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Date of Delivery: June 9th, 2020 Subject: English PRESABER 11

Date of Receipt: June 24th, 2020 Teacher: PEDRO BOTÍA VERA Course: 11°A
Goal: To identify information and vocabulary through reading comprehension activities.

NAME: NESTOR SALCEDO

I. SUBRAYE LOS VERBOS EXISTENTES EN EL TEXTO Y TRADUZCALO AL ESPAÑOL.

LUEGO RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS DE COMPRENSIÓN LECTORA.

LEARNING ENGLISH

Today, millions of people want to learn or improve their English but it is difficult to
find the best method. Is it better to study in Britain or America or to study in your
own country?

The advantages of going to Britain seem obvious. Firstly, you will be able to listen
to the language all the time you are in the country. You will be surrounded
completely by the language wherever you go. Another advantage is that you have
to speak the language if you are with other people. In Italy, it is always possible, in
the class, to speak Italian if you want to and the learning is slower.

On the other hand, there are also advantages to staying at home to study. You
don't have to make big changes to your life. As well as this, it is also a lot cheaper
than going to Britain but it is never possible to achieve the results of living in the
UK. If you have a good teacher in Italy, I think you can learn in a more
concentrated way than being in Britain without going to a school.

So, in conclusion, I think that if you have enough time and enough money, the best
choice is to spend some time in the UK. This is simply not possible for most
people, so being here in Italy is the only viable option. The most important thing to
do in this situation is to maximize your opportunities: to speak only English in class
and to try to use English whenever possible outside the class.

1. What is the article about? 23

A. How many people learn English?
B. The best way to learn English.
C. The best way to learn English.
D. English schools in England and America.

2. What is one of the advantages of going to the UK to learn English?

A. There are no Italians in Britain.
B. You will have to speak English and not your language.
 C. The language schools are better.

3. What is one of the advantages of staying in your country to learn English?

A. The teachers aren't very good in Britain.
B. You have to work too hard in Britain.
C. Your life can continue more or less as it was before.

4. People who don't have a lot of time and money should...

A. Learn English in Britain.
B. Try and speak English in class more often.
C. Go to Italy to learn English.

II. ELABORE UNA TABLA DE VERBOS, ESCRIBIENDO EL PRESENTE, EL PASADO Y EL

PARTICIPIO DE LOS MISMOS EN INGLÉS.
VERB PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT FUTURE
Querer Wanted to Wanted Want Will want
Aprender Learned Learned Learn Will learn
Mejorar Improved Improved Improve Will improve
Encontrar Found Found Find Will find
Estudiar Studied Studied Study Will study
Ir a Went to Gone Go to Going to
Parecer Seemed Seemed Seem Will seem
Poder Could Could Can Will be able to
Escuchar Listened Listened Listen Will listen
Ir Went Gone Go Will go
Tener Had Had Have Will have
Ser o estar Was/Were Was/Were Is/are Will Be
Hablar Spoke Spoke Speak Will speak
Permanecer Stayed Stayed Stay Will stay
No tener que Didn’t have to Didn’t have to Don’t have to Won’t have to
Fabricar Made Made Make Will make
Lograr Achieved Achieved Achieved Will achieve
Siendo Was/were being Was/were being Is/are being Will being
Pensar Thought Thought Think Will think
Intentar Tried Tried Try Will try
Gastar Spent Spent Spend Will spend
Hacer Did Did Do/does Will
Maximizar Maximized Maximized Maximize Will maximize
Usar Used Used Use Will use
Abandonar Abandoned Abandoned Abandon Will abandon
Trabajar Worked Worked Work Will work
Escribir Wrote Wrote Write Will write
Adaptar Adapted Adapted Adapt Will adapt
Publicar Published Published Publish Will publish
Conocer Met Met Meet Will meet
Explorar Explored Explored Explore Will explore
Desperdiciar Wasted Wasted Waste Will waste
Saber Knew Known Know Will know

III. SUBRAYE LOS VERBOS EXISTENTES EN EL TEXTO Y TRADUZCALO AL ESPAÑOL. LUEGO

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS DE COMPRENSIÓN LECTORA.

JAMES SALTER’S DAYS IN FILM

James Salter was a pilot in the United States Air Force. He abandoned the military
profession in 1957 after the publication of his first novel, The Hunters. He is best
known as a novelist, but during the sixties and seventies, he worked in film making.
Salter made documentaries, wrote texts for films, and even was the director of a
film called Three, starring Charlotte Rampling and Sam Waterston.

In Passionate Falsehoods, which was adapted from Salter’s book Burning the
Days, published in The New Yorker in 1997, Salter tells the story of his life in film.

Salter’s time in the film world is both good and bad. In Rome, he met directors and
stars. In New York, he explored the city with Robert Redford and enjoyed being
famous. Deborah Treisman and Michael Agger have talked about Salter. Nick
Paumgarten in The Last Book describes Salter’s opinion about his film career:

“Of sixteen texts for movies, only four were popular. There was money, attractive
women, and entrance into rooms where there were stories more for the dinner
table than for the page.” Salter thought he was wasting his time.

Perhaps he wasted his time in a larger artistic way, but it still makes for attractive
reading. The Last Book is available to everyone in online stores.

1. James Salter is famous for

A. his books.
B. his movies.
C. his plays
2. James Salter played an important part in the making of movies
from… A. 1960 to 1979.
B. 1960 to 1970.
C. 1960 to 1985.

3. “Passionate Falsehoods” is…

A. a newspaper.
B. a play.
C. a movie.

4. Salter had nice and difficult times in his…

A. acting years.
B. big screen work.
C. visit to one city.

5. “The Last Book” was written by…

A. James Salter.
B. Deborah Treisman.
C. Nick Paumgarten.

6. James Salter thinks that his work in the cinema business was..
A. not useful.
B. not hard.
C. not usual.

7. Reading about James Salter's years in the cinema could be…

A. Clever enough.
B. Just fair.
C. Quite interesting.

8. “The Last Book” can be found…

A. in museums.
B. at a café.
C. on the web.

IV. ELABORE UNA TABLA DE VERBOS, ESCRIBIENDO EL PRESENTE, EL PASADO Y EL

PARTICIPIO DE LOS MISMOS EN INGLÉS.
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