UNIVERSIDAD DEL QUINDIO

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y BELLAS ARTES

AMBIENTE VIRTUAL DE APRENDIZAJE CIDBA

 ACTIVITY I. Read the short paragraph and then answer, True (T) or false(F)

AT A CONFERENCE

EN UNA CONFERENCIA

Edward Parsons is an important man. He is a famous writer of books about economics. This weekend he
is attending an important conference. He has to speak about economics. He is going to talk about his
latest book.

There are other famous men and women at the conference. There are professors, doctors, lawyers,
engineers, scientists, and bankers. It is a big conference with many people.

a. Mr. Parsons is important and famous.__ True (T) __

b. He knows a lot about economics. __ True (T) __
c. He writes books about geography. __ false(F)__
d. He has to speak about his family. __ false(F)__
e. He is going to talk about economics.__ True (T) __
f. There are many famous people at the conference. __ false(F)__
g. The conference is on Monday and Tuesday. __ false(F)__

 Answer the questions with short answers ( Yes, I do / No, I don´t)

1. Do you cook? _____ Yes, I do _____

2. Do you go to church? ____ Yes, I do _____
3. Do you use the computer? _____ Yes, I do ____
4. Do you ride bike? ___ No, I don´t ______
5. Do you chat? ___ Yes, I do ____
6. Do you have two brothers? ___ No, I don´t ____
7. Do you read the newspaper? ___ No, I don´t ___
8. Do you do sports? ____ No, I don´t ____
9. Do you write poems? ____ No, I don´t ____
10. Do you drink beer? _____ No, I don´t _____
11. Do you speak French? ____ No, I don´t _____
12. Do you wear jeans? ____ Yes, I do _____
13. Do you swim? ____ No, I don´t ____
14. Do you watch the news? ____ No, I don´t _____
15. Do you drive? ___ Yes, I do ____
ACTIVITY II. Write the correct verb in brackets into the correct simple present form. ( atenció n con los
verbos en tercera persona, recordar la regla gramatical)
ACTIVIDAD II. Escribe el verbo correcto entre corchetes en la forma presente simple correcta.

George (1.work) _______________in a bank. He (2. work) ________________there from Monday to Friday.
He (3. help)_________________people. He (4. count) _________________money, and he ( 5. use) ________________the
computer. His job is important. But on weekends He (6. cook) _________________dinner, sometimes he
( 7. make) ________________pizza and (8.fry) __________________chicken; also he ( 9. play ) _________tennis and
(10. watch) ______________T.V.

 Write the correct auxiliary from the box.

do does don’t doesn’t

a. _________ you have brown hair?

b. My brother _______________ have a car. He is only thirteen years old.

c. _______ your sister have blue eyes?

d. Does Jenny have any brothers? No, she _______________.

e. ______________ Jon have any cousins? I think so.

f. _______________ you have a cat? No, I don’t.

g. Do you have long hair? No, I ________________. It is short.

h. My mom _____________ have blue eyes. Her eyes are green.