FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES

MODERN LANGUAGES - IDIOMA II

SELF STUDY GUIDE 1
DATE WEEK 4
TOPIC WORD FORMATION REVIEW, GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES, PARTS OF A
SENTENCE, PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

ALLOTED TIME 6 HOURS

COMPETENCY IDENTIFYING WORD FORMATION, GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES AND PARTS OF A
SENTENCE
DESCRIBING ROUTINES AND CURRENT EVENTS

AIM POINTER STUDENTS IDENTIFY AND USE GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES AND PARTS OF A
SENTENCE APPROPRIATELY
STUDENTS USE THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

I. Reading

A. Read the following text. Then use the words in capital letters to derive a word which fits in
each line gap. There is an example given:

ME AND MY JOB

The Palace is a busy provincial (PROVINCE) theatre with usually a month gap between shows.

Once I have the ___MEASURES_____ (MEASURE) of all the actors, I can start work.

It’s a ___creative_____ (CREATE) job and I get a lot of __PLEASURE_______ (PLEASE) out of
making and adapting the clothes needed for each production.

__PATIENCE_________ (PATIENT) is essential in the weeks leading up to new

productions as the actors can be very ____DEMANDING_____ (DEMAND). It’s probably only due
to nerves

and the fact that they must feel ____COMFORT_____ (COMFORT) with what they’re wearing.

Overall, it’s an ____ENJOYABLE_____ (ENJOY) job and, although the pay isn’t brilliant, there is
plenty of

____VARIETY______ (VARY) But money is less important to me than a job

____SATISFYING_______ (SATISFY).
It isn’t essential to have ______QUALIFIED_____ (QUALIFY) to get a job like this but you do have
to be skilled.

B.Fill in the following chart with the words above and explain what the changes were. There
is an example given:

GIVEN WORD GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE

PROVINCE NOUN PROVINCIAL (ADJECTIVE)
MEASURE NOUN MEASURES (NOUN)
CREATE ADJECTIVE CREATIVE (ADJECTIVE)
PLEASE VERB PLEASURE (NOUN)
PATIENT ADJECTIVE PATIENCE (NOUN)
DEMAND VERB DEMANDING (ADJECTIVE)
COMFORT NOUN COMFORT (VERB)
ENJOY VERB ENJOYABLE (ADJECTIVE)
VARY VERB VARIETY (NOUN)
SATISFY VERB SATISFYING (VERB)
QUALIFY VERB QUALIFIED(VERB)

C. Find in the text above:

-an example of an article: THE - A

-an example of a noun: GAP

-an example of a pronoun: I - IT

-an example of an auxiliary verb: CAN - MUST

-an example of an action verb: IS – HAVE – GET- WORK- START

-an example of an adjective: BUSY

-an example of an adverb: THERE

-an example of a preposition: IN

-an example of a conjunction: AND - BUT

-an example of a connector: OVERALL - ALTHOUGH

D. Read the following sentences and underline the SUBJECT once, the PREDICATE twice
and circle the VERB:

a. The company sells dairy products worldwide, but it also imports raw material from Canada.

b. What the CEO agrees with has nothing to do with this final decision.

c. The assistants are making the yearly financial report.

d. Mrs. Wilson doesn´t often call our company clients, so she usually sends them e- mails.

e. The engineers aren´t making the proposal for the project which has presented in our monthly
meeting.
YELLOW. VERB RED. SUBJECT BLUE.PREDICATE

II. Grammar

A.Complete the sentences with these words and phrases:

hypermarket spends try it on discount pay (x2) customers online

shopping price

0. Can you _pay_ for it?

1. Is there a ____DISCOUNT______ on this coat?

2. I want to ______TRY IT ON____ before I buy it.

3. I don’t like shops so I do _____ONLINE SHOPPING_____.

4. It’s bigger than a supermarket, it’s a ___HYPERMARKET_______.

5. George ____SPENDS______ £100 a week on magazines.

6. How would you like to __PAY________ for the ticket?

7. Can you tell me the ______PRICE____ of this jacket?

8. How many ___CUSTOMERS_______ do you have every day.

B.Put the words in the right order to make sentences:

0. going to are we the park.

_We are going to the park_

1. this is at happening school what week?

_What is happening at school this week?

2. Germany president visiting today the is.

_The Germany president is visiting today

3. studying much not at am moment I the.

_I am not studying much at moment

4. at staying hotel is a Maria?

_Is Maria staying at a hotel?

5. lorry to shop driving is the he the.

_He is driving the lorry to the shop

6. it raining today not is.

__It is not raining today

C. Complete these sentences in the Simple Present tense or the Present Continuous tense.
0. The train leave now. ___The train is leaving now?

1. He can not play tennis. _He can´t play tennis

2. What you do this week? _What are doing you this week?

3. What time the train leave on Saturdays? _What time is the train leave on Saturdays?

4. The bus arrive now. _The bus arriving now

5. The house not have a big kitchen. The house doesn´t have a big kitchen

6. I study Biology this year. _I study Biology this year

7. I not smoke. _I am not smoke

8. Ola not buy many clothes these days. _Ola isn´t buying many clothes these
days

D. Complete this email:

From: Paul Smith

To: Mary Jones

Subject: Hi!

(0) Dear Mary

(1)___YOU______ are things? I (2)___hope_______ you are OK. I am staying at the Warsaw Hyatt
Hotel at the moment (3)____________________ Sarah is staying there. The weather is very cold
(4)__________ Sarah and I are staying in the hotel all the time. It’s very boring. We (5)___don
´t_______ know what to do. Can you give me (6)____some______ ideas? I am at the hotel all day
today (7)__________ please call me.

See you (8)__________.

Paul