The Environment

Estándar: Comprendo
textos de diferentes tipos y
fuentes sobre temas de Participo en conversaciones en las
interés general y que puedo explicar mis opiniones
académico. Selecciono y e ideas sobre temas generales,
aplico estrategias de personales y abstractos.
lectura apropiadas para el
texto y la tarea.
Seleccionar la expresión más adecuada
para completar una conversación corta
de acuerdo a la situación comunicativa:
usar presente perfecto continuo.
Acciones: Reconoce
vocabulario relacionado con Seleccionar la expresión más adecuada
desastres naturales. para completar una conversación corta
de acuerdo a la funcionalidad de la
misma: hablar de acciones que iniciaron
en el pasado y tienen un resultado en el
presente.
You have already seen some tenses you need talk about experiences, let’s check what you have
learnt.
1.Match the word with the correct description;

A mass of snow that slides down for a mountain Earthquake

Destructive storm over a tropical area Forest fire
Lava comes up suddenly from below the earth surface Tsunami
U ncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation Flood
A series of huge water waves Hurricane
When there is not water Drought
It is the shaking of the Earth ’s surface Avalanche
Coming of a great quantity of water over a place Volcanic eruption

2. Read the following sentences and complete with Present perfect simple or Present
perfect continuous

• _____have____ you tried something strange in your trip?

• I _____ i have____ __________ studying English for six years.
• He was tired because he ___have been___ _______ working.
• __have______ you ever jumped in parachuted?
• She ___has been____ gone to work.
3. Complete the sentences with has gone or has been ____________ to work.

• Susan's not here. She ______been______________ to work.

• The school is empty. Everybody ______been______________ home.
• My dad ______been______________ to Africa three times.
• I am sorry, you can't speak to Diane. She ____has gone________________to a meeting.
• Simon ____been________________ to United Kingdom and he's staying there for three months.

4. Check the following sentences and fill in: since, for

• I've had this cellphone __since___ April.

• We haven't met _____Since______ Easter.
• Sandy has worked as a teacher __For_______ nine years.
• It hasn't snowed ___For_________ three hours.
• I haven't eaten watermelon ___since __________last Sunday.
• She's been on a diet ____For_________ a week.
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