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ÁREA: INGLÉS ASIGNATURA: INGLÉS FECHA

DOCENTE: JORGE HERNÁN ARIAS VALENCIA GRADO: NOVENO
ESTUDIANTE yony alexander GRUPO 9/2
TEMA: PASADO SIMPLE. READING ACTIVITY
COMPETENCIA: DESARROLLA SUS HABILIDADES LECTORAS EXTRACTANDO IDEAS
PRINCIPALES Y SECUNDARIAS DE UN TEXTO
GUIA 3 JUNIO SEGUNDO PERÍODO
LEA CON DETENIMIENTO LAS INSTRUCCIONES

B FUNDAMENTACIÓN:
Complete el texto con el pasado de los verbos en paréntesis. Algunos verbos son regulares
(agregan ED) y otros regulares (tienen su propio pasado). La guía anterior puede ayudarle
mucho especialmente en la sección de los verbos. Los verbos que no se encuentran en la lista de
verbos irregulares simplemente agregan ED porque se consideran regulares.
1. Complete the Stories with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets:

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison (1) WAS (be) born in 1847 in Ohio in

the United States. He (2) STARTED (start) school at the age of
eight but he (3) Hated (hate) it because on his first day the
teacher (4) called (call) him stupid. After that, he (5) stayed
(stay) at home a Lot of the time and (6) HAD (have) Lessons
from his mother. He also (7) read (read) a Lot of science books
at home. He (8) went (go) back to school sometimes but he
never (9) liked (like) it very much. He (10) left (leave) school
forever at the age of twelve and (11) got (get) a job with a
newsagent. He (12) began (begin) inventing things at the age of nineteen. In 1877 he (13)
invented (invent) the phonograph, a sort of very early CD player! Two years later, he (14) made
(make) the world's first electric Light bulb and New York (15) became (become) the first city to
have electric lights.

2. Look up the following words in your dictionary. (Busque las siguientes palabras de la
lectura anterior en el diccionario.

Hate: Odio Call: Llamada first: Primero

Stay: Permanecer Leave: Salir Things: Cosas

Age: edad Sort: Ordenar Light Bulb: Bombilla

Job: Trabajo Forever: siempre Newsagent: Vendedor de periódicos

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C. COMPLEMENTACIÓN

3. Write TRUE or FALSE according to the text and correct the false ones. (escriba verdadero o falso de
acuerdo con el texto y corrija los enunciados falsos utilice los verbos en pasado).
a. Thomas Edison was a British inventor ( F ): HE WAS AN AMERICAN INVENTOR
b. He liked school very much ( F ): he hated school a lot
c. He received some lessons at home ( V )
d. He never got a job ( F ): got a job with kiosk
e. He made only one invention ( F ): He made several inventions
f. He didn’t like to read ( F ) : I read science books
g. He didn’t have any parents ( F ): he had a mother
h. His father was his teacher ( F ): don't know

4. Vocabulary Expansion Exercise: Fill in the blanks with a word from exercise 2. (llene los espacios
con una palabra del ejercicio 2).

a. Opposite of like: Hate Synonym of work: Sort

b. Opposite of leave: Stay Synonym of kind: Age
c. Opposite of never: Forever This person sells newspapers: Newsagent
d. Opposite of last: First Synonym of objects: Things
e. This devices gives us light at night: Light Bulb

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