UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA-SEDE TUMACO

ENGLISH PROGRAM (Undergraduated Program) English I Session # 6

Professor: Nelson Mejía Román

I. Write the correct plural form to the following nouns.

Kilo _____Kilos______ Feet ___Feet_______
Woman __Women______Penny ___Pennies____
Mount __Mounts______ Bus ___Buses______
Fish ___Fish________ Day ___Days_______
Copy __Copies_______ Life ___Lives_______
Piano __Pianos_______ Home ___Homes______
Person __People______ Lion ____Lions______
Inch ___Inches_______ Kiss ____Kisses_____
Americans _Americans___ Ferry ____Ferries_____
Simphony __Simphonies__ Knife ___Knives______
Knife ___Knives_______ Tree ___Trees_______
Gentleman _Gentlemans_ Dress ___Dresses____
Turkey ___Turkeys______ Fax ___Faxes_______
Chief___Chiefs__________ wife ___Wives_______
Goose ____Geese_______ Potato___Potatoes_____
Echo___Echoes________ Oasis ___Oasis________
Photo ___Photos_______ Patriot____Patriots_____
Tax ___Taxes________ volcano___Volcanoes___
Stair ___Stairs_________ Glass ___Glasses______
Leg _____Legs________ Octupus___Octupuses___
Boy ____Boys_______ Candy__Candies______

II. Complete the sentences with the right plural

1. Ladies and ___gentlemans_____(gentleman).
2. Where are my ___jeans____(jean)?
3. The __stairs_____(stair) are over there.
4. The cat is sitting on my ____beds____(bed).
5. They are riding their ____bikes_______(bike)
6. How many __ languages_____(language) do you speak?
7. There are three ____windows______(window) in the room.
8. Stella has three ___children_____(child)
9. They are very nice ___people_______ (person)
10. My sister has a new ___babies________ (baby).

III. Write the correct form of the verb in third person.

1. She ___washes______(wash) the dishes after dinner.
2. Erick ____goes______(go) to the park to play with his friends.
3. She ____teaches______(teach) Spanish at a good university.
4. The restaurant ___opens____(open) at 6:00 pm.
5.  My sister ___catches____(catch) the bus to go to school every day.
6. It __rains_____(rain) so hard.
7. Your uncle ___finish____(finish) his work early.
8. She ____studies_______(study) in a public university.
9. My brother____has_____ (have) a new job.
10. She ___hurries_______(hurry) to work in the morning.
12. My brother _____washes____(wash) dishes in a restaurant.
13. My grandfather ___watches______(watch) TV all day long.
14. Mr. Jhonson ___goes_____ (go) to work every day.
15. Robert _____teaches_______ (teach) Spanish at school.

IV. Present Simple. Positives, negatives and questions. Find the mistake and write in on
the line below.
1. He go to bed very early. __________goes______________________
2. Does they live in Canada? ___________Do_____________________
3. I am usually cook dinner for my family. ________am______________
4. Are they have a meeting every week? _________Do_____________
5. She don´t like tennis .___________doesn't_____________________
6. Does John has enough money? _________have_________________
7. He know the answer._ _______knows_________________________
8. Robert playes baseball on the weekend._ ________plays__________
9. They has lots of free time. __________have_____________________
10. Do they usually driving to work? ________drive_________________
11. Jenny is not work at a restaurant. __________does_______________
12. She worrys too much about the exams. ________worries__________
13. My father wants to travels to Spain. _______travel________________
14. Why you study English? ___________do________________________
15. He doesn´t drinks tea._________drink______________________________

V. Simple Present Activity. Lucy is talking about her family. Read the text and complete
with the correct words in parentheses.
Hi! My name is Lucy. I ____live_____ (live) with my parents in Sydney, Australia. My mother´s
name is Lilith and my father´s name is Fred. Peter _studies___(study) in a school downtown.
He __takes____(take) the train to school. He ____gets up_____(get up) at 6:00 am. That´s
very early! But Walter ___gets up______ (get up) late. He _____walks____(walk) to work.
Perter _____does______(do) his homework every day at 5:00 pm. My sister, Helena,
______live______(live) downtown with her husband, James. He ___works____(work) in the
suburbs. They __do not take___ (not take) the bus to our house. They ____go_____(go)to
our house by car. James is a doctor, but he ____does not work_________(not work) in a
hospital, he ____works______(work) is an office. They ____visit______(visit) us every
Sunday. I really ______love_______(love) my family!

VI. Read the following text and answer in English the questions below.
The History of Chocolate
One of the most popular foods of all time is chocolate. People nowadays eat chocolate in many
different forms. We eat chocolate candy, and we drink hot and cold chocolate drinks. The
chocolate we eat today is made from a lot of different ingredients, but the most important
ingredient is cacao bean. The story of cacao bean and its long journey to stores and
supermarkets all over the world started hundreds of years ago in Mexico. Cacao trees need hot
and humid weather, and they originally grew in the Yucatan Peninsula. The Maya were the first
people to eat cacao beans. They picked cacao beans from wild trees and cleared land to
cultivate their own trees. They made a drink from cacao beans and exchanged the beans for
other goods. They also used cacao beans for religious ceremonies. Mayan merchants travelled
north and introduced cacao beans to the Aztec people. Soon the cacao beans was part of the
Aztecs´ lives. They used it as a drink, as part of religious ceremonies and even as money. With
10 beans, you could buy a rabbit. With 100 beans, you could buy a slave. One of the Aztec god.
The Aztec could not grow cacao trees because of the dry climate. When the Aztecs conquered
the Maya, they asked for cacao beans as a tribute.
Read the story and answer the questions.
1.What is the topic?____The history of chocolate___________________________________
2.What is the main idea? _____One of the most popular foods of all time is chocolate_____
3. Where does the chocolate come from? ____México_____________________________
4. What is the most important ingredient in chocolate?____The most important ingredient is
cacao bean__________________________________________________________________
5. Where did cacao beans originally grow? ___Originally grew in the Yucatan
Peninsula___________________________________________________________________
6. Who were the first people to eat cacao beans? ____The Maya were the first people to eat
cacao beans_________________________________________________________________
7. Who introduced the cacao beans to the Aztecs?____The Mayas_______________________
8. What did the Aztecs use the cacao beans for? _____They used it as a drink, as part of
religious ceremonies and even as money_________________________________________
9. What did the Maya give the Aztecs as a tribute? _____Cacao and beans______

VII. Develop your reading skills. Read the text and answer the questions below.
Amazing Nature
Animal senses
Humans have five senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. We use these senses every
day of our lives when we work, play, eat, drink. Animals have sense too, and sometimes they
are much more powerful than ours. We have our food prepared for us. But animals need to find
their own food using their senses. For example, predators often have very good sight. Some
birds of prey can see a mouse at a distance of 15 kilometers. However, they don´t always catch
the mouse. Mice have amazingly good hearing and this helps them escape from predators!
Insects sometimes have senses that are different from ours. For example, butterflies don´t taste
with their mouths – they taste with their feet. Crickets don´t hear with their ears – they hear with
their legs. Chameleons have two eyes, the same as we do, but they can move their eyes
separately and look in two different directions at the same time! Some animals seem to have
special sense that tells them about the future. Birds, ants and many other animals look for food
more busily just before bad weather. This helps them survive because it´s more difficult to find
food when the weather is bad. They know that bad weather is coming. Birds also use this ability
to avoid bad weather when they fly long distances. For centuries, people have noticed that
animals often behave strangely before an earthquake. For example, in January 1975, a lot of
farmers in one part of China told scientists that their horses and cattle did not want to go inside
the barns. A few days later, there was a large earthquake in that region. Do animals have a
special sense that predicts earthquakes? The answer is probably yes, but scientists do not yet
understand how it works.
Answer the following questions.
1. How many senses do humans have? ___ five senses____________
2. What is the main idea? __ Animals have sense too, and sometimes they are much more
powerful than ours__________________________________________________________
3. Which sense do birds of prey use to catch their food?____The sight__________________
4. Which sense helps mice to escape from predators?_____The hearing_________________
5. What do butterflies use to taste?___The touch____________________________________
6. What do crickets use to hear?__Their legs________________________________________
7. What is special about chameleons?_____They can move their eyes separately and look
in two different directions at the same time_______________________________________
8. Which animals look for food more busily before bad weather?____Birds, ants and many
other animals ________________________________________________________________
9. What is the topic of the reading? ____Senses in animals____________________________
10. What did farmers tell scientists in China?____That their horses and cattle did not want to
go inside the barns___________________________________________________________

VIII. Write the correct cognates on the line.

1. The reporter was very (educated/polite). He thanked me for my help.
2. Her first novel was a (success/exit). She sold many books.
3. James was so (embarrassed/pregnant) when his mother saw him at a bar.
4. Look at the wall. There is many (adverts/warnings) about incorrect behavior.
5. My uncle has (inverted/invested) a large sum of money in the (fabric/factory)
6. Let me (present/introduce) my new wife Ana Smith.
7. The secretary has all the documents in a (carpet/folder).
8. Did you see the (news/notices) on TV last night?
9. It is not a good idea to talk to the bus (conductor/driver) when is is driving.
10. Thousands of people watched the (stop/parade) during the “Carnival of Black and white”

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