Comprensión lectora en inglés

Módulo 2: Básico I

Homework Task 2
Fecha de entrega: ver calendario de actividades

Revise las indicaciones generales para desarrollar esta tarea, en la guía de

estudio de la unidad 3.

NAME: DENNIS H. APAZA CRUZ

Exercise I: (Total of 52 points: 49 points for correct answers + 3 points for correct
allocation of adjectives)
In English you can form adjectives with the suffixes –ed and –ing. -ED refers to a person and –ING
refers to an activity or to the fact that produces the emotion. For example:
My little brother is excitED. He saw Spider man. (This sentence is about a person)
For him the film was really excitING. (This sentence is about an activity of fact)

Read these comments about a film and complete the sentences with –ed or –
ing when necessary. Number 1 is an example. Write your answer in the table
at the end of this exercise.
1. “Everyone told me that it was ___, but I was really ___.” (excite, bore)
Answers: EXCITING – BORED
2. “The film had some ___ moments.” (interest)
3. “I was really ___. It was so different from his other films!” (surprise)
4. “There were one or two ___ bits, but in general, it was very ___.” (amuse, bore)
5. “I was really ___ before it started, but I didn’t like it.” (excite)
6. “The story was a bit ___, but the ending was really ___. I cried a lot!” (confuse, move)
7. “This director doesn’t usually make ___ films. I hated it.” (depress)
8. “It was a really long film. I’m very ___!” (tire)

Taken from Wavelength. Workbook. Pre-Intermediate Level. Longman.

Sentence Answer
2 interesting
3 surprised
4 amusing boring
5 excited
6 confusing moving
7 depressing
8 tired

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Módulo 2: Básico I

Exercise II: (48 points)

Read the text The Freshman Fifteen in your book (Active Skills for Reading,
Book 1 page 42).
Write your answer in the table at the end of this exercise.

1. The “freshman fifteen” is 4. Which of these mistakes students make

a) weight that high school students choosing food is not mentioned in the
gain. reading?
b) fifteen pounds of food that first- a) choosing unhealthy food
year students eat. b) visiting the kitchen while studying
c) weight that first-year students can c) getting fast food at night
gain. d) eating too much chocolate
d) fifteen students who eat junk
food.
5. Why do students choose unhealthy
2. The main idea of this reading is to food?
a) get students ready to gain fifteen a) Their parents aren’t nearby.
pounds. b) They like to eat junk food and
b) sell healthy food to new students. desserts.
c) help new university students not c) They want to eat while they study.
to gain fifteen pounds. d) A y C.
d) show the mistakes students make
in choosing food.
6. Which of these ideas would the writer of
3. Which of these ideas about eating right the reading probably agree with?
is not mentioned in the reading? a) You should never eat junk food.
a) eating vegetables b) Not eating unhealthy foods is
b) having a little fast food easier with friends’ help.
c) mixing vegetables and fruits c) Gaining fifteen pounds can help
d) writing down foods you study better.
d) Some students can eat anything
they want.

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Question Answer
1 c
2 c
3 d
4 b
5 d
6 b