Liceo de la Merced Maridíaz Código: F-GD-10

ESTRATEGIA DE APOYO
Versión: 05
Año Lectivo: 2019

Asignatura: Inglés Grado: 9–

Docente : Hamilton Obando Periodo:
Estudiante :
Fecha de Aplicación de la Estrategia:

1. Match the first part of the sentence on the left with the correct ending on the right

1. Betty’s plants died because…. a. she had lost her doll.

2. Bob couldn’t buy the new computer because….
3. Sammy couldn’t fall asleep last night because…
4. The little girl was crying because…
5. I didn’t have to buy groceries because…
6. Kevin failed his exam because...
7. Monty bought a new camera because….
8. Clara couldn’t pay for lunch because…
9. Susan slept late because…
10. I couldn’t speak to the boss because…
b. she had left her purse at home.
c. he had already left the office.
d. he hadn’t studied at all.
e. he had spent all his money.
f. she had forgotten to set the alarm.
g. she hadn’t watered them.
h. he had watched a scary movie.
i. I had gone shopping the day before
j. he had lost his old one.

2. Past Simple or Past Perfect? Read the sentences carefully and circle the correct options

A. The robbers left / had left the bank when the policemen finally arrived / had arrived.
B. When the rain started / had started, the Atkinsons finished / had finished planting trees.
C. By the time Rebecca went / had gone into the store, she got / had gotten soaked.
D. Darcey saw / had seen this castle before she came / had come again last Sunday.
E. Mr. Palmer didn't speak / hadn't spoken any Chinese before he moved / had moved to Peking.
F. Sonny got / had gotten fainted by the time the ambulance reached / had reached the hospital.
G. When my mother brought / had brought me an apple, I finished / had finished my homework.
H. Mrs. Wilkinson refused / had refused to drive the car because she had / had had a terrible accident on
the highway about a year ago
I. I didn't think / hadn't thought of having a new house before I saw / had seen that ad on TV.
J. My uncle didn't try / hadn't tried Italian food before he went / had gone to that restaurant.

3. use past perfect or simple past tense of the verbs given in parentheses. Read each sentence
carefully before you choose the verb.

a) Molly________________ (be) a teacher before she ________________(become) a lawyer.

b) Yesterday I __________(see) Susan Chan, an old friend whom I _____________(see, not) in many
years
c) When Sharon and William ______________(get married) last month, they ________________(knew)
each other for only two weeks
 4. Choose the correct conjugation of the verb 5. fill in the gaps with the correct form of the
(in brackets) to complete the sentences. verb in future “will”

1. He ________ to get very angry. (to begin) a) The train __________ (to arrive) at 12:30.
b) We __________ (to have) dinner at a seaside
a) Begun b) Began c) beginned restaurant on Sunday.
c) It __________ (to snow) in Brighton tomorrow
2. I ________ my glasses when I fell. (to break) evening.
d) On Friday at 8 o’clock I __________ (to meet)
a) broked b) broken c) broke my friend.
e) Paul __________ (to fly) to London on
3. Those kids have ________ five windows Monday morning.
playing baseball. (to break)

a) broked b) broken c) broke 6. Read the text and complete the exercises
below.
4. I have ________ studying French. (to begin)
LIVING IN SPACE
a) begun b) began c) beginned I. Someday people will live in space. By the
end of the century there will be permanent
5. He told me that he had ________ all the work settlements that will allow people to lead a
himself. (to do) normal life in space. Hundreds of astronauts are
going to work and live in the space station,
a) done b) did c) done did which will take ten years to build.

6. Have you ________ yet today? (to eat) II. In some way, living on the moon will be
easier than living on a space station. And it will
a) ate b) eated c) eaten be cheaper because people won’t bring
everything from the earth by rockets. The space
7. My father has ________ me to talk to you. (to city will be like a gigantic glass wheel that will
forbid) contain buildings, forms, factories and special
meeting-places. Inside it, people won’t live
a) forbidden b) forbade c) forbid differently from small towns on Earth. It will
have air so that inhabitants can breathe, and
8. I ________ him stealing that woman's purse. they won’t need to wear special space-suits
(to catch) inside the buildings.

a) caught b) catched c) catching III. Scientists also believe that they will obtain
water from a large ice lake on the moon. People
9. He must have ________ 8 beers last night. (to won’t have to do housework because robots
drink) will do that for them. Food won’t be a problem,
as settlers won’t need to eat. Instead, they will
a) drank b) drunk c) drunken take a pill three times a day!

10. I ________ down and broke my arm. (to IV. The first group of astronauts will live on
fall) the moon for six months and then they will
return to earth and another group will travel.
a) fallen b) falled c) fell This will be repeated until the first settlers can
establish permanently in the new city. Life on
the moon will only be the beginning. We hope
they will use the knowledge we get there to
 plan expeditions to Mars, Mercury and even
Pluto.
A. Read the text and answer these questions;
a) How will people live on the moon?
______________________________________
______________________________________
b) How long will each group stay in the space
city?
______________________________________
______________________________________
c) When will people live permanently on the
moon?
______________________________________
______________________________________
d) Where will people take water from?
______________________________________
______________________________________
e) What is life on the moon going to be like?
______________________________________
______________________________________
B. Read the text again. Decide if these sentences
are true or false. Correct the false.
a) Nowadays, it is possible for people to live on
the moon.
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
b) On the moon, people will have to wear
special clothes.
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
c) Astronauts will take water from the Earth.
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
d) Robots will do the work of humans.
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
e) This is the first step of NASA’s latest plans
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
7. Write a few things about your future. For
example, where will you live? Where will
you work?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
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8. Turn these sentences into negatives and
questions
A. It will be fun
N: ______________________________________
Q: ______________________________________
B. They will eat lunch at their parents’
N: ______________________________________
Q: ______________________________________
C. I will be busy this upcoming week
N: ______________________________________
Q: ______________________________________
D. A movie will be premiered tonight
N: ______________________________________
Q: ______________________________________
E. My parents will visit us next weekend
N: ______________________________________
Q: ______________________________________