Support material / Material de apoyo

Learning activity 4 / Actividad de aprendizaje 4

Presentation / Presentación

A. Expressing obligation and lack of obligation / Expresando obligación y

falta del obligación

To talk about activities we are obliged to do, activities we have no choice about,
we use “have to”. / Para hablar de actividades que estamos obligados a hacer,
actividades que no son opcionales, usamos “have to”.

To talk about things we can choose to do or not, we use “don’t have to”. / Para
hablar de actividades en las que podemos elegir entre hacerlas o no, usamos
“don’t have to”.

I have to go to the bookstore.

She doesn’t have to travel anymore.

A: Does he have to go take the bus?

B: Yes, he has to take the bus.

A: Where do we have to go?

B: We have to go to the hospital

B. Expressing ability and lack of ability / Expresando habilidad o falta de

habilidad

To talk about our or someone else’s abilities, we use can. / Para hablar de
nuestras habilidades o las de alguien más usamos can.

To talk about our or someone else’s lack of ability, we use can’t. / Para hablar
de la falta de habilidad nuestra o la de alguien más usamos can’t.
 I can speak English

She can’t swim.

A: Can he cook?
B: Yes, he can.

C. Prepositions of movement / Preposiciones de movimiento

We use some words to refer to the movement of an action in space. These

words are called “prepositions of movement”. / Usamos algunas palabras para
referirnos al movimiento de una acción. Estas palabras se llaman
“preposiciones de movimiento”.

To They are going to the cinema. / Ellos van para el cinema.

He was walking towards me. / Él estaba caminando
Towards
hacia mí.
The car is going through a long tunnel. / El carro va a
Through
través de un largo túnel.
They went into the drug store on the corner. / Ellos
Into
entraron en la droguería de la esquina.
The train will take you across the city. / El tren te llevará
Across
al otro lado de la ciudad.
The cat jumped over the table. / El gato saltó sobre la
Over
mesa.
She is walking along the path. / Ella está caminando a lo
Along
largo del camino.

Remember that we can use the vocabulary of the glossary to talk about means of
transportation and traveling. / Recuerde que podemos utilizar el vocabulario del
glosario para hablar de los medios de transportes y de viaje.

She goes to work by car.

You have to show your

boarding pass at the gate.

Fuente de imágenes: SENA

 Practice / Práctica

A. Complete the sentences below with have to, don’t, can or can’t. Then, look at all
the signs and match them to the correct sentences. / Complete las oraciones
con have to, don’t have to, can o can’t. Luego, observe las señales y únalas con
las oraciones correctas.

a.
1. You _______________ use the mobile here.
b.
2. Pets _______________ go here.

3. Adults and children over 4 _____________ pay

$ 6, but children under 3 ___________ pay. c.

4. You _____________smoke in the specific area. d.

5. You ___________ use VISA and American

Express but you ___________ use MasterCard.
e.
6. You ______________ eat outside this place.

f.
7. You ________________ enter without
authorization.
g.
8. You _____________ park your bicycle here.

9. __________________ pay for parking here h.

between 8:30 to 5:30.

10. You ________________ drive and text and i.

the same time.
j.
11. You ______________ stay outside the sea.

12. You ______________ pay a fine if you exceed k.

the speed limit.
13. You _______________ smoke in this place. l.

14. You _______________ talk here. m.

15. You ______________ make any line if you

are a client of the bank. n.

o.

Fuente de imágenes: SENA

B. Choose the correct option. / Escoja la opción correcta.

The dog is walking over / across / along the street.

The ovoid is moving to / towards / through the boy.

He is cycling into / over / along the beach.

The train is going towards / across / through the

tunnel.
 The girl is getting over / into / through the car.

The girl is jumping over / along / to the fence.

He is riding into / to / through the pyramids.

Fuente de imágenes: SENA

Production / Producción

A. Look at the following obstacle course. Use the prepositions of movement to

describe the dog’s course: / Observe la siguiente carrera de obstáculos. Use las
preposiciones de movimiento para describir el recorrido del perro:
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On your marks, get set, go…

The dog is at the starting point…

B. Write sentences about schools, hospitals and churches. Use the prompts in the
box and can’t, can, don’t have to and have to. Write as many as possible. /
Escriba oraciones acerca de escuelas hospitales e iglesias. Use los enunciados
en la caja y can’t, can, don’t y have to. Escriba tantas como pueda.

Study Lay down

Listen to music Eat
 Obey instructions Work hard
Run Do a lot of exams
Take medicine Wear a uniform
Sing Have short hair
Stay in bed Take a shower
Pray Talk

C. Nicole is traveling from Bogota to Frankfurt. Write a text describing her journey
from home until she arrives in Frankfurt. Use the prepositions of movements and
the vocabulary of means the transportations and traveling. / Nicole viajará de
Bogotá a Frankfurt. Escriba un texto para describir su viaje desde casa hasta
que llegue a Frankfurt. Use las preposiciones de movimiento y el vocabulario de
medios de transportes y viajes.

Fuente: SENA
 Nicole’s journey

Nicole is traveling from Bogota to Frankfurt…

Document control / Control del documento

Name Position Dependence Date

Johanna Vera
Diettes Theme expert Dirección de
Author Asesor English Dot Formación August
Nicole Works - Programa Profesional. 2014
Bruskewitz de Bilingüismo Dirección General

Copy editor – Centro

Luz Clarena September
Adaptation Línea de Agroindustrial.
Arias 2014
Producción Regional Quindío