm.

They _________ just _____________, they were in hysterics.

7) These is the past continuous tense, it describes a continuous or unfinished action or state in the past. Find two

more examples in the story.

______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

8) How do we make the past continuous tense? Complete the rule.

WAS/WERE + __________________________

AFFIRMATIVE/NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

WE/YOU/THEY ________/WEREN’T

DANCING READING SINGING STUDYING

__________WE/YOU/THEY HAVING LUNCH?

YES, WE/YOU/THEY WERE NO, WE/YOU/THEY _________

I/HE/SHE/IT WAS/________

__________I/HE/SHE/IT PLAYING CARDS?

YES, I/HE/SHE/IT __________ NO, I/HE/SHE/IT WASN’T

9) Complete this sentence from the story.

While we _________________, the dog suddenly _____________up.

10) There are two different past tenses in the sentence. Underline the clause in past simple with red and the one in

past continuous in red.

a) Circle the correct option.

We use the past continuous to talk about a situation or action that was in progress/a completed action.

We use the past simple to talk about a situation or action that was in progress/a completed action.

We often use the past continuous tense with the past simple. The clauses are usually joined by while, as or when.

While he was having a bath, the telephone rang.

As I was going to the shops, I saw Mandy.

We were driving to the station when the accident happened.

11) Complete these sentences to make true sentences about the story.

a. Carol and Jim ______________________________

(walk) through the park.

b. The narrator _____________________________(take)

her dog for a walk.

c. Carol and Jim ________________________(eat) ice

creams.

d. The bald man _______________________(sit) on a

bench.

e. He _________________________ (read) a book.

f. The bald man ___________________(laugh).

g. Carol and Jim __________________________(laugh).

12) Interview the narrator.

1. WHAT/YOU/DO? ________________________________________________________

2. WHAT/CAROL AND JIM/DO? ________________________________________________________

3. WHERE/THE BALD MANS/SIT? ________________________________________________________

4. WHAT/YOU/EAT? ________________________________________________________

5. THE MAN/READ/A BOOK? ________________________________________________________

13) Answer the questions as if you were the narrator.

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________________________________________________________

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14) Read the following article.

The Witch of Wall Street

Hetty Robinson learnt all about money when she was very young. As a child, she read the financial pages of the

newspaper to her wealthy father. Her father died when Hetty was 30 years old and she inherited $1 million. When she

herself died in 1916, she left a fortune of almost $100 million to her two children.

Hetty made her money on the New York stock exchange. She was a financial genius. She made money so easily that

people called her the Witch of Wall Street. But although she was one of the richest women in the world, she was very

mean. She counted every cent and she spent as little as possible. She didn’t own a house, because she didn’t want to pay

property taxes. So she and her children lived in cheap hotels.

She spent almost nothing on clothes, and wore the same long black dress every day. She washed it herself, but to save

soap she only washed the bottom of the dress, where it touched the ground. Other people had their own offices, but Hetty

used a desk in the bank where she kept her money, because it didn’t cost anything. She sat in the bank and ate her

sandwiches while she bought and sold stocks and shares. If the bank complained, she just moved all her money to another

bank.

Hetty’s family paid the price for her meanness. When she was 33 she married a millionaire, Edward Green and they had

two children. Green, however, lost all his money, so Hetty left him. When her son, Ned, injured his knee Hetty didn’t

want to pay for a doctor, so she took him to a free hospital for poor people. Unfortunately the doctor knew that Hetty was

rich and he asked for money. Hetty refused and took the boy away. His leg didn’t get better and two years later doctors

removed it.

But eventually Ned got his revenge. At the age of 81 Hetty had an argument with a shop assistant about the price of a

bottle of milk. She became so angry that she had a stroke and died. So Hetty’s meanness finally killed her. Ned inherited

half his mother’s fortune, and he spent it all on parties, holidays and expensive jewellery. He even bought a chamber pot

covered with diamonds!

15) Find regular and irregular verbs in the text and write them under the correct heading.

REGULAR IRREGULAR

CALL CALLED SPEND SPENT

16) Complete these sentences from the article

She ____________________ a house.

His leg ________________________better.

a) *How do we make the negative form of the past simple tense? _____________________________________

* What part of the verb follows didn’t? _____________________________________________

* Is it the same for regular and irregular verbs? __________________________________________________

b) Look at these questions reporters asked Hetty’s son.

Was Hetty a good mother?

Did you spend all the money you inherited?

* How do we make past simple questions, affirmatives and negatives with TO BE?

____________________________________________________________________

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* How do we make past simple questions, affirmatives and negatives with other verbs?

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d) Read the article again. Mark these sentences True or False. Correct the false sentences.

1- She came from a poor family. She didn’t come from a poor family. Her father was wealthy.

2- She knew a lot about finance when she was young.

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3- She owned a big house.

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4- She didn’t have many clothes.

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5- She sent her clothes to a laundry.

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6- She rented an office in Wall Street.

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7- She married a rich man.

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8- She sent her son to the best hospital in New York.

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9- She died in an accident.

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10- Her son invested her money.

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17) Now, complete the following story. Put the verbs in the box in the past continuous or past simple. Use some verbs

more than once.

One afternoon I _____________________ upstairs to have a bath. As I _____________________ into the bath, the

telephone _______________________ in the hall. I ________________________ an important call, so I

_____________________ downstairs. There was nobody else at home, so I ______________________dressed again.

However, while I ________________________ in the hall with nothing on, I __________________ voices outside the

front door. It was my teenage daughter and her friends, but I couldn’t get back upstairs in time. I

_________________the phone, __________________ into the living room and____________________ behind the

curtains. Unfortunately, the window cleaner __________________ the living room windows. When I suddenly

______________________ , the poor man _______________________ his ladder. Fortunately, when my daughter and

her friends ______________________ the noise, they ___________________ outside. When I _________________ out

of the window, they ____________________ the window cleaner. So I __________________ upstairs and

____________________ a dressing gown. Luckily, the window cleaner wasn’t hurt, but it was all very embarrassing.

18) Complete the predictions using WILL/WON’T + INFINITIVE.

Donna asked a fortune teller about his future. Here is what she told her:

1. You ________________(win) a prize.

2. You ________________ (travel) to an exotic place.

3. You ________________ (meet) a very famous actress.

4. Your family _____________________(prepare)a surprise party for you.

Some Past Simple time expressions.

Yesterday

Last week/Monday/year/Christmas, etc.

Two days/one week/three years ago

HIDE – GO – HELP – LOOK – GET INTO – PUT DOWN – RING – RUN – EXPECT -

FALL OF – PUT ON – APPEAR – CLEAN – NOT GET DRESSED – STAND – HEAR.

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5. You _______________ (not have) any health problems.

6. Your boss ____________________(not give)you a pay rise.

7. Your cat _________________(have)three kittens.

8. You _______________________(start)doing sports.

a) Imagine you go to a fortune teller. What questions will you ask her? Write six questions.

1____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________

2__________________________________________________________________ ______________________________

3________________________________________________________________ ________________________________

4__________________________________________________________________________________________________

5______________________________________________________________ __________________________________

6_____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________

b) Write the answers she gave you.

19) Read the following sentence:

If I win the lottery, I will buy a car.

This is the First Conditional. We are talking about the future. We are thinking about a particular condition or situation

in the future, and the result of this condition. There is a real possibility that this condition will happen.

if condition result

Present Simple will + base verb

If

If

it rains,

I don’t like the party,

I will stay at home.

I will go home

a) Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

a) If I have enough money, I ___________(buy) a new pair of jeans.

b) They ________(win) the game if we support them.

c) We will leave early if we ________ (not /like) the party.

d) The police ________(arrest) him if they find him.

e) She ________ (not/ go) if the weather isn’t good.

f) I _______________(take) you to the park if you ________ (finish) your homework early.

g) If he _______________ (not pass), his mother ________________(be) angry.

h) If you _______________(make) the beds; I ______________(wash up) .

i) I __________________ (feed) the cats if you _______________(want).

result if condition

will + base verb Present Simple

I will tell Mary

I won’t go out

If

if

I see her.

it is cold.

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j) John _____________ (not / come) to the party if we __________ (not / send) him an invitation.

k) We ____________(stay in) if it ________________(rain)

l) He ________________(not / move) if he _______________(find) a good job.

20) Have a look at this sentence.

If I had a lot of money, I would buy a Ferrari

We use the Second Conditional to talk about an action r situation in the present or future which is hypothetical,

improbable or imaginary.

Form: IF + PAST SIMPLE + WOULD/COULD + BASE VERB

a) Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. If I were you, I _________________ (not wear) those old jeans. 2. Mark _________________ (win) the championship if he trained harder. 3. If he _________________ (be) taller, he could be a basketball player. 4. If everybody _________________(protest), they would stop killing whales. 5. The countryside _________________(be) more beautiful if people didn’t litter. 6. If you _________________(stop) smoking, you _________________ (feel) much better. 7. I _________________(read) the book if it _________________ (be) interesting, but it’s so boring.

b) Rewrite the sentences using the second conditional.

1. I don’t have his phone number. I can´t call him. If I _______________________________________________________________

2. I feel terrible I can’t go to school. I _________________________________________________________________

3. My parents don’t like him because he looks so strange. If he _____________________________________________________________

4. He doesn’t get the good marks because he is doesn't study. He _______________________________________________________________

c) Complete the sentences so they are true for you. 1. If I were famous,_____________________________________________________

2. If I travelled to Mexico, _______________________________________________

3. I would buy a bicycle _________________________________________________

4. I would sing in public _________________________________________________

5. I wouldn't go to the party, _____________________________________________

21) Read the following text about Dr. MartinLuther King Jr.

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Man with a dream

Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted black and white Americans to live happily together. On the third Monday in January, many Americans honour this hero. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. was a black pastor. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on 15th January, 1929. He was the leader of the Civil Rights movement demanding equality for black people. Many Southern states in the U.S.A., like Georgia, were segregated in the 1950s: black children couldn't go to the same schools as whites; blacks and whites couldn't sit in the same bus seats, theatres or use the same public toilets. King believed that was wrong. In December 1955, Rosa Parks, a black woman, was on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. A white man demanded her seat and she refused. She was arrested. King, who was working in Montgomery, led a black protest. For a year, black people refused to use the buses. Finally, segregation on the buses was declared illegal. In fact all segregation in Alabama was stopped! Dr King was now famous and he continued with many other protests. He wanted black and white people to have the same rights. Some white people supported him, but many opposed him. His house was bombed. But King, like Gandhi, refused violence. In 1964, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. King was an excellent orator. His speeches were famous and convinced many people, including President Kennedy, that he was right. But he continued to have enemies and on April 4th, 1968,

he was assassinated. Ironically, the death of this non-violent man provoked riots all over America. 22) Find and write seven passive sentences. ______________________________________________________________________________________________

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a) Answer *Are those sentences in Present or Past? _____________________________________ *How do we form the passive? Complete the rule: TO BE+ ___________________ *We use the passive when the person or thing doing the action isn’t important or isn’t known or is understood. The passive is very common in English, especially in news reports, signs, scientific and technical reports. In these contexts we´re more interested in the things that happen rather than what/who makes them happen. In a passive construction we can mention the person or thing that does the action (the agent) after the word by.

*How to form a passive sentence when an active sentence is given:

object of the active sentence becomes subject in the passive sentence subject of the active sentence becomes object in the passive sentence" (or is left out)

We can only form a passive sentence from an active sentence when there is an object in the active sentence:

Type of sentence Subject Verb Object

Active sentence: Peter builds a house.

Passive sentence: A house is built by Peter.

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Simple Present Simple Past


Active sentence: Peter builds a house.

Passive sentence: A house is built by Peter.

b) Change the sentences from the active to the passive.

1- They grow coffee in Kenya. ______________________________________________________________________ 2- They publish The Times in London. ______________________________________________________________________ 3- They transport oranges from Valencia to Germany in special crates. ______________________________________________________________________

4- The shark attacked the man. ______________________________________________________________________

5- The camper started the fire. ______________________________________________________________________

6- The police took him away. ______________________________________________________________________ 7- They didn't tell Bill off for what he did. ______________________________________________________________________

8- Did the governor give John an award? ______________________________________________________________________

9- The firefighters didn’t save the women. ______________________________________________________________________

10- The market opens at 9 am. ______________________________________________________________________

11- A snake bit Rick. ______________________________________________________________________

12- Thomas and his brother built that house. ______________________________________________________________________

c) Choose the correct verb active or passive.

1. These cars produce / are produced in Japan.

2. Alan teaches / is taught Geography.

3. German is spoken / speaks in Austria.

4. Lots of houses destroyed / were destroyed by the earthquake.

5. Henry Ford was invented / invented the assembly line.

6. Somebody cleans / is cleaned the office every day.

7. Somebody is sent/ sends emails.


Active sentence: Ben built a house.

Passive sentence: A house was built by Ben.

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d) Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form active or passive.

1- He _______(open) the door.

2- The letter _____________by me.

3- _________ the thief _________ (catch) by the police?

4- The airline __________(send) our passage to Australia.

5- Soy _____________ (grow) by farmers in Argentina.

6- People _________(export) Spanish tortilla to the US.

7- The Burial of the Count of Orgaz _________(paint) by El Greco

23) Read the following dialogue. Mick: You look miserable. Have you lost your job? Dave: No, I haven´t. Mick: Well, what’s happened? Dave: I’ve cut my finger.

Mick: You’ve cut your finger! Is that all? Dave: It’s serious. I can’t play the guitar. Our band is playing at a big concert tomorrow night. And they´ve asked Rick to play instead of me.

*The Present Perfect connects the past and the present. It refers to a past action, but we’re more interested in the present effects or results of the action. “I´ve cut my finger” (Dave cut his finger in the past, but it hurts now) *Form. Complete the chart.

a) Fill in the gaps with the Present Perfect in the affirmative form.

1. Joan ______________ (wait) for Bob for a quarter of an hour.

2. The students ______________(visit) the gallery.

3. Mary and I ______________(finish) our work.

4. Susan ______________(buy) a new car recently.

5. Tim ______________(be) to the horse races.

6. They ______________(wash) their car.

7. I ______________(take) a lot of photos in Oxford.

8. You ______________(forget) your umbrella.

b) Rewrite the sentences in the: 1 negative form; 2 interrogative form. 1.Ann has baked a cake. ________________________________ _______________________________________

2.Harry has finished his homework. . ________________________________ _____________________________________

3.Patrick and Sue have visited Paris. ________________________________ _____________________________________

4.I have been to Dublin. ________________________________ _______________________________________

5.We have bought a new car. ________________________________ _______________________________________

6.You have drunk too much. ________________________________ _______________________________________

7.She has helped her friend. ________________________________ _______________________________________

8.Paul has arrived on time. ________________________________ _______________________________________

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c) Form sentences using the Present perfect. 1. Her sister / never / watch / that film/. __________________________________________ 2. Philip / not buy/ ticket to Bath/. __________________________________________ 3. It / rain / a lot this spring /. __________________________________________

4. She / ever / be / to Bristol /? __________________________________________ 5. Sally and Bob / leave / the party /. __________________________________________ 6. I / not take / many photos / yet/. __________________________________________

*USE OF FOR AND SINCE We use for in the present perfect with a period of time, for example: a few days, half an hour, two years. We use since in the present perfect with the time when the action started, for example: last year, June 8, I met you. 24) Complete each sentence with the corresponding word: For or Since

1.- We have been good friends …………………… many years. 2.- I have known you …………………… you were born. 3.- We’ve been awake …………………… 6 o’clock this morning.

4.- Our parents have been married …………………… 10 years. 5.- We’ve been waiting for them …………………… half an hour.

*USE OF ALREADY AND YET

Already means that something happened earlier than we expected. With Present Perfect already usually goes after have or has and before the main verb. Examples: - We've already had our breakfast. - When are you going to do your homework? - But I've already done it!

- Do you want a cup of coffee? - No, thanks. I've already had one.

Yet means that something that we expected has happened or hasn't happened. We usually put it at the end of a sentence. Examples: - Has the post arrived yet? - Have you done your homework? - Not yet. - Haven't you got ready yet? Look at the time

25) Complete the sentences with Already or Yet.

I haven't phoned home ________________Christmas.

We've been here ________________ nine o'clock.

I have worked for International House _____________ more than eight years.

I haven't visited my home town________________ I left school.

I haven't been to the cinema _______________ ages.

I have studied non-stop________________ 9.15.

I have had a driving licence ________________I was eighteen.

She hasn't had a day off ________________ 1999.

Johan has been in England ________________ more than two weeks now.

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Peter has been my best friend________________ we were nine.

*GONE AND BEEN Gone: She’s gone to Mexico = She is in Mexico now. Been: She’s been to Mexico = She isn´t in Mexico now, but she went there in the past. 26) Complete the sentences with BEEN or GONE. 1. I'm afraid Mr Smith has ................................. to New York and he won't be back for two weeks.

2. If you want to get some details about India, ask Peguy. She has ................................ there many times.

3. I don't know where Sally Stephen lives, I have never ................. there.

4. It's time to party. My parents have ................................. away for the weekend.

5. Have you ............... to Buckingham Palace yet?

6. I'm sorry but Mr Johnson has ............................. to Canterbury. Would you like his number?

7. Alice isn't here for the moment, Sir! She has................................. for lunch.

*EVER AND NEVER EVER means 'at any time', the specific time is unknown or unnecessary, and is used in questions. > Have you ever met a famous person ? (Did you meet a famous person at any time in the past). EVER is also used with nothing, nobody for things that haven't happened before. > - Nobody has ever travelled through time. NEVER is originally a contraction of 'not ever'. NEVER means the subject hasn't had a certain experience before. > Have you ever been abroad? No, I've never been abroad. (I've never had that experience before.) 27) Complete the sentences with never or ever 1. Have you ________________ eaten lobster?

2. I have ________________ been to France.

3. I think I have ________________ really known you.

4. That’s the smallest car I have ________________ ridden in.

5. If you ________________ have questions, please don't hesitate to contact me personally.

6. She is probably the most fascinating woman I have ________________ met.

7. If you have ________________ felt or known real love, you know it is well worth the wait.

8. Have your children ________________ had Turkish Delight or chocolate-covered pistachios?

28) Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

A: I _________________ just _____________________(ring) my friend.

Remember!

We use the present perfect to talk about the present results or effects of a past action or situation.

The action or situation isn’t finished at the time of speaking.

We use the past simple if the action or situation took place at a finished time in the past.

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B: I ________________________(ring) my friend 10 minutes ago.

A: Two days ago, I ____________________(watch) a Madonna concert on TV.

B: I ______________________________(already/see) Madonna live in concert.

A: I ____________________________(spend) my summer holiday in Australia last year.

B: I ________________________________(not be) to Australia yet.

LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS

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Espacio curricular: Lengua Extranjera: Inglés

Docente: Claudia Lamela

Curso: 4to B Año Lectivo: 2016

Programa de examen diciembre 2016- febrero 2017

- Tiempo Presente y Presente Continuo (formas afirmativas, interrogativas y negativas)

-Pasado simple y pasado continuo (formas afirmativas, interrogativas y negativas)

- Prefijos para opuestos

-Adverbios de frecuencia

- Preposiciones de lugar y de tiempo

- Verbos con preposiciones

-Voz pasiva: Tiempo presente y pasado

-Presente perfecto

-Presente perfecto vs pasado simple

-Condicional Tipo 2.

- Voz indirecta.(afirmaciones)- Usos de say y tell.

- Probabilidad (presente) -Must+inf -Can’t +inf

Bibliografía.

Material fotocopiado entregado por el docente.

Metodología del examen:

- Escrito y oral: las dos instancias son obligatorias. - Se recuerda además que el examen se considerará aprobado con el 60% de las consignas correctamente resueltas. Esto

equivale a un 4 (cuatro)

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