UNIDADES TECNOLÓGICAS DE SANTANDER

LANGUAGES
DEPARTMENT
HOMEWORK UNITS 1 AND
2 DDI009

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LISTENING
Exercise 1 Questions 1-3 (5 points each)

You will watch a video about “Healthy Eating and Active Living: Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice”.
You will find this video in the folder RESOURCES HOMEWORK. After watching the talk, answer the following
questions in a maximum of three lines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2-H7botZBg

1. What are the consequences of living in a particular place according to the video? Explain your answer.
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2. Why is almost impossible to be a healthy person? Give examples.

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3. According to the video, what can you do to avoid bad unhealthy habits and the positive thing about it?

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Exercise 2 Questions 4-10 ( 1 points each)

You will watch a video about a person´s last vacation. You will find this video in the folder RESOURCES
HOMEWORK. After watching the talk, answer the following questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxYNwLY_MmI

Tell if the following statements are true or false.

4. The man tells about his last vacation True or False

5. She went to India. True or False
6. It's very interesting to meet all the different ethnic groups True or False
7. She went there with a friend and paid a guide to visit the local area. True or False
8. She paid one thousand dollars for her holiday. True or False
9. She stayed in a very expensive hotel. True or False
10. She liked the local food. True or False

READING
Exercise 1 – Questions 1-2 (5 each)

Read the text and for questions 1 to 8, match each sentence with the person who might say it.

Why do people collect?

Petra Engels owns 19,571 erasers, Carol Vaughn has
1,221 bars of soap, and Ralf Shrőder has a collection of
14,502 packets of sugar. Many people love to collect
 things, but why? Psychologists and collectors have
different opinions.

The psychologist Carl Jung believed that collecting is part

of our ancient human history. Thousands of years ago,
humans collected nuts and berries. They kept them
carefully and ate them when there was no food. The best
collectors survived long cold winters or seasons without
rain. Their genes passed to future generations.
Nowadays, we still have a collecting instinct.

Historian Philipp Bloom has a different opinion. He thinks

collectors want to make something that will remain after their death. By bringing many similar items together, the
collector gains historical importance. Sometimes their collections become museums or libraries, for example, Henry
Huntington, who founded a library in Los Angeles to house his collection of books.

Author Steve Roach thinks that people collect things to remember their childhood. Many children collect things, but few
have enough money to buy the things they really want, and they lose interest. In later life, they remember their
collections fondly. Now, they have enough money and opportunity to find special items, and they start collecting again.
This way, they can re-live and enjoy their childhood years.
Art collector, Werner Muensterberger, agrees that collecting is linked to childhood. But he believes we collect in order
to feel safe and secure. While babies hold blankets or toys to feel safe when their mother isn’t there, adults collect
things to stop feeling lonely or anxious.

Autograph collector Mark Baker agrees that collecting is emotional, but he doesn’t collect to reduce anxiety. “For me,
it’s the excitement,” he says. “I love trying to get a famous person’s autograph. Sometimes I succeed, and sometimes I
fail. Also, by collecting autographs, I feel connected to famous people. I don’t just watch them on television. I actually
meet them.”

1. According to the article why do people collect? Make a list.

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2. Write a short paragraph about 3 things that you would like to collect and why?
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Exercise 2 – Questions 1-6 (1 each)

Read the text and answer TRUE or False according to the text.

A visit to Scotland often begins in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. Edinburgh is an old
city with many important and interesting buildings. After London, Edinburgh is the second
city for visitors in Britain.
If you come to Edinburgh by train from the south, the first thing you see when you leave Waverley Station is
Edinburgh Castle. It stands high over the city. Soldiers in kilts take visitors around and tell them the
castle’s story.
Edinburgh is a hilly city but it is a good city to visit on foot. After the castle, you can
visit more of the Old Town. Go down the Royal Mile to Holy Roodhouse - the
Queen’s home when she comes to Edinburgh. It is three hundred years old.
You can look at the shops on the Royal Mile or on Princes Street in the New Town. Some shops sell the
famous Scottish tartans and you can see the name of the family which goes with each tartan. Near
Princes Street is Charlotte Square, which is very beautiful. There is also the National Gallery of Scotland, with pictures from
Scotland and from many other countries too.
In August, you can visit the Edinburgh Festival, the biggest arts festival in the world with hundreds of different things to do and
see.
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1 More people visit London than Edinburgh every year.
2 Edinburgh Castle is situated on a hill.
3 The Queen lives in Edinburgh Castle when she comes to
Edinburgh.
4 In the national Gallery of Scotland you can see only Scottish
paintings.
5 The Edinburgh Festival takes place in summer.
6 The text is taken from a Scottish novel.

LANGUAGE USE
Exercise 1– 10 marks (1 each)

Fill in the chart for yourself. Then look at the example. Choose and write TEN sentences from the chart:

Always Usually Oft Sometimes Ne

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T Y T Yo T You T You Tom Y
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Drink fizzy drinks *
buy fast food *
play tennis *
eat sweets *
watch TV in the evenings *
save money *
listen to cassettes *
play computer games *

Example: Tom always drinks fizzy drinks.

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2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Exercise 2 –15 MARKS (1 each)

Complete the sentences with SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

Susan usually ………………. 1. (go) to school by bus, but now she.........................2. (go) to school by train.
Mary often ……………….. 3. (read) in bed, but today she is very tired and she...........................4. (not / read).
The boys usually ………………… 5. (ride) their bikes to school. They...................................6. (like / ride) their bikes. They are
very naughty boys. They always …………………… 7. (go) to school late. Today their teacher......................8. (be) very angry,
because they are late again.
Mary ……………………….. 9. (like / eat) sweets. Every morning she.................10. (have) coffee with a lot of sweets and
chocolate. For lunch she and her friends often ……………….. 11. (eat) sweets or ice-cream. She...........................12. (not /
like / eat) fruit or vegetables. She ……………………… 13. (eat / never) eggs or cheese. Today she …………………..14. (be) sick.
She.......................15. (Sleep) in her room now.

Exercise 3 – 10 MARKS (1 mark each)

Fill in the blanks below with WAS- WERE to complete the sentences.
 1. A: ___________ you at home yesterday? B: Yes, I ___________.

2. They ___________ really happy after they won the football game.

3. My sister ___________ a college student last year.

4. Thomas ___________ on the train at three-thirty yesterday afternoon.

5. A: ___________ Jennifer tired after she finished work? B: No, she ___________.

6. My car broke down, so I ___________ late for my appointment.

7. A: ___________ Laura and Susan surprised? B: No, they ___________.

8. The cookies ___________ delicious, so I ate three of them.

9. A: ___________ you at the library yesterday? B: No, I ___________.

10. Many dinosaurs ___________ really huge.

Exercise 4 – 10 MARKS (1 mark each)

Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences using SIMPLE PAST TENSE.

1. I (eat)___________ dinner at six o’clock yesterday.

2. A: ___________ Helen (drive)___________ to work? B: Yes, she ___________.
3. My neighbor (buy)___________ a new car last week.
4. They (go)___________ to Italy on their last summer holiday.
5. A: ___________ they (swim)___________ at the beach? B: No, they __________.
6. My family and I (see)___________ a comedy movie last night.
7. First, we (do)___________ exercise, and then we (drink)___________ some water.
8. Suddenly, the animal jumped and (bite)___________ my hand.
9. What time (do)___________ you (get up)___________ this morning?
10. The Wright brothers (fly)___________ the first airplane in 1903.

WRITING
Exercise 1 – 15 MARKS

Write about a vacation you took using at least 80 words in your text. Answer the questions.

 When did you go?

 Where did you go?
 How long did you stay?
 How was the trip?
 How was the weather?
 What did you do?
 Did you have a good time?

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 ACTIVIDAD
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1.Nombre de la actividad: Actividad # 1 – Unit 1- 2
2. Fecha de entrega: 7-12 SEPTIEMBRE DE 2020
3. Descripción de la actividad
Revise los contenidos expuestos en los documentos y archivos adjuntos para empezar a desarrollar la presente
actividad.

1. Asista al encuentro vía Teams donde se explicara el desarrollo de la presente guía. Si Usted no puede asistir a
este encuentro, entonces podrá reproducir el vídeo que se publicará en los recursos de apoyo del módulo.

2. Utilice el formato para completar la tarea y súbala en los tiempos indicados.

3. Cualquier duda o pregunta comuníquese con su tutor a cargo

4. Material de apoyo para el desarrollo de la actividad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2-H7botZBg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxYNwLY_MmI
5. Instrumento para evaluar la actividad
RÚBRICA PARA TAREA DE LISTENING – READING – WRITING- GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

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